I hate to be a grinch, however after listening to in regards to the dill pickle-flavored “Grinch Salt” seasoning for The Grinch Meal’s McShaker Fries, I’m extraordinarily grumpy at McDonald’s for not leaning closely into inexperienced pickles for the remainder of the meal.
Possibly have a dill pickle-flavored sauce for the McNuggets choice, a pickle juice lemonade because the beverage, or possibly add an additional beneficiant serving of pickles to the Massive Mac model. However nope. No particular nuggets sauce, no pickle-enhanced beverage, and a traditional quantity of Massive Mac pickles. Nevertheless, the meal comes with a pair of Grinch-themed socks which can be solely edible to goats.
As a result of I’m not within the temper for Grinch-themed socks, I don’t care about menu objects I can get any time of yr at McDonald’s, and I don’t wish to spend Dubai-style chocolate cash ($13) for The Grinch Meal, I ended up choosing up The Grinch McShaker Fries a la carte. Geez, that final sentence makes me look like I’m a complete grinch. Grumble. Grumble. Grumble. However you understand what, similar to the Whos’ love and pleasure for Christmas made The Grinch smile, the dill pickle seasoning on fries turned my frown the other way up.
To use it to the fries, the packet comes with a paper bag that you just dump your fries and seasoning into, then shake to mix. When you get the meal’s 10-Piece Hen McNuggets choice, I counsel additionally tossing within the nuggets to get some pickle-ness on them.
Initially, I used to be disenchanted with the way it made the fries look as a result of it doesn’t flip them a vivid inexperienced. Nevertheless it’s comprehensible, as a result of that might’ve freaked the fries out of these conversant in potatoes and solanine. Whereas the seasoning is pale inexperienced in its packet, on the fries it seems extra white. There are occasional flecks of dill which have a deep inexperienced colour, however they’re as darkish as The Grinch’s coronary heart, which makes them look black.
The Grinch Salt is equal elements savory and tangy, and its pickle taste makes McDonald’s World Well-known French Fries style even higher. Being a fan of pickle-flavored merchandise, I couldn’t resist chain-eating them till they had been gone. In the direction of the underside of the bag, the powder appeared to be utilized extra thickly to the fries, making them virtually too potent.
When all of the fries had been eaten, there was a good quantity of seasoning on the backside of the bag. Seeing the leftover Grinch Salt type of made me want I had extra fries, spent $13 for the Hen McNuggets Grinch Meal, or had a lemonade I might dump it into.
The idea of including a seasoning packet to McDonald’s fries isn’t new. Whereas it has been accomplished within the US earlier than, it hasn’t actually caught on right here because it has internationally. Experiencing this tasty Grinch Salt offers me hope that McDonald’s would possibly provide new flavors sooner or later.
Bought Value: $5.19*
Dimension: Medium fries (additionally out there with Giant fries)
Score: 9 out of 10
Vitamin Information: (medium fries w/seasoning) 340 energy, 15 grams of fats, 2 grams of saturated fats, 0 grams of trans fats, 0 milligrams of ldl cholesterol, 840 milligrams of sodium, 47 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of protein.
*As a result of I stay on a rock in the course of the Pacific Ocean, issues are a bit pricier right here. You’ll most likely pay lower than I did.
