3. McDonald's: Szechuan Sauce
Any discussion of discontinued fast food must include McDonald's Szechuan Sauce, the condiment that literally caused riots during a brief promotional re-release after it was featured in an episode of the animated TV show Rick and Morty.
McDonald's originally released its Szechuan sauce in 1998 as part of a limited-time promotion for the release of Disney's Mulan. When the McDonald's promotion ended, the Szechuan Sauce was also removed from the menu, until 2017. The condiment was featured in the Rick and Morty episode "The Rickshank Rickdemption," and fans went absolutely insane. McDonald's sent a jug of the sauce to the show's creators, then released a special edition of the sauce for a single day.
The Szechuan sauce now exists primarily as an internet meme, although you can buy sealed packets of sauce on eBay from $34 to $3,000. But the story does not end here. It turned out that the brand had quietly teased another one-day release of 200,000 servings of Szechuan Sauce that would be available at participating locations — in New Zealand.
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