It's time to jog your memory and remind you of all the amazing fast food items that you
can't eat anymore since they disappeared this past decade.
Let's hope at least a few of them make a return sometime soon.
Taco Bell sure knows how to break its customers' hearts.
Why else would the chain remove the most beloved of all menu items?
Let's have a moment of silence for the Enchirito, please.
This Tex-Mex inspired burrito-enchilada combination was delicious in all the right ways.
It was a burrito covered in cheese, so how could we not love it?
The Enchirito had been on the national menu since 1970 after being invented by a Taco
Bell crew member.
Even though it was taken off in 1993, it returned only six years later.
But then in 2013 it disappeared again, this time perhaps for good.
However, if you become a guru at Taco Bell's customizable ordering system, you can more
or less hack the Enchirito.
Just order a burrito supreme and ask for sides of red sauce, nacho cheese, sour cream, and
two sides of the three-cheese blend.
Heat it up, combine it, and celebrate the ultimate burrito hack.
McDonald's added the Big N' Tasty to its national menu in 2001.
It was one of the few McDonald's burgers to include lettuce and tomato.
It was also marketed as a rival to Burger King's Whopper, and for a while, it was doing
a very good job at being just that.
That was until the one-third pound Angus burgers were introduced.
They were quickly outselling the Big N' Tasty, despite being more expensive.
Naturally enough, McDonald's was going to stick with the burger that was bringing in
more money.
As such, the Big N' Tasty found itself replaced in 2010 by…oatmeal.
Yes, McDonald's replaced the Big N' Tasty, a burger that was both big and tasty, with
oatmeal, which is probably the saddest breakfast to ever be served at McDonald's.
But if you're a globetrotter who's really craving a Big N' Tasty, it turns out that
you can get them in various countries at various times, but just not in the United States.
However, you can still order a Big N' Tasty in America if you know some creative hacks.
Start by ordering a Quarter Pounder with cheese, requesting no ketchup or mustard, and topping
it with lettuce, onion, tomato, and Big Mac sauce.
The Big N' Tasty sauce was smokier than regular Big Mac sauce, but it's close enough that
it will give you a fairly close duplicate, though it'll probably end up costing more
than the original burger.
It's hard to believe that there was once a time when there wasn't bacon and a variety
of different cheeses on burgers.
Perhaps that's why Wendy's Bacon and Blue burger was such a shock to customers.
As the first fast food chain to have a blue cheese-topped burger that was available nationwide,
Wendy's set the stage for fast food trends to come all the way back in 2010.
This was a luxury burger, what with its thick applewood smoked bacon, real blue cheese crumbles,
sauteed onions, lettuce, tomato, and a creamy steakhouse sauce.
Alas, it was only with us for a limited time.
Five years after the Bacon and Blue burger joined and subsequently left Wendy's menu,
it returned for a limited time in 2015 on a new brioche bun.
However, some customers are still bitter that the chain tends to get rid of its best sandwiches.
Chances are we'll see this burger again in the future, maybe even at some point in 2020.
It has been five years, after all.
Imagine, if you would, a pillow of pizza, two feet long and filled with all the standard
toppings you know and love.
That was the Big Italy pizza from Pizza Hut in 2010.
It was so large that it needed its own elongated box and special-made white paper bag.
It was only around for a short while, though, disappearing soon after it was released.
The Big Italy was created by stretching the dough to its limits, giving the crust a thinner,
crispier bite more similar to real Italian pizza than what's typically associated with
Pizza Hut.
Customers were torn on this one.
Many confessed that they didn't like how the outer pieces had a thicker crust, while the
middle pieces were thin and soggy.
Also, the distribution of toppings was notoriously poor, with the outer pieces barely getting
any.
On the flip side, some people loved it so much that there was a Facebook group devoted
to it.
Its most recent posts from 2012 wondered if the rumors of the Big Italy returning were
true.
Alas, they were not.
Hot on the heels of Taco Bell's wildly successful Volcano Taco, the Volcano Burrito was a delicious
package wrapped up in a tortilla that erupted onto the scene in 2009.
With its fried strips of tortilla, cheese, beef, sour cream, and rice, it was for the
most part a normal burrito.
But there was a secret weapon that made it so fiery and so utterly perfect.
It's why millions of people cried out in the night when the Volcano Burrito was discontinued.
The true loss of this travesty was Lava Sauce.
It was essential to the Volcano Burrito and to the entire Volcano menu.
But Taco Bell cruelly ripped it from our taste buds by eliminating it entirely in 2013.
"A taste eruption like this won't be active for long."
There was a Change.org petition to bring back the Volcano Burrito, but it didn't lead to
anything.
Lava Sauce did return briefly in 2016 with the limited-time only Volcano Quesarito, but
if you still thirst after it, you're pretty much out of luck.
Taco Bell, if you're watching, we still miss Lava Sauce!
Upon first hearing the name "Pickle Fried Chicken," most people probably made a face
of pure disgust.
But while the name may have been weird, the execution earned plenty of grins of satisfaction.
This sandwich undoubtedly came from the pickle trend of 2018.
Launching on June 25, 2018, KFC's Pickle Fried Chicken took the chain's fried chicken offerings,
then it smothered them in a thick, creamy buttermilk-based pickle sauce that contained
dill, garlic, vinegar, and black and white pepper.
And the whole thing was topped with actual pickles, of course.
"There's like a tanginess, but it's not outright pickle."
"So is that good?"
"Uh-huh."
It was, honestly, very good.
If you liked pickles even just a little bit, you surely loved this sandwich.
A perfect combination of buttery meets savory, the pickle fried chicken won over both pickle
lovers and the pickle-skeptical.
The tragedy was, alas, that it was only around for a limited time.
A very limited time.
As in, until-supplies-ran-out-at-your-local-KFC-limited-time.
Pickle Fried Chicken, you're dearly missed.
Sometimes you need a little pep in your step, and a spicy breakfast might just be the thing
to help you along.
At least, that's what a lot of people were thinking when it came to Chick-fil-A's Spicy
Chicken Biscuit.
But when it was announced that it was being discontinued in 2016, people had a monumental
meltdown on social media.
However, since it accounted for only a depressing one half of one percent of breakfast sales,
it was never going to the top of the breakfast food charts.
So Chick-fil-A removed this option from its breakfast menu in favor of the new Egg-White
Grill.
In early 2019, the chain was testing a new version of the Spicy Chicken Biscuit using
its chicken strips, but it didn't take hold, as it's currently not on the breakfast menu.
While you can get the sandwich version for lunch and dinner still, there's apparently
no room anymore at Chick-fil-A for spicy breakfast.
Or, almost no room.
It turns out that the Spicy Chicken Biscuit isn't entirely extinct, as there are 44 cities
where you can still get it.
It's unclear what makes these specific locations so blessed, but who's up for a road trip to
find out?
French toast is one of those breakfasts that was usually saved for a special occasion when
you were growing up.
"Okay, what do you want for breakfast?"
"Some French toast."
"French toast?
You want French toast, you got it."
Whenever you got to indulge in all that thick bread soaked in eggs and milk that was then
grilled to perfection before being drenched in syrup, those were the days.
When you're an adult, French toast tends to find its way into decadent, overpriced brunches,
but there's always just been something about the simplicity of French toast that makes
it so delicious.
Perhaps that's why Sonic decided to cash in on that nostalgia and ring in 2015 with its
French Toaster Breakfast Sandwich.
A delicious combination of sweet and savory, the French Toaster sandwiched eggs, cheese,
and a choice of ham, bacon, or sausage between two pieces of French toast.
How's that for a fast food breakfast?
Someone even wrote an essay for Chowhound about how he drove 20 miles to try it.
Now that's a testament to deliciousness!
While it could be ordered throughout the day, as breakfast is suitable at all hours, it
was only available for a limited time.
But that limited time wasn't long enough, as this is one item we desperately need back
on Sonic's menu.
Customers sure do like making petitions for menu items they'd like back.
While a Change.org petition for Wendy's Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty only has nine supporters,
we'd like to think their hearts were in the right place.
After all, Wendy's made sure to market this spin on its classic Frosty towards the caffeine
junkies, working adults, and the overly exhausted who wanted something sweet.
Also, it had a hilarious boy band-inspired commercial and celebrity fans like Seth Green.
This 2009 rendition of Wendy's famous frozen treat was infused with coffee syrup and toffee
pieces, making for a drinkable dessert with a nice mocha taste.
It's hard to hate a Frosty, and it's unfathomable to dislike a Frosty that has coffee and candy
in it.
Despite people really liking it and despite its absolutely ridiculous name, it didn't
sell well and was discontinued in 2011, two years after its reveal.
Still, two years is a longer shelf life than a lot of other dearly departed items.
Taco Bell teased and hyped up its breakfast offerings for quite a while before releasing
them.
Among the offerings was the slightly soggy, but still delicious, Waffle Taco stuffed with
egg and a choice of sausage or bacon.
The entire idea of a taco made out of a waffle is pure genius.
Taco Bell knew what it was doing, sort of.
Alas, the Waffle Taco was not long for this world.
A year after its national release, it was sidelined for the Biscuit Taco in 2015.
There are a couple of reasons why the Waffle Taco is waffling no more.
It wasn't the best seller from the Taco Bell breakfast menu, lagging behind the A.M.
Crunchwrap.
Also, Taco Bell was in a deep and vigorous battle with McDonald's that was dubbed "The
Breakfast Wars."
McDonald's had biscuits.
And Taco Bell needed biscuits.
So they said "adios" to waffles.
"In terms of whether they can chip away at McDonald's market share, I think they definitely
can, and I think that McDonald's is worried about that."
Taco Bell executives knew that while the Waffle Taco was flashy and briefly got people's attention,
it didn't hold their attention.
Thus, the Waffle Taco did all the work, but got none of the credit.
McDonald's Mighty Wings had a somewhat turbulent history.
Originally launched in 1990, they lasted on the menu until 2003.
They were re-released ten years later as a limited edition item, and a limited edition
item they remained.
These bone-in chicken wings got high praise for being larger than typical wings, as well
as being moist and pretty darn tasty.
However, the spicy breading was off-putting to many customers.
Also, there were complaints that the wings weren't easy to sauce.
But since these were fast food wings, there's only so much people should've expected.
They were also a bit expensive for McDonald's, with each wing costing roughly $1.
The price may have been the kicker.
The sales for Mighty Wings were 20 percent lower than McDonald's executives had expected,
which probably inhibited any chance of them becoming a permanent menu item.
They were a gamble gone wrong, especially since the company had over 10 million pounds
of wings hanging out in storage.
Mighty Wings returned in 2016 for a limited time in Atlanta, but there's been no sight
of them since then.
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