--- title: McDonald's Is Selling A Bottle of Big Mac Sauce For $18k (And Counting) description: After just one day canonical: https://time.com/3692061/mcdonalds-big-mac-secret-sauce-auction/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-02T15:48:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:26.908Z og:title: McDonald's Is Selling A Bottle of Big Mac Sauce For $18k (And Counting) og:description: At least it's for charity? og:url: https://time.com/3692061/mcdonalds-big-mac-secret-sauce-auction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: McDonald's Is Selling A Bottle of Big Mac Sauce For $18k (And Counting) twitter:description: At least it's for charity? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # McDonald's Secret Big Mac Sauce Auction Attracts $18,000 Bid by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Feb 2, 2015 3:48 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Feb 2, 2015 3:48 PM UTC McDonald’s in the U.S. may now be [accepting “Lovin'” as payment for Chicken McNuggets](http://time.com/3689542/mcdonalds-lovin-payment/), but hugs will get you nowhere Down Under. McDonald’s Australia is[ auctioning off](http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/McDonalds-Limited-Edition-Big-Mac-Special-Sauce-Bottle-1-Charity-Auction-/151569649170?item=151569649170) one 500ml bottle of its secret Big Mac sauce on eBay — and after just a day, the bidding is up to almost $18,000 ($23,000 Australian dollars). And there are 8 days left of the auction. The auction page says that the sauce is the perfect addition to everything from Hungarian Goulash to cupcakes. “Don’t like brussel sprouts? You will now!\*” McDonald’s writes before adding the strange addendum “\*probably not.” While the cost is exorbitant and the veggie antagonism is bizarre, it’s not all bad. Proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Australia. _Read next:_ [_5 Problems That’ll Challenge McDonald’s No Matter Who’s CEO_](http://time.com/money/3687899/mcdonalds-problems-new-ceo/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3692061/mcdonalds-big-mac-secret-sauce-auction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3692061/mcdonalds-big-mac-secret-sauce-auction/"},"headline":"McDonald's Secret Big Mac Sauce Auction Attracts $18,000 Bid","datePublished":"2015-02-02T15:48:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:26.908Z","description":"After just one day","url":"https://time.com/3692061/mcdonalds-big-mac-secret-sauce-auction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Mcdonald's","Food & Drinks"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3692061/mcdonalds-big-mac-secret-sauce-auction/","name":"McDonald's Secret Big Mac Sauce Auction Attracts $18,000 Bid"}}]}] ```