{"id":5819,"date":"2010-02-19T03:11:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T13:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2021-05-25T21:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T07:15:15","slug":"review-mcdonalds-sweet-chili-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/19\/review-mcdonalds-sweet-chili-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s Sweet Chili Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/4365035810\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/mcdsweetchili1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad McDonald&#8217;s introduced their new Sweet Chili Sauce because I was getting a little stir crazy having only three varieties of McNugget sauces to choose from &#8212; barbeque, sweet &#038; sour and hot mustard.  If it wasn&#8217;t for this latest sauce, I might&#8217;ve pulled a Tiger Woods and start sticking my McNuggets into things I shouldn&#8217;t, like Jello pudding, Baconnaise, the Big Mac&#8217;s secret sauce, or a Big Mac itself.<\/p>\n<p>The Sweet Chili Sauce looks very much like the sauce that comes with the spring rolls I order at Vietnamese <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pho<\/a> restaurants.  Both have an orange hue with chili flakes floating in them, but the McDonald&#8217;s version has a much thicker consistency.   It&#8217;s like dipping McNuggets into orange Jello that hasn&#8217;t completely set.  <\/p>\n<p>Unlike other McNugget sauces, it&#8217;s easy to see through the Sweet Chili Sauce, so if you collect enough packages of it, you can pull a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Halpert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Halpert<\/a> and stick the stapler of your workplace foe in a fish tank full of it.  It&#8217;s also clear enough to help remind you that you&#8217;re eating chicken in the form of a nugget.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/4364296811\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/mcdsweetchili2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Sweet Chili Sauce doesn&#8217;t really tickle my taste buds.  It tastes somewhat like the sauce that comes with spring rolls, but a weaker version of it.  While I was hoping there would be a balance, it&#8217;s much more sweet than spicy, which makes sense since sugar is the number two ingredient in it behind water.  While there are chili peppers floating around in it, they barely register on my own personal heat index and don&#8217;t provide much flavor.  Compared with the other McNugget sauces, I thought Sweet Chili Sauce&#8217;s flavor was bland.<\/p>\n<p>While I admit it&#8217;s my least favorite, it&#8217;s unfortunate that the Sweet Chili Sauce is around for only a limited time.  Because when it&#8217;s gone and I get tired of the other sauces again, I hope I&#8217;m not able to find a bottle of Baconnaise on this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; Unavailable. I bow my head in shame because I am unable to provide you with this important information.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b> McDonald&#8217;s Sweet Chili Sauce<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b> Included with McNuggets<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 1 ounce<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b> McDonald&#8217;s<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 4 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b> Tastes somewhat like the sauce that comes with spring rolls.  Great if you like to see your McNuggets through the sauce.  Pho.  McDonald&#8217;s Hot Mustard Sauce.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b> Doesn&#8217;t tickle my taint.  Much more sweet than spicy.  Not a flavorful sauce.  The urge to dip my McNuggets into other things.  The idea of Baconnaise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m glad McDonald&#8217;s introduced their new Sweet Chili Sauce because I was getting a little stir crazy having only three varieties of McNugget sauces to choose from &#8212; barbeque, sweet &#038; sour and hot mustard. If it wasn&#8217;t for this latest sauce, I might&#8217;ve pulled a Tiger Woods and start sticking my McNuggets into things [&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_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-5819","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":9499,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/08\/review-mcdonalds-new-chicken-mcnuggets-sauces-creamy-ranch-honey-mustard-spicy-buffalo-and-sweet-chili\/","url_meta":{"origin":5819,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s &#8220;New&#8221; Chicken McNuggets Sauces (Creamy Ranch, Honey Mustard, Spicy Buffalo, and Sweet Chili)","author":"Marvo","date":"June 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"McDonald's didn't put much effort into creating their \"new\" Chicken McNugget sauces, because they're mostly the same dipping sauces from their Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips line. 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