Trader Joe\u2019s customer goes viral with hack to make McDonald\u2019s McGriddles at home FlikrA woman on TikTok shared a viral hack to make McDonald\u2019s McGriddles at home, using a dupe from Trader Joe\u2019s, but it\u2019s left viewers divided. Fast-food prices are experiencing an exponential rise. Even chains like McDonald\u2019s, which consumers considered to be a safe option, are hiking their prices up. As of October 2023, the brand has enjoyed a 14% increase in revenue. This is due to \u201cstrategic menu price increases\u201d, resulting in their profits rising to $3.314 billion, up by 8.84% compared to previous years. This has led many TikTokers to search for hacks that can help customers to save money. One creative dupe was shared on the platform, and uses a simple ingredient purchased from Trader Joe\u2019s. How to make a homemade McGriddle TikTok user, therealnajahlamis, shared her simple hack to recreate the ever-popular McGriddle. In the video, she reveals her creation to fans, which looks surprisingly similar to McDonald\u2019s breakfast treat. After a shot of the completed McGriddle, she reveals the item that fuelled her creation. A simple pack of Trader Joe\u2019s Dutch Griddle Cakes. \u201cIt\u2019s McGriddles at the house,\u201d she exclaims. Significantly cheaper than a restaurant-bought McGriddle, which weighs in at $5.49 in some locations, an eight-pack of Trader Joe\u2019s Dutch Griddle Cakes will only cost you $3.49. Commenters were excited, to say the least. One wrote, \u201cThis just made my day,\u201d while another said it was a \u201cGame changer.\u201d A couple of commenters who had tried the dupe, however, were rather dubious. One said, \u201cI felt like these tasted like McDonald\u2019s pancakes rather than McGriddles.\u201d But with fast food prices on the up, it\u2019s definitely a winner for many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trader Joe\u2019s customer goes viral with hack to make McDonald\u2019s McGriddles at home FlikrA woman on TikTok shared a viral hack to make McDonald\u2019s McGriddles at home, using a dupe from Trader Joe\u2019s, but it\u2019s left viewers divided. Fast-food prices are experiencing an exponential rise. Even chains like McDonald\u2019s, which consumers considered to be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}