Like many others, I miss McDonald's Snack Wraps. I ordered them quite a lot when I was trying to eat healthier and maintain a good weight. I really liked the barbeque ones the best, though I would eat any of them. Surprisingly, the honey mustard one was probably my least favorite, but that is only because McDonald's honey mustard is really weird to me. Or, at least, it used to be. I haven't had it probably since the Snack Wrap went away.* I also preferred my chicken grilled back then. The breaded ones seemed like too much when paired with a tortilla. And I could go on. A lot of people have a lot of nostalgia for the Snack Wrap, but there seem to be no plans to bring it back. Even though it is apparently still going strong in the UK and Canada. *Maybe I should give it another try, because I actually really like McDonald's hot mustard. That is my go-to chicken nugget sauce these days. Since McDonald's refuses to do their duty, Burger King has stepped up to try to fill the void. They are offering classic, spicy, and honey mustard versions of the wraps, as pictured above. As I am writing this, I have all three wraps sitting in front of me, definitely not wrapped like they are in the picture. Let's see how they taste. Fist, I should note that they are all breaded. If there was a grilled option, I didn't see it. I ordered these via the BK App, as I got 25% off that way. The classic wrap comes dressed with lettuce, tomato, and ranch. When I saw a white sauce, I expected to be mayo, but came to a very unpleasant surprise when I bit into it. Once I recalibrated my expectations, it wasn't bad, but I don't know that I would order it again. I've talked about my thoughts about ranch on non-salads before. It's a bit like pickles. It just turns into an overwhelming flavor and then you taste little else. Now, there isn't a lot else going on in this wrap, so it wasn't quite as bad as it was on Arby's burger. But, I still would have preferred some kind of mayo or aioli. Is aioli too much to ask for of Burger King? Probably, but, you know. Just throwing it out there. Moving on to the spicy wrap, it is dressed similarly, but instead of the ranch, there is some kind of Buffalo sauce on it as well. Is it spicy? No, but you probably didn't expect a BK item to have that much kick to it. Once I ate the entire wrap, there was just the slightest hint of burn left behind on my tongue and throat, but it was easily washed away. That said, the flavor wasn't bad. I definitely got that distinctive vinegar taste that mark a good Buffalo sauce. So, despite wishing it to have a bit more kick, I would say I liked this one and would order it again. Would I make a special trip back to Burger King for it? Probably not, but I do live less than two miles away. It's not exactly braving the great unknown to get there. So that leaves the honey mustard. I'll admit that I was a bit full by this point, but I made a commitment, so onward we go. Again the wrap was dressed with lettuce and tomato, but (obviously) this time with honey mustard, or at least a honey mustard sauce. Slight distinction, I know, but there is a distinction. I would tend toward calling it the latter, as it was a bit thin, but that probably worked better in this case. At first I thought my wrap was a bit light on sauce, but it turned out that most of it was at the bottom. Is this the fault of sloppy work on the BK crew, or because that wrap had more time to sit? Hard to say. Either way, it would have been better with evenly distributed sauce, but you can hardly fault the chain for that. In the spots where the sauce was in the Goldilocks zone, the wrap was actually pretty good. With a little tweaking, that one could have made the menu at a "real" restaurant. That probably isn't the kindest thing to say about Burger King, but know that I meant it in the absolute best light. All in all, did it replace the McDonald's snack wraps? No, not quite. But they were absolutely fine. A pretty good option to have if you're going through the drive-thru to grab something quick. Comments are closed.
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