The peanut butter and banana sandwich has been referred to as a favorite of Elvis Presley, who was renowned for his food cravings such as the Fool's Gold Loaf, a loaf of French white bread filled with a pound each of bacon, peanut butter, and grape jelly.
Elvis favored classic southern sweets for dessert, and one favorite happened to be pound cake. Not just any pound cake but a particular one. The Sterns say pound cake for Elvis meant a cake baked by his childhood friend, Janelle McComb.
The Elvis: Peanut Butter, Banana and Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies.
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Have you ever tried Elvis Presley Cake? Legend has it that Elvis Presley's favorite cake was an ultra moist and flavorful pineapple and pecan cake that Elvis' grandmother used to make for him at his request whenever he came to visit.
While Elvis is primarily known for being one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century, we can't ignore his namesake sandwich—the one with peanut butter, banana, and bacon all smashed together.
Chef Paula Haney shares with Duff the bakery's recipe for the Fat Elvis Pie, which was inspired by Elvis Presley's love of peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches. The pie includes chocolate pastry cream, peanut butter filling and slices of banana in a crust made of graham cracker crumbs, dry roasted peanuts and pretzels.
Did Elvis like breakfast? You butter believe it. "For breakfast, he'd have homemade biscuits fried in butter, sausage patties, four scrambled eggs and sometimes fried bacon," Langston told the BBC.
Banana cupcakes with fluffy peanut butter frosting topped with bits of bacon, "you can't help falling in love" with these Elvis Cupcakes!
“Note for his future wife: Elvis loves enormous breakfasts complete with sausage, bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, home-baked rolls and coffee. He has a tremendous appetite at breakfast. His wife should never develop elegant or expensive tastes,” author James Gregory wrote in The Elvis Presley Story.
Lenel for Men is a fragrance with classic notes that has been around for decades. Lansky Bros. has sold Lenel since the 1950s and most notably, it was Elvis Presley's favorite cologne brand.
In fact, some of Elvis's favorite foods were "fried banana and peanut butter sandwiches (with or without bacon), fried biscuits, bacon-wrapped meatballs, chicken fried steak, jelly doughnuts, and vegetables saturated with butter and salt." On top of that, Elvis ate these kinds of foods in large portions.
It's no secret that Elvis, like all the best people in life, loved eating. He had a particular penchant for meat, peanut butter and fried foods, meaning his diet was incredibly rich.
Elvis Presley's favourite pizza - BBQ pork and mozzarella - at Coletta's Restaurant, Memphis.
Yep, Coletta's invented barbecue pizza pie in the 1950s and it was the King's favorite. The pie was topped with barbecue sauce (instead of tomato sauce), chopped barbecue meat and cheese. Elvis liked the pizza so much he had a charge account at Coletta's and Col.
Still, there is another meal that Elvis adored: meatloaf. In the Chicago Tribune, Mark Hussman, an Elvis impersonator says, "Elvis ate a lot of Southern food, he loved steak, and he loved meatloaf. His favorite food was meatloaf," explains Hussman.
Unlike many of today's clean-eating celebrities, Elvis was as known for his bizarre diet as his music and signature style. His official cause of death was a heart attack, and at the time of his death, the King reportedly weighed 159 kilograms and ate a mammoth 10-12,000 calories per day.
Elvis' sweet last meal
Elvis' eating habits were characterized by his final meal: Four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies (via Chicago Tribune).
On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died of a heart attack. He ate four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies during his final meal. It is well known that he had an inconsistent eating habit throughout his life.
While meatloaf was a big favourite, Elvis would also love to tuck into bacon and mustard sandwiches, fried peanut butter, hamburger steak and crowder peas. His mum's homemade chocolate cake satisfied the sweet tooth in him, as he would want that as often as it could be made.
Elvis was as American as apple pie—or should we say a good old-fashioned burger? Presley reportedly liked his burger with the works: red onion, tomato, lettuce, mayo, mustard and a few slices of cheese.
Variety is overrated, according to The King.
He did this with the classic combination of meatloaf and mashed potatoes and ate it every day for six months straight.
During his Army days, the refrigerator at the German house where he went when not on base was stocked with ground beef, bacon and brown-and-serve rolls. At Graceland, he kept a cook on duty 24 hours a day. Burgers were fine. Pizzas were super.
To support this belief is evidence that Elvis had reacted poorly to codeine in the past and his hospital records state he was "allergic to codeine." Also, Elvis had violent reactions to alcohol.