★ Featured Exhibit ★
Catalog record
30

Burger King Halloween Whopper

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Burger King Halloween Whopper
30
Accession no.
30
Regret level
A black-bunned Halloween burger whose most memorable special effect arrived later in bright green.
Collection color
Red

★ Curator’s Notes ★

For Halloween 2015, Burger King sold a Whopper with a black bun. The theatrical effect continued after dinner: customers reported bright green stool, which medical experts attributed to food coloring surviving digestion and mixing with bile. A limited-time burger managed to make the bathroom the most memorable part of the campaign.

Sources: TIME · CBS News / Live Science · ABC7

Image: Mike Mozart / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

Burger King made a spooky black burger and accidentally gave customers a much more vivid sequel.