Do You Remember These Discontinued Fast Food Items?
Past Food
Fast food restaurants are also always trying something new and coming up with new items for their menus. Some good, and some...not so good. The fast food items we're going to talk about here are ones that have come and gone—some we all miss, and some...we're glad they're gone. How many do you remember?
McPlant (McDonald's)
The plant-based meat craze has grown over the last decade or so and fast food joints didn't want to get left behind. Carl's Jr and Burger King both have their own non-meat burgers on the menu—and not to be left out, McDonald's got in the game with the McPlant back in 2021. And after some limited tests, it was released to more locations at the beginning of 2022. However, six months later, low sales numbers led to the McPlant being McGone.
Ch'King (Burger King)
For 14 months between June of 2021 and August of 2022, Burger King customers could enjoy their Burger King Ch'King crispy chicken sandwiches. While their discontinuation surely disappointed some, they were replaced by four different Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwiches. So, maybe the biggest loss was that awesome name. But this wasn't the only chicken item that failed in the fast food world...
Chicken, Maple Butter, And Egg Sandwich (Starbucks)
We'd be impressed if you remembered this one, but even more impressed if you'd tried it—given that it was only around for less than a week in June of 2022. Within five days of this sandwich dropping into Starbucks locations, the higher ups "issued a voluntary stop sell and discard" because the sandwich "didn't meet Starbucks quality standards". And we take back what we said about being impressed if you'd tried it—as there were many reports from people saying it made them sick.
Although, the company did issue a statement saying that any quality issues, "would not lead to foodborne illness and any reports linking the stop sale to illness are inaccurate".
Big Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger (Wendy's)
In 2021, the home of the Baconator gave customers the Big Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger which kicked things up a notch with "a creamy, tangy cheddar cheese spread – inspired by pimento cheese," and "a first-of-its-kind cheddar bun". By the summer of 2022, it was off the menu.
