Top 10 McDonald’s Menu Items We Wish They’d Bring Back

The first McDonald’s was opened on May 15, 1940, by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald. When it first opened, McDonald’s was a barbecue restaurant and in the early days, they had 25 items on their menu. However, at the end of World War II, the brothers realized that 80 percent of their sales were hamburgers. So they shut down the restaurant for a few weeks, and reopened with a smaller menu that had just nine items: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, three soft drink flavors available in 12-ounce cups, milk, coffee, potato chips, and pie. The idea behind the new store was to focus on speed and lower prices.

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10. Chopped Steak Sandwich with Onion Nuggets
9. Fries in Beef Tallow
8. Fried Pies
7. McLobster
6. Super Hero Burger
5. The Arch Deluxe
4. Chicken Selects
3. Mega Tamago
2. Eggs Benedict McMuffin
1. Pizza

Source/Further reading:

[wolfwaya]

Back in the day when I was in my teens I worked at a McDonalds, and it was one of the stores that test-marketed the McPizza. The test-market of this pizza was far superior to the actual release pizza by far, and at the time beat most pizza chains. On top of the room needed for the special oven, and the drive through window problem, you also had to have a specialized cooler that probably took up more space than even the oven. To make it a little faster a store would make up a bunch of "blanks" where the cooler would have a bunch of semi-made pizza's with only half the cheese on it and topped off as needed.

As for the Selects (since I live in an area that marketed it) the problem is they are really good if fresh, but they don't hold too well, so if it's not fresh the selects tended to be Luke-warm, chewie, and not very appetizing. When the McNuggets changed after the PR disaster when how they were produced was leaked, it cut into the purpose of the selects market further.

Back when the Deluxe's were released when McDonald's tried to appeal to the older crowed, many stores dropped the traditional menu almost entirely, so for a time you couldn't get the traditional filet-o-fish or even the cheeseburger. Happy Meals were then limited.

I'm surprised such creations as the "McLean" and the "McDLT" were on this list. McLean was made with a very lean patty for those trying to cut cholesterol, but it didn't last too long. the "McDLT" was a big sandwich for a long long time. its selling point in commercials was "The hot stay's hot and the cool stay's cool". I doubt they'd be able to sell it now because it would require bringing back the old Styrofoam packaging needed to separate and maintain the different temperatures of the 2 sides of the burger.

[p-daddy]

If szechuan dipping sauce is not on here i will be very disappointed.
EDIT very disappointed.

[VitaBjornen]

The steak egg and cheese bagel needs to be in more stores!!! It's seriously the best thing on the menu.

[PilotInCommand]

They still have Chicken Selects in the UK

[BryanMinnix]

The Apple pies were amazing and I still miss them. There is thankfully a decent alternative now. KFC makes a deep fried Apple Turnover that looks and tastes very similar to the old McDonald's Apple pies.

[micahphilson]

You know, just a couple weeks ago, nobody would have even known they'd ever even had Szechuan Sauce, but now after the Rick and Morty season premier, that's *all* people want!

[HajoBenzin]

And I’ll go and I’ll find some more of that Mulan Szechuan teriyaki dipping sauce Morty, because that’s what this is all about, Morty, that’s my one-armed man. I’m not driven by avenging my dead family, Morty, that was fake. I’m driven by finding that McNugget sauce. I want that Mulan McNugget sauce, Morty, that’s my series arc, Morty. If it takes nine seasons, I want my McNugget dipping sauce Szechuan sauce, Morty. That’s what’s going to take us all the way to the end, Morty. Season, nine more seasons Morty, nine more seasons until I get that dipping Szechuan sauce…

[waa]

nowadays if the made a seaweed burger and were open about it, they'd be all the rage.

[charityfowler]

The Arch Deluxe was the best!! I really liked them

[billbob]

Anybody remember those fish mcbites in 2013? Those were AMAZING. I probably gained 5 pounds from eating them so much. They came in a box with a holder for the tartar sauce, it was amazing!

[sapphire]

I would love for them to go back to frying the pies.

[davidrucker]

I just recently spent 3 months in Japan. While the Mega Tamago is in fact not available, the McDonalds' in Japan did have a few select burgers that did feature a fried egg. Those burgers were absolutely delicious!!! My favorite was one that was like a McDouble with a fried egg and had teriyaki sauce added!

[gezeo]

I hear they're actually bringing back the Arch Deluxe.

[jeremyspeciale]

I watch y'all every day and really enjoy it!

[JamesPawson]

Ohhhh wow, I forgot about the fried pies. "Magical" is right! To think I haven't eaten one in almost 30 years, and I can still remember how amazing they were.

[AgnostosGnostos]

During my recent visit in Bologna Italy McDonald's were serving Pizza. Also in Milan McDonald's are serving burgers with Parmesan cheese. In Greece during the Lent McDonald's serves burgers with shrimps.

[heathermoore]

The onion nuggets sound amazing! Can we just get those, and forget about the steak sandwich please?

[raquelk]

McDonalds needs to bring back Mcsalad Shakers

[emceecaspa]

Excellent McLobster research sir and shouting out my Province Ontario

[shemp]

can't help but agree with the frys! for years even as a kid I would want McDonald's not for the burger or anything else but I wanted the frys that nothing tasted like. the change also changed my habit of even thinking about McDonald's.