> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Thank you, FIFA World Cup Meal, for giving us Big Mac Sauce to dip our McNuggets - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-review-mcdonalds-fifa-world-cup-meal/ - Published: 2026-06-06T13:00:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-10T13:22:43.000Z - Description: I wish I had gotten the Grimace collectible cup, but the McDonald’s promotion is still a delicious way to kick off the World Cup. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: Snackology • Thoughts for Food, Snackology • Reviews, Snackology, McDonald’s, Fast food, World Cup, Squishmallows With America hosting this year’s World Cup, it’s no surprise that one of the most iconic symbols of the United States has also partnered with FIFA for a meal celebrating the worldwide soccer tournament. It’s time to kick things off with McDonald’s’s **FIFA World Cup Meal**. “At McDonald’s, magic happens when families, friends, and fans come together and celebrate with the people they love,” [McDonald’s said in the announcement of the meal](https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/US-FIFA-world-cup-2026.html?ref=theomnicosm.com). “Partnering with the FIFA World Cup 26 allows us to take that shared joy and bring it to life at a global scale through our food, our experiences, and the ways fans connect with the game.” The FIFA World Cup Meal comes with either a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets or Big Mac, fries and a soda. If you order the McNuggets, you also get “limited edition, gold packaged Big Mac Sauce” to dip them in. What makes the FIFA World Cup Meal special is the inclusion of a collectible cup featuring Christian Pulisic, David Beckham, Ronaldinho Gaucho, Thierry Henry, Son Heung-Min, Lamine Yamal, Alphonso Davies, Santiago Gimenez ... and Grimace. After stopping at a Burger King in Pennsylvania on my way up to Rochester earlier in the week [to try Crown Nuggets](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-review-burger-king-crown-nuggets/), I wound up at the McDonald’s almost exactly across the street to check out the FIFA World Cup Meal. Hello, Shamokin Dam. ![Snackology](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/snackology-substack-logo-new-1.png) Welcome to Snackology! This publication is a free newsletter, but it’s fueled by readers like you. Support independent news, reviews and more for **just $5 a month**. [Upgrade to Paid](https://www.theomnicosm.com/about/#/portal/account/plans) Includes full access to **Popculturology** and **The Cold Open**. ### What it costs The FIFA World Cup Meal with a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets is **$11.69**. If you go with a Big Mac, the meal jumps to **$11.99**. ALSO FROM THE OMNICOSM Love what you’re reading? You might also enjoy **Popculturology**, a deep-dive into the world of movies, television and more. [Read the latest from Popculturology →](https://www.theomnicosm.com/tag/popculturology/) Already a subscriber? [Update your settings](https://www.theomnicosm.com/#/portal/account/plans) to add **Popculturology** to your inbox. ![Chicken McNuggets, Big Mac Sauce and fries](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8797.jpg) ### My thoughts OK, let’s be real here. The FIFA World Cup Meal is pretty much a normal McDonald’s combo. But the restaurant really gave it its all when it comes to making the promotion feel special. ![Chicken McNuggets](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8792.jpg) If you’ve read **Snackology** long enough, you know how much I appreciate it when a restaurant goes the extra distance when it comes to packaging. McDonald’s made sure all parts of the FIFA World Cup Meal feel special. My McNuggets came in a box created specially for the meal ... ![Chicken McNuggets](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8793.jpg) ... both outside and inside. Also, my McNuggets at this McDonald’s were perfect. Temp, texture, crisp — all fantastic. Nice work. ![Big Mac Sauce](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8791.jpg) I went with the 10-piece McNuggets version of the FIFA World Cup Meal because it comes with two packets of Big Mac Sauce. While you can always get Big Mac Sauce on a Big Mac, getting the iconic McDonald’s sauce on its own is a rare thing. The restaurant has occasionally made Big Mac Sauce available as a dipping sauce, and we should all be thankful that the World Cup is a big enough event to convince McDonald’s to put it back on the menu again. ![Big Mac Sauce](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8799.jpg) Sure, the gold foil label on the Big Mac Sauce is nice, but it’s what’s inside that I really love. Big Mac Sauce is a fantastic dipping sauce. We’re all smart enough to figure out how to make a reasonable replica of Big Mac Sauce at home, but there’s nothing like getting the real deal. (It’s one of the biggest factors that [set the Big Mac itself apart from the Big Arch Burger](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-versus-big-mac-big-arch-burger/).) ![A Chicken McNugget dipped in Big Mac Sauce](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8800.jpg) Look at this. It’s perfect. I actually had [the resurrected and beloved Sweet and Sour Sauce at Wendy’s](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wendys-sweet-and-sour-sauce-returns-to-menus-by-popular-demand-302754213.html?ref=theomnicosm.com) this week, and the ability to dip a McNugget into Big Mac Sauce is on a higher level. ![Fries](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8795.jpg) The branding in the FIFA World Cup extends to the fries too. McDonald’s really executed this promotion well. ![The collectible cup](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8796.jpg) While the majority of the FIFA World Cup Meal is a standard combo meal, it does come with a collectible cup. It’s hilarious that McDonald’s included Grimace as a potential cup that you can get with this meal, and I was 100 percent pulling for him as I tore open the plastic wrap around mine. ![The collectible cup](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8798.jpg) Dang. Not Grimace. ### Snack Score 5.0 Out of 5 ![FIFA World Cup 26 Meal](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/06/IMG_8790.jpeg) FIFA World Cup 26 Meal [ 🍪 About the Snack Score → ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-snack-score/) The partnership between McDonald’s and the World Cup doesn’t stop with the FIFA World Cup Meal. Starting on Tuesday, you can also order a FIFA World Cup 26 Happy Meal featuring one of 23 different mini Squishmallows. 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