About 6-8 years ago, McDonald’s had a line of like, “gourmet” burgers that came with grilled onions on them and big leafs of Romaine lettuce, those things were delicious but they discontinued them after only like, six months. For a while afterward I would order grilled onions on a regular quarter pounder but one day they said they didn’t do that anymore either.
I’m still not over Taco Bell discontinuing the Quesarito. One day when I tried to order it, they told me you could only get it through the app anymore, but I hate installing apps for every little thing so I didn’t bother. I occasionally ordered through the website and was able to get it there but it eventually disappeared altogether.
Then one day I spotted the chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito on the value menu and I got hooked on those, but that also disappeared recently. The chicken enchilada burrito that replaced it is a banger, though, and surprisingly cheap.
And before anyone calls me a shill, I’ll say I fucking hate how everything else on their menu is now like $6 or more unless you order it as a combo.
IMO, combos shouldn’t be more than 20% cheaper than ordering items a la carte. Like, it shouldn’t be legal to price things that way. It’s just ridiculous that you get ripped off unless you order like, 500 more calories worth of food than you should really be eating in a single meal.
The chicken enchilada combo box is fucking stupid because of how much food comes in it, and the stacker taco is garbage. They stuff that thing with so many stale, rock hard chips that it’s like eating glass.
IMO, combos shouldn’t be more than 20% cheaper than ordering items a la carte. Like, it shouldn’t be legal to price things that way. It’s just ridiculous that you get ripped off unless you order like, 500 more calories worth of food than you should really be eating in a single meal.
Around July last year my local Taco Bell was selling the Chalupa Cravings Box for $5, purchasing the items separately was $12.47 before tax.
- Chalupa Supreme - $4.79
- Beefy 5-Layer Burrito - $3.99
- Crunchy Taco - $1.69
- Cinnamon Twists - $1.00
- Medium drink - $1.00
And right now I can order a Cheesy Bean & Rice burrito:
- Beans
- Seasoned Rice
- Creamy jalapeno sauce
- Nacho cheese sauce
=420 calories, $1.49
But a Bean burrito:
- Beans
- Cheese
- Onions
- Red sauce
=360 calories, $2.19
But you can add the onions and red sauce to any menu item for free…why the $.70 difference? Adding seasoned rice is $.30, nacho cheese sauce is $.69, creamy jalapeno sauce is $.19 – I really don’t understand how they arrive at the prices for their menu items at all.
About 6-8 years ago, McDonald’s had a line of like, “gourmet” burgers that came with grilled onions on them and big leafs of Romaine lettuce, those things were delicious but they discontinued them after only like, six months.
I’m old enough to remember the first “adult” burger McDonald’s launched, the Arch Deluxe. It came on a potato bun and had a stone ground mustard that was delicious. They had a huge marketing push for it, but then gave up before it had a chance to really catch on. I thought it was really good (for McDonald’s), but they didn’t really give it time.
The Arch Deluxe was so goddamn good. When it first came out I would walk to McD’s with my sister like twice a week to get one. We weren’t a fast food family but that was just too good to pass up. It’s a good thing I was in high school with a young person’s metabolism then!
Getting rid of the quesorito really makes no sense to me, for me it was easily the best thing on the menu and I ended up not really going to Taco Bell anymore after they got rid of it
I figured it was to bait people to install the app. Then when sales of the item dropped, they went “welp, guess people don’t want it anymore,” and discontinued it.
The Angus burgers? I loved the mushroom and swiss one, still mad that they’re gone.
That sounds familiar, yeah.
Preach, brother/sister.
I eventually started making my own quesaritos. The only tortillas I found that are big enough are Old El Paso Grande, but they scratch the itch for me.
The black bean quesorito was my favorite. I even (regrettably) installed the app for it. I’ve since abandoned it, there’s just no reason for me to use it anymore.
A few years ago, Morningstar used to have a vegetarian rib patty. Once I realized its potential as a vegetarian McRib, I bought a pack. It was delicious. I bought another pack.
And then it was gone from shelves in every store that had it.
Yeah another morningstar rib fan!! Maybe we need to band together and petition to get these back
I just found their replacement in store. Check out my other comment below.
Yes!! Riblets! I haven’t seen them anywhere in years and I miss them so much :(
They’re (kinda) back!! I haven’t tried them yet, but I will.
Yes thank you for finding this!! Now I have to hunt them down
Those were so good!!!
Keebler Pizzarias. They had 3 flavours IIRC, the Pepperoni was my favourite, I used to inhale those things
Those look like pepperoni sliced into chip shape… which I guess is technically pizza flavored… :p
It was a good citrus soda. o7
It was. They also made a red version which was a good berry soda.
Surge!
Big Ed’s Super Saucer
They were at least twice as big as the current brands (the most prominent being ugh Nestlé) of pre-made ice cream cookie sandwiches, and were only around a dollar or two. Not to mention 10 times tastier.
I miss them. I miss them so fucking much… 😖
Learning how they operated the business while trying to figure out why they suddenly stopped being sold around me, it makes sense. They just relied on word of mouth while also changing the areas they serviced making it difficult to actually acquire product.
You could try these, if they’re available in your area, seems pretty similar and I always liked em.
Affordable fresh fruit
Thankfully I wash all of my fruits and vegetables prior to consumption, because basically everything I like to eat has been making the top 12
The Dirty DozenWhy are hot peppers part of #9? Didn’t they evolve to be hot to naturally fend off pests?
Where I live, aphids and mites are the biggest pests, but for home gardeners we can just pick them off, or use ladybugs if it gets really bad
I’ve never seen anyone bring it up, so there’s probably no chance it ever gets brought back. How come banana ice cream is so uncommon? It’s the obvious secret fourth flavor, and this one was good. Why do we live on hellworld?
Same with banana yoghurt. You rarely see it, no idea why because it’s yummy.
Trader Joe’s has banana yogurt! And also discontinued my favorite pastry (the kouign amann https://www.seriouseats.com/trader-joes-kouign-amann-is-almost-as-good-as)
I’ll never forgive them…
Alas I’m in England, no trader Joe’s here!
I have both banana ice cream and banana yogurt in my kitchen right now! They are all HEB brand though so maybe it’s more of a Texan thing
Because banana pudding exists and is faster?
Banana ice cream is the best and I don’t like other crap added to it. Which eliminates the Ben and Jerry’s flavor. Fortunately, there is a small local ice cream maker that sells pints. Cold Stone Creamery is the other option.
Publix has a similar product and holy shit it’s delicious
Coke with coke in it
SoBe
Hell yeah. In the glass bottles.
The glass bottles with the notxh in the bottom to smoke weed out of?
I still miss the carrot flavor.
Wasn’t it orange carrot? That’s what I seem to remember.
I think there was orange in it, yeah.
Orange Carrot Elixir. I prefered the Grapefruit Elixir but that one was good too.
Pop Tarts. They still make them but the ingredients have changed and the quality declined so significantly that they are a different product than they used to be.
I haven’t had them for many years, so don’t know what if anything might have changed, but I’d point out that there are a lot of companies that make competing…I think they’re called “toaster pastries”.
Maybe try one of them, see if they work? They should ship pretty easily, so even if a local grocery store don’t have 'em where you are, I bet that they can be ordered.
googles
Yeah:
Interesting, thanks! I’ve tried a few other kinds but so far nothing is really even close.
My mother stocked up on the frosted grape ones when they became hard to find a while ago
- Pepsi Kona
- McDonald’s Arch Deluxe
- Orbitz (always thought it was gross but it looked fucking cool)
I bought a case of Orbitz drinks around the time they stopped making them. I drank most of them over the following year or so, but I still have one left. The colors are faded, but the little gel bits are still floating around.
Aaahhh that’s so cool!
Orbitz were great
- McDonald’s Arch Deluxe
I thought I was the only one… I used to love that sandwich back in the day.
Take a guess.
Altoids sours
- Shark Bites fruit snacks
- Santa Fe Chicken Chalupas from Taco Bell
- Squeezit fruit drinks
- Mad Dawg fizzy bubble gum
EDIT: There used to be this brand of pickled prawns in a jar you could get at the super markets here. You can’t find them any more, but the brand name escapes me. I miss those.
EDIT 2: Nate’s Spiced Prawns.
I Googled Shark Bites and got this super duper amazingly helpful answer:
Are shark bites still around? There were 69 unprovoked shark attacks in 2023, higher than the five-year average of 63 attacks per year, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. Ten of the attacks in 2023 proved fatal, up from five the year before, researchers said.
Thanks, Google.
I’m willing to bet 99.9% of people making that search want that answer, even as bad as that search would be worded for that.
That’s AI for ya
Lots of chip flavors. In the UK and probably other countries Frito-Lay makes a Thai Sweet Chili kettle chip under the Sensations sub-brand. They sold it in the U.S. too but dropped the whole Sensations line after the corn chip side did not do well at the same time as Sun Chips were growing (used the same production lines). Hal’s of New York does a really good version of this but I only see them at one hotel I often stop at in Albany.
Later they had a white cheddar and cracked peppercorn flavor, also a kettle chip but with a cut that made it more like Ruffles. Fantastic chip, but gone.
When I was a kid I remember a brand called O’Boise’s. I think it was connected to Keebler. The sour cream and onion was really good. Schlotzsky’s sour cream and onion chips are extremely similar.
Panera used to use chips from a brand called Krunchers. Panera only had the plain kettle chips, but in grocery stores they had a lot of good flavors. Haven’t seen those in years. Now Panera’s chips are private labeled, but taste the same.
Lays is called Walkers in the UK and the Sensations brand is still sold.
Here there are in my local supermarket. Personally I prefer the Sensation Thai Sweet Chilli nuts, they are the perfect thing while you wait for food to cook on the BBQ.
Yes, sorry if I wasn’t clear; it’s only been discontinued in the U.S. as far as I know. Perhaps Canada also; I haven’t seen them there but I don’t know if they had them in the first place.
I miss bbq walkers that came in a black bag. They stopped them decades ago and the last bag I had was when I was maybe 9.
In the UK and probably other countries Frito-Lay makes a Thai Sweet Chili kettle chip under the Sensations sub-brand.
Looks like it’s available in the US from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Sensations-Thai-Sweet-Chilli-Crisps/dp/B075CPY9DM/
Yeah, you can find gray market imports of the Walker’s Sensations from the UK, but it’s not as convenient or cost-effective as finding them at your local store. I get them occasionally and save them for a lunch treat.
Damn I was gonna suggest Hardbite Sweet Ghost Pepper if you like the sweet Thai chili but I think Hardbite is only Canadian.
Never heard of it but I’ll see if I can find it next time we visit my wife’s parents in Quebec
