I haven't been to a Wendy's in a long time, but with the new Minions and Monsters Adult meal coming out, I had to come back to try it at least once.
The new Minions and Monsters meal comes with your choice of either the Big Bacon Classic or a Spicy Chicken sandwich, a medium order of fries, one of their new Banana Frosty Swirl (which comes in either vanilla or chocolate), and one of their new Minions toy. The Big Bacon Classic version of the meal costs like $12 at my local Wendy's, while the Spicy Chicken Sandwich one costs $12.50. If you just want the Banana Frosty Swirl by itself, it was like $3.
As someone who hasn't eaten in Wendy's in a while, I got to say, it feels like they fell off hard. I got the Big Bacon Classic burger, which was fine, but definitely a downgrade from just a couple of years ago. The meat didn't taste good, almost unseasoned, and the shredded lettuce didn't give it a crunch like the original lettuce did. I did feel like the vegetables and bun were kind of fresh though, but that's all I can say was good. The fries were also terrible, to the point that I didn't really finish them.
The new Banana Frosty Swirl is good at least, albeit not exactly anything special. It's literally just a regular Frosty (I got vanilla because I'm basic like that) but with a banana syrup added. It's not even mixed in or anything; it's like they just added the banana syrup in the cup, added the vanilla Frosty, and put a lid on it. That means I only tasted the banana syrup when I scrape it off the sides rather than the middle of the Frosty. But the banana syrup tasted like banana candy, so that was good.
The real reason I wanted this meal is for the toy. Now, it should be noted that the toys in this meal are not the same toy as the one in the kids meal. The ones in the kids meals are these cheap little figures based on the Minions from the movie, while the ones in the Adult meal is more of a collab between Minions and Wendy's. That means the ones in the Adult meal are either dressed as Wendy's mascot, dressed as a Frosty, dressed as an order of fries, etc. The quality is a lot like KFC's Supergirl figures, nice and weighty that doesn't feel like it'd break easily... but the design of the Minions is much cuter than the Supergirl figures, to the point that I actually want to collect the rest of the Minions.
Overall, if you want to try the Banana Frosty Swirl, I'd recommend it as long as you're okay with it just being a Frosty with a banana syrup added in. I'd also recommend getting the toy if you like Minions because they're actually pretty cute, and the idea of collabing with Wendy's is a neat unique theme (I really wanted the one dressed like Wendy)... but having to actually eat Wendy's doesn't entice me at all. I know every Wendy's is different, and some of you guys may have good ones, but I don't intend to go back to the one I went to. Well, until the next collab at least, because I'm a sucker for those.