{"id":26237,"date":"2017-12-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=26237"},"modified":"2021-01-13T20:46:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:46:55","slug":"review-mcdonalds-signature-swiss-mushroom-melt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/15\/review-mcdonalds-signature-swiss-mushroom-melt\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s Signature Swiss Mushroom Melt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/McDonalds-Signature-Crafted-Mushroom-Swiss-Melt.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Signature Crafted Mushroom Swiss Melt\" title=\"McDonald's Signature Crafted Mushroom Swiss Melt.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Peeling back the bun of my McDonald\u2019s Signature Swiss Mushroom Melt revealed that the employee who made my burger obviously has something against mushrooms and wanted to punish the ones in my order by drowning them in the garlic and herb spread.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/McDonalds-Signature-Crafted-Mushroom-Swiss-Melt-2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Signature Crafted Mushroom Swiss Melt 2\" title=\"McDonald's Signature Crafted Mushroom Swiss Melt 2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or maybe that\u2019s how they\u2019re made because the promo photos my local McDonald\u2019s have been posting to social media show a liberal amount of spread. Either that or the burger has rabies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/McDonald%E2%80%99s-Signature-Swiss-Mushroom-Melt-5.jpg?resize=550%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Signature Swiss Mushroom Melt 5\" title=\"McDonald\u2019s Signature Swiss Mushroom Melt 5.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"550\" height=\"551\" \/> <\/p>\n<div><em><small><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">(Image via Hawaii McDonald&#8217;s Twitter.)<\/div>\n<p><\/small><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Along with the garlic and herb condiment, my McDonald\u2019s Swiss Mushroom Melt featured seasoned, grilled mushrooms, two slices of Swiss cheese, and a 1\/4 lb. beef patty on a sesame seed bun. Much like other Signature Crafted Recipes, you can also have it made with crispy or grilled chicken and get it with an artisan roll.<\/p>\n<p>If you like mushroom and Swiss burgers because of those two ingredients, this one will disappoint. The spread hides the flavors of the shrooms and Swiss as effective as a Klingon cloaking device hides a Bird-of-Prey ship. But the sauce also hides the fact that the beef patty is somewhat dry. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/McDonalds-Signature-Crafted-Mushroom-Swiss-Melt-2-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Signature Crafted Mushroom Swiss Melt 2  1\" title=\"McDonald's Signature Crafted Mushroom Swiss Melt 2 (1).jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It might\u2019ve not been so bad if the spread was flavorful, but it doesn\u2019t have a strong garlic or herb presence. It\u2019s mild enough to negate the flavors of the mushroom and cheese, but not strong enough to give it a memorable flavor. Yes, even with all that sauce blasted onto the mushrooms. The beef patty\u2019s flavor does come through a little, but that doesn\u2019t make this burger worth it.<\/p>\n<p>I can understand the reasoning behind adding the garlic and herb spread. Every time McDonald\u2019s comes out with a new burger line there\u2019s bound to be a mushroom and Swiss version and they\u2019re all pretty much the same \u2014 saut\u00e9ed mushrooms, mayo, and Swiss cheese. The condiment makes it different, but, unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t make it better.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: This is only available in select markets.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Purchased Price:<\/b> $5.39<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> N\/A<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 5 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Nutrition Facts:<\/b> Not available on McDonald&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peeling back the bun of my McDonald\u2019s Signature Swiss Mushroom Melt revealed that the employee who made my burger obviously has something against mushrooms and wanted to punish the ones in my order by drowning them in the garlic and herb spread. Or maybe that\u2019s how they\u2019re made because the promo photos my local McDonald\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1481],"class_list":["post-26237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-mcdonalds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33337,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/29\/fast-food-news-mcdonalds-signature-crafted-recipe-mushroom-swiss\/","url_meta":{"origin":26237,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: McDonald&#8217;s Signature Crafted Recipe Mushroom &#038; Swiss","author":"Marvo","date":"November 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We reviewed it! 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