- What if Taco Bell and McDonald's had a baby?
- Let's talk about that.
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Gooooood Mythical Morning.
- Now, you've heard of the combination restaurant,
right? - Sure, yeah.
This is when two fast food chains hang out together,
shoulder to shoulder in one building in peace and harmony.
- That's right, yeah.
The main chains that you see in combination locations
are KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut,
because they're owned by the same company.
But something you have not seen
is a McDonald's combined with a Taco Bell.
Until today.
- We don't want to see what Taco Bell and McDonald's
would be like just as side by side restaurant roommates.
No, we want to imagine,
what if those two chains fell in love,
merged their menus together, and made food babies?
- Because that's weirder.
- And sometimes weirder tastes good.
It's time for Menu Mashup, (text chimes)
Taco Bell and McDonald's edition.
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- All right, there are endless possibilities to how the DNA
of a mixed Micky D's and Taco B's menu could come out.
So Mythical Chef Josh has narrowed it down
to some specific mashups.
- Yeah, we're gonna be tasting two new
McDonald's meets Taco Bell menu items in every round,
and then we're gonna choose which one we think
should go on the Taco Bell McDonald's merged menu.
Let's eat some food babies.
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Naturally, we're starting with breakfast.
- Naturally.
- What are we looking at here, Josh?
- [Josh] All right, so Rhett, you have
the McGriddles Breakfast Burrito.
That is a hybrid pancake and tortilla dough
infused with a lot of McDonald's very real maple syrup
and then wrapped around bacon, potatoes,
eggs, and cheese from Taco Bell,
with a little bit of extra maple syrup drizzle.
- Okay. - And Link, you have
the Cheesy Toasted Egg McMuffin.
That is an Egg McMuffin that has been crusted
in crispy cheddar cheese,
something that Taco Bell is now doing to their items.
- Oh, really? - Crunchy Red Strips,
Canadian bacon, egg, and breakfast nacho cheese.
- Now-
- Don't take it apart, please.
- Instead of me sitting here
and handling this thing. - Just licking it?
- Let's cut it in half.
- Let's cut it in half!
And then you can handle your half
and I'll-
- [Rhett] Oh, that's crunchy on top.
I can- - Oh yeah.
Do you hear that?
Okay, so it's a Taco Bell burrito.
that's McDonald-ified.
- [Josh] Yes.
- [Link] And Egg McMuffin that is Taco Bell-ified.
- [Josh] That's a good way to put it.
- Can I have that special microfiber towel? (laughs)
I only wash,
I only clean my knives with microfiber.
- So this is gonna have a nice crunch of chicken, of cheese.
- We got a nice crunch of chicken.
- There's no chicken in this.
- Not that I know of. - Except, well, the egg.
And there's gonna be a nice crunch of that.
- [Josh] They call them Crunchy Red Strips at Taco Bell.
- Oh, they do, do they?
Dink it and sink it.
Hm, biting through that hardened cheese layer
is a bit of a challenge, but there's a lot of reward for it.
- It takes a little bit of work.
And once you get through the crunch of the top,
you still got some crunch of these nice,
what do you call them?
- [Josh] Crunchy Red Strips.
- Crunchy Red Strips.
- I mean, it's solid. - That's good.
- But we're both huge McGriddle fans.
I mean- - Oh yeah.
- [Rhett] As you were describing this, Josh,
I was just getting excited.
- [Link] So it's not a tortilla.
- It's like a pancake almost.
- It's a freaking crepe.
Now, is that a tomato?
- Dink it.
- [Josh] Yeah, actually, there's, sorry,
there's pico de gallo as well. - Don't take it.
- [Josh] Taco Bell does pico de gallo-ify their burritos.
- Oh.
- Still infused with the syrup.
- [Josh] Oh yeah.
- I love how McDonald's did that.
It's an infused pancake,
and you've done the same thing here.
- Ironically, putting a little bit of that McDonald's salsa,
which really doesn't taste like salsa, onto it
would make it even better.
And they would have that at this restaurant.
'Cause they'd have everything that both restaurants have.
- This is so colorful and exciting,
and this is kind of bland looking,
but the taste is blowing me away.
- I think this one is great marketing, you know?
The egg McMuffin one is super flashy.
People will get super excited about it.
But when they tasted this, they'd be coming back for more.
- Addicted.
- (laughs) Right, addicted.
That's what we're trying to do.
Addicted is what we're trying,
that's what we're gonna call this.
- You don't wanna get them in the door.
You want to addict them. - McDonald's Taco Bell.
Addicted.
So we're going with the,
I don't even know what you'd call it.
What do you call this?
- [Josh] A McGriddles Breakfast Burrito.
- The McGriddles Breakfast Burrito.
- Put it on the menu.
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We're calling this our sides situation.
- Sides situation.
We got some McDonald's nuggets
that have been Taco Bell-ified to become Taco Nuggets,
versus some Supreme-ified fries.
- Nacho Supreme Fries.
Now, we got some Fire Sauce.
- [Link] Okay, drizzle it.
- [Rhett] You on board for that?
- If you can.
I'll go with a little fire sauce,
but I'm gonna dodge the pico,
'cause I want to give this the best chance I can.
So we got that Taco Bell meat
- Having trouble just getting a bite-sized bite.
Mm.
- Yeah, if you can have loaded nachos,
you can have loaded fries.
But at McDonald's- - That's good.
You can't order fries with stuff on them
like you can at Shake Shack or In-N-Out or other places.
And- - That's really good.
Once you start to expect fries with stuff on them,
going back to McDonald's fries, as good as they are,
Stevie, I know you're a fan.
- [Stevie] Yeah, who doesn't love McDonald's fries?
- Somebody, (laughs) I mean, somebody.
- [Stevie] I'm a huge fan.
I talk about it all the time.
(Josh laughs)
- This could be weird.
I mean, it already looks weird.
- What kind of dipping sauce have we got here?
- Oh, that's McDonald's sweet and sour,
the most underrated dipping sauce in the game.
- Got it.
- Okay. - So what's inside
these nuggs? - Got a chip on your shoulder.
- [Josh] So we've actually taken Taco Bell's meat, cheese,
and a little bit of creamy jalapeno sauce,
and we've frozen them into discs
then deep fried them McDonald's McNugget-style.
- And look at that.
Isn't that appetizing? (laughs)
(Josh and Stevie laugh)
Oh, I feel good about it, though, mm.
- I like the Taco Bell meat.
(Josh and Stevie laugh)
- I do too.
- People talk trash about it. - Oh, they do?
I like it.
You like Taco Bell meat?
- I like it a lot. - It's my favorite.
People talk trash 'cause they found out
it was only 88% meat, but that's more than enough.
That's a B+.
- Yeah, that's definitely in the majority.
- If it was just straight meat,
with nothing else to make it taste good,
you want some seasoning and some other additives.
That's what you want. (Josh laughs)
- And let me tell you, this has got some additives.
It really works with the sweet and sour sauce, too.
I mean-
- This is not easy.
- To me, this is a clear winner.
Taste-wise, they're both incredible, but-
- That's just loaded fries.
This is an entirely new thing. - Yeah.
The problem with this is that people feel
like this is a been there, done that.
This is novel, this is inventive.
- And it's really tasty.
- And I kind of want to keep eating it.
I know. (sighs)
- But I gotta pace myself.
All right. - Later.
- So the Taco Nuggets are gonna go on the menu.
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(Link groans)
That's what happens sometimes when you do a little trick.
Okay, so we've got the Crunch Wrap Big Mac
versus the Quarter Pounder with Cheese Gordita Crunch.
Okay. - So is there an entire
Big Mac just inside of that, or?
- [Josh] There is, and also,
instead of a crunchy tostada layer,
we've done a crunchy hash brown layer
to celebrate McDonald's all-day breakfast.
- 'Cause hash browns can go in
any time, y'all. - We need a sharper knife.
- We need a stronger guy. - You want me to grab half?
Oh my goodness.
That is brilliant.
I love the fact that that hash brown
is the middle bread piece.
- Oh yeah. - Oh, good lord.
- That is so smart. - Look at that.
- We got the double meat, - Whoo!
- with a hash brown in the middle.
- I'm getting it again, guys.
I'm getting goosebumps again.
I get a lot of goosebumps at the desk
when something excites me. - Oh wow.
This is exactly what you would imagine it to be.
I know you're imagining it.
You're imagining what it would be like
to have a Big Mac that had been Crunch Wrap-ified.
It's still got the Big Mac flavor,
'cause you got the beef, the cheese, and the special sauce.
- But there's taters.
- But that little unexpected tater in the middle
that you didn't know you needed.
- I mean, can we go to Big Mac zone,
what's it called, McDonald's?
Can we go, (Stevie laughs)
can we go to McDonald's and order a Big Mac,
but say, hey, can you replace
the middle bread- - Take me to
the Big Mac zone.
- With a hash brown patty?
They could do that, I guess
- They wouldn't do that, though.
- The only thing I don't know about is the hot lettuce.
- Mm.
- The hot lettuce is hurting me a little bit.
- The eternal Crunch Wrap curse.
- I feel like I could stab you with this knife
and it would do no damage.
- I feel like I wouldn't know.
- Let me see if I can get through this burger.
- [Link] I feel you like I wouldn't know you.
- [Rhett] Oh, it gets through this one.
I'm touching both sides.
There we go.
- Should I just stand in the corner and watch?
- She's taken more out of me than I realize, just oh.
- [Link] Oh, there's a hangie.
Cut that.
That's like a piece of ham or something.
What is that?
- [Josh] There's certainly no ham,
but I can tell you what is in it.
- Okay, yeah.
- [Josh] All right, so we have the quarter pound bun
with pickles, mustard, and ketchup,
and then two tostada layers separated by American cheese
with Taco Bell beef, spicy ranch, and lettuce.
- So that's the tostada layer that I thought was ham.
- [Josh] Yep.
- Now, this is a lot like the Taco Burger
that Taco Bell had at one point.
- [Josh] The Bell Beefer. - Didn't you make that
for us one time?
- [Josh] I did, yeah, it's similar to the Bell Beefer,
but kind of, you know, for this new Gen Z generation.
They love Cheesy Gordita Crunches.
- It's better than the Bell Beefer,
'cause it's got more going on.
It's a little messy.
- It's very bread forward.
Whatever we decide, they are gonna put on their merged menu.
'Cause this is happening.
So we gotta be serious about this.
- Everything tastes good so far.
I mean- - Yeah.
- This is a bit too much for me.
And you know, I could argue
that's an improvement on the Big Mac.
Got the potatoes, it's not too much bread.
This has just got too much bread.
- This is still pretty simple, elegant.
I'm eating your half now.
- Effective, yeah, sure.
Go for it, buddy. - I just picked up
and started eating what you left.
- You're were like, how did I eat that much burger so fast?
- Well, I saw all of this cheese hanging off,
and I just couldn't not eat it.
- Well, for somebody who's gonna vote for this,
it's weird that you're eating mine of that.
- (laughs) Yeah. - But whatever.
- I'm gonna vote for that. - So we're saying
that the Crunch Wrap Big Mac is going on the menu.
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All right, we're wrapping up with dessert.
We've got the Cinnamon Twist McFlurry
versus the nacho cheese apple pie.
- Okay.
I mean, you can't go wrong with a cinnamon-ified McFlurry.
- This feels like something
that should have already happened.
- Like a horchata McFlurry.
Is there something crunchy in there?
Crunchy? - Yeah, the Cinnamon Twist.
- I meant chewy.
- [Josh] Oh, that is the Cinnamon Twist
being hydrated by the ice cream.
Like think of Rice Krispies soaking in milk.
- Oh.
- [Josh] Which maybe explains why it hasn't happened yet.
- Why do I taste banana?
- Maybe somebody put a banana in yours,
but there's no banana in mine. (laughs)
- Do you taste banana?
Mm-mm.
- That's weird.
- [Josh] I think you have a concussion.
- Hmm.
- That is really good.
- I have had one.
- But the Cinnamon Twists do get really chewy.
- And taste like banana, apparently.
- Let's see if my dull knife can get through this.
Did it, look at that!
Cut right through it like a hot knife through butter.
- Cheese on an apple pie-
- Is a thing that is done.
- But nacho cheese, not really.
- It's hot, Josh.
- Yep, fresh baked. - It's hot, Josh.
- Mm.
- Mm, yes.
That's good, bro.
- The nacho, I mean,
I like other cheeses better on an apple pie.
It's a little spicy.
- Yeah, nacho. - Which does surprise you.
I don't like bananas.
So I gotta vote for this.
- As a person who is not tasting banana,
and I feel like I can speak rationally into this,
both of these, like every single thing,
I mean, why do we have to pick one?
They're both good.
This feels like something
that I don't know if it's gonna get people in the door.
- No, no, yeah. - I think the idea
of putting nacho cheese on an apple pie
will get people in the door.
- It is is very good. - Basically,
that's what we're trying to do.
We're trying to get people into the door
so they can get- - no we're trying to get them-
- [Both] Addicted.
- But they gotta get into the door before they can get-
- [Both] Addicted.
- So we're going with the
cheese apple pie. - Nacho cheese apple pie
is going on the menu.
That's a good looking menu, because it is joining
the McGriddles Breakfast Burrito,
the Taco Nuggets, and the Crunch Wrap Big Mac.
Yeah, come on through, y'all.
- (laughs) It doesn't exist.
But if it did, you'd be thanking us.
- We'll call McDonald's and Taco Bell,
and then we'll put the two phones together.
- (laughs) You ever done that?
That's a great way to do a prank call.
- (laughs) Oh really?
Okay. - Yeah.
You call two stores and then put the phones together.
It's really fun.
Let's do that.
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