Itâs well-established at this point that most Rick And Morty fans will get on board with whatever wacky concept the show comes up with (as long as itâs not women on the writing staff), but few Rick And Morty gags have been met with as much exuberance as the showâs reference to the long-forgotten, barely missed Szechuan sauce from McDonaldâs. First referenced in the surprise premiere of Rick And Mortyâs third season, the sauce presumably resonated with the showâs fans because it was explicitly a thing that nobody could have, and though it did exist at one time, it was now gone foreverâor at least it was until McDonaldâs reengineered the stuff and sent a bottle to Rick And Morty co-creator Justin Roiland. Some fans got bottles as well, with one going for $15,000 on eBay to some cartoon fan who really shouldnât be allowed to go near eBay anymore.
Now, in another bid to win the love of Rick And Morty fans for some reason, McDonaldâs has decided to bring back the Szechuan sauce in select locations for one day only on October 7. Itâs technically part of a larger sauce campaign to promote McDonaldâs new Buttermilk Crispy Tenders, which seems like a fairly cruel campaign to launch so soon after The A.V. Club published the definite guide to fast food sauces, but at least some lucky McDonaldâs fans will have a chance to eat some new chicken chunks with a series of fabulous sauces (including âHoney Mustard,â âHot Mustard,â and âHoneyâ).
You can see the full array of sauces and check if Szechuan is coming to your area at this link.
