I tried Saweetie's signature McDonald's meal and her Big Mac hack is a total game changer

Outside, the store had a sign advertising the new Saweetie meal. Employees also wore new shirts with "Saweetie Crew" written on the front of the uniforms.

The meal cost $11.39, not including tax, which I thought was a reasonable price for how much food I received.

However, as part of the collaboration, Saweetie has shared a few ways she "remixes" her order, including adding fries and sweet-and-sour sauce to the Big Mac, layering her nuggets and fries with barbecue sauce, and making a chicken-nugget sandwich.

The sauce itself is exactly the same recipe but includes the "Saweetie 'N Sour" branding.

When I ordered the meal, the sweet-and-sour sauce was automatically included, but I had to ask for the barbecue sauce to make sure I could try it.

J Balvin's McDonald's collaboration, which was released in October 2020, included a Big Mac, medium fries with ketchup, and an Oreo McFlurry.

According to the commercial she made for the chain explaining her meal, she adds a layer of McDonald's fries and sweet-and-sour sauce to her burger before eating it.

I took a handful of the chain's crispy fries, layered them on the burger, and added a generous amount of "Saweetie 'N Sour" sauce.

The sweet-and-sour sauce brought out the tangy notes in the chain's classic Big Mac, while the fries added a starchy yet crunchy texture to the otherwise one-note burger.

I've never been a huge fan of the Big Mac — I've found it to be pretty bland and bread-heavy — but this hack completely changed my opinion of it.

I like McDonald's chicken nuggets on their own and with sauce, so I imagined I would also like them stacked on top of fries and doused in barbecue sauce, as Saweetie apparently eats them.

It didn't taste different or new from what I've already tried from the chain.

I would eat my fries and chicken nuggets with barbecue sauce again, but I wouldn't go to the trouble of layering them on top of one another.

These two menu items tasted really good but didn't bring anything new to the eating experience. Saweetie also recommends putting the chicken nuggets in between a bun with barbecue sauce on top, but I didn't try this option.

It was refreshing and balanced the rich, borderline-heavy meal.

While this meal deal doesn't include any new or limited-edition menu items, that means I will be able to order Saweetie's Big Mac time and time again in the future.

If I had to rank the meal against other McDonald's celebrity collaborations, it definitely takes the cake, in my opinion. It was creative, delicious, and exactly what I look for from fast food – balanced, flavorful, and a little over-the-top.