The fast food giant McDonald’s has been known to play around with its menu from time-to-time. We’ve had various uses of chicken or ground beef, and bringing cancelled sauces back from the dead after an outcry from “Rick and Morty” fans (Szechuan sauce). It looks as if McDonald’s is bringing back a classic menu item from the 1980’s- the Cheese Danish.
At participating McCafes on September 14th, you’ll be able to purchase the sweet dessert from the restaurant chain via the mobile ordering app, through delivery options or directly from the restaurant. If you can’t recall this specific item then you might wonder what is even inside of it? It appears the Cheese Danish will have a sweet cream cheese filling and be topped with a buttery streusel and a light vanilla drizzle. Does that sound appealing to you palette? Depending on how well it performs it might not stay on the menu long as this is the only time McDonalds has brought back this classic other than the McRib and aformentioned Szechuan sauce. There is still no word yet on if the chicken mac that was covered here at Nerdbot will become a regular menu option either. It is interesting however that in the age of nostalgia even fast food chains have garnered interest in participating in the trend.
The Cheese Danish certainly can’t be worse than some of the past options McDonalds has tried to capitalize on going back to the beginning of the Ray Kroc era. Before meatless burgers were a thing, in the 1960’s Kroc had already begun thinking about patties with zero meat between them and this led to the Hula burger. A McDonalds sandwich that had two buns, two slices of cheese and a giant slab of pineapple between them. Before it saw the light of day however, another franchise owner Lou Groen considered using fish and whah-lah the filet-o-fish was born. That didn’t stop McDonald’s from coming out with a pizza, a hot dog and pasta however. All of which have since failed in the public eye.
Only time will tell if resurrecting a sweet dessert such as the Cheese Danish was a smart idea in a time when people are turning towards healthier options rather than calorie building ones.
