Every McDonald’s Menu Item Since 1955

Today on Weird History Food wqe are delving deep into the McDonald's menu. Evern deeper than Morgan Spurlock in his investigative film 'Super Size Me!'. We've seen how he meticulously ate everything on the McMenu, but, how exactly did that menu evolve through the years? How did their most famous sandwiches and burgers come to be, and who started it all? Join us as we trace the beginnings of the Big Bac, the Filet-o-fish, and the very humble menu of offerings that McDonald's gave to the world at the very sart!
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[@MarkMeadows90]

I miss the actual Dollar Menu, their salad shakers, the snack wraps, and the all day breakfast. I sure hope it comes back soon.

[@darkbrightnorth]

All day breakfast is still thing in many places, at least here in Ontario it’s at every location

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@darkbrightnorth not here in northern Alabama though.

[@ablrcklnthewall]

Franchisees hated all day breakfast, Covid killed it and they'll never bring it back.

[@ItsDomeno]

🙏

[@heyheytaytay]

All their food is shit. How can you miss eating shit?

[@mudman619]

you forgot the Bagel breakfast sandwiches. The Steak, Egg, & Cheese is simply fantastic. Glad they brought it back.

[@john15008]

Indeed. There was no mention of biscuit sandwiches either.

[@richardharepax123]

Yes I missed them and I wish that you could get them for lunch if you didn't want a burger

[@bobtillman5769]

They also left out the McPizza.

[@jameskehoe5091]

They don't taste the same as they did 10 years ago. Much like many of the other menu items that go away, and then get brought back. Maybe its my imagination, but the McRib is not the same as it was 10-15 years ago either.

[@bigsarge8795]

Same here

[@richardk7833]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Bring back the original steak and egg bagel breakfast sandwich, it was food to die for!

[@johnnynbk]

you ain't kiddin

[@KensCinemaSofa]

where is that in the video? been in japan the last 16 years, so sad to hear this left american menus

[@sardu55]

Their salads, IMO, were pretty good and well-priced. I used to eat them almost daily when I was watching my diet closely. Then poof, they were gone. I went there one day in 2020 to get a salad and a sausage biscuit at 2p and there was nothing. Hope they bring at least the salad back.

[@richardk7833]

@@KensCinemaSofa It is not in the video, here in America they replaced the actual steak in the original with a chopped steak alternative, later they got rid of the bagel for a biscuit. So the current version of the original steak, egg and bagel is just a memory.

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

Bring back the dollar menu!

[@e3vL1]

I think it was a decade long promo

[@Graeme_Norgate]

I wouldn’t feed my animals for a dollar, have a bit more self worth my friend

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

@@Graeme_Norgate smh that makes no sense. If the economy was better and inflation reduced, prices would normalize and you could actually afford food for even your pets at a $1. Im in my 30s and remember a time when a can of pet food cost a $1.

[@obsidian00]

The REAL Dollar menu…

[@AuntieTrichome]

Belgian here. It still exists in my neck of the woods (don’t know about other Euro countries). It’s called Eurodeals.

[@TaaxiCaab]

As a kid growing up in the 80's I have fond, and sometimes painful, memories of the lava filled fried apple and cherry pies.

[@johnnyblade51]

What about the Big and Tasty? It was a burger with everything on it, and the beef patty was the biggest sized patty they had on the menu. For the short time I worked at McDonald’s is when they introduced it. I I used to love it. I believe it lasted over a year.

[@trapez77]

Wasn’t that basically just the quarter pounder deluxe?

[@RyanABXY]

i knew i was forgetting one. the B&T was a staple in our orders for as long as it lasted

[@y0blo]

​@@trapez77 it is. But now with a new name and triple the price!

[@Windruzhed]

Its still in Europe!

[@johnnyblade51]

@@Windruzhed What?!? Now I’m jealous!

[@joeyfish5]

All day breakfast was my favorite

[@thomasjones4556]

facts

[@dongeraci8599]

Fun Fact: The Cheddar McMelt which failed in the US became McD's best selling burger in Brazil to this day. So much so that all other burgers franchises and local burger joints ALL have a version of it on their menu. It literally changed the culture.

[@john15008]

It’s been over 35 years and I still remember enjoying the Cheddar Melt sandwich. It was delicious!

[@ryanbrown938]

​@@john15008 Cheddar Melt was a banger!! How do you think it would fair if they brought it back?? 🧐

[@robertg4355]

Bring back the McDLT!!! And the Grand Mac!!!!

[@fun-s1z]

Missed the pies, they used to have apple, cherry & blueberry. Also had McDonald Land cookies, and Chocolate Chip ,,they even had hot dogs for a short time.

[@Honey-Sanchez]

The cherry pies were really good when I was a youngster. I can still taste it now.

[@btetschner]

7:46 The McDLT is one of my top Lost Foods.

[@austinhornbeck5060]

Chicken Selects were my favorite menu item that McDonald's ever did. Also that jalapeno quarter pounder is probably my favorite sandwich they did (beyond McRib).

[@aclinton415]

That dollar menu saved stomachs and wallets

[@PonytailGoddess]

I have fond memories of eating the Chicken Fajitas with my grandma in the ‘90s at McDonalds. I also loved their premium chicken sandwiches that came on a delicious, thick brown bun during the 2000s.

[@yefartz108]

Those were delicious believe they were called santa fe chicken fajita

[@MSRedgirl]

Loved the fajitas. 😋

[@2short99]

They need to bring back the chicken tenders they were so good!

[@CartoonChris1]

And Spurlock, a closet alcoholic, passed off his terrible blood work as being caused from Micky Ds. Even the doc in the film couldn't believe it and turns out, rightly so.

[@updateguypls1088]

THANK YOU! We should stop celebrating this man and pointing out what he actually was; A lying drunkard.

[@yell0wberry]

Didn’t he pass away a few weeks ago?

[@poomped53]

@@yell0wberry he died of cancer in may

[@mirzaahmed6589]

There's no $1-2-3 any longer. Nothing on the menu is $1. The last item priced at $1 was the soda, and that ended in 2022.

[@christophers707]

they even ended refills

[@cathysheahan7036]

That's Bidenomics!

[@kaitlyndevine-white6761]

It's a seasonal thing in Canada

[@yell0wberry]

The most important thing McDonald’s needs to bring back is the obvious one, better prices

[@v4v819]

And they coke literally pays him them in Russian Dollars to store their syrup after they extract and sell the cocaine to the Cuban Drug Cartel!

[@Porka1987]

As an Aussie I'm proud to say McDonald's McCafé was first introduced in Melbourne in 1993 in recognition of Australia's coffee culture.

[@lisapop5219]

I miss the mcdlt. I loathe hot lettuce and usually leave it off.

[@b1r260]

It was better than the disgusting McCrispy Chicken glopped with sauce and pickles.

[@TyyTheFlyGuy]

I think you missed the Big and Tasty in the list, it was pretty good for those of us who like tomato. The snack wrap was the best thing they've had on the menu though. It sucks when they brought it back it was like twice the price of a mcchicken or mcdouble so defeated the purpose of a supposed "snack". My buddies and I used to get 2 of them for each of us and go hiking or whatever making it a genuinely healthy fast food option cause it wouldn't upset our stomachs and wasn't greasy.

[@choossuck7653]

It was the MBX around here and it was delicious. It had a pepper sauce that was to die for

[@Nemo2342]

The McDonald's menu song lives rent free in my head, so it's nice to finally see what the heck the McDLT was.

[@krisfrederick5001]

"It's YOU! McMUFFIN!" -Drunk guy, Super Bad 😂

[@chrismayer3919]

McMuffin; isn’t that when an audience considers a plot device that’s important yet insignificant?

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@chrismayer3919 Well since you put it that way...no. lol Probably

[@Oroborus]

@@chrismayer3919 macguffin lol

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I loved the Angus burgers

[@Joe-Mamasixtyninefourtwenty]

The angus ⅓ pounder? Yeah. The mushroom and swiss was great, but they had several ways you could order them. Those were great. . .

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I don’t eat meat 🍖

[@AVWUVU]

Then why did you comment? ​@@PraveenSrJ01

[@PraveenSrJ01]

@@AVWUVU great point 🙂

[@MiyshoiCollins]

@@PraveenSrJ01. Bye

[@JohnToddTheOriginal]

Nobody seems to remember the McTeriyaki burger. It was a regular bun with a sausage patty, lettuce, and teryaki mayo sauce. So good! I've only had them at 2 locations: One in Tennesse, and the other in Sasebo, Japan!

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

You left out the donut sticks and the buttermilk chicken tenders.

[@cdldriver2348]

11:19 mark, they mentioned the Buttermilk Chicken Tenders.

[@joelrobinson4497]

What they missed were pop corn chicken!! That crap was so good!

[@tehKJM]

Wait do you remember the bowl of these cinnamon bites?

[@Zeplin02]

Their butter milk crispy tenders were so good, I still miss them whenever I eat McNuggets

[@Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst]

7:43 Awesome to see that George Constanza made it his summer by advertising the DLT.

[@edwardwong654]

I don't care what people say, but I like McDonalds.

[@disneydarling7573]

Same here!!!

[@obsidian00]

The Mc DLT was the TRUTH!!! 😅

[@thomas_1996]

why specific hamburger McDLT?

[@Kimberly-xi5fc]

You're right about that, it was so good!

[@user-so2bo9ic4j]

I miss the raspberry Danish.

[@BrandiCree]

I want the arch deluxe back, the big and tasty, the sauteed onion and swiss melt, the salad shakers and just the salads in general. And then when I worked there in 2018, they had a special burger that had bacon jam and some really good honey mustard on it. Those are the best items to me!

[@krogdog]

Big N’Tasty, or as I used to call it…The Big Salty

[@BfDelano]

The chicken fajitas stayed around until the introduction of the snack wrap. I absolutely loved them, and it's one of the older items that I'd want to see come back. In my area, the salad shakers showed up around 98 or 99. The Arch Deluxe showed up in 99.

[@psinclairjr]

I really miss the Super Size option, so does my Cardiologist

[@choossuck7653]

Me too. They jip you on the fries big time so that you know next time if you want to be full, you have to order something else

[@psinclairjr]

@@choossuck7653 YES YES! I remember when we got bonus bag fries too!!! I asked for hot mustard for my fries recently and they wanted to charge me for it, so I just took a whole bunch of ketchup and salt, I know it was childish but I couldn't help myself 🥺

[@choossuck7653]

@@psinclairjr not childish at all. That is ridiculous that they charge these insane prices and wont even give you a sauce.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

For me their simpler items will always be their best.

[@Honey-Sanchez]

That's true.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@Honey-Sanchez There's much to be said for uncomplicated. At the end of the day, a hamburger with some condiments is enough for me.

[@Delta5x7]

I just want my snack wraps again

[@Riot7801]

me too nishki

[@innocentzbat]

@@Riot7801 10 years in the joint..................

[@scotteldred]

Didn’t they have something called the Cheddar Onion burger at some point? Whatever it was called, It was a burger with grilled onions and a white cheese. That was my favorite thing to get for a long time.

[@tdeasley]

The McRib was and is AWESOME!

[@bigsarge8795]

The McRib is the absolute GOAT of sandwiches

[@christophe3358]

I would love to see something on arthur treacher's fish and chips, i grew up with it and it seemed so great.

[@hogepoge4098]

8:48 fun fact… the Guantanamo Bay McDonald’s still serves Mighty Wings

[@canaisyoung3601]

As a torture method or an actual food item?

[@wadeedwards2650]

Why isn't the steak egg and cheese bagel on this list???? Best menu item ever.......

[@yell0wberry]

A few of those things will make someone’s arteries as hard as marble

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Worked at a McDonald's in 1993. We had the McLean burger but since it didn't really sell, we never kept any already made. So sometimes, we would just use a regular quarter-pounder patty.

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for so useful and informative video as always ❤❤❤

[@inmaninmin]

Left out the goated jalapeño McDouble. Best thing they’ve ever made.

[@guyk768]

12:06 I love the Pokémon Go joke about Pokémon appearing at McDonald's.

[@chrislaustin]

I actually got to have their pizza many times over the years, as I worked in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace and the McDees at the Barbary Coast across the strip serve it at the time. It was always made to order, so always fresh and it wasn't bad and the cost was cheap as well, not a bad pizza. The McDLT is hands down my favorite McDonald's item they ever served over the years, and I can't remember how many I ate for the few years it was available, but it was a lot. Cool video, thanks for the walk back in time.

[@gallero954]

I miss the angus burgers 😢

[@maitrehg]

Too dry

[@artistnyc123]

The fried pies specially cherry and apple and of course the Mc DLT are the two things I miss the most.

[@UteraWoman]

I remember Chicken McNuggets from as early at 1979. I ate them in 1982.

[@mikes.4136]

I loved the McCheddar Melt, Mighty Wings, and their hot dogs! 😊

[@matthewdrummond1340]

You did awesome narrator 😊

[@DylanLey]

Need all day breakfast to return!

[@john15008]

Come to Canada where it still lives on.

[@Tully_23_32]

My fave butger at Maccas was the McFeast but it's not regular on the menu & only appears a few times a year

[@richardludwig3673]

Sadly, the All Day Breakfast has not returned at any of the McDonalds around me - super unfortunate. There are absolutely some of my old favorites, but another thing that has gone away are the Soups. I used to love getting Fries and a cup of Cream of Broccoli soup on a winter lunch outing! Dipping the fries in the soup was absolutely the best!

[@traceytaras2580]

Yea COVID killed the all day breakfast. Actually I think they used that as an excuse. Ive heard it was a pain doing breakfast & lunch together because of grills 😮

[@LEON-pe1wn]

I remember the angus burger was coming out and our local McDonalds was advertising it on the sign. It read " Try our new angus burgers" After a windy day the "G" letter on angus magically flew off! No one noticed for a few days. : ))

[@rashadmartinez5590]

1988 with the California Rasins👏🏾❗️

[@joelrobinson4497]

Don’t forget the popcorn chicken In the 2010s. If we as a people forget to bring it up in stuff like this it will never come back! 😢

[@StickWorldSeries]

i cried when i learned the steak bagel was back and when i tried it again recently it was disgusting. it wasn’t greasy like it was before. i remember the wrapper would be all greasy. also the steak is now more solid and hard instead of tender and would easily fall apart before. it’s almost as if now they microwave the steak vs grilling it fresh with grilled onions. the breakfast sauce is still good, though. so i can still eat the bacon egg and cheese one... remember the spanish omelette bagel? that was bomb!

[@greenmtnman7714]

You forgot one of my all time favorites, the mushroom onion swiss burger. I could easily put away two of them.

[@teresawilliams662]

I would like to hear the history and find out whatever happened to zesto's

[@austinpena5605]

It still exists in Nebraska

[@teresawilliams662]

@@austinpena5605 oh I wish we still had them here when I was a kid I used to love their fish baskets

[@obsidian00]

They have a couple other of locations in Atlanta!

[@CreativeSteve69]

I heard of this resturant but haven't seen any here in social area yet. I also would like a video on this.

[@Rockhead84]

Cleveland Ohio got the beloved Michael Dean Perry burger, the M.D.P. Burger in the early 90s. That joint was a TREAT as a kid. It was huge!

[@abbysc417]

I miss the chicken snack wraps and the southwest salad 😢

[@btetschner]

2:11 The "All American" in that ad is pure genius, that meal should be on the menu!

[@marvinshenk]

I remember the Cheddar melt burger. That was good times. I haven't eaten fast food in 20 year, but I still get hungry seeing what they are serving up.

[@rjo8500]

For me it was the 80’s menu. Back then the food was always hot and fresh.

[@barrrylincoln]

If you google McDonalds prices all I found was they once had 15 cent hamburgers when I know I paid 12 cents around 1958. As a little kid if I had a dollar I would get a 12 cent french fry and 12 cent burger, sit on the nice tile bench built into the building and watch them cut huge potatoes with a big hand press. Not only was everything better, seems like hamburgs had a more meat in them!

[@hude7360]

I miss the steak breakfast burrito. The sausage one is fine, but the steak one was on a whole other level.

[@time_to_teaparty]

You should really do an international McDonald's Menu item video. Outside of the US there are and were so many and more creative burgers. Like in Germany the McRoesti or the Nuernberger sausage burger. In the UK they have Fish bites and cheesy garlic bread dippers. Japan always has cool items every year like the HiruMac Teriyaki chicken Filet-o, my favorite Shaka Shaka Chicken or now the new cheese bacon potato pie.

[@t3hSpAdEs]

The white cheddar and onion burger 😊

[@nothaviniteither]

I love the old boxes , I would clean then up and make space ships out of them and have my GI joe action figures ride around in them , I was a creative kid..

[@yell0wberry]

I heard somewhere McDonald’s is bringing the dollar menu back, my favorite item of all time was the McDLT, I think that needs to come back in the worst way

[@DrPluton]

I was a fan of the Arch Deluxe when I was a kid because the bacon was delicious. I worked at McDonald's in high school (2001-2002), and I loved the Crispy Chicken and the Big & Tasty (quarter pounder with cheese, ketchup, mayonnaise, leaf lettuce, slivered onions, pickles, and tomato).

[@tehKJM]

When I’m Canada around 2015-2016 with their build ur own angus with all these new, weird but delicious toppings served to you by staff in white coats on a wooden platter. I’ll never forget how amazing this was. And around the same time you could go on the screens and get 10 Patties if you wanted on a McDouble. High customization, adding pretty much any topping and as much as you wanted to your burgers. I miss those days…

[@tarek7866]

Great video, thank you.

[@john15008]

Sadly, there was no mention that McDonald’s sold fried chicken for a brief period in the 1960’s.

[@SkyBlue-qn8me]

Their sundaes debuted in 1977, you forgot to add that

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Do the history of the Burger King Kids Club next time.

[@greenmtnman7714]

The chopped beefsteak sandwich was reviled? I loved it!

[@alexgeorge501]

Can we see a similar video for the menus of Wendy’s and Burger King?

[@geoxm6384]

In the UK less than a year ago they briefly put the philly cheese steak burger on the menu and it was delicious. I believe it was a limited time seasonal item

[@MisterCask]

Forgot the chicken fajita wrap, Cajun McChicken, the Big n Tasty, Grand Mac, and some others. The Arch Deluxe was my favorite, I remember as a kid in the 90s I'd always get one after swimming all day at the pool around the same time that The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie came out. To this day anytime I see that movie or swim in a pool I can smell the sauce in my mind.

[@dc9631]

Yes! You mentioned us! Uniontown, PA in the shopping center the Big Mac was "created". They tore down that location in the early 2000's and moved it a couple hundred feet away. Pittsburgh claims and is often mentioned as being the first location and it's aggravating.

[@thomascatification]

The Arch Deluxe was awesome -- i wish they would bring it back with smarter marketing this time. Glad to hear Snack Wraps are coming back

[@chaos0000mike7]

Not sure if this can be included but you forgot to include the infamous Mulan Szechuan Sauce 😁

[@ifritmog9011]

You didn't mention Steak breakfast bagels, there were threeof them. The Southwest omelet steak bagel was my favorite.

[@KhanadaRhodes]

they're back in some parts of the country! i live in florida and they're here. the breakfast sauce is just as good as i remembered it being.

[@inertmission4427]

The Cheddar Melt was brought back many times and became a favorite on again off again like the McRib.

[@mojomegaman]

If you were quick to notice, Jason Alexander was the Mc D.L.T. actor. It may have lasted as long as the summer of George.

[@user-gd4ku5se8h]

Bring back the grilled chicken! I don't like the burgers, so it was my go to during no breakfast hours. No the place is good only for breakfast

[@NernySim]

The McChedder Melt was soooooo good!

[@marylist1236]

Where's the Apple Pies ? Of course, the Apple Pies were ruined by baking them

[@MrBoriquaBoy]

That McPhilly hit the spot, they should've kept that one on the menu 😋

[@PraveenSrJ01]

The late 1990s were the best time of my life!!!

[@brj_han]

Hey! So long as you didn't think of McPizza as pizza, it wasn't bad, lol. I ate quite a few of them when they were available...

[@RyanABXY]

i worked at mcdonalds when i was 15 back in 2000ish and there was Cajun McChicken (dis counted on saturdays while FoF was fridays etc) and they had a sourdough sandwich that introduced me to the wonders of the bread and used to have many more mcflurry flavors available at once. just being nostalgic, but i'm kind of annoyed you only list a few things for almost 70 years of service, are you guys not allowed to go over 15 minutes? this would have been a great one to share if it was accurate and informative but

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

Most people don't realize that the the Big Mac was a copy of the double decker burger from Big Boy, made 30 years prior.

[@TamaraGarrettAlpha]

Big Boys was delicious 😋

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

Twist Cone? Chocolate Chip Cookies?

[@lucasandrews578]

I’d love for the cheddar melt to come back.

[@flyingelbowdrop]

$.19 for a cheeseburger in 1953 is about $2.26 today.

[@mr.elastomeric1787]

Quarter pounder with a tub of hot mustard and a handful of fries. Beauty.

[@Dexy83]

Still irritated they didn't bring back the Southwest salad.

[@EpicThe112]

10:51 this one I ended up getting it again on the way back from Providence Rhode Island April 2023 by stopping at one of their Morristown, NJ Area locations.

[@squarebarrel]

Snack wraps were a good drunk food. I wish those were still around. The Mac Wrap I’d eat those all day!