McDonald's is obviously a very successful fast-food
chain that spans the globe with more
than 37 thousand restaurant locations
but even the most successful companies
get it wrong sometimes and the folks at
the golden arches are no exception so on
that note here are the 10 discontinued
McDonald's items that devastated us
McDonald's whack discharged mighty wings
from a clown players can't stop talking
about McDonald's new mighty way mighty
wings were a version of chicken wings
but not McDonald's only version of wings
the fast-food chain also sells Mik wings
at some of its international locations
mighty wings were first introduced in
1990 and were taken off the market in
2003 mighty wings were put back on the
menu in 2013 but proved to be not so
mighty only lasting about a year the
fast-food giant bought as much as 50
million pounds of frozen wings to launch
the mighty wings promotion McDonald's
described these wings as having bold
spicy breading but this boldness was not
enough to convince customers that they
had to have these wings some of the
reviews from the time were favorable
much like their little cousins the
McNuggets customers had a choice of
dipping sauces that included barbecue
and sweet-and-sour watch it have blue
cheese in there too but mighty wings
crashed Earth's after a short time
because they really don't make sense in
a world with McNuggets one news outlet
reported that McDonald's was left with
more than 10 million pounds of the
unwanted chicken wings if you really
want chicken wings there are plenty of
places that literally make it their
business to make great wings hot and
cold mcdlt the mcdlt from mcdonald's was
one of the fast food chains better ideas
a fresh beef patty on one side and
cheese cool lettuce and tomato on the
other
after you bought it you put the two
signs together and enjoyed the freshness
the items downfall was the styrofoam
packaging needed to make it work
styrofoam packaging in general ran afoul
of the environmental movement in the
late 1990s and so the mcdlt was
discontinued in 1998 as you probably
know styrofoam is barely used today and
a tasty sandwich was discontinued for
good you're done with advances in
technology you would think McDonald's
could make it work
perhaps the most notable thing about the
mcdlt was the marketing campaign it
included a television commercial
featuring a younger Jason Alexander of
Seinfeld sitcom Fame where the actor
played George Costanza this commercial
is not very memorable unless you happen
to be a fan of Seinfeld
but the mcdlt was a good sandwich and
customers should have the option of
ordering it it's hard to believe our
high-tech world hasn't come up with
convenient packaging that can replace
styrofoam and allow the mix DLT to make
a comeback don't oppress fish Mik bites
one of the commercials for McDonald's
fish Macbeth's tells the viewer they
will only be available for a limited
time
maybe McDonald's should have had more
confidence in this bite-sized product
and marketed it more aggressively from
the start McDonald's new fish McPike
fishy fish a deep fried fish nuggets
made with Alaskan Pollock and served
with tartar sauce for dipping seems like
an item that could work as well as the
fillet a fish sandwich if chicken
McNuggets can be a big hit then why not
fish Macbeth's one reviewer gave fish
McBride's a solid review admitting that
he doesn't even eat fish so this is a
pretty strong endorsement in the era of
eating on the go you'd think the bites
would have ended up being even more
popular than the classic sandwich but
that didn't happen
the reviewers chief complaint was that
the little portions are relatively
expensive when compared to other fast
food snacks I am NOT cheap the
filet-o-fish sandwich has remained
popular and it has been around for
decades
customers can be fickle sometimes she's
fickle for whatever reason most
customers who like the fish sandwich
could not embrace McDonald's fish Mik
bites Szechuan sauce at Mickey D's the
story of McDonald's Szechuan sauce
begins in 1998 when it was released as
part of a promotional tie-in with
Disney's animated movie Mulan then on
April Fool's Day 2017 the Szechuan sauce
was mentioned on the animated television
series Rick and Morty according to
McDonald's this had been intended only
as a throwaway line but customers
expected to get their hands on the
coveted sauce so the fast food chain
released a statement promising that the
sauce would be available on October 1st
fans of the sauce inundated their local
McDonald's but the small supply of sauce
quickly ran out in 2018 some McDonald's
locations reported that the sauce is
available with the purchase of McNuggets
now with Disney's new live-action Mulan
the drama has started up again no time
to talk now remember it's your first day
of training but this time some are
calling for the sauce to not be released
in conjunction with the movie some
believe a Chinese themed condiment might
be politically incorrect but the
reasoning remains obscure as is the
reason why people care so much about
this Szechuan sauce order Chicken
McNuggets when I bite into it you know
what's going to taste like it's gonna
taste like home but people want it so
bad how hard would it be for McDonald's
to make a big supply of the little
packets of sauce Spanish omelette bagel
McDonald's short-lived Spanish omelette
bagel feels a little like a clash of
culinary cultures but putting that aside
it just doesn't make a lot of sense
don't make no van-gogh no van-gogh no
van-gogh no mango gal the fast food
chain has done very well with its
traditional breakfast menu including the
Egg McMuffin hotcakes and sausage hash
browns and more recently the McGriddle
you know a good woman is like
McGriddle okay the Spanish omelette
bagel was a fairly simple recipe of ham
cheese egg and of course a bagel
probably the most interesting thing
about this breakfast sandwich was the
creamy dill mustard this sounds like it
would provide an enjoyable tangy flavour
to the other ingredients it seems like
this would be a good seller perhaps not
as big a hit as the iconic Egg McMuffin
but still a success the existing
breakfast sandwiches from the Egg
McMuffin to the biscuit sandwiches and
McGriddle already provide a wide array
of choices for customers unfortunately
for customers who embraced the Spanish
omelette bagel in 2000 they were to be
disappointed McDonald's was unhappy with
the sluggish sales of this breakfast
sandwich and discontinued it after a
short run
maybe McDonald's will try again with
this breakfast sandwich at some point
some customers pointed out that it
wasn't spicy enough what are you saying
something
look I don't speak Spanish so if the
fast food chain fixes that issue perhaps
the Spanish omelette bagel could be a
hit that second time around
Nick hotdogs everyone knows that
McDonald's is world famous for its
hamburgers the people at McDonald's seem
to forget this idea when they decided
the fast food chain needed to offer the
mick hotdogs McDonald's founder Ray Kroc
had the right idea when he forbid the
sale of hotdogs because there's no
telling what's inside a hotdog skin so
bold strategy cotton let's see if it
pays off world despite the late founders
reasonable objections the fast-food
chain started selling the makaan dog and
some Midwest locations in 1995 they were
discontinued after a few years and came
back to other locations for a time the
hotdogs proved to be more popular in
Japan where they enjoyed a pretty good
run for some reason the Japanese
restaurants shifted them from the lunch
menu to the breakfast menu
they are also popular at the SkyDome
baseball stadium in Toronto Canada it's
probably not a good sign for the MEC
hotdogs that the internet is full of
memes devoted to this particular menu
item many
them refer to the hot dogs as wieners
and point out the comic possibilities
ask some people say that there's no such
thing as bad publicity but there's a
difference between laughing with you and
laughing at you the point is moot anyway
because the Mik hotdog has mostly
slipped away and is only available in a
few locations spread around the world
bullish on the Mik Jordan McDonald's
McGeorge and special wasn't just one
menu item it was actually a value meal
that consisted of a quarter pounder with
cheese with the addition of bacon and
barbecue sauce plus french fries and a
drink as probably the best basketball
player who ever played the game call me
when the broad has six championship it
makes sense that McDonald's would want
to take advantage of Michael Jordan's
notoriety with a tasty addition to its
menu after all New York Yankee baseball
great Reggie Jackson had a candy bar
with his name on it
Michael Jordan was a much bigger star
than Jackson especially in 1992 when the
Chicago Bulls had just won their second
championship in a row and the NBA dream
team was rampaging all over the teams at
the Barcelona Olympic Games this seemed
like the perfect time for a Jordan meal
even without Michael Jordan's name on
this value meal it seems like it would
be a popular item at McDonald's the
fast-food chain could have renamed it
something else if it didn't want to keep
the basketball stars name on it what
about the mick barbecue burger or the
mick bowl with cheese
stop it get some help bacon cheese and
barbecue sauce are no-brainers so
there's no reason for McDonald's to not
try bringing it back for another try
strawberry Mick flurries for ever the
McFlurry has been a popular addition to
McDonald's dessert menu for a while now
Guzman flurries are amazing we probably
all had the fast food company Sunday's
fruit pies and if you're old enough the
classic McDonaldland cookies that used
to be included in happy meals mcdonald's
decided it was time for a new McFlurry
flavor and they chose
berry shortcake strawberries fresh
strawberries and crispy pieces of gold
and brown Shortcake sounds like it
should be a winner
unfortunately this McFlurry was not to
last forever
in fact this McFlurry only lasted a very
short time before being discontinued
because of disappointing sales this
flavor of McFlurry just didn't get good
reviews from customers customers stuck
with the already popular McFlurry
flavors such as M&M Oreo and Snickers it
seems like there should have been room
for one more flavor especially since
Strawberry Shortcake is traditionally a
popular dessert maybe if McDonald's had
offered it only in the summer months
when people tend to eat the tasty
dessert it would have done better a
seasonal treat makes sense in the same
way McDonald's only offers the mint
flavored shamrock shake for a brief time
in March around the st. Patrick's Day
holiday instead of the coke island mixer
with ex joy is Mick Pizza McDonald's has
enjoyed a lot of success but even the
most successful among us occasionally
take a tumble would a grown man post
sweet pics were straight up fire
captions like pizzas literally life
unfortunately the fast-food juggernaut
fell flat on its face when it made the
fateful decision to add mick pizza' to
the menu in the 1980s it's not that mick
pizza was bad it was okay but why make
OK pizza when you're the number one
hamburger and fries fast-food chain in
the world one drawback of Pizza versus
Burgers and Fries is that baking a pizza
takes a certain amount of time it
usually takes at least 10 to 15 minutes
to bake a pizza McDonald's tried to
mitigate this by bringing the pizza to
your table hot out of the oven but what
if you intended to order it at the
drive-through today customers would
probably have the option of pre-ordering
a pizza on an app and pick it up when
it's ready the situation just wasn't in
line with the McDonald's philosophy of
quick and consistent service even though
a lot of customers alike to the pizza in
the 1990s the fast food chain decided
that it wasn't working out and
discontinued it however as of 2019 cuss
murrs in the Orlando area could still
get Mick Pizza at their local McDonald's
McDonald's onion nuggets Burger King has
had onion rings on their menu for
decades but McDonald's experimented with
a tasty fried treat called onion Nuggets
was not quite as successful nice try but
the king could do that
McDonald's tried their hand at deep
fried onions using little chunks instead
of rings these little onion nuggets
seemed like a good idea especially when
we know chicken McNuggets became such a
big hit onion nuggets were only tried in
four test markets in the 1970s before
the fast-food giant decided they
wouldn't be a hit and discarded the idea
these should have had some potential for
success maybe they would have had a
better chance if customers could have
gotten an assortment of fries and onion
nuggets in one order fast-food chains
put out a lot of questionable items but
it seems like onion nuggets should have
worked it's too bad they didn't but I
didn't want to hear it because it hurts
my ears
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