THEY’RE a festive favourite for millions of McDonald’s fans.
So one foodie was more than delighted when she found a dupe for the fast food outlet’s Cheese Melt Dippers for almost half the price.
As an added bonus, the Iceland dupe doesn’t appear to be a limited edition festive item – so hungry shoppers can get their hands on them all year round.
Tara took to her TikTok page to share a video of the Iceland Camembert cheesy bites, which come in a pack of eight for £2.50.
While a pack of four of the bites in McDonald’s costs £2.79.
She showed what the little bites looked like before she put them in the air fryer, as well as after – tearing them apart to show the melted cheese in the centre.
“POV: You found McDonald’s Christmas cheese bite dupes,” she wrote over the top of her TikTok video.
“Insane,” she added in the caption.
“These look delicious!” one person wrote in the comments section.
While another weighed in with a simple “YUM!”
In a description on their website, Iceland say the bites are “full fat mould ripened soft cheese and processed cheese in a batter and breadcrumb coating with poppy seeds”.
They also cook in just nine minutes, in the air fryer on a temperature setting of 150°C.
And someone else commented on the bites on the Iceland website, writing: “These are so delicious!
“Favourite cheese bites ever!”
Meanwhile, McDonald’s fans have to wait months for the dippers to return to the menu, as they only make an appearance in the run-up to Christmas.
The rest of the year, there are various cheese melt options at various points, with people on Reddit claiming there’s a “cycle” that the outlet runs through.
“They are constantly rotated in and out of the menu with different sauces,” one wrote.
“They basically rotate them,” another agreed.
What are McDonald’s chicken nuggets made out of?
CONTRARY to popular belief, McDonald’s chicken nuggets are made from 100 per cent chicken breast meat, according to the fast-food giant.
But the chicken only adds up to 45 per cent of a McNugget – as the rest of the recipe is a combination of batter, seasoning and oil.
They are lightly battered before being covered in a second coat of tempura batter, which gives them the signature crisp we all know and love.
After being partially cooked in a fryer, they are cooled, frozen, and packaged up to be sent to McDonald’s restaurants where they are fully cooked.
The chicken is sourced from a range of suppliers and local farms across the UK.
McDonald’s says: “We are deeply committed to the health and welfare of all animals in our supply chain.
“That’s why we’re proud to only work with approved suppliers who adhere to our high standards, as well as those required by UK and EU legislation.”
“It’s ‘mozzarella dippers’ currently until May – before that it was the festive menu and it was ‘cheese bites’.
“Before that it was the summer menu and ‘Mozzarella bites’”
“And yet still, the best ones are the festive cheese melt dippers,” a third argued.
“They’re so goddamn good, when they’re about I eat a whole box regularly and end up feeling like complete s**t every time.
“Love ’em!”
