We’re not sure why people keep trying to fix something that’s not broken, but another strange take on ice cream is here. First it was anti-aging ice cream (which we would try, even if we’re not totally convinced ice cream can replace good skincare), then it was Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream (which we’ll pass on trying), and now we have Denny’s maple bacon sundae (which we’re undecided about).

On one hand, this seems like one of those things that sounds gross, but might actually be pretty good. On the other hand, bacon + ice cream + maple syrup just seems to = heart attack by the scoop, but Denny’s has never been known for their healthy cooking so at the very least it’s on the menu at the right place.

Plus, the rest of the Baconalia menu – which is actually a great title if it’s a play on the gluttonous Bacchanalia feasts and orgies of ancient Rome (though it might be a lost reference) – is relatively tame so this could just be one of those dishes that’s there to get people talking and interested in safer choices. Bacon and eggs, bacon and pancakes and a BLT aren’t all that difficult to find at other restaurants, so bacon topped ice cream could be a draw.

And for everyone who has already signed themselves up for bacon flavored beverages, chocolate covered bacon and the $475 bacon of the month club, it provides one more type of food to satisfy your bacon obsession. Forget a bird, put a bacon (strip) on it seems to remain the dominating food meme.

We’d call the Bacon of the Month clubs crazy, but with everything from bacon-flavored drink syrup to bacon chocolate (vegetarian, even), they’re probably more savvy than silly.

So while the “Bacon is Meat Candy” Bacon of the Month Club offered by Bacon Freak isn’t surprising, we have to say the price is, and certainly hints at a fanbase that goes beyond your casual supermarket enthusiast. For $475.95, you can get 12 months of gourmet bacon delivered directly to your door.

That’s a little more than $39 for two packages of gourmet bacon each month. Flavor rubs include cajun, apple cinnamon, jalapeno, honey BBQ, maple, brown sugar, vanilla bourbon, sun dried tomato and pepper – and a free t-shirt. For $80, you can add a Pancake of the Month subscription, and we assume suggestions on which pancake compliments which bacon flavor. As a bonus, if you’re a naked chef the Bacon Freak website advertises that their bacon “doesnâ€t shrink, it doesnâ€t splatter and when you cook a pound of bacon, you get a pound of bacon. That is why our Bacon Freak Bacon is the only bacon you can fry naked.”

We won’t go as far as calling bacon and pancakes the new wine and cheese, but creative chefs are finding that bacon is, well, bringing in the bacon. Inc reports that Rocco Loosbrock, who actually started the bacon club as a companion to a wine of the month club, found such success with the bacon that it eventually outpaced wine sales. Candied bacon macarons were a best seller for Macaron Parlour and we previously reported that Chocomize’s vegetarian bacon was one of their most frequently requested ingredients.

Tasty as it may be, and as much as macarons could make us love almost anything, for close to $500 we can think of other things to spend the money on, and chances are they’d leave you looking better naked in the long run anyway.