It seems like only yesterday that hacking fast food meant ordering off the menu. The most famous in recent years was the Starbucks pink drink, where customers would order a strawberry acai refresher and substitute the water for coconut milk. The drink went so viral on social media that Starbucks eventually added it to its permanent menu.
.. making you pay more in the process.
(Let us also not forget The McGangBang ( actual name, apparently ), which combined a McChicken and a McDouble into one ridiculous sandwich in the 2010s.) Now, with food influencers trying to outdo each other, menu hacking has gone even further. Instead of ordering from just one menu and modifying it, now you can order two items and combine them, or even order items from two different fast food chains and mash them up into one meal.
(Driving from one place to another means the result is anything but fast, but hey, this is creativity). While I’m a little concerned about where this amalgamation could end — Three restaurants? Four? — I figured I’d pull together some hacks that caught my eye, show you how to make them, and then rate them. Call it public service.
You’re welcome. What to order The assembly For the uninitiated, the In-N-Out Flying Dutchman is not a pirate ship but rather two beef patties with a slice of cheese between the patties and on top of them. It also comes with grilled onions.
(It’s my personal favorite of the In-N-Out off-menu items. It's just a great combination of gooey melt.