McDonald’s Australia Adds Tasty Secret Menu Item

06/01/2017 12:06 pm EDT

McDonald's Australia is now offering a secret menu item that will make you want to take a visit Down Under. The fast food chain is adding the Chicken Big Mac, one of the frequently requested "secret items," to the restaurant's official menu.

The sandwich is the same as the original Big Mac, except the restaurant swaps out two beef patties for two breaded chicken patties. The Chicken Big Mac comes with the special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and a sesame seed bun.

The packaging for the product is similar but is labeled with the phrase: "Same taste, but different."

"The iconic Big Mac and the McChicken are among our most popular burgers, so it made sense to mix up these two classics and give our customers a new and exciting product to try — the Chicken Big Mac," Jenni Dill, the CTO of McDonald's Australia said, according to News.com.au.

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Before officially adding the sandwich to the menu, customers would regularly order two McChicken sandwiches or custom order a Big Mac made with McChicken patties to create their own makeshift Chicken Big Mac. Because the orders were placed with such high frequency, McDonald's chose to offer the sandwich on the menu for a limited time.

After the Chicken Big Mac debuted in Australia, thrilled customers took to Twitter to share their excitement for the new menu offering.

To go with the Chicken Big Mac, McDonald's also re-released Shaker fries. They were originally introduced in Australia back in 2011 and include an order of McDonald's french fries and a packet of powdered cheeseburger-flavored seasoning. Judging by the social media reaction, McDonald's customers are loving it.

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There is also evidence on social media of McDonald's customers in Australia creating their own Chicken Big Mac before the item debuted.

The Chicken Big Mac will be available in McDonald's restaurants around the country until July 18.

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