Top 10 Fast Food Items You Forgot Were TERRIBLE

#10: McDLT

McDonalds

In 1985, McDonalds wanted to revolutionize the way we package fast food items. The McDLT, also known as the McDeluxe, was a cheeseburger with crisp lettuce and chilled tomato slices. In order to keep the vegetable toppings cold, McDonalds had the idea to create a container with separate compartments for the hot and cold elements of the sandwich, to preserve flavor integrity. Innovative? Perhaps. Gimmicky and wasteful? Most definitely. Customers found this extra packaging did little to enhance their experience, and McDonalds was heavily scrutinized by environmental activists for their wasteful styrofoam packaging. Due to these factors, the McDLT and its over the top packaging were both discontinued in 1998.

#9: Seafood Salad

Taco Bell

Chances are, when youre craving cold, fresh seafood, your first thought isnt going to be fast food, and it almost definitely isnt going to be Taco Bell. For that reason, Taco Bells seafood salad seemed doomed from the very start. The salad was introduced in the 1980s and featured ingredients like shrimp, whitefish, snow crab, and heaps of black olives. The salad was gunning for the Filet-O-Fish market, which historically has catered to Catholics abstaining from meat during Lent. Taco Bells advertisements for the seafood salad often made jabs at the fried fish sandwich, claiming to be the superior fast food fish option. McDonalds had no cause for concern Taco Bells seafood salad was quickly discontinued due to low sales.

#8: Halloween Whopper

Burger King

This seasonal promotion from Burger King made headlines in 2015 for its truly terrifying side effects. Advertisements for this Halloween offering caught the attention of consumers due to the burgers striking black bun, colored with the help of plenty of food dye and flavored with A.1. barbecue sauce. While a black bun isnt the most appetizing visual in the world, plenty of people got into the Halloween spirit and tried the burger, only to find out the real scare would come much later. Post-digestion, many Halloween Whopper consumers reported that the buns dye caused bright green excrement, an alarming sight that Burger King did not warn consumers about. Understandably, Burger King has not brought this promotional item back in subsequent years.

#7: Red Ramen Burger

Red Robin

The Ramen Burger was a unique take on two classic food items from the New York-based chef Keizo Shimamoto. Shimamoto introduced the burger with ramen noodle patties in place of buns at an outdoor food hall in 2013, making it an instant hit among foodies. The Red Ramen Burger is Red Robins rip off of Shimamotos burger from 2016. When it comes to burgers, it seems a funky bun is a novelty that only really works once. Red Robins take on the Ramen Burger was moderately well-received, but the noodle-based buns lack of integrity meant this burger fell apart quickly, and the lack of originality made this burger really nothing special, despite its unconventional bun.

#6: McLobster

McDonalds

The McLobster, also known as the Lobster Roll, was a regional McDonalds offering available only in New England and Atlantic Canada that featured 100% real North Atlantic lobster at an absolute steal of a price. In 2016, the final year the lobster roll was offered, it was sold for $8.99, less than half the price of a typical lobster roll in the area. The sandwich was only available during the summer months that provided a more plentiful supply of fresh lobster, and while the lobster was decent quality, food critics were underwhelmed by McDonalds take on the New England delicacy. With an abundance of incredible alternatives around, it made little sense why anyone spending a summer in New England would turn to McDonalds for their lobster fix.

#5: Big Catch Meal

Long John Silvers

Calling the Big Catch Meal from Long John Silvers one of the worst fast food meals in history isnt a matter of opinion, it was scientifically proven by the Center for Science in the Public Interest in 2013. The meal, which featured fried fish, hushpuppies and onion rings, contained 19 grams of saturated fats, 33 grams of trans fats, and nearly double the recommended daily intake of sodium. The CSPI called the wholly battered and fried meal a heart attack on a hook. The CSPIs report received massive media attention, resulting in Long John Silvers pulling the unhealthy meal due to backlash by the end of 2013.

#4: Bell Beefer

Taco Bell

Taco Bells one time slogan Think Outside the Bun rings hollow with the memory of this once-popular burger alternative offered by the Mexican-inspired fast food chain. The awkwardly-named Bell Beefer was a staple of Taco Bell menus from the 1970s until some point in the mid-90s, when declining sales led to the sandwich being pulled. Though the Bell Beefer seems burger-like with its traditional bun, on closer inspection the sandwich appears closer to a sloppy joe with its taco-seasoned ground beef topped with lettuce and onions. Although some diehard Bell Beefer fans successfully campaigned for the sandwichs reintroduction in the early 2010s, its just not what people seem to want when they go to Taco Bell.

#3: Gooey Apple Green Slime Sauce

Burger King

In the 90s when Nickelodeon was king and Ghostbusters was the hottest franchise, everyone wanted to get in on the slime trend, including Burger King. In 1999, Burger King teamed up with Nickelodeon for their Back to School promotion and came up with this fluorescent green jelly-like dipping sauce to include with the meal. The sauce was candy sweet, like an apple-flavoured Jolly Rancher, and was paired with chicken nuggets for a salty-sweet combo. Nowadays, with a rise in concerns about fast food companies marketing unhealthy food to children, this kid-magnet sauce with no nutritional value definitely seems like a relic from the past.

#2: Flying Fish Roe Salmon Cream Cheese Pizza

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut, the inventor of the stuffed crust, loves to push the boundaries of their humble creation, but this might have been a step too far. At Hong Kong Pizza Hut locations in 2014, you could get a pizza topped with crayfish, scallops, shrimp, and clams on a crust stuffed with salmon-flavored cream cheese and fish eggs. You have to admire their creativity, fish eggs are the last thing anyone would expect to find when biting into a slice of pizza. This offering was only available for a limited time, apologies to any mega seafood fans who may have just been inspired to take a flight to Hong Kong. But when it comes to stuffed crust, why mess with a classic?

#1: Buffalo Latte & Buffalo Crunch Donut

Tim Hortons

In 2017, exclusively at Buffalo locations of this Canada-based chain, customers could try a latte infused with the citys most famous food invention: buffalo sauce. Yes, the bright orange kind that comes on wings. Perhaps as an alternative for those who dont like pumpkin spice, this latte featured espresso, steamed milk, and mocha alongside buffalo sauce flavor. Whats even more bizarre is that this wasnt Tim Hortons first time trying to break buffalo sauce into the breakfast world. In 2014, the chain debuted the Buffalo Crunch Donut at the New York State Fair. The donut was glazed with buffalo sauce and topped with crushed hot chips and a generous helping of buffalo-flavored cream. An original idea, but well stick to chicken for our buffalo sauce vehicle of choice.

Did you try any of these fast food items? Would you try them if they came back? Let us know in the comments!