McDonald’s UK & Ireland has launched an extensive summer menu update featuring three new dipping sauces, a series of hot honey-infused products, and high-profile brand collaborations. The seasonal menu, which officially rolled out on Tuesday 14 July, introduces short-term limited-time offerings (LTOs) and digital-exclusive items to drive customer engagement across both retail and delivery channels.

The campaign highlights the brand's ongoing focus on menu diversification and daypart expansion, using trending flavour profiles to incentivise repeat visits during the peak summer trading period.

Sauce Innovation

The cornerstone of the seasonal update is the introduction of three new dipping sauces designed to appeal to changing consumer taste preferences. While the hot honey variant is integrated across the menu, the other two dipping sauces are positioned as short-run LTOs available for a six-week period.

The new dip selection comprises:

🌶️🍯 Hot Honey Dip: A sweet honey sauce with a chilli kick, formulated to pair with chicken and side selections.

🥛🌿 Ranch Dip: A creamy buttermilk-based sauce featuring herb and garlic notes, mirroring popular North American profiles.

🥣🧄 Korean BBQ Dip: A sweet soy, ginger, and garlic blend developed to offer a deep, savoury umami flavour profile.

All three dipping sauces are priced at £0.70 and are available to order throughout the day, including during traditional breakfast hours.

New Menu Items

McDonald’s is leveraging the Hot Honey flavour profile across multiple menu segments to stimulate demand in both breakfast and lunch dayparts. The flavour has been incorporated into several core and promotional items:

🍔 Hot Honey McCrispy: A chicken breast burger in a crunchy coating served with iceberg lettuce, hot honey sauce, white cheddar cheese, and a sourdough-style sesame bun (£9.39).

🍳 Hot Honey Sausage and Egg McMuffin: A standard breakfast muffin featuring a pork sausage patty, free-range egg, cheese, and a hot honey glaze (£6.09, or £6.79 for a double patty variant).

🧀 Mozzarella Dippers with Hot Honey: Fried mozzarella sticks served alongside the new Hot Honey dipping sauce (£3.09).

To accelerate digital transactions and drive engagement with its proprietary mobile application, McDonald's has also introduced a digital-exclusive product. The Hot Honey Mini McFlurry (£2.09), featuring soft-serve dairy ice cream served with a separate portion of the Hot Honey Dip for customisable mixing, is available exclusively through the McDonald’s App for mobile collection or McDelivery orders.

Cornetto McFlurrys

The summer menu also marks the return of a high-profile brand partnership. For the first time in 17 years, McDonald's has reunited with Unilever-owned ice cream brand Cornetto to launch two co-branded McFlurry varieties:

🍫 Cornetto Classico McFlurry: Soft dairy ice cream swirled with chocolate sauce and topped with chocolate-coated Cornetto cone pieces (£2.59).

🍓 Cornetto Strawberry McFlurry: Soft dairy ice cream swirled with strawberry sauce and topped with strawberry-flavoured Cornetto cone pieces (£2.59).

Additionally, the retailer has introduced a heavyweight core menu item, the Big Arch with Bacon (£11.89), featuring two British and Irish beef patties, bacon, white cheddar cheese, crispy and slivered onions, pickles, lettuce, and a proprietary Big Arch sauce.