McDonald's Happy Meal

Fast Food Kids' Meals for Toddlers

Date of purchase: 

Name of Fast Food Restaurant and Type of Kids' Meal 

McDonald's Happy Meal

Could you swap fries for fruit or another vegetable? 

Could you swap soda for milk, juice or something else? 

Was the toy that came with the meal toddler-friendly? 

My Review 

My 2-year-old doesn't get fast food often, but we succumbed to the play area temptation of our local Mickey D's one rainy day when he was around 20 months old.

The Happy Meal had some good options, including apple slices, juice, and whole milk. If I could remember "no pickle" that would help prevent hamburger spat on me, but that's not McDonald's fault.

The toy did not seem safe to me. It was a little car with a detachable device to make it zoom across the table. Luckily, my son doesn't put things in his mouth, but I'd be worried about that.

And what makes a car a "boy's" toy? As a kid I would have loved the car and hated the doll that was in the "girl's" Happy Meal. Let's drop the sexist labels, shall we, McDonalds? We are in the 21st century.

Would you recommend this to a friend?