Top 10 Fast Food Dishes to Call Your Own

It is time for your holiday party, and you have been asked to bring a dish to share. Pretty typical. However, you got so consumed with gift shopping and wrapping, you "forgot" to pick up the ingredients to make a dish to bring with you. What now? You can't show up empty handed, especially since your Betty Crocker cousin/in-law/friend will show up with an extravagant homemade dish. 

These fast food joints have your back! Of course you can't tell others your dish took a whole 10 minutes to "make" which consisted of you driving to the fast food restaurant to pick it up. Oh no! You might as well let your friends and family assume you made the dish yourself. Here's the top 10 Fast Food Dishes to Call Your Own this holiday season.

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1. KFC's Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
The individual size is enough for a half of a person or a small child, so you better order at least 1 of the family sized servings. 

2. KFC's Coleslaw 
This is my favorite fast food coleslaw! Not to much mayo and just enough vinegar. Let's be real, we could create an entire holiday fest at this awesome fast food place alone!

 
3. Chipotle's Chips and Guacamole 
Why not add some spice and variety to your holiday meal? You can also add a side of their Fresh Tomato salsa and the Roasted Chili Corn salsa. If your group is large enough, create one of their salad bowls and grab your own chips at the gas station on your way to the party.


4. Wendy's Apple Pecan Chicken Salad OR Asian Cashew Chicken Salad
The Apple Pecan salad has green and red apples, blue cheese, cranberries, roasted pecans, grilled chicken and a light Pomegranate vinaigrette dressing. It's pretty, but it is also 590 calories for this full salad (good thing you will be sharing this with the others at the party). If you are getting a jump on your New Year resolutions, go with the Asian Cashew Chicken Salad at 380 calories. This salad has cucumbers, red peppers, edamame, grilled chicken, variety of lettuce, and a delicious light Spicy Asian Chili vinaigrette dressing. Either way, you will have a colorful salad that will make it look like you worked all day preparing it.

5. Raising Cane's Homemade Cane's Sauce
You can put this sauce on anything to make a simple dish a dazzling and tangy holiday hit! Spice up that boring stuffing by adding a drizzle of Cane's Sauce to the top, or bring it for a dipping sauce for some chicken or bread... like the bread listed next. 


 
6. Day Old Jimmy John's French Bread 
Get this for $0.50 a loaf! Talk about a good deal! Preheat your oven, cut open your bread, add cane's sauce (or butter and a pinch of garlic, cheese is optional), broil for a few minutes in the oven, remove, replace top of loaf, slice, serve and dip with other sauces and foods as you please.

 
7. Chick-fil-A's Sweet Tea
You can buy this in the gallon, and with this delicious stuff, you may need two! Might as well pick up some Chick-fil-A sauce for the chicken too.



8. Rotisserie Chicken from Giant Eagle 
Pick up a hot one for $6.99 at any local grocery store (cheaper than fast food!) 
"We promise our customers that whole rotisserie chickens will be available at Giant Eagle® stores between 11 am and 8 pm, 7 days a week. If one is not available for you during these times, you’ll receive a coupon good for a FREE whole rotisserie chicken valued up to $4.99 on your next visit!" - Giant Eagle's website. 

The trick, go in a few random days/hours leading up to your party to see if you can catch them without a bird. Get that coupon, then cash it in when you really need the chicken. Slip it into an aluminum baking dish and serve. Everyone will be super impressed with your seasoning technique too.


9. Donato's Cinnamon Crisp Timpano
For $5.99, you can get this dessert pizza to serve 3-4 people. It has a thin crispy crust with cinnamon, brown sugar, a crunchy sweet topping, and vanilla icing over it. You can also get an apple one!

10. Hershey's Sundae Pie at Burger King
Chocolate cream filling in a chocolate pie crust topped with more chocolate! 

I hope you enjoy your next holiday party with these fast food dishes! And remember to transfer the food into your own dish and throw all fast food bags away if you are going to try and pass it off as your own! Guten Appetit and Happy Holidays!

Have you ever bought a dish or meal from a restaurant and passed it off as your own? If so, what was? Did anyone ever find out the truth? WHAT'S NEXT: Keep a look out over the weekend for details to a free indoor Columbus Holiday event with live music, food and drinks and chances to win prizes, like Columbus Blue Jacket tickets (what an exciting game last night...too bad they couldn't pull it off. Next time guys!).
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