Do you think you know everything there is to know about the Golden Arches menu? Well,
aside from their regular items like Big Macs, crispy fries and McNuggets, they also have
quite an exotic menu. The upside to this is you won't get bored with the Mickey D's menu
but the downside is some of the menu items sound a little less than desirable. So here
are the top 10 McDonald’s food items that will make you cringe.
McCurry Pan
The McCurry Pan was the world's first McDonald's vegetarian menu item. Now McDonald’s isn’t
usually a favorite hotspot for veggies, but McD's in India brought menu items like this
to lure them in. Right off the bat can we just say vegetarians might not like this regardless!
Instead of the hot baked apple pies, we all love adding onto our meals, the McDonald’s
in India sells hot veggie pies. It’s called the McCurry Pan and is a combination of creamy
sauce, mushrooms, peppers, corn, and broccoli in a pastry box. It might be making the vegetarians
drool but let us stop you right there! Sounds like a healthy option with all those veggies,
right? WRONG. This Mickey D's meal is on the unhealthy side of the menu with 11 grams of
fat and almost 50 carbs in one serving. Just take a look at how greasy it looks with loads
of melted cheese. Curried vegetables baked in a cream sauce inside a crispy pan of bread.
This McCurry pan also comes with a chicken option. Dare we say this is not a good vegetarian
option, as it really doesn’t live up to healthy living standards.
Mashed Potato Burger
McDonald's locations around the world include many of the regular items from the American
menu that made the company famous, but they also tend to cater to individual markets as
well. This has made them an American icon as well as a global fast food corporation.
In China, they love Western fast food chains but we are not really sure what Mickey D's
was thinking with this one. Not only is it a weird burger but it also does not have any
local Chinese flavor to it. It's fully loaded with a couple of beef patties topped with
bacon and a heaping spoonful of mashed potatoes. The Mashed Potato Burger was introduced as
part of McDonald’s “Beef 2012 Manly Campaign” in China. The campaign was aimed at "young
urban meat lovers,” and is basically saying that bacon and mashed potatoes are the way
to become “manly”. What they forgot to mention though is that this all comes at the
expense of a soggy, soggy bun. Would you dare to try to take a bite out of this massive
load of unhealthy calories... I mean burger? A burger stuffed with two beef patties, bacon,
and mashed potatoes! This is one of kind and certainly, a weird combo. Instead of “would
you like fries with that”? It’s more like would you like some burger with your mashed
potatoes? We prefer our mashed potatoes alongside a nice homemade dinner thank you very much!
Frozen Coke
On a hot day in New Zealand, this is the drink to pick up at the local McDonalds drive-thru.
It's a Coke slushie, and you can choose from regular coke or vanilla coke and it usually
comes topped with ice cream. Now imagine the heaps of sugar that are in this drink?! 1
can of coke alone has at least 1/3 of a cup of sugar but how about when you turn it into
a slushie, supersize it and add ice cream? Let's remember that fast food chains are in
the business of making money, not in the business of making sure you stay healthy. A large frozen
coke has about 55 grams of sugar and 1 scoop of ice cream has about half a cup of sugar!
We know sugary foods and fried foods aren't good for us but the worst part is that it
can have adverse effects on your blood pressure, heart health, and even increase the risk of
diabetes or cancer. McDonald's is definitely not in the business of health here, because
they know that if Coke isn't your thing, they also offer the frozen soda slushie in Wild
Cherry Fanta and Blue Raspberry Fanta flavors too. If you’re looking for something cold
and refreshing with a caffeine boost you’re better off probably getting an iced coffee.
Bacon Roll
Can I get some bread with that bacon? This roll will surely make your cholesterol roll
out of control and you can probably say arteries it was nice knowing you! This might have been
introduced for those truly devoted bacon lovers since this is literally bacon on bread with
ketchup... and that's it. There must be a lot of bacon lovers in the United Kingdom,
who either don't know or don't care that bacon is like a screaming saturated fat bomb ready
to go off in your arteries. This bacon roll has a lot of unnecessary carbs to be quite
honest, 43 grams! Mickey D's knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and
they market this roll as a great item to start your day. They’re trying to show that The
Bacon Roll is "packed with protein", that will keep you full throughout the morning
with 319 calories, 8.4 grams of fat and 18g protein. But do you really want your morning
fuel and protein to be coming from a white bread bun, fatty and greasy bacon drizzled
with ketchup (which is full of sugar)? Rather than keeping you full this roll will send
your blood sugar levels out of whack. Needless to say, this is far from keto friendly or
anything friendly for that matter!
Bubblegum Squash McFlurry
Although McDonald's food isn’t known for being nutritious by any means, it is expected
to be quick, cheap, and fun. So, even though this McFlurry is all those things and looks
super fun, it probably doesn't taste fun and is a recipe for diabetes. You’re probably
wondering which Mickey D's in the world serves such a bizarre McFlurry flavor? You can find
this weird combination of flavors in New Zealand and Australia, where this McFlurry will make
your taste buds go down under. Soft serve ice cream blended with marshmallows and loaded
with bubblegum flavored syrup. That’s right, by squash, they don't mean butternut squash
or something like that, but rather marshmallows. The artificial blue bubblegum syrup is sure
to make you cringe unless you really really really love bubblegum flavor anything. This
frighteningly blue McFlurry option is for those of you who are into trying wild fast
foods or those who just don't care about added sugars, other nutrition facts or the ingredients
lists! Can we just mention chemicals and more chemicals? We suppose if you are looking for
a very fast blood sugar spike this bubblegum squash McFlurry is not as bad as the McFlurry
with M&M’s Candies. The regular size of that rainbow-colored dessert has 630 calories,
while saturated fats come in at a whopping 14 grams and 86 grams of sugar! Let's just
say that if you’re looking to stick to your beach body for the summer skip the drive-thru
for this one no matter what you are craving! It’s just pure sugar and artificial coloring.
Just remember that the FDA recommends no more than 50 grams of sugar a day and even that
might be stretching it.
Gratin Croquette Burger
Sounds French, but surprise surprise, it’s Japanese! The Gratin Croquette Burger is
one of those specialty burgers that’s not available all year round. It's available in
Japan during the winter months but it's not particularly the burger you would want to
be biting into. It's very creamy, maybe even too creamy and made with a crispy deep fried
crab, macaroni croquette and shredded lettuce sandwiched between two steamed buns with a
screamy sauce... sorry, creamy sauce. It’s been described that it’s like biting into
a concoction of whole wheat with a nibble of shredded lettuce. It’s no secret that
fast food is highly processed and contains large amounts of carbohydrates, unhealthy
fats, and sodium. But foods like the ones listed here from Mickey D's are extremely
high in calories and offer no nutrition. This burger is one for the books as it has made
it to the list of "top 10 failed McDonald's items" so it's safe to say that it won't make
its way past the McDonald's in Japan. Thank goodness for that!
McDonald's Poutine
Besides maple syrup, Tim Horton's coffee and hockey, poutine is a Canadian staple! It’s
a very popular way to eat french fries that are smothered in gravy and cheese curds. So
naturally McDonald's in Canada jumped on board the poutine train and created their own version
of it. Although this version may make you cringe knowing that it's loaded with 30 grams
of fat and 1,010 milligrams of sodium. That’s just for the regular gravy and cheese curd
poutine but in 2015 they also added bacon bits and maple-flavored BBQ sauce. Let's get
into just the bacon bits to give you a small idea of how devastating this could be on your
body. One tablespoon of artificial bacon bits contains 124 milligrams of sodium, which
is about 5 percent of the daily limit for the average healthy person under 50. Now we
are at about 1,134 milligrams of sodium not counting the maple BBQ sauce. This poutine
alone would be some people's max sodium intake for the entire day! If you’re looking to
grab something light or craving some fries, this menu item is not the way to go. McDonald's
also introduced another strange version of their crispy fries drizzled in white and milk
chocolate called the McChoco potato. Oh why oh why? Chocolate does not belong on fries!
Shrimp Burger
McDonald's in the Japanese market has had its ups and downs, so to lure customers back
in at one point they introduced the "Shrimp Burger". The shrimp burger is called the "EBI
Filet-O" in Japan. As if the Gratin Croquette wasn't enough with its deep-fried crab and
macaroni, they tried to simplify the recipe with this one. This sandwich features whole
shrimps deep fried as a battered patty and served on a Big Mac bun. It's basically bread,
deep fried shrimp, a sheet of lettuce and some spicy sauce. Who knows why on Earth McDonald's
mixed shrimp into a burger? We guess to cater to the people in Hong Kong and Japan. Do they
really like shrimp that much? Some people had issues with the creamy, thick Thousand
Island dressing and the soft square of cheese added to the sandwich. It was said to “taste
kinda off" in the combination of this burger, but the meat itself comes as advertised. When
you take a bite into the battered patty it reveals the whole, pink-colored shrimp under
the crisp deep-fried layer. Should shrimp even be allowed on a burger? Is it even a
real burger if there's shrimp inside of it. The best or maybe worst part is that this
deep-fried, creamy, high-calorie Ebi Filet-O Shrimp burger was promoted by a Japanese model
because that's surely what models must eat to maintain their figure.
Mega Mac
As if the Big Mac was not enough. Mickey D’s needed to make a Mega Mac to top it, with
double the patties, double the everything! Don't worry your friends can't triple dare
you to eat this one unless you're in Korea, Turkey or the United Arab Emirates. If the
Big Mac wasn't already a BIG meal on its own with two patties, the Mega Mac has 4! The
Big Mac is already loaded with zero nutrition and tons of bad calories but if you go the
Mega Mac route then the calories, fat, sodium and everything else follows. The Mega Mac
has 736 calories, 44 grams of fat, 1,420 milligrams of sodium, and 109 milligrams of cholesterol!
And if you get fries with that it gets even scarier! The fries have something like 20
different ingredients and add 230 calories and 11 grams of fat for a small size. But
if you're thinking “hey I’ll treat myself" and choose to get a large order of fries with
that Mega Mac you’re looking at another 510 calories and 24 grams of fat to add on
to your meal. Now if that's not enough, rumor has it that the McDonald's secret menu has
an even bigger version of this calorie bomb, they call it the Monster Mac. In addition
to the standard toppings on the regular Big Mac (or the Mega Mac), the monster version
of the burger includes 8 beef patties. Ya, you heard that right, EIGHT BEEF PATTIES.
You can feed a family of 4. It almost seems like the Mega and Monster Mac are "challenge"
burgers! The Monster version of the Mega Mac means it’s double the calories, double the
fat, double the sodium and everything else, that sounds like a monster mash to your insides
which could lead to a graveyard smash.
Cordon Bleu Burger
It's no secret that Europe loves their meats! From cold cuts to sausages and much more.
The name may sound French but this burger is available in Poland and really takes "meat
lovers" to a whole other level. And the level we’re talking about is really bad for your
heart and arteries! Like really though, how much meat can you possibly cram between two
onion buns? The Cordon Bleu Burger really puts that question to the test by stuffing
in bacon, a beef patty, and a fried chicken patty that is stuffed with ham one on top
of the other. So, yes there are 4 kinds of meat in this one burger. Say what? They could
have easily called this the "heart attack" burger but of course, that's bad marketing.
This burger is overloaded with meat, cheese and sauce between two onion buns, adding some
fries and coke on the side and the calories of your "cheat meal" turn into a cheat week! An
honorable mention goes to the big breakfast with hotcakes and sweet syrup if trying to
watch those calories. If you’re feeling really hungry and standing in McDonald's you
might want to avoid ordering this breakfast. Especially if you don't want to eat your recommended
daily calorie intake in a single meal! The big breakfast with hot cakes has over 1,300
calories and 65 grams of fat!! Just hearing that makes us feel full. Actually, if you’re
just trying to live a healthier lifestyle, maybe Mickey D's isn’t the best option.
Although, everything in moderation right? Pass the fries.
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