McDonald's is selling a bizarre limited-edition $2 burger with Spam, crushed Oreo-style cookies, and mayonnaise in China

<p><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5fe06e3ad366e600180993eb-689/Oreo burger.jpg" border="0" alt="Oreo burger" data-mce-source="McDonald's China"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>In early December, Burger King Singapore launched <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/burger-king-singapore-ice-cream-sundae-french-fries-fast-food-2020-12">an ice-cream sundae stuffed full of French fries</a> after it noticed diners dunking fries in their ice-cream. Now, McDonald's China is cashing in on the sweet-savory trend.</p><p>Its latest food item is a burger stuffed with Spamcanned, cooked porktopped with crushed Oreos and doused in creamy sauce.</p><p>But the 13.14 yen ($2) burger is only available on Monday, according to <a href="https://weibo.com/1947211342/JyyJpcEAj'ssl_rnd=1608392203.5495&amp;type=comment#_rnd1608542199351">a post by McDonald's</a> on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, and just 400,000 of the items are up for grabs.</p><p>Promotional images released by the fast food chain show two thick slices of the canned pork, topped with a generous portion of crushed cookies and then a creamy white sauce, <a href="https://weibo.com/1648894531/JzuTocNE7'from=embedded_weibo&amp;ssl_rnd=1608543361.6702&amp;type=comment#_rnd1608543365006">which one reviewer said was mayonnaise</a>.</p><p>The images only show the Spam logo, but a post from McDonald's on Weibo referred to Oreo cookies. <a href="https://twitter.com/Brian_Ashcraft/status/1339890184322568193's=20">A Twitter user</a> pointed out that they may be a different-branded version of the same-style cookies.</p><p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5fe06e0fd366e600180993ea-1053/Spam Burger.jpeg" border="0" alt="Spam Burger" data-mce-source="McDonald's China"></p><p>Reviews of the burger on Weibo are generally lukewarm. Some diners say the taste is just about palatablebut one <a href="https://weibo.com/7514890312/JzucMwUOY'type=repost&amp;ssl_rnd=1608543092.3535#_rnd1608543093874">review</a>&nbsp;called the burger "unexpectedly delicious."</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wendys-burger-king-fast-food-drive-thru-shift-2020-11'r=gd-sub" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="60" data-uri="aa69f445ef4ef999128b605523d7563d">The pandemic is permanently changing fast food as Wendy's, Burger King, and Chipotle double down on high-tech drive-thrus</a></em></p><p>Daniel Ahmad, a video game industry analyst <a href="https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1340225282830196736's=20">who shared the promotional images on Twitter</a>, said that "people in China hate this too."</p><p>"Some of y'all saying 'Why would China do this' seem to have forgotten that McDonald's is an American company," he added.</p><p>"If anything this is a declaration of war on China by the US."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/burger-king-singapore-ice-cream-sundae-french-fries-fast-food-2020-12" >Burger King is selling a sundae stuffed full of French fries in Singapore after noticing diners dunking fries in their ice-cream</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-new-burger-china-spam-mayonnaise-oreos-2020-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-most-expensive-liquid-thoroughbred-horse-semen-2020-3">Why thoroughbred horse semen is the world's most expensive liquid</a></p>
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