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McDonald’s is known for plenty of signature menu items—including the Big Mac, which made its grand debut in the 1960s. It’s not a tiny burger by any means, but if you’ve ever eaten one and found yourself wanting even more, you’re in luck.
The Big Mac was the brainchild of Jim Delligatti, who owned a number of McDonald’s franchises in the Pittsburgh area. In 1967, he opted to combine two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onion between a sesame seed bun and subsequently introduced the world to one of the most iconic creations in the history of fast food.
The Big Mac remains one of the most popular items on the McDonald’s menu more than 50 years after its inception and boasts a legion of diehard fans (none of whom are more loyal than the guy who’s eaten one every single day since the 1970s).
That man was featured in Super Size Me, the 2004 documentary where Morgan Spurlock somehow managed to shock the world by staging an experiment that showed hitting up a McDonald’s for every single meal over the course of an entire month probably isn’t the best idea.
That project led to McDonald’s adding some supposedly healthier offerings to its lineup (including salads that actually had more calories than a Big Mac), but the chain eventually decided to lean into what it does best while catering to a customer base that should know exactly what it’s getting into when it opts to get some food there.
According to Fox11, McDonald’s is now about to roll out (or, to be slightly more accurate, revive) the perfect item for the “Diet Starts Tomorrow” crowd in the form of the Double Big Mac, which (as you can probably surmise from the name) features a grand total of four patties in addition to an extra helping of the sandwich’s signature sauce.
The Double Big Mac will debut for a limited time on January 24th and marks the first time it will be available in the United States since it briefly popped up in 20202.
Interestingly enough, it’s a permanent fixture at McDonald’s locations in other countries around the world (including Canada, China, and Japan), but I can’t think of anything that screams “America” quite like that.