no McDonald's anywhere makes a mcdlt anymore some McDonald's menu items have stayed famous
even after leaving the menu here are 10 canceled McDonald's items that people still talk about
Szechuan sauce Szechuan sauce and it's delicious and then they got rid of it and now it's gone on
the menu for a limited time only in 1998 Sichuan sauce was part of a marketing tie-in with the
release of Disney's animated feature film Mulan Szechuan sauce was a saltier take on the golden
Arch's usual sweet and sour McNugget sauce and while its flavor wasn't maligned its marketing
campaign certainly was the commercials and packaging for the Mulan menu items were considered
extremely racist towards Asian cultures and a widespread email campaign of backlash ended the
rollout less than two weeks after it started the quick shutdown left the sweet and salty
Tang of Szechuan sauce as a memory of the past fast until almost 20 years later when the Dip's
delicious reputation would bring it back from the dead in 2017 Cartoon Network's animated hit series
Rick and Morty had an episode that referenced the short-lived sauce yeah I'd like to get a 10-piece
McNugget and a bunch of the Szechuan sauce the popular show boosted social media engagement and
word of mouth so much that McDonald's themselves scrambled to take advantage of it re-releasing
the sauce for a one day only promotion customers and Rick and Morty fans alike lined up in droves
and the demand turned out to be so high that large numbers of them were left empty-handed
the sauce was re-released yet again in March of 2022 although the recipe was
tweaked and received mixed reviews with some saying it tasted like a soy sauce
flavored cornstarch despite its reputation the sauce was once again pulled from the menu
Mighty Wings new champions of taste Mighty Wings from McDonald's while McDonald's has had Timeless
success with those dippable chicken McNuggets and the McChicken sandwich always remains a favorite
one attempt at adding chicken to the menu just didn't fly in 1990 the restaurant attempted to
add a bone-in chicken wing to its lineup McD's Mighty Wings Mighty Wings were enough of a seller
to stick around on Regional menus as late as 2003 But ultimately left the menu after realizing that
Colonel Sanders was king of fried chicken feasts but not to be defeated they made a return to the
market 10 years later in 2013. McDonald's was convinced they'd win The Wing war testing and
tweaking the spices and flavor for Mighty Wings big comeback hey guys guess who's back from space
they were so convinced of the triumphant return that the chain loaded up on an astounding 50
million pounds of chicken wings in preparation for the product to fly out of the deep fryers in the
end The Not So Mighty Wings needed to hit the gym sales were completely abysmal almost right from
the start with McDonald's then CEO making public excuses for the lack of sales the Mighty Wings
reappearance lasted less than four months and they were removed from the menu in December of 2013.
the hula Burger pineapple so much but us today meat alternatives are more popular than ever
from beyond meat Burgers to Impossible Whoppers or meatless pepperoni plant-based options are easier
to find at your favorite eateries but in 1962 that wasn't the case McDonald's became the franchise
it is today under a man named Ray Kroc and as his business expanded so too did his ideas to conquer
the less obvious Food Markets Ray wanted to come up with an alternative to beef that he could serve
after noticing declining sales in certain Catholic neighborhoods many of whom typically abstain from
meat on Fridays his creation was the island-themed hula Burger named after the traditional Hawaiian
hula dance because his new sandwich featured pineapple as in that's all it was pineapple being
featured front and center that's that Hawaiian burger joint the hula Burger was a pineapple slice
between two pieces of processed cheese sandwiched between a plain Toasted Bun and that's it however
at the same time one of his McDonald's franchisees presented Rey with another beef alternative the
filet of fish the following Friday the two held a friendly competition to see whose creation would
be a bigger hit with fast food Fanatics and the filet of fish outsold the hula burger by a count
of 350 to six while the filet of fish became a menu staple to this day the hula Burger danced its
way out of sight and was never heard from again the McLean Deluxe hi I'm your bran muffin probably
fat free and good for your colon while the pineapple experiment wasn't a success as a meat
replacement over the years the folks at the golden arches have continued to explore adding healthier
alternatives to their menu and believe it or not they once decided on using something in the ocean
that wasn't fish in 1991 McDonald's introduced the McLean deluxe burger as a healthier option
part of a larger Deluxe line of diet Alternatives it was designed to be so different that it was
the only sandwich on the menu at the time and not created by McDonald's executive chef the
trick to the healthier option cutting the fat the McLean Deluxe was definitely lean with 16
grams less fat than a Big Mac this was achieved by cutting the meat content in each Patty by 10
percent replacing that meat with lean ground beef and filling in the missing space with
a binder called carrageenan which is commonly known as red seaweed the sandwich sold poorly
and was not well received with a New York Times food critic going as far as nicknaming it the
mick Flopper in 1995 the McLean Deluxe lasted five years before finally losing its spot on
the menu new in 1996 the mick DLT it was hot and cold released in 1984 as a spin-off of a
BLT sandwich the mcdlt featured the lettuce and tomato that the quarter pounder was missing yes
in the 80s adding basic vegetables to your fast food was considered a healthy alternative but
the mcdlt came with another marketing option that literally set it apart the packaging the
sandwich came packed in a double wide styrofoam box that had one side for the meat half of the
sandwich and one side for the veggie half of the sandwich the idea was to keep the hot Parts hot
and the cool Parts cool and the customer was to assemble the finished product themselves
in addition to the assembly being an inconvenience for customers the extra packaging had a reputation
for being extremely wasteful the world had gotten wise to the negative environmental impacts of
polystyrene green packaging and to the fact that McDonald's was purposefully and unnecessarily
using twice as much of it the company trotted out a heavy marketing campaign of celebrity
commercials featuring the likes of Aretha Franklin and Jason Alexander but just couldn't convince the
buying public by the early 1990s the sandwich was discontinued to help the company's image be more
environmentally friendly the arch Deluxe it's a hamburger made out of meat on a bun with nothing
as the 90s ticked on McDonald's still wanted to cater to Niche markets faced with an aging
customer base that was becoming disinterested in the restaurant's Kitty image remember Ronald
McDonald's play place why don't restaurants have playgrounds anymore McDonald's ignored their Happy
Meal toys and decided to talk straight to the adults in the room their adulting push led the
company to spend an astronomical 300 million dollars on production research and marketing
before they finally arrived on the arch Deluxe a sophisticated McD's Burger focusing on high-end
ingredients like a potato bun Dijon Mayo sauce and circle cut peppered bacon the sandwich was
released in May of 1996 but the tagline of the burger with the grown-up taste actually alienated
most of the customer base and the burger was pulled from the menu after four years
of abysmal sales the Archdale Lux stands as one of the biggest flops in McDonald's history and proves
it's good to stick with what works Pizza hitting the markets in 1989 McDonald's sought to escape
its Brown Bag lunchtime only image by introducing everyone's favorite dinner dish pizza a full three
years were committed to product development including designing and patenting a high-speed
Pizza Oven that could cook a family-style pizza from Frozen in no less than six minutes almost
there just one more push here it is the idea of having families and adults dine in on a dinner
pie seemed set to roll that was a disaster in real life stores restaurants required a large remodels
to find space for the pizza ovens and warming bins while the drive-through Windows needed to
be enlarged because they couldn't fit the mcpizza Box through them add to that the reality that
pizza just isn't ready fast enough for fast food customers even with a fancy nuclear oven between
the five minute prep time and 11 minute cook time waiting 16 minutes proved disaster for the fast
food franchise drive-throughs became clogged and dine in service suffered as Burgers sat cold while
employees tended to pizzas the company stuck with it until the year 2000 before they finally pulled
the plug on the last Outlet serving up the pie mix spaghetti spaghetti spaghetti almost two decades
before their Preposterous Pizza scheme the burger folks tried their luck at another classic dinner
dish spaghetti dubbed as the obvious enough mixed spaghetti the pasta was introduced to
the world in 1970 served with cheese and tomato sauce and optional sides of meatballs and garlic
bread the staple was a precursor to the pizza Venture and that it took up too much time and
space to be practical in a fast food kitchen while it failed to catch on with the meat and potatoes
crowd of the Western Hemisphere the mcpasta has been a monster hit ever since it was introduced
in the Philippines he wants spaghetti although mixed spaghetti hasn't been served anywhere else
since 1980 it is still going strong on the menu in the Philippine islands and is a fan favorite
when served alongside another unique McD's menu item Fried Chicken the mick Africa what's this
your food much like Szechuan sauce this next item is famous for reasons besides its ingredients
taste or Preparation released only in Norway and Denmark in 2002 the mick Africa was claimed by
McDonald's to be based on a legitimate African recipe and contained beef cheese and tomato
inside a pita while The Taste combo was fine it was the timing of this release that was
the problem okay that's bad timing at the time no less than six African nations were suffering from
a major famine naturally the backlash was fast and hard for introducing a sandwich named after
a suffering continent and released exclusively to a pair of the world's richest Nations the
marketing was labeled inappropriate distasteful and insensitive that McDonald's pulled their
biggest clown move since Ronald McDonald and refused to remove the sandwich from the menu
while they did apologize for the timing of the campaign the golden arches continued to sell
the mick Africa for two more years and believe it or not they stubbornly ran it back in 2008
for the Beijing Olympics promotional campaign onion nuggets onions or no onions extra onions
while many discontinued McDonald's items can be considered mistakes sometimes it's that same
process of trial and error that brings out the successes in 1975 the restaurant was searching for
a snackable small handheld alternative to their world famous French fries one of the concepts was
onion nuggets which were basically like the inside of an onion ring picture them as the saltier
greasier cousin of a donut hole the concept failed to catch on but onion nuggets also had
the unfortunate Coincidence of being introduced shortly before another snackable handheld you just
might have heard of chicken McNuggets here's your nuggets chicken nuggets given the choice between
those crispy Cluckers and the onion version only one of them was a hit with customers the poppable
poultry treat took off and onion nuggets were left in the dust if only every McDonald's mistake led
to a hit like McNugget it's they wouldn't have so many canceled items along the way
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