remember the good old days which good old days over the years some of our favorite
mickey d's items have been relocated from the menu to the cutting room floor
so here to remind you of what you're missing are 15 canceled mcdonald's items that people still
talk about we can't just forget them mix spaghetti it's a spaghetti dinner but we don't
make spaghetti the mixed spaghetti was a menu item that people have not yet forgotten despite the
fact that it has been gone from mcdonald's menus for quite some time the italian inspired dish was
added to the golden arches menus worldwide in the swing in 70s it was everything you could possibly
want from spaghetti pasta marinara meatballs and cheese topping mmm what could go wrong well for
starters the mixed spaghetti took too long to prepare taking the fast out of fast food faster
faster next mcdonald's may be a corporate giant but as far as italian cuisine goes they are not
the experts and it showed the mixed spaghetti was no match for authentic italian restaurants
who had the competitive advantage mickey d's cancelled this menu item in 1980 everywhere
but in orlando florida and the philippines mcphilly cheesesteak have you ever eaten a
cheese steak with a mustache philadelphia is known for being home to will smith rocky and
its signature dish the philly cheesesteak and so mcdonald's being the innovators they are
decided they were going to attempt to add this beloved item to the official mcdonald's menu
but the universe actually had other plans in mind for the menu item like discontinuation
while mickey d's loyalists were super excited by the prospect of a dope mcphilly cheesesteak
i want it now unfortunately expectations did not meet reality the response was a public outcry of
disappointment word is that the mcdonald's version was nothing like the original sandwich you could
find in philadelphia like nothing like it it was supposedly pretty messy and costly as well
mcdonald's heard the outcry and decided to retire it from the menu never to be heard from again
onion nuggets never nuggets or no nuggets now we think maybe this one was simply ahead of its time
imagine onion rings meat chicken nuggets yeah we know pretty awesome huh in the late 1970s
mcdonald's tried something that sounds like it should have succeeded except it kind of fell short
of the mission onion nuggets were introduced and they held so much promise the onions were diced
breaded and finally fried like a chicken mcnugget would be mind completely blown that's crazy turns
out at the testing stages people didn't really like this product and then in real life when
it was released to the public it still didn't do well it was eventually discontinued in the 1980s
like many other items on this list even though the majority didn't necessarily appreciate onion
nuggets when they were around there are people still calling for their return to this day
mchot dog a forgotten hot dog turns out mickey d's sold a lot of hot dogs in the early days of
the company but it became apparent that hamburgers were the real money makers
and so mcdonald's being the capitalistic geniuses they are made a major pivot and ditched the dogs
they brought the hot dog back in the 1990s though and the mick hot dog was sold at select locations
in places such as the midwest the uk and chile you're a vip right fun fact ray kroc himself
banned hot dogs from appearing on the mickey d's menu due to the mystery meat factor of hot dogs
fair enough mr crock word is that the mick hot dog is still available at mcdonald's in japan
brownie melts brownie break brownies are incredible under most circumstances and mcdonald's
brownie melts were a whole production in their own right mickey d's brownies were actually pretty
unique in flavor too doused in hot chocolate with icing all over the top people had strong opinions
about the mcdonald's brownie melt either they were all for it or totally against it i want to
know which side you're on those in the four column were simply obsessed the critics who were against
found the mcdonald's version of the classic dessert to be both too messy and too sweet well
in the end it didn't really matter what either side thought because mcdonald's thought that it
should be pulled from the menu and that's exactly what happened in 2010 when the mcdonald's brownie
melt was officially discontinued nick lobster oh lobster lobster lobster you are delicious meet
the mick lobster that's right mickey d's had a seasonal lobster sandwich on their menu during
the summertime actually they still kinda do you see back in 1993 when this item was introduced
it held a lot of promise a lobster roll served on a hot dog bun with special lobster sauce the mick
lobster was selling for six bucks when it first came out reasonable people genuinely wanted to try
the mclobster in the beginning but by comparison it did nowhere near as well as the fillet of fish
since the menu item had supply issues and didn't do that great sales-wise it was discontinued
from mcdonald's menus except in new england and atlantic canada where you can still get yourself
a mick lobster to this day that is on a seasonal basis of course cheesy bacon fries all right
mickey listen up you want fries meant to hold you over between meals the cheesy bacon fries were
just as incredible as they sound and apparently just as messy traditional mcdonald's french fries
slathered in cheese with bits of bacon all over the place what's not to like well apparently the
whole thing it turns out people didn't really want a snack and they preferred other menu items over
the innovative fries please give me something else well wendy's has a version of these fries that do
very well called the baconator fries even when mcdonald's brought the cheesy bacon fries back
to the menu they still didn't work some things are worth leaving in the past when they don't work and
we think that cheesy bacon fries may just be one of those things chicken fajitas hot plate that's
right once upon a time mcdonald's had chicken fajitas on their menu even though the chicken
fajitas were released on the mickey d's dollar menu they still weren't exactly a huge success
despite being everything you could ever ask for and truly delicious mcdonald's had to retire this
menu item due to poor sales so what was in this americanized version of this beloved mexican dish
why chicken cheese onions and green and red bell peppers all wrapped in a delicious tortilla you
could even get a side of picante sauce upon request we cannot stress this enough they were
supposedly truly delicious a petition was started on change.org calling for the return of chicken
fajitas to the u.s market but alas it was not successful orange high c what do you want from
mcdonald's chicken nuggets and see orange people like what they like we're creatures of habit
and at mcdonald's a lot of people loved to wash down their hamburger with some orange high c
people miss this drink so much that there are multiple online petitions just to bring it back
the public was so confused about the removal of the popular drink from the menu it had people
staring up at the sky and asking why why why why why mickey d said that they would replace
the beloved soda with sprite tropic berry but customers weren't satisfied with this solution
many golden arches locations kept on selling orange high c until the supply ran out people
even hunted down orange high c in the stores that sold the product what can we say when you
tell people they can't have something sometimes they have trouble accepting change nick dlt uh
what do you want michael i make dlt this assembly required burger came in custom styrofoam boxes
that were not exactly environmentally friendly the thing about the mcdlt was it was advertised as
having different compartments one side for the hot contents of the burger the other side for the cold
contents you were supposed to put it together and then enjoy but apparently this was too much work
for the general public too difficult on top of the effort required before even biting into the mcdlt
the styrofoam boxes were a no-go from the start and so mcdonald's made the call and discontinued
the sandwich in 1991. environmentalists rejoiced and mcdonald's customers
everywhere went back to enjoying pre-made and pre-packaged burgers from the golden arches
fish mcbites nobody likes them you would think that after 10 years of not adding anything new
to the happy meal menu mcdonald's would have hit it out of the park with this one but alas
they fell short despite a silly commercial of a single fish mcbite doing its thing dancing next
to a boombox this one was retired from the golden arches menu added as a seasonal item mcdonald's
released these bite-sized pieces of fried fish to tepid results official fish of fish official fish
the fish mcbites were eventually pulled from the menu because they weren't exactly making a splash
see what we did there mcdonald's made the mistake of marketing the fish mcbites to children and
well kids aren't exactly begging for fish if you know what we're saying at least not most kids so
in other words this one was a fail mcdonald's recognized it as such and the menu item was
discontinued accordingly mixed salad shakers salad how do you make a salad mcdonald's ventured into
the world of salads sometime around the new millennium however the salads didn't exactly
carry forward into the 2000s as successfully as the company may have anticipated the mixed
salad shaker commercial made it look like you were playing bop it or getting down in the club as you
shook your salad mickey d's was going hard with promoting the active lifestyles through the salad
down to getting active with the mixing of the dressing this is me being healthy the mixed
salad shakers dans could be done with any three of the salad choices people enjoyed the convenient
nature of everything from the transportable vertical container to the shaking method itself
but within a few years the mixed salad shakers were removed from the mcdonald's menu
mclean deluxe it felt relaxed the health conscious nutrition wave of the 1990s was a soren mcdonald's
side so what did the golden arches do to appease the public well they introduced the mclean deluxe
this sandwich was supposed to be the healthy alternative to other items available on the menu
like pretty much all of them said to have a 91 less fat than your average mcdonald's burger
the mclean deluxe was supposed to capture the attention of the health-conscious crowd
look at me look at me well unfortunately the mclean deluxe proved to be less than a
rousing success despite the healthy seaweed in the burger that made it less fatty and even leaner it
would appear as though using beef flavors to enhance the taste just wouldn't do the trick
and so after one year on the menu the mclean ghosted us all and retired from mickey d's never
to be seen or heard from again hula burger this is not a monkey it's got a hula skirt and a blue
nose people may still be talking about the hula burger from mcdonald's but we're pretty sure it's
not because they actually miss this simple yet exotic mickey d's blast from the past
chances are it's most likely because of how random this menu item truly was this burger was simply a
slice of grilled pineapple with some cheese on a bun back in the day mcdonald's was experimenting
with how they could accommodate their catholic customers who did not consume meat on fridays not
today the sandwich was meant to go up against the filet of fish but the hula burger ended up coming
up short mcdonald's scrapped the hula burger from the menu pretty quick but not so quick that people
would forget about its existence to this day the hula burger can still come up in conversation
but we cannot guarantee the tone will be exactly complimentary mcrib i'd like to go home and i'd
like the mcrib to be available year round to this day people are still talking about the mcrib and
that's probably because mcdonald's periodically brings it back to tantalize the public
and then removes it from our clutches once again this process is placed on repeat and for those
who love the barbecue flavored pork sandwich the mcrib can't return soon enough the thing is
sales declined after the mcribs early 1980s release and so by 1985 it was pulled from the menu
but people weren't happy about this decision at all i'm upset and the company listened so
in 1989 the mcrib came back to mcdonald's menus as a promotional item and then played peek-a-boo with
customers jumping on and off the menu until 2005. however sightings of the mcrib are rarer these
days so if you spot one on the menu you better order it quickly before it's gone we've got more
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