# McDonald's McNugget Sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433 "2014-08-13T13:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/41 "2014-08-13T20:16:49Z")
I haven’t had them in at least 20 years, but MAN, I used to put them away after basketball practice. Hot mustard, always. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/42 "2014-08-13T20:22:28Z")
Back when they had hot mustard, I did it like a Chinese restaurant. Pour the hot mustard on top of the sweat’n’sour or barbecue. Dunk for two layers of flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/43 "2014-08-13T20:38:42Z")
I just got hot mustard no more than two weeks ago. Damn! I hope that wasn’t the last hot mustard chicken nugget I’ll ever enjoy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/44 "2014-08-13T20:59:57Z")
Of the choices offfered, I’d take the Hot Mustard. Unfortunately, it’s no longer offered, at least around here; it may be a regional thing. Of the choices _not_ offered: Habanero Ranch. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/45 "2014-08-13T21:26:20Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Yes. (sobs) Well, who told you to do _that_? [[Gibbs smack]](http://xrixterweb.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/tumblr_liqktawnmx1qadluio1_500.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/46 "2014-08-13T21:37:06Z")
Honey mustard, but when I was a kid, I loved just pure honey. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/47 "2014-08-13T22:17:58Z")
I voted for the “Count me out” option, but back when I actually ate those things, I went with the hot mustard. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/48 "2014-08-14T00:05:51Z")
I tend to go in cycles where sometimes I’ll change what I prefer. Lately it’s been catsup. BBQ and Sweet & Sour are both common. Originally, back before they were even called McNuggets (anyone else remember when they were called “Chicken & Chips”?) I’d get honey, but I believe they discontinued that when they added Buffalo and some of those others. I’ve tried Buffalo with McNuggets but it just doesn’t work for me. It’s all I would get with the Chicken Strips, though. I used Sweet Chilli when they first came out with it, but only during that time. Haven’t gone back to it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/49 "2014-08-14T00:15:52Z")
I LOVE their Sweet and Sour sauce. I wish they bottled it because I would buy it. I don’t get Nuggets them as much as I used to but when i did I would dip the nuggets in it, my fries in it and even my burgers in the S&S sauce too. Many years ago I found one of those recipes that mimic fast food and actually tried making it but it wasn’t the same. If I could vote for it twice I would it is that yummy. Team Sweet n’ Sour! ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/50 "2014-08-14T00:20:40Z")
McDonald’s in the US dropped Hot Mustard, another reason for me to never move back. That said, I eat at McDonald’s maybe once a year at the most and when I do it is usually breakfast, not lunch. There are much nicer places to have lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/51 "2014-08-14T00:25:26Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > I have bad news guys. The last time I asked for Hot Mustard, maybe a month ago, they told me it was discontinued. That better not be true. Their hot mustard sauce is the only reason I ever go to McDonalds. I ask for it with everything, not just Chicken McNuggets. I love it on french fries, Chicken McGrill sandwiches and much more. If they don’t have it anymore, the whole chain worldwide is dead to me. I mean kaput, finished, doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/52 "2014-08-14T00:58:11Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > If they don’t have it anymore, the whole chain worldwide is dead to me. I mean kaput, finished, doesn’t exist. Why worldwide? They still have the mustard sauce here! Don’t punish the others for one division’s foolishness. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/53 "2014-08-14T01:09:21Z")
As a kid, I used to get BBQ and Sweet ‘n’ Sour. As an adult, I’ve ditched S&S in favour of Honey Mustard and/or Sweet Chili instead. This sounds like a good place for me to complain yet again about how expensive Canadian McNuggets are. They’re almost triple the price of their U.S. counterparts, for no particular reason. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/54 "2014-08-14T01:43:15Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > Why worldwide? They still have the mustard sauce here! Don’t punish the others for one division’s foolishness. Simple spite. I may go into a McDonalds in Europe just because I find their restrooms very convenient but I am not ordering anything. Stateside, my presence will never waltz through the Golden Arches again if their hot mustard sauce has been killed off like some kind of sacrificial lamb on a waning TV show. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/55 "2014-08-14T02:47:31Z")
I don’t like sauce, but mrAru likes the honey mustard. Our roomie snags all the hot chinese mustard, and that is what she likes. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/56 "2014-08-14T02:56:28Z")
Well, honey is the best lubricant, right? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/57 "2014-08-14T02:57:09Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Simple spite. Fair enough! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/58 "2014-08-14T03:21:50Z")
Not pure honey or ranch but any of the others are good. My default is one of the BBQ or Buffalo sauces. Love’s me some nuggets, but I haven’t eaten fast (burger joint) food in a couple years… ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/59 "2014-08-14T03:30:14Z")
The hot mustard is passable… Nothing was better than popeye’s hot cajun sauce(discontinued) until Dominoes sweet habenaro. They were 15 years in between but I think they might be the same sauce. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433/60 "2014-08-14T03:53:10Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Where’s here? I have’t seen it in New England or New York area in ages. Definitely envious! A fairly small town in Northwest Arkansas. It’s franchise owned–that might be the difference. Franchises have a little leeway in offering things if the local people want it. Though I now notice it has been a year or two since I’ve seen them. How long has it been gone where you are? > [@etv78](#): > > Just checked the site, now they have: > > 4, 6, 10, 20, 40. > > I can barely finish 20+fries. Who eats 40 in a sitting? I’ve usually seen both 20 and 40 marketed as dual or family packs. Since I can’t order them, I don’t pay that much attention to them, but last I checked, there was a two person meal that only got one box of nuggets. It came with two fries and two drinks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mcnugget-sauce/695433.md?page=4)