mcdonald's worker hands a happy meal to a driver - John Keeble/Getty Images Even as adults who have ostensibly outgrown the target demographic, we find that McDonald's Happy Meals are a singular ...

Dining out at a decades-old chain like McDonald's can invoke some powerful nostalgia. Although the price of the Big Mac has changed, many menu items haven't, with the dependably colorful environs only ...

McDonald’s Happy Meal might be for kids, but officially it’s over the hill. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the company’s first Happy Meal, the kids meal that helped McDonald’s achieve fast ...

Back in 1979, McDonald's ad exec Bob Bernstein had a lightbulb moment: Why not turn the packaging itself into the main attraction and toss in a toy? And with that, the first McDonald's U.S. Happy Meal ...

In the 1980s, McDonald’s Happy Meals became a cultural phenomenon, and the toys tucked inside quickly turned into collectibles. For kids, they were a fun surprise, but today many of those small ...

With these new Happy Meal toys, you can have McDonald's at home too. McDonald's newest line of Happy Meal toys are miniature replicas of McDonald's staples like the iconic golden arches sign, a tiny ...

McDonald’s is transporting its customers back in time this summer with an “adult Happy Meal” featuring a limited-edition shake. For the first time in 20 years, McDonald’s is unveiling its ...

The McDonald’s Minecraft Meal brings collectible toys, spicy sauce, and digital rewards to a new kind of Happy Meal—one that speaks directly to adult fans of fast food rituals and Minecraft nostalgia.

Pokémon isn’t just for kids—it’s a pop culture phenomenon that spans generations. When McDonald’s brought back Pokémon Happy Meals for 2025, it wasn’t just kids rushing to collect trading cards and ...

McDonald's Happy Meal might be for kids, but officially it's over the hill. Baileys' Olive West, which owns a strip of storefronts on Olive Street in Midtown St. Louis, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...