Free McDonalds oatmeal is not worth the price

[thistlechaser]

I had a coupon for a free McDonald's oatmeal, so I figured I'd try it out. This is easily the worst oatmeal I've eaten in my life. Paste would taste better and would have a better texture.

I think there was a miscommunication at the drive through, the lady might have been saying to wait and I drove off. There's no brown sugar in it, and no packet of it to use myself (not sure if there's supposed to be, but I do know there's somehow a brown sugar option).

I had high hopes when I opened the container. It's full of fruit. Green and red apple bits, lots of raisins, and what must be dried cranberries. It smelled sort of okay, mostly like nothing though.

Tasting it... ugh. The texture is AWFUL. I used to eat oatmeal on a regular basis, so it's not just that I'm unfamiliar with it. This stuff is seriously not worth eating.

260 calories, 18 grams of sugar. I'm not sure how it tastes so bad for that many calories and sugar, but it tastes like something you'd use to seal a hole in your wall. Into the trash it goes! I've been having such bad luck with breakfast lately...

Comments

[mark356.livejournal.com]

I had high hopes when I saw the ads! The pictures look so good, it looks so tasty and healthy, and it's so encouraging to see places that are famous for being super-unhealthy (not to mention super-hard for vegetarians to find anything to eat at) finally put something better on the menu. I'm disappointed but not particularly surprised.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I think I'm the only negative review I've seen. I've not read many of them, but the two I saw were positive. Maybe my McDonalds just doesn't make it well. I was sent another coupon for a free one, so I might try a different one and see.