Review: Burger King’s Halloween Monster Menu Is Equal Parts Spooky & Scrumptious

• What It Is: crispy, fried white-meat chicken nuggets, shaped like bats and vampire fangs and served in a coffin-shaped carton
• Price: from $2/four

You can trust my take here, given I’ve reviewed and ranked basically every fast food chicken nugget imaginable. At a price point this cheap, odds are you’re not getting quality bird. But hey, that’s not why we go to the drive thru anyway. That said, the meat was warm and tender, although the breading was soggier than I’d have liked. However, the fang and bat shapes made for crisper ends and edges than a round chicken nugget, thanks to all of the small angles and corners.

• What It Is: vanilla soft serve with Oreo cookie crumbs, purple Franken-candy syrup and purple and green popping candy
• Price: from $3

I’ll start by saying I loved the look of this fast food dessert, even though they forgot the Oreos. The purple sauce tasted like supermarket chocolate syrup to me, and the soft serve was lighter and softer than that of some competitors. I appreciated the festive colors of the popping candy and that they retained their crispness as the sundae melted. The popping quality was also very subtle, so don’t let it deter you if you’re a Pop Rocks hater.

• What It Is: crispy fried mozzarella sticks, served with marinara dip in a mummy carton
• Price: from $2/four

Unlike the Fiery mozzarella fries, which I tasted while the How to Train Your Dragon menu was still available, these are more traditionally breaded. Instead of a spicy, black pepper-forward flavor, this was simpler and more herbaceous, sort of like mildly seasoned Italian breadcrumbs. The cheese was molten, mild and very stretchy. I missed the mummy carton, which is the only thing that makes this item Halloween-themed, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying them.

• What It Is: a quarter-pound flame-grilled beef patty topped with American cheese, bacon, tomato, lettuce, onions, pickles, ketchup and mayo, on a naturally colored orange bun with black sesame seeds
• Price: $8

OK, I kind of loved this burger. I get that some people have strong feelings about the signature flame-broiled taste of Burger King’s meat, but for me, the flavor is super nostalgic. I also love that it got double tang from both ketchup and mayo. I could have done without the tomato (it was sliced very thick) and the bacon (this is a me thing—there was nothing wrong with it, but it’s very rare that I feel bacon truly elevates a burger). However, I must say it was freshly made, well-assembled and balanced. I also loved how vibrant the orange bun was, and I swear the black sesame seeds were crispier than the standard, offering even more textural variety. Oh, and those pickles? They were designed for sour stans like me, which is always a plus.