The Greatest Limited-Run Fast Food Items of All Time

Fast food has an incredible way of making you shove little children out of the line like no other food can. We're kidding, we've never done that. But thanks to the inventive, short-livedm and insanely addictive foodstuffs chains regulary invent, the thought has (briefly, but often) crossed our minds.

Oftentimes, the world is resistant to change and people do not support these edible innovations like they should. But we intend to give these creations the respect they deserve by remembering the 25 greatest limited-run fast foods of all time. It may be hard to see your favorite hyrbrids and savory masterpieces dissappear from drive-thrus, but take heart. Maybe someone will be inspired to start a Facebook petition page or spend 10 hours a day tweeting until it returns. Maybe that someone is even you.

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Served at: Jack in the Box
Year introduced: 1979
Last served: Early 1980s

Deciding between fries and onion rings became a thing of the past when Jack in the Box introduced this amazing hybrid. People didn't appreciate a good thing while it was there and Frings were discontinued with the quickness. Now we're back to making stressful decisions again.

Served at: Wendy's
Year introduced: 1987
Last served: 1989

Essentially a next level salad bar, this sheer availability of toppings was enough to make a anti-green person convert. Imagine every kind of salad topping you can think of, even ones you didn't know existed. Please Wendy's, bring it back.

Served at: Burger King
Year introduced: 2005
Last served: 2008

Your homemade egg sandwich that you're so proud of is dwarfed, literally, by this former BK menu item. Like the name says, this was a huge omelette sandwich and that's exactly what we all need sometimes.

Served at: McDonald's
Year introduced: Early 1970's
Last served: Late 1970's

This hefty burger lived up to its claims with a quarter pound of beef and a generous glob of citrusy mayo. The giant burger lives on in Scandavian countries, so we're planning a vacation to Norway to pick up one of these.

Served at: Quizno's
Year introduced: Early 2000's
Last served: Mid 2000's

Quizno's is known for its toasted sandwiches but for a limited time, this salad was its true calling card. Between the honey mustard dressing, the melted cheese and the pita it was served with, it was everything we ever wanted in a salad, and we want it back.

Served at: McDonald's
Year introduced: 1996
Last served: Late 1990's

McDonald's pushed this as" the adult burger" but the upscale flavors—a secret mayo mustard sauce, spanish onions, and hickory smoked bacon—were underappreciated. After a $150 million dollar ad campaign and lagging sales, the Arch Deluxe was scrapped. Still, it doesn't stop us from wishing they'll bring the Arch back. Deluxe or die!

Served at: Taco Bell
Year introduced: Mid 1970's
Last served: Late 1980's

For a time Taco Bell forgot what their restaurant was called and decided to take a bold foray into the burger world with a taco-sloppy joe burger. Unfortunately, Burger King and McDonald's had the burger game already on lock so the Bell Beefer went to where fast food goes to die: Rick Ross' internal organs.

Served at: McDonald's
Year introduced: 1989
Last served: 2000

McDonald's was on their pizza flow for a minute in the '80s and the country was better for it. But people largely ignored the pizza option and it was pushed off the menu due to low sales. Those people were clearly idiots. So when you're looking for a pizza you can procure through a drive-thru and can't find one, know they're to blame.

Served at: Burger King
Year introduced: 1987
Last served: 1987

In a perfect world, one can consume as many burgers as one desires and there will be no consequences. No expanding thighs, judgemental friends, or side eyes from people in line. This is what Burger King, the gracious ruler, so kindly bestowed upon us for a short time in the late '80s. Tiny burgers that came with the BK bundle campaign. The campaign and the burgers were short-lived, but all hail the King for those happy months back in '87.

Served at: Dairy Queen
Year introduced: 1990
Last served: 2001

Aptly named, this drink was as refreshing as a cool breeze in the middle of summer. It was the sister to the insanely-popular Blizzard, but there always has to be the uglier sister. And the Breeze got beaten with the ugly stick. No matter how much people protested online or shouted at DQ drive thru's, this drink is gone for good.

Served at: Burger King
Year introduced: 2005
Last served: 2012

Chicken fries should come back merely because of how efficent they are. Sometimes you're too busy to sit down and eat a full entree and side—why not combine the two? People didn't respect the simplistic genius of this novelty item and it left the world for good in 2012.

Served at: McDonald's
Year introduced: Early 2000's
Last served: March 2012

Wikipedia describes this as a "seasonal green-dyed mint flavored desert shake" but it's so much more than that. The Shamrock Shake is the greatest part of March and the only reason to remain sober on St. Patrick's Day is so that you can coherently order one of these.

Served at: Taco Bell
Year introduced: 2011
Last served: 2013

Will tweet for burrito. After this burrito came and left for its limited run in 2011, every social media feed across the Internet overflowed with pleas for its return. Accounts in the burrito's name popped up and Facebook pages with impossibly large numbers of fans united in hopes of getting the beefy crunch burrito back. We asked and Taco Bell listened. The burrito returned for a limited time in May of 2013.

Served at: Pizza Hut
Year introduced: Early 1990's
Last served: Mid 1990's

A giant rectangular pizza for 11 bucks. 16 inches of cheese, hearty tomato sauce, and unknowable goodness. This was marketed as the perfect party pizza but if it comes back, it just might be a pizza for one.

Served at: Sonic
Year introduced: 2000's
Last served: Late 2000's

Heat isn't for everyone and that may have been this burger's downfall. Girly men, step aside, 'cause this burger was crazy good.

Served at: Arby's
Year introduced: Early 2000's
Last served: Mid 2000's

Part sandwich, part burger, this was the perfect meal. The sourdough bread was the right amount of sweet we were always hoping for in a burger. We're down to tweet, Facebook post, or even Tumblr our way back to a sourdough melt on the Arby's menu. Tell us what to do, Arby's, and we'll do it.

Served at: McDonald's
Year introduced: 1988
Last served: 1990's

McDonald's presents the greatest grilled cheese sandwich ever. It was beef patty, onions, and melted cheese between soft burger buns, and for a short time in the '80s, we desired it for every single meal. Again, because the '80s was a tumultuous time for fast food, the wonderful item left the menu shortly after it launched.

Served at: Dairy Queen
Year introduced: 2000's
Last served: Oct. 2013

Luckily, Halloween is coming and so is the return of this seasonal drink. DQ constantly kills milkshakes but this one was especially spectacular. We'll be dreading the day November 1st arrives.

Served at: McDonald's
Year introduced: 1997
Last served: 2011

The Big 'N Tasty burger was a McDonald's menu staple created to stir up some competition with the BK Whopper, and it did just that. After McD's removed it from the dollar menu and moved it up to the big leagues, the Big & Tasty was a solid menu option. But its run would not last and it would see its last golden arches in January of 2011. Cold, cold winter.

Served at: Taco Bell
Year introduced: Early 2000's
Last served: Late 2000's

The spicy chicken burrito is yet another example of Taco Bell straight murdering the burrito game. It was everything you want in your tortilla: shredded chicken, spice, and a load of creamy jalapeno sauce. We can't understand how this didn't catch on, but we just keep praying for its return. And, the people on the "Taco Bell Should Bring Back the Spicy Chicken Burrito" Facebook fan page would agree.

Served at: Burger King
Year introduced: Early 1990's
Last served: 1997

Bacon makes everything better, so we were all rooting for BK's Western Whopper, essentialy a regular Whopper with bacon and special sauce to stick around, and were subsequently crushed when it left us. BK ignored our desperate cries and shouts of protest and the burger hasn't seen the BK menu since the late 90's. But, if you're really desparate, you can still snag one in Singapore.

Served at: Sonic
Year introduced: 2007
Last served: 2012

Ingredients included milk, ice cream, and (obviously) magic. Who was it that decided that bits of cookie dough coming through their straw Sonic was superfluous? It's time for the return of the Blast.

Served at: McDonalds
Year introduced: 1993
Last served: 2004

Before Morgan Spurlock ruined it for everyone, McDonalds championed the Supersize option. But we were always on #teamsupersize and we're patiently waiting for its comeback.

Served at: KFC
Year introduced: 2010
Last served: 2011

It's unclear who at KFC decided this could be called a sandwich when there was no bread in sight. But truly, who needs bread when you have to pieces of perfectly fried chicken? This was too, too perfect to last.

Served at: McDonalds
Year introduced: 1982
Last served: 2012

The McRib has been reappearing for three decades and shows no signs of dissapearing forever, thankfully. The delicious, sloppy rib sandwich made its debut in the early '80s and dissapeared, only to return a few years later. Now, every couple years, McD's re-launches the sandwich and the country collectively freaks out. If the McRib was in constant rotation, it might be dangerous, as we would order nothing else. All other limited-run fast food innovations, bow down.