McDonalds’ new condiments: Mambo sauce and Sweet & Spicy Jam.
McDonald’s has recently introduced two condiments, Mambo sauce and Sweet and Spicy Jam. Although the advertising suggests you should try them one at a time, there is nothing to prevent you from adding 2 of each to your mobile order at $0 each, which is what we did.
Mambo Sauce on our $2 McGriddle
The Mambo sauce has a flavor that is instantly recognizable to anyone who eats Korean food. It’s gochujang! Well, a little sweeter and a little more viscous than the Korean red pepper paste but a very reasonable facsimile. We tried some on our Egg and Sausage McGriddle, which IMO is the best thing on the menu and also a very reasonable $2 on a breakfast mobile special. It did not disappoint. (Digging deeper, turns out this is actually based on “Mumbo Sauce”, a regional specialty of the DC area. But we stand by our Korean comparison.)
The Sweet and Spicy Jam is a pepper jelly we would be more likely to use on a spread of savory items, as we have done with jalapeño jelly in the past. We put it on a cracker with cream cheese, though you could also use brie or another mild spreadable cheese. Or simply put a few dabs of the jelly on a platter and let guests decide what to do with it.
Sweet & Spicy Jam is a cheerful Cajun orange with flecks of red pepper.
Kudos to the Clown for coming up with two grownup new condiments and making them available for free, when you place an order of any amount. We are going to hoard Mambo sauce and Sweet and Spicy Jam as we did with McDonald’s Grape Jelly and serve them to unsuspecting guests on our charcuterie platters this fall.
Many fine items for charcuterie platters at dollar stores and the redoubtable Ollie’s. I’m not clowning around.
we are going to have to have a competition for best charcut’ platter made with ingredients from 7-11, dollar store etc.
Oh I’d love to be in on that one
hm, maybe we’ll actually do it. In the meantime, feel free to get creative and share your results!
gotta love using the clown’s items on something worthwhile like charcuterie or cheese/crackers – repurposed for the better!!!
Chuckeye Dave sent a photo of the world’s longest charcut’ board but apparently we can’t post photos in comments. Use your imagination. It happened in Little Falls, NY, also the setting for the classic “A Christmas Story”.