10 McCrappiest Cancelled McDonalds Items

🍟 Which cancelled McDonalds menu foods have been the biggest failures? Let's take a look today.
Written by: Josh Strider & @ninjean9690
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[theBRANDOProductions]

I think the bigger concern with the McD. L. T was the packaging concern. If people were honestly complaining about the difficulty of assembling a cheeseburger, we’re screwed.

[SirEnVo]

Interestingly, the chicken selects are still in the UK and are massively popular. Been a staple for many years now.

[nicoleonyx]

Okay, this brought back a couple of memories for me, mainly of having McDonald’s in Japan while pregnant 😂 I loved the brownie bites until chocolate suddenly became nauseating and the croquette burger wasn’t bad, but the texture just wasn’t it. I felt like it was definitely missing some firmness. The “mystery brown sauce” was actually really good!

[faeangel]

The bagels are not fully discontinued actually. I work at a McDonald's that sells them here in Indiana, and they're actually our second best selling item in the morning. People here, including myself, love them and were thrilled when when we got them back. We sell a bacon egg, a steak and egg, egg and cheese, and a sausage and egg one.

[Pensfan]

Honestly, the McStuffin sounds like what we know as Bosco Sticks here in the States. Bosco Sticks, for those who don't know, are basically giant mozzarella sticks, but with a breadstick texture instead of a deep-fried one. I feel like mixing the two could go a long way.

[ProfessorPrel]

Tiny correction. In Norwegian and Danish, Africa is spelled with a K, not a C. It was not a typo, just foreign spelling.

[Wnick]

Honestly, Onion Nuggets could work and would be tasty, though I wouldn't get them from McDonald's. Also, love that used "McCrappiest" in the title, though I would have called these "McFailures" in my opinion

[melbell]

That last entry, the #1 spot, kinda reminds me of when McDonald’s tried something similar a few years or so ago: the Signature Crafted Sandwiches. Where you chose the “toppings”(Maple Bacon Dijon, Pico Guacamole, or Sweet BBQ Bacon), meat (quarter lb patty, fried or grilled chicken) and even the bun (sesame seed or artisan roll).

[ztm]

I wouldn’t call the McD’s Chicken Selects a failure. I loved them as a young child in the early 2000’s for their initial run. Then when they came back around 2017-2019 I was working at McD’s for my first job, I sold boat loads of Chicken Selects in my time working there. I also ate just as much, so maybe I have contributed to their downfall.

They were popular enough to warrant a new option called Glazed Tenders, which was an order of Selects covered in sweet and spicy bbq sauce and tossed around in a Tupperware container.

[UnderworldPrincesslol]

I don't know if anyone said this yet, but regarding the honorable mentions, the McSpaghetti can now be found in the Philippines (yes I'm from there)! I think Filipino McDonald's revived it to compete with Jollibee, a fast food restaurant originating from the country, considering they have a similar item called the Jolly Spaghetti and the fact that they seem to be more popular than McDonald's in here as of recent.

[plucas]

Mighty Wings were awesome! And their potential appeal was easy to understand, at least in the US, where buffalo wings and their many, many variants are all over the place. I don't think it really had much to do with competeing with KFC--who have also struggled to sell spicy wings--as it was tapping to into super-popular spicy wing market in the US.

I really liked that you could get get just three or five to an order. In most places I've been to in the US, the smallest order you can get is usually 10-12 wings, so being able to get smaller sizes when you weren't that hungry was very welcome.

[aaronodonoghue]

Chicken Selects are still available in Ireland, I still remember having them back in 2015 and seeing them on a McD's interactive menu recently

[supermarioplushboi]

Actually, something you forgot was McDonald's mozzarella sticks! I used to love those! And the fish bites!

[cobalt--calico]

Chicken selects were a failure?? They're still available in the UK! Well, in England, at least, they were always part of my go-to McDonald's order when I lived there, and I ordered them again when I visited, decent chicken strips! I really wish I was around to try those onion nuggets, though

[strathruncie]

The McDLT was just too far ahead of its time. If it had come out during the Deconstructed phase, it probably would have gone down a treat. 😁

[ghouldishanimal]

"Why is everyone singing?" Because Jason Alexander is a Tony award winner! Singing was what he was known for before Seinfeld totally overshadowed everything else

[PhoenixHealing]

As a kid I hated eggs and most breakfast foods so I either had to take the egg of an Egg McMuffin or I would get the steak biscuit. That thing was so good the biscuit was chewey and the steak had a nice flavor like a tiny country fried steak. It disappeared I want to say sometime in the 90s and I wish it would come back 🥺

[TundieRice]

McDonald’s didn’t “misspell Africa” for their Norwegian McAfrika burger. The continent is spelled “Afrika” in Norway, lol.

[brunosztuba]

Honestly, in Belgium they have these loaded fries with spicy cheese and honey, it is really good.

[Grey_Warden_Invasion]

At the comments about the brownies I was just thinking, "If you people don't like it because it's too unhealthy - what on earth are you doing at McDonald's then?"