McDonald’s Candy & Spicy Jam and Mambo Sauce are two new, limited-time, dipping cup sauces from the chain.
Dipping cup sauces prices $0.20 per container if bought alone at my native McDonald’s. You can too get the brand new sauces at no cost with an order of Rooster McNuggets so I went that route and acquired two 6-piece Rooster McNuggets for $3.29 (they’d a BOGO deal within the app). These had been the gadgets that had been chosen by BrandEating’s first-ever Patreon reader’s selection evaluate ballot. Due to everybody who voted.
Candy & Spicy Jam is the McDonald’s first breakfast-oriented dipping sauce within the US and contains a jam-like crimson pepper sauce with a numbing Szechuan peppercorn kick, extra spicy warmth from cayenne pepper, and an apple cider vinegar end.
Earlier than dipping it with a rooster nugget, I attempted the jam by itself. It had a thickened, jam-like consistency however not a lot that you simply needed to unfold it with a knife. Like a fruit jam, it was fairly candy and may really work in a peanut butter and jam sandwich. The sugar content material lent it a little bit of a dessert high quality however there was additionally a fruity bell pepper base that was mildly spicy with a little bit of tanginess. I did not actually decide up on any of the numbing qualities of Szechuan peppercorns. If there have been another seasonings, they had been largely lined up by the sweetness. I did not get pleasure from consuming it with my Rooster McNuggets because the broad sweetness was considerably overpowering.
McDonald’s Mambo Sauce presents a tomato-based, candy, spicy, and vinegary sauce. Apparently, it was roughly as candy because the Candy & Spicy Jam however appeared to have much more occurring when it comes to complexity and layered flavors. It was additionally smoother and extra runny. Mambo Sauce was additionally the spicier of the 2 with a average warmth that constructed up pretty shortly however did not linger too lengthy. It really had a ketchup base so I received that acquainted candy and tangy tomato-y high quality together with some novelty with numerous seasonings that weren’t distinct however made the sauce extra attention-grabbing. As such, this was my most popular dipping sauce for the nuggets.
General, I actually loved McDonald’s Mambo Sauce because it managed to stability a great deal of contrasting flavors whereas offering a substantial spicy kick. As for Candy & Spicy Jam, it could be your jam (pun supposed) in case you generally simply eat your rooster nuggets or different savory McDonald’s dishes with honey. As for me, it felt like a plainer model of Candy Chili with a jam-like consistency and a bell pepper base. It is a little bit ironic that the spicier sauce is the one with out “spicy” in its identify.
