McDonald's is testing a Sriracha Big Mac
McDonald鈥檚 is announcing today that it has begun testing a Sriracha Big Mac burger in the Columbus, Ohio, market, the same location for the earlier test of the Mac Jr. And Grand Mac that it will introduce nationally in early 2017.
In addition to having exclusive access to a Sriracha Big Mac, Columbus diners can order Sriracha Mac Sauce on聽any聽item on McDonald鈥檚 menu and/or get the spicy sauce in a mini tub for dipping fries or Chicken McNuggets. The Sriracha Big Mac and Sriracha Mac Sauce will be available in Columbus through Dec. 31, 2016.
鈥淲e鈥檙e always trying new creations and we wanted to innovate with an on-trend flavor like Sriracha to give our customers in Columbus a new and exciting taste,鈥� McDonald鈥檚 Chef Mike Haracz said in a statement announcing the test.
This is the first time McDonald鈥檚 has tried Sriracha Mac Sauce on the Big Mac itself, but it continues a love-affair with sriracha that began in early summer, as BurgerBusiness.com has documented:
鈫捖燡une 2016:聽McDonald鈥檚 offers a 鈥溾�� toppings combination (Sriracha Big Mac sauce, white Cheddar cheese, crispy onions, a new spinach/kale blend and tomato) in San Diego as part of its test of the Signature Crafted Recipes platform in San Diego.
鈫捖燡uly 2016:听惭肠顿辞苍补濒诲鈥檚听聽the Signature Sriracha test to Washington State.
McDonald鈥檚 Canada did beef and chicken LTO burgers with Sriracha sauce in August.
鈫捖燗ugust 2016:聽McDonald鈥檚 introduces two LTO聽. The聽Spicy Sriracha Mighty Angus聽burger was a100% Canadian Angus beef patty topped with hickory-smoked bacon pieces, lettuce, processed Cheddar cheese, sliced jalape艌os, sriracha sauce and an applewood-smoke seasoned sauce on a sesame-and-poppy-seed bun. The聽Spicy Sriracha Country Chicken聽sandwich had a seasoned Canadian chicken breast topped with lettuce and white processed Cheddar cheese, sliced jalapenos, sriracha sauce and applewood-smoke-seasoned sauce served on the same sesame-and-poppy-seed-glazed bun.
鈫捖燨ctober 2016:聽BurgerBusiness.com reported exclusively that on Sept. 23, 2016, McDonald鈥檚 Corp. filed a聽聽for 鈥淢ac Sauce.鈥� Not Big Mac Sauce, just Mac Sauce. And Mac Sauce is the term being used now for the Columbus Sriracha Big Mac test.
I speculated then that McDonald鈥檚 might be eying taking bottled Mac Sauce to聽supermarket shelves鈥攁s it did with McCaf茅 coffee鈥攁nd I still think that鈥檚 a reasonable possibility.
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