McDonald’s Nicaragua does its local cooking at breakfast. The McMuffin Nica carries mashed beans and sausage, the Super Nica adds sweet fried plantain, the McWrap Nicaragüense rolls gallo pinto and fried cheese into a tortilla, and the Desayuno McCrispy Pinto puts two pieces of fried chicken next to gallo pinto. Later in the day you get bone-in chicken, wings, four different Big Macs, fried cheese cubes and a guacamole burger, while McCafé pours Café Nicaragüense from local beans. Prices are in córdobas, via the app.
Nicaraguans call themselves Nicas, and McDonald’s Nicaragua puts the word on its McMuffins the way Honduras uses Catracho. The breakfast board carries the local flavor: beans, sweet plantain, fried cheese and gallo pinto turn up in muffins, wraps and plates. The rest of the menu runs on the same corporate platform as Honduras and El Salvador, with the Antojos cravings menu and the Creaciones Gourmet burgers, plus a fried chicken board with pieces on the bone and wings. For the wider picture, see McDonald’s around the world. Images © McDonald’s Nicaragua, checked against the chain’s own menu.
Checked September 11, 2026. Prices run in córdobas (C$) through the McDonald’s app; the corporate menu doesn’t publish them.
Breakfast, with gallo pinto
Four words decode this section. Gallo pinto is rice and red beans fried together, the everyday Nicaraguan breakfast. Frijol molido is mashed beans. Maduro is ripe plantain, fried until sweet. Queso frito is firm white cheese fried in slices.
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McCrispy Gallo Pinto Breakfast Desayuno McCrispy Pinto | Two pieces of fried chicken with gallo pinto, fried cheese and two tortillas. |
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Nica McMuffin McMuffin Nica | Mashed beans, American cheese, sausage and egg on the muffin. |
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Super Nica McMuffin McMuffin Super Nica | The same with maduro added; there’s a ham version too. |
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Nica McMuffin with Ham McMuffin Nica con jamón | Refried beans, fried plantain, cheese, ham and egg. |
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Nicaraguan McWrap McWrap Nicaragüense | Eggs, gallo pinto, fried cheese, sausage and maduro in a flour tortilla. |
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Traditional Breakfast Desayuno Tradicional | Eggs, sausage, beans, cheese, plantains, tortillas, cream and chirmol salsa. |
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Banana Oatmeal Avena Banano | Oatmeal with banana and nuts. |
The global Egg McMuffin, a meatless bean-and-egg McMuffin, hotcakes and a Desayuno Deluxe with hotcakes round out the morning.
Burgers and chicken
Four Big Macs run at once: the regular, the four-patty Doble, the Grand and the bacon Tocino. The chicken side is unusually deep for a McDonald’s, with fried pieces on the bone and wings beside the sandwiches.
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Grand Big Mac Grand Big Mac | The Big Mac build on a bigger bun. |
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Bacon Big Mac Big Mac Tocino | A Big Mac with bacon slices. |
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Big Tasty Big Tasty | Beef, three slices of Emmental-style cheese and Tasty sauce; Doble and Tocino too. |
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McNífica McNífica de Res | Latin America’s quarter-pounder, single or double. |
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Bacon Cheddar McMelt Bacon Cheddar McMelt | Half a pound of beef, bacon, cheese sauce and caramelized onion. |
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Pico Guacamole Gourmet Pico Guacamol Gourmet | Beef on an artisan bun with white cheddar, pico de gallo, ranch and guacamole. |
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Guacamole Wrap Wrap Guacamol | Grilled or crispy chicken with cheddar, red onion and guacamole in a tortilla. |
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McCrispy Fried Chicken Pollo McCrispy | Fried chicken on the bone, in one, two or three pieces. |
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McCrispy Wings Alitas | Six or twelve, with ranch, barbecue or Buffalo sauce. |
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McCrispy Chicken Deluxe McCrispy Chicken Deluxe | Crispy breast fillet, mayo, lettuce and tomato; Bacon Ranch version beside it. |
The Big Tasty and McNífica are both burgers the US menu doesn’t carry. The Cuarto de Libra, Triple Bacon, McBacon Doble, Quesoburguesa ladder, Sándwich McPollo and McNuggets fill out the board.
Antojos, the cravings menu
Antojos means cravings. Besides the three below, the category holds fries, hash browns, the Derretido (a bun with melted cheese), McNuggets and single pieces of McCrispy chicken.
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Fried Cheese Cubes Dados de Queso | Fried cheese dice; the menu lists them by name only. |
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Cheese & Bean Tostado Tostado Queso y Frijol | White cheddar and beans on toasted artisan bread. |
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McPatata Wedges McPatata | Seasoned potato wedges. |
Desserts
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McFlurry Oreo McFlurry Oreo | Plain or with caramel, chocolate or strawberry; M&M’s gets the same four. |
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Strawberries & Cream Pie Pastel Crema y Fresa | Cream and strawberry filling, likely a summer rotation. |
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Cheese Pie Pastel de Queso | The cheese-filled pie, beside the apple. |
Sundaes come in chocolate, strawberry and caramel, and the McCono in vanilla, chocolate or the two combined.
McCafé and Café Nicaragüense
The house coffee is Café Nicaragüense, which the menu describes as a mild black coffee from 100% Nicaraguan beans. Most of the country’s coffee grows in the northern highlands around Jinotega and Matagalpa. Around it, the board runs seven frappés (hazelnut and dulce de leche among them), iced lattes and iced coffees, berry and mango smoothies, and McFizz sodas, where the Pink is pitaya-flavored and the A.M. is orange juice with Sprite. There’s also a decaf, sugar-free vanilla chai called Té Chai Flamingo.
The pastry case holds pastel de elote, a corn cake dusted with powdered sugar, plus blackberry, dulce de leche and strawberry cheesecakes, a chocolate cake, McPops filled with white chocolate or hazelnut, Dots and brownie bites.
FAQ
What is on the McMuffin Nica?
Mashed beans, American cheese, sausage and egg on a toasted English muffin. The Super Nica adds maduro (sweet fried plantain), and both come in ham versions.
Does McDonald’s Nicaragua serve gallo pinto?
Yes, in two breakfast items: the Desayuno McCrispy Pinto, which pairs it with two pieces of fried chicken, fried cheese and tortillas, and the McWrap Nicaragüense, which rolls it into a flour tortilla with eggs, sausage and maduro. Gallo pinto is rice and red beans fried together.
Does McDonald’s Nicaragua sell fried chicken and wings?
Yes. Pollo McCrispy comes as one, two or three pieces on the bone, and the Alitas come in sixes or twelves with ranch, barbecue or Buffalo sauce, next to McCrispy sandwiches and McNuggets.
How is it different from Honduras and El Salvador?
The three share a corporate menu platform, the Antojos category and the Creaciones Gourmet burgers, so the gap shows up in the local breakfast. Nicaragua builds its morning around gallo pinto, maduro and fried cheese, where Honduras has its Catracho McMuffin and El Salvador its Desayuno Típico.
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