McDonald's adds new spicy item to its breakfast menu starting July 8
As part of the fast food chain's 50th anniversary celebrations for the McMuffin, McDonald's is releasing a series of new options to "spice up" its breakfast menu.
Starting July 8, McDonald's is launching three spicy breakfast menu items: the Spicy McMuffin, Spicy Sausage McMuffin and Spicy Sausage McMuffin with Egg. The McMuffins will feature their traditional ingredients – cheese, egg, Canadian bacon or sausage, and a buttered English muffin, topped with Spicy Pepper Sauce, according to a news release.
McDonald's launched the Egg McMuffin in 1975. The breakfast item was the brainchild of Herb Peterson, a McDonald's franchisee in Santa Barbara, California. Herb, according to previous USA TODAY reporting, presented the sandwich as a to-go version of a diner classic: Eggs Benedict. Roy Kroc, the businessman who transformed McDonald's into what it is today, loved the idea.
The Spicy McMuffin (and its subsidiaries) will be available for a limited time at participating locations starting on Tuesday, July 8.
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