# What discontinued fast food item would you bring back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 1, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783 "2017-02-01T22:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/1 "2017-02-01T22:53:01Z")
You have the power to persuade a restaurant chain to bring back a discontinued item and have it on their menu again. What do you choose? I miss Wendy’s breadsticks, so soft and buttery. Also now that I ate so much fast food I am on Weight Watcher’s, I’d like to see what the McLean Deluxe tasted like. And it’s not a menu item, but McDonald’s fries cooked in beef tallow again would be heavenly. What do you guys miss? Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/2 "2017-02-01T23:06:47Z")
Wendys Taco Salad. I ordered it a couple times a month for many years. They discontinued it a couple years ago. That was the only thing I routinely ordered from Wendys. I almost never stop there anymore. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/3 "2017-02-01T23:25:03Z")
McDonalds had a burger snack wrap. They still have chicken ones, but I liked the burger version. Many fewer calories than a real burger, but it hit the same craving spot as a burger. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/4 "2017-02-01T23:26:22Z")
I loved the McDonald’s cheddar melt when I was a kid in the 80s. I’m sure there’s no possible way it could live up to my memories of it, but it was always a special treat for me. Also, the much more recent jalapeno McDouble, but I’m pretty sure I can get that if I convince someone to make the Jalapeno McChicken currently offered with hamburger patties instead of chicken. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/5 "2017-02-01T23:29:59Z")
Wendy’s focaccia sandwiches. Like with turkey and stuff. Yummmm. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/6 "2017-02-01T23:33:04Z")
The McDonald’s Arch Deluxe, fried apple pies and fries in beef fat. Wouldn’t bother bringing back the McDLT. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/7 "2017-02-01T23:38:01Z")
Wendy’s broccoli and cheese potatoes. (They still have sour cream and chives.) McDonald’s Big Mac Snack Wrap. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/8 "2017-02-01T23:44:59Z")
Apparently, [onion nuggets](http://grist.org/food/mcdonalds-tried-to-make-onion-nuggets-happen/) used to a thing at McDonald’s. I love onions, so I would also be up for bringing that back just to see what the heck these things were like. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/9 "2017-02-01T23:58:13Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > The McDonald’s Arch Deluxe, fried apple pies and fries in beef fat. Wouldn’t bother bringing back the McDLT. I understand that the Styrofoam was a deal breaker, but I liked how the burger was split. When they had them, I was a kid & it was just “eat it fast & throw it out fast” food. Today, I could see taking a McDLT type split burger home… maybe in a waxed cardboard 2 layered shell container. Then at home, I’d rummage through in the fridge and seeing how I could Dagwood that top half before putting the burger together, pinning it together with a toothpick, and microwaving it for 45 seconds to melt the cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/10 "2017-02-02T00:22:19Z")
Enchirito! I hear rumors its on “the secret menu”, but haven’t ever tried to order one. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/11 "2017-02-02T00:26:58Z")
Wendy’s chicken caesar pita wraps. I loved those things. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/12 "2017-02-02T00:35:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > McDonalds had a burger snack wrap. They still have chicken ones, but I liked the burger version. Many fewer calories than a real burger, but it hit the same craving spot as a burger. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > McDonald’s Big Mac Snack Wrap. Yes, that’s it! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/13 "2017-02-02T00:39:03Z")
Yeah, I liked the Big Mac Snack Wrap more than the Big Mac itself, really. (That third bun simply doesn’t do anything for me.) Something else I miss: Burger King used to give out free popcorn with your purchase. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/14 "2017-02-02T00:44:10Z")
KFC’s original Chicken Littles - which were basically a chicken slider. They left 20-ish years ago and made a comeback circa 2012, but [they aren’t the same](http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/10/kfcs-new-chicken-little-is-back-fast-food-sandwiches.html). My husband called them ‘chicken cookies.’ We have ‘turkey cookies’ at home after Thanksgiving in their memory … (I’d also love to have an Arthur Treacher’s outlet here, but they’re almost extinct. I was pleased to find out that the one I used to visit in high school and college back in the late '70s and early '80s on Rockside Road in Ohio is still there!!) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/15 "2017-02-02T01:08:08Z")
Hardee’s had fried chicken back in the late 80’s-early 90’s, and it was _ **GOOD** _!I wish they still had it. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/16 "2017-02-02T01:10:50Z")
I don’t know if pizza is usually fast food but I wish they’d bring back Little Caesar’s pretzel crust pizza. I never liked the cheese sauce so I’d get it with the regular sauce. It was like the pizza hot pretzels they sold at the mall back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/17 "2017-02-02T01:15:43Z")
the chilito/chili-cheese burrito from Toxic Hell. crap, but a guilty pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/18 "2017-02-02T01:30:35Z")
About 15 years ago, Taco Bell had these yummy, savory, greasy little potato coin thingies called Mexi-Nuggets. They were amazing. Mr. Helena would say Wendy’s apple dumplings. I believe they had them in the midwest years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/19 "2017-02-02T01:43:34Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > About 15 years ago, Taco Bell had these yummy, savory, greasy little potato coin thingies called Mexi-Nuggets. No, the Bell Burger. I dream of those at night. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783/20 "2017-02-02T01:44:29Z")
The original Jack in the Box _Chicken Supreme_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783.md?page=2)