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The 15 weirdest things fast-food chains ever tried to sell us

Stacker's list collects fifteen of the strangest menu items fast-food chains ever launched; some of them were meant to be eaten on purpose.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Midday Show
Published 12:07 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from The Midday Show at 12:07 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Stacker's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by Stacker: “The 15 weirdest things fast-food chains ever tried to sell us”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 12:07 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStacker rounded up the fifteen weirdest things fast-food chains ever tried to sell us, and I want to rate the whole list like it's the Olympics.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFifteen items, and somewhere a product manager said yes to every one.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJudges, I'm giving the list a six, with notes of warm gravy and regret.

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