--- title: McDonald's in Japan Is Making Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries description: The fast food giant is getting seasonal with its latest sweet-salty offering, featuring classic fries drizzled in fall flavors. canonical: https://time.com/4502781/mcdonalds-pumpkin-chocolate-fries/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-21T16:06:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:49.807Z og:title: McDonald's in Japan Is Making Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries og:description: The fast food giant is getting seasonal with its latest sweet-salty offering. og:url: https://time.com/4502781/mcdonalds-pumpkin-chocolate-fries/ 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 in Japan Is Making Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries twitter:description: The fast food giant is getting seasonal with its latest sweet-salty offering. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # McDonald's Is Selling Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries Because It's Fall, People  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 21, 2016 4:06 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 21, 2016 4:06 PM UTC Everyone knows that [salty and sweet together](http://time.com/4185578/mcdonalds-chocolate-fries/?iid=sr-link2) make the perfect treat, so the [wizards at McDonald’s in Japan](http://time.com/4279718/mcdonalds-japan-giga-big-mac/?iid=sr-link1) decided to put that information to use in concocting their latest novelty menu item: seasonal chocolate pumpkin fries. Yes, those are your classically delectably McDonald’s French fries — but this time drizzled with pumpkin sauce and chocolate sauce, for that properly Halloween-themed punch. Now you know: we are well and truly in the weeds of pumpkin season, folks. While it’s unclear what the pumpkin topping is made of (or tastes like), there’s no doubt it’s a festive look. Japanese McDonald’s locations [will start selling](http://www.mcd-holdings.co.jp/news/2016/promotion/promo0921a.html) the specialty treat on Sept. 28, and they’ll leave stores on Oct. 31\. This isn’t the first Halloween food that McDonald’s has tested out, either; in 2014, [a burger with a black bun](http://kotaku.com/this-is-mcdonalds-japans-take-on-the-black-burger-1639439091) (dyed with squid ink) was also on offer in Tokyo, although it’s unclear if they’ll bring that back this year. It would be neat, though, to create the perfect spooky meal combo. This also follows the introduction of Japan’s [McChoco Potato](http://time.com/4185578/mcdonalds-chocolate-fries/?iid=sr-link2) in January, which apparently was enough of a success that it was worth tweaking the formula for the fall. > [](https://twitter.com/McDonaldsJapan/status/778473843455385600) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4502781/mcdonalds-pumpkin-chocolate-fries/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4502781/mcdonalds-pumpkin-chocolate-fries/"},"headline":"McDonald's Is Selling Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries Because It's Fall, People","datePublished":"2016-09-21T16:06:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:49.807Z","description":"Tis the season of global pumpkin takeovers","url":"https://time.com/4502781/mcdonalds-pumpkin-chocolate-fries/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/4502781/mcdonalds-pumpkin-chocolate-fries/","name":"McDonald's Is Selling Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries Because It's Fall, People"}}]}] ```