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McDonald's Adult Happy Meals
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About
McDonald's Adult Happy Meals refers to a McDonald's promotion that started on October 3rd, 2022, in which the iconic kid's menu item, known as a "Happy Meal," was made available for adults. The promotion inspired memes and parodies on Twitter and elsewhere in which creators speculated as to what the meal's toy was, many centering on a Grimace paperweight that looked similar to a dildo or butt plug.
Origin
Jokes online about McDonald's serving Adult Happy Meals date back further than their 2022 release. For instance, on April 19th, 2019, Twitter[1] user e4moji tweeted about an Adult Happy Meal scenario involving something called a "McVibrator," gaining over 190 likes in three years.
However, the majority of such memes and jokes came around September 27th, 2022, when McDonald's posted a carousel post to its Instagram[2] account announcing an upcoming collab with Cactus Plant Flea Market for Adult Happy Meals coming to locations on October 3rd, 2022. Over the course of one week, the post received roughly 113,700 likes (shown below).
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Adult Happy Meal Items / Ingredients
- Big Mac or 10pc Chicken McNuggets
- Large Fries
- Large Drink
- 1 Collectible Item
Spread
On September 28th, 2022, multiple news outlets like the New York Post,[2] NPR and Barstool Sports [3] reported that McDonald's was going to be serving Adult Happy Meals starting on October 3rd, 2022. For instance, Barstools' tweet[4] sent on September 28th received roughly 26,300 likes in six days (shown below).
![McDonald's Adult Happy Meals Ingredients Barstool Sports @barstoolsports McDonald's Is Changing The Game Yet Again After Announcing They Will Be Selling Adult Happy Meals That Come With Nostalgic Toys bars.tl/3435632 M 10:15 AM . Sep 28, 2022 · Buffer gMic Mac Big M Chicken App M :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/452/900/aab.png)
Once the meals were released on October 3rd, 2022, multiple reactions and memes surfaced on social media. For instance, on October 3rd, 2022, Twitter[7] user Wizzrobe tweeted photos of his Happy Meal, gaining over 855 likes in one day (shown below, left). On October 4th, 2022, Twitter[8] user 97Vercetti tweeted a photo of a Grimace paperweight, stating, "these McDonalds adult happy meals are getting out of hand 🤔," gaining roughly 58,800 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).
Various Examples
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![McDonald's Adult Happy Meal Meme Investment Guy @Investment6000 Dad, did you get an adult happy meal? 9:01 PM Oct 3, 2022 Twitter for iPhone . ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/452/912/bbf.png)
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How ima pull up to McDonald’s for that new Adult Happy Meal
DashieXP</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sw5Y2eKECR">pic.twitter.com/Sw5Y2eKECR</a></p>— ayomarcoo🇲🇽 (
SXMURAIBEATS) October 3, 2022
Search Interest
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External References
[2] Instagram – @mcdonalds
[3] NYP – McDonald’s teams up with streetwear label to launch adult Happy Meals
[4] NPR – McDonald's will have adult Happy Meals this October
[5] Barstool – McDonald's Is Changing The Game Yet Again…
[6] Twitter – @barstoolsports
[8] Twitter – @97Vercetti
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Oct 04, 2022 at 07:37PM EDT
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