Weird History Explores The Nostalgic History of The McDonald's Happy Meal

In this episode of Weird History, they take a deep dive into the history of the McDonald's Happy Meal. They explore where the idea came from and how McDonald’s captured it and ran with it!

I’m sure most of us have fond memories of going to McDonald’s and getting a Happy Meal when we were kids. The idea originally came from Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, who was a franchise owner in Guatemala. The idea for adding a toy into the mix came from McDonald’s corporate offices.

The whole idea was to capture the same feeling that kids got when pulling a toy out of a cereal box.

Weird History Food is going to make you giddy with the History of the Happy Meal. McDonald’s Happy Meal started, in 1974, in of all places, Guatemala, which was its first McDonald’s franchise by Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño. You’ll get a good prize when you watch this video on every kid’s favorite meal, the Happy Meal.

So, watch the video below and learn a few things about how Happy Meals came to exist.