These culinary atrocities shouldn't be on the menu.
The fast food industry’s sins are many. They commit wage theft and chronically underpay their workers. They market aggressively to targets that are poor, black and children. They’re seemingly part of some coordinated mission to kill us all.
Seriously, with the atrocities rolled out this year by North America’s fast food giants, it’s a wonder that any of us are going to live to see 2015. Disgusted? Despondent? You can read this insightful New Yorker analysis of why such unhealthier-than-thou one-upmanship may be on its way out. Or, you can look at these horrifying photos of this year’s greatest sins, and either feel morally superior to everyone who ate them or, if you couldn’t help yourself, resolve to stop patronizing these places in 2015:
Burger King's black cheeseburger.
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Burger King Japan
Burger King's black cheeseburger: Made with squid ink and bamboo charcoal, arguably a symbol of meat's destructive effect on the planet. Only available in Japan.
McDonald's Black Burger.
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Elite Daily/Twitter
McDonald's Black Burger: Because the laws of competition say that once Burger King introduces a black cheeseburger, it's only a matter of time before McDonald's follows suit. You still don't have to eat it.
Domino's specialty chicken.
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Domino's
Domino's Specialty Chicken:It's like regular pizza, except instead of a crust, there's fried chicken. The company's marketing officer calls it "one of the most creative, innovative menu items we have ever had” -- brain power put to good use.
Arby's Meat Mountain.
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Arby's Facebook
Arby's Meat Mountain: The viral off-menu product containing eight different types of meat that, on second read, was probably engineered by Arby's all along. Horrific, regardless.
KFC's Zinger Double Down King.
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KFC
KFC'S Zinger Double Down King: A sandwich made by adding a burger patty to the infamous chicken-instead-of-buns creation can only be described using all caps. NO BUN ALL MEAT. Only available in South Korea.
Waffle taco.
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Taco Bell
Taco Bell's Waffle Taco: It took two years for Taco Bell to develop this waffle folded in the shape of a taco, the stand-out star of its new breakfast menu.
Krispy Kreme Triple Cheeseburger.
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Michele Parente/Twitter
Krispy Kreme Triple Cheeseburger:Only attendees at the San Diego County Fair were given the opportunity to taste the official version of this donut-hamburger-heart attack combo. The rest of America has reasonable odds of not dropping dead tomorrow.
Taco Bell's Quesarito.
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Taco Bell
Taco Bell's Quesarito: A burrito wrapped in a quesadilla inside an enigma. Quarantined to one store in Oklahoma City.
Boston Pizza's Pizza Cake.
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Pizzagamechangers.com
Boston Pizza's Pizza Cake: The people's choice winner of a Canadian pizza chain's contest whose real aim, we'd imagine, is to prove that there's no such thing as "too far." Currently in development.
7-Eleven's Doritos Loaded.
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7-Eleven
7-Eleven's Doritos Loaded: "For something decadent and artificial by design," wrote one impassioned reviewer, "it only tasted of the latter."
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