The concept for the Egg McMuffin came about in 1971. Some American McDonald's locations had begun testing out breakfast menu ideas the previous year, but the iconic breakfast sandwich made its debut in a Santa Barbara, California location after being invented by Herb Peterson. He had originally been inspired by eggs benedict but found that packaged Hollandaise sauce didn't exactly meet his standards. He swapped in some cheese for the sauce and added the Canadian bacon, instead.
Test markets sampled the Egg McMuffin for only 63 cents per sandwich back in 1972, when it was also served with a side of fruit jam or honey. After finding success, the breakfast sandwich was added to McDonald's menus nationwide. The sandwich even served as the catalyst for the full breakfast menu being added later in 1977.
Though the sandwich hasn't seen too many changes throughout the years, the swap from margarine to real butter certainly made a change in the feel of the dish.
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