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The Sad Story Of McDonald's Disappointing Mozzarella Sticks By Joe Hoeffner Aug. 11, 2025 11:00 am EST
When you step into a McDonald's, you know what to expect. You're going to get burgers in cardboard boxes, fries that can be wonderfully fresh or chewy and stale, and any number of sodas from the fountain — the same menu items that have been there since the beginning. But McDonald's wouldn't be the globe-conquering behemoth it is without changing a few things up. McNuggets, as ubiquitous as they are, were only introduced in the 1980s ( and they were almost made of onion ), while the McFlurry was invented by a Canadian franchisee in 1995.
It's not like McDonald's' mozzarella sticks had no chance of succeeding just because you don't usually think of mozzarella st