McDonald's Australia sends fans wild over major announcement: 'My prayer has finally been answered'
FEMAIL can confirm that McGriddles will be available nationally on the fast food giant's breakfast menu from Wednesday, July 9.
The range will see four new items introduced to the permanent menu - all featuring the cult-favourite sweet and savoury maple infused breakfast pancakes.
For the uninitiated, McGriddles are essentially a twist on a classic Macca's breakfast burger, whereby the English Muffin bun is replaced with two fluffy maple-infused sweet pancake buns, creating a delightful sweet and savoury contrast.
The new range includes the Sausage and Cheese McGriddles, which sees a classic beef sausage patty paired with melty cheese and served in-between two soft, warm maple infused pancakes.
Then, there's the Sausage, Egg and Cheese McGriddles, which includes all of the above with the addition of an egg omelette.
Next, there's the Bacon, Egg and Cheese McGriddles, which includes a rasher bacon, egg omelette and a slice of cheese inside the pancake bun.
The final option is to keep it simple with a serve of plain McGriddles.
Previously, the only way that Aussies could get their hands on the fast food giant's legendary McGriddles was while travelling abroad to countries like the US, Canada, Japan or Hong Kong.
McDonald's Australia customers have subsequently lobbied the fast food brand for years to bring the iconic breakfast item down under.
Earlier this year, Aussie fans got wind of a secret trial of McGriddles taking place in certain Maccas stores around Sydney.
The result saw customers flocking to the select locations and willingly waiting for over an hour to to taste the hard-to-find brekkie item.
Following the success of the trial, a McDonald's Australia spokesperson confirmed to FEMAIL that all Australians will now have the chance to taste the legendary McGriddles range.
'Our Aussie fans absolutely obsessed over the sweet and savoury flavours of McGriddles when we trialled it earlier this year,' Amanda Nakad, Marketing Director of Menu and Brand for McDonald's Australia, said.
Rather than making it a limited time menu addition, Ms Nakad confirmed the popularity during the trial phase meant McGriddles had been promoted straight to the 'permanent' nationwide breakfast menu.
'Safe to say, we got the message and gave our iconic breakfast menu a glow up by adding it to the permanent menu,' she said.
She confirmed that the McGriddles range will now feature alongside other Maccas breakfast staples, such as their hashbrowns, McMuffins and McCafe coffee.
Customers should however note that McGriddles are part of the fast food store's breakfast menu, meaning they can only be purchased until 10.30am.
Back in May during the trial period, Sydney foodie Adrian Wildjy was one of the first to alert his TikTok followers about McGriddles being quietly launched in select stores down under.
Sharing a video to his over 381K followers, the Sydney food content creator raved that his favourite overseas Maccas breakfast food was now in his hometown city.
'Finally my prayer is answered. It's here in Australia. It's the McGriddles,' Adrian said in the video.
'I always have them when I'm in Japan or Hong Kong. Now it's here where I am in Sydney,' the online foodie continued.
'I just love the sweet savoury combo of the McGriddles,' Adrian said.
'I am so happy,' he concluded in the viral video, urging fellow McGriddles fans to 'run' to find them.
During the previous trial period, the McGriddles breakfast burger alone was priced at $7.80 at the Haberfield McDonald's in Sydney.
They could also be purchased as part of a breakfast meal.
Customers could also purchase the McGriddles cakes alone during the trial and were at that time priced at $4.55 - with the option to add on a hot cake syrup for an additional $1.10.
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