The fast food chain says the sauce will be available for “just a few days.”
McDonald’sAs proof of the courtship between pop culture and fast food, McDonald’s popular savory-sweet Szechuan dipping sauce is making its third US comeback.
McDonald’s said the sauce returns for a few days starting on March 31. Customers can buy up to five packets at a time with a Chicken McNuggets order, but the celebrated sauce is exclusive to the fast food chain’s mobile app.
After first debuting in 1998 as a promotion for the Disney movie Mulan, McDonald’s retired the sauce. But it was given new life twenty years later following an episode of the animated science-fiction series Rick and Morty, where the main characters get nostalgic for the McNuggets sauce. The demand from Rick and Morty fans single-handedly led to Szechuan sauce’s brief reappearance in 2017, but limited supplies led to protests. Following the mayhem, the company brought it back in larger quantities the following year.
There’s no firm date as to when this beloved sauce will disappear again. A McDonald’s statement says it will be around “for just a few days” and “while supplies last,” and the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
For now, it appears the Szechuan condiment could make irregular resurgences instead of becoming a permanent menu item.
Next week’s sauce drop means fans who’ve been fired up for the spicy sauce won’t have to turn to eBay to get a fix. Ordering the sauce from the mobile app allows for home delivery in selected locations, or pickup at McDonald’s counters or drive-thrus.
