35 Times Fast-Food Companies Tried a Little Something New — To Varying Degrees of Success
One too many tweaks of the menu
![35 Times Fast-Food Companies Tried a Little Something New — To Varying Degrees of Success](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/8/1007608_320x180.jpg)
The fast-food game can’t stay stagnant! For some unknown reason, the menus must always be changing. How do you think we got gems like the Baconator or Chicken Fries? From constantly brainstorming! Of course, that’s how we also got monstrosities like the Whopperito and the Double Down Dog. But we won’t worry about those at the moment. Whaddya got, Johnson?!?!
![The Double Sensation was a twin-crusted pizza. Pizza Hut SENSATION HILK CRACKED.COM Pizza Hut gave customers in Singapore more of what nobody really likes all that much - the crust! They called it a pizza within a pizza, but it was realy just an excuse to fill you up with more bread... and apparently offload some excess Alfredo sauce.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/9/1005189.jpg)
![Fries + onion rings = Frings. CRACKED.COM You know that unique exhiliration of finding an onion ring in your french fries? Jack in the Box attempted to replicate that, but achieved the opposite: the devastating betrayal of being denied sufficient onion rings.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/8/1005188.jpg)
![Bundles were just sliders. CRACKED.COM Burger King's laughably small burgers were fun for the whole family: not quite enough to satiate a child, and a choking hazard for adults!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/7/1005187.jpg)
![Taco Bell's Cheetos Burrito After their Doritos taco success, maybe this wasn't the dumbest idea. However, it didn't make it past their Cincinnati test market. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/6/1005186.jpg)
![McDonald's McSpaghetti СС on ald's Spaghetti was introduced in the 1970s, when no one was begging the burger company to attempt Italian. However, it did take off in the Philippines where it's still available. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/5/1005185.jpg)
![McDonald's Hula Burger The hula burger was a cheeseburger minus the burger, plus grilled pineapple. Made to appeal to Catholics abstainning during Lent, it failed miserably where Filet-O-Fish succeeded. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/4/1005184.jpg)
![McDonald's Lobster Roll Lobster Roll made with 100% Real North Atlantic Lobster Aside from Filet-O-Fish (which was a Lent godsend), there's something so unsettlingly (in my digestive system) about McDonald's carrying seafood. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/3/1005183.jpg)
![Taco Bell's Seafood Salad To compete with the Filet-O-Fish, Taco Bell introduced a seafood salad in the 1980s. Unsurprisingly, it was a complete flop. Salad AND seafood? From Taco Bell? Hard pass. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/9/1005179.jpg)
![Red Ramen Burger RED ROBIN CRAGKED.COM The ramen burger became a big deal around 2013. And - not a lot of people know this, but -- ramen sounds a lot like robin. Red Robin swiftly capitalized on this synchronicity by releasing their Red Ramen Burger a full 3 years later.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/2/1005182.jpg)
![Kit Kat Chocodilla TACO BELL CRACKED.COM This dessert item is just... Kit Kats melted in a tortilla. It seems entirely possible that Taco Bell's r&d team is just two roommates who haven't been grocery shopping in a while and are too high to go now.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/1/1005181.jpg)
![Angriest Whopper BURGER KING CRACKED.COM This burger was supposed to be super spicy--to the extent that it warned off predators with its vibrant colors, like a poisonous frog. They even made a big deal about cooking the first batch with fire from a volcano, which is... honestly pretty rad.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/0/1005180.jpg)
![Dry Pork and Seaweed Donut DUNKIN' DONUTS Dry Pork and Seaweed Donut CRACKED.COM On paper, this looks like a lazy corporate April Fools Day joke. But in practice, it's actually a pretty daring savory experience from a company that specializes in sugar water. It's made with a special yeast dough, which kind of brings the whole thing together.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/8/1005178.jpg)
![Mashed Potato Beef Burger MCDONALD'S 100% Manly Man CRACKED.COM For a while, McDonald's China was on a big masculinity kick. Lots of their commercials highlighted the manliness of meat eaters - none moreso than this burger that dared to include a layer of potato salad.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/7/1005177.jpg)
![Ninja Burger BURGER KING NIN BURGE CRACKED.COM BK has tried several different black burgs in different parts of the world, with various ingredients dyed black with bamboo charcoal and squid ink. One version includes an oversized, floppy strip of meat to simulate the tongue of a popular anime ninja.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/6/1005176.jpg)
![Double Down Dog KFC KFC DOUBLE DOWN WARNING OUTRAGEOUS Y DE DOG CRACKED.COM KFC shook us to our very core in 2010 when they first announced the Double Down as an April Fools joke, then sold it for real less than two weeks later. Then, in 2015, while the meat-eating public was still reeling from whiplash, they unleashed this hot dog version upon the good people of the Phillipines.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/5/1005175.jpg)
![Shake 'em Up Fries were DIY cheese fries. CRACKED.COM Burger King gave customers the experience of being a real fry chef! Customers would dump a packet of flavoring into a bag of fries, and shake the whole thing up until every fry was sticky as hell.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/4/1005174.jpg)
![The McHotDog danced on Ray Kroc's grave. hot dog ho CRACKED COM Even though the Krocs started off in the hot dog biz, Ray Kroc later refused to sell them at McDonalds because he couldn't be sure the meat was high enough quality. Turns out: Americans don't really care about the quality of their speedy meats!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/3/1005173.jpg)
![The Priazzo was uncookably thick deep-dish pizza. CRACKED.COM Pizza Hut threw an Italian-sounding name on a casserole that was so thick, it took longer to cook than anyone was willing to wait for it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/2/1005172.jpg)
![McStuffins were Hot Pockets. CRACKED.COM McDonalds wanted to get in on the scalding pouch pastry game with two of their signature flavor profiles: ...chicken teriyaki, and ...pepperoni pizza.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/1/1005171.jpg)
![Burger King's Bacon Sundae Burger King has not earned our trust with ice cream, let alone experimental ice cream. It was only available for the summer of 2012, a simpler time when bacon was trendy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/0/1005170.jpg)
![McDonald's McSalad Shakers Grilled Chef Chicken Caesar Garden Props to McDonald's for attempting to make salads fun, but there's a reason we don't normally eat salads out of cups. This stayed on the menu for three years, not bad for a healthier option. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/9/1005169.jpg)
![Burger King's Burger Pizza In a clear publicity stunt (that we are continuing to help hype, so it's effective), a 2,500 calorie pizza-sized burger was only available in New York because New Yorkers aren't snobs about their pizza or anything. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/7/1005167.jpg)
![KFC's Double Down Calling the Double Down discontinued may be a lie as they keep retiring it and bringing it back when they want publicity, but what terrible food menu would be complete without this meat monstrosity? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/8/1005168.jpg)
![McDonald's Onion Nuggets Onion Nuggets Before the Chicken McNugget, there was the Onion Nugget. Introduced in the 1970s, they were clumps of onions deep-breaded and fried. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/6/1005166.jpg)
![Burger King's Whopperito CLAME Most people look at a Whopper and go, You know what would make this better? If it were a burrito, too. Not all foods need to be a mash-up, but don't tell Burger King, who sold the novelty item to compete with Chipotle. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/5/1005165.jpg)
![Pizza Hut's Hot Dog Bites Pizza Sure, hot dogs and pizza are good on their own, but Pizza Hut made sure to prove you can have too much of a good thing. The hot dog crust pizza came with a side of mustard and pretzel version. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/7/1005157.jpg)
![Taco Bell's Bell Beefer In the 1970s, Taco Bell introduced its chili burger. Basically a taco but with a bun instead of a shell. As if there weren't enough fast-food burger options, who thought we needed a harder-to-eat attempt? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/6/1005156.jpg)
![Gracoro Burger MCDONALD'S CRACKED.COM McDonald's Japan once offered this deep-fried dollop of macaroni, shrimp, and white sauce.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/3/1005163.jpg)
![Mac 'n' Cheetos BURGER KING Mac Cheetos CRACKED.COM These were cheese puff-shaped tubules of macaroni and cheese, coated in a skin of Cheetos crumbs -- regular, or Flamin' Hot, for the Cheetoisseur.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/4/1005164.jpg)
![Cheeseburger- Stuffed Crust PIZZA HUT CRACKED.COM This was simply a pizza surrounded by sliders. It's the most American food innovation since American cheese, and yet it's only ever been available in the Middle East and the UK.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/2/1005162.jpg)
![Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt FRIENDLY'S CRACKED.COM Friendly's rested on their laurels after inventing the clown-shaped ice cream sundae - until 2010, when they decided to bookend their, frankly, already generous hamburgers with two grilled cheese sandwiches.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/8/1005158.jpg)
![The McAfrika MCDONALD'S McAfrika CRACKED.COM In 2002, McDonald's Norway took some heat for dropping their unfortunately named, pita-based BLT right smack dab in the middle of a massive famine in Africa.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/0/1005160.jpg)
![Waffle Taco TACO BELL CRACKED.COM In 2014, Taco Bell disrupted the wet hot American breakfast scene with a waffle, your choice of sausage or bacon, and a haphazard ice cream scoop of egg.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/1/1005161.jpg)
![Doritos Pizza PIZZA HUT CRACKED.COM They nearly out-pizza'd their own hut by placing Dorito shards around the perimeter of their 'za, like a crown of thorns. Lest you think they didn't go big enough, they also stuffed the crust with that boldest of cheeses: mozzarella.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/9/1005159.jpg)
![Edible nail polish KFC TS PINGER LICKIN SENGER GOOD TCKIN GOOD CRACKED.COM In 2016, KFC dropped two flavors of edible nail polish in Hong Kong. The BBC did a taste test, and found Hot t & Spicy to be more translucent than advertised, and Original Recipe to be straight-up green. Both bottles recommended not saving their goop for multiple uses.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/5/1005155.jpg)