16 McDonald's menus items that you can no longer order, from infamous flops to beloved losses (MCD)

• McDonald's has discontinued countless cult classics over the decades, including Szechuan Sauce, the McPizza, and Orange Hi-C. 
• The chain has also killed some bizarre menu items, like McSpaghetti and the Hula Burger. 
• Here are 16 McDonald's menu items you can no longer find at the fast-food chain. 

McDonald's giveth and McDonald's taketh away. 

McDonald's has been cranking out some of the most iconic menu items in fast food over more than six decades. However, some customer favorites have disappeared from menus, never to be seen again. 

McDonald's graveyard of lost menu items includes cult classics like Szechuan Sauce, the McPizza, and Orange Hi-C. Then, there are some bizarre misfires — McSpaghetti and the Hula Burger are unlikely to see any petitions for their return anytime soon. 

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Here is a look back at some of the best and worst McDonald's menu items that you can no longer order at the chain. 

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Szechuan Sauce

In 2017, fans of the cartoon "Rick and Morty" organized a movement calling for McDonald's to bring back its Szechuan McNugget sauce, a plum sauce that was available for a limited time in 1998 to promote the Disney movie "Mulan."

However, when McDonald's did bring the sauce back in October 2017, demand far outpaced supply. The sauce's brief appearance on menus in 2017 ended with bidding wars and riots in fast-food parking lots.

McDonald's distributed 20 million sauce packs across the country in February 2018, but the passion for the Szechuan sauce had died down at that point. Soon after, the limited-time offering disappeared from menus again — and few have been demanding its return this time around. 

McSalad Shakers

McSalad Shakers were only on the menu for three years. But, at least some people wish they would return — there's even a Facebook group trying to bring back the menu item.

Arch Deluxe

McDonald's spent an estimated $150 million to $200 million advertising the Arch Deluxe's rollout in 1996 — at the time the most expensive promotional campaign in fast-food history, The New York Times reported.

Though the fast-food chain's executives had predicted it would bring in $1 billion in sales in 1996, the burger — which at $2.09 to $2.49 was on par with or pricier than typical McDonald's fare — failed to win over customers and was discontinued in the late '90s.

However, the burger won over a cult following. In early 2018, the chain tested a revamped Archburger, made with fresh beef, at a handful of locations.

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