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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Taco Bell Has an All-New Menu Item for a Limited Time
Taco Bell is leaning heavily into chicken this year with the return of the Crispy Chicken Nuggets. At Live Más Live, Taco Bell announced its plans to release a new dipping sauce for the fan-loved nuggets. The sauce, made in partnership with a fan-favorite brand, is available at Taco Bell restaurants nationwide Bell seems to be in the middle of an all-out chicken renaissance. From its Cantina Chicken menu, with newly added Caliente Cantina Chicken, to the returning Crispy Chicken Nuggets, which fans are desperate to get their hands on after selling out quickly in 2024, our favorite taco joint might slowly be becoming our favorite chicken joint, too. At Live Más Live in March, Taco Bell teased plenty of new innovations, including the announcement that some kind of crispy chicken will be joining the permanent menu by 2026. While we await to learn just which chicken offering will be a Taco Bell mainstay—our hope is the new chicken strips the chain tested in Indianapolis, but it's currently testing new Crispy Chicken Tacos and Burritos in Charlotte, North Carolina, too—the Bell is still releasing new menu items to go with its Crispy Chicken Nuggets, which are available for a limited time. At Live Más Live, we learned that Taco Bell would be playing with more sauce combinations this year. The first one is finally here, and it features an epic collaboration. Taco Bell is releasing new Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce. Between Jersey Mike's, KFC, Red Robin, and Dunkin' we aren't sure how Mike keeps up with all the brand collaborations for his sweet and spicy condiment. Yet, even with Mike's Hot Honey popping up on multiple menus, there's still demand for more "swicy" foods—and, clearly, Mike does it best. For the new sauce, Taco Bell is combining the fan-loved hot honey with one of its most iconic sauces: Diablo. The chain's Diablo Sauce is its spiciest offering, but Mike's Hot Honey cuts the heat in a new, irresistible way. While Mike's Hot Honey can be found on other restaurant menus, this is the first time the brand is remixing its own condiment to create an all-new sauce. The spicy, smoky, slightly sweet sauce joins menus on May 22 for a limited time, where it will be available as a fourth dipping option for the Crispy Chicken Nuggets alongside the current Hidden Valley Fire Ranch Sauce, Bell Sauce, and Jalapeño Honey Mustard. Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce can also be ordered à la carte for an upcharge of 25 cents. As with all of Taco Bell's sauce packets and cups, the new Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce is part of the Taco Bell Sauce Container US Recycling Program with TerraCycle. That means once you finish dipping in the swicy condiment, you can mail the empty cup to be recycled—and have a chance to earn extra Taco Bell rewards points. So we guess we're eating delicious food and saving the planet, just one order of chicken nuggets and dipping sauce at a time. Read the original article on ALLRECIPES
Miami Herald
24-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Taco Bell launches spicy new menu item featuring a hot partner
If you thought the classic Diablo sauce packet was Taco Bell's hottest creation, the fast-food chain is heating up the competition even more. A growing chicken craze has emerged among fast-food chains, with major players like Chick-fil-A, Raising Cane's, McDonald's (MCD) , and Restaurant Brands International's (QSR) Burger King and Popeyes focusing on launching new chicken-based products to dominate the market. As a pioneer of innovation, Taco Bell surely had to join the chicken trend by developing products with its signature taste. Related: Taco Bell reveals 30 new menu items launching in 2025 Over the last few weeks, the chain has launched multiple chicken-based menu items, including an entire Cantina Chicken Menu and a Caliente version nationwide. It also tested the Southwest Hot Chicken Crunchwrap, Southwest Hot Chicken Strips, and the Crispalupa in select locations. Currently, around 95% of Taco Bell's Test Kitchen creations now focus on chicken-based products, with more to launch soon. However, it got ahead of the competition by focusing on the smaller details. Yum! Brand's (YUM) Taco Bell first introduced Crispy Chicken Nuggets to its menu last December, and while available, they made up nearly one in six orders. This launch was so successful that it sold out nationwide in under a week after nearly 5 million customers tried the new addition. What makes these chicken nuggets stand out from the rest is the all-white meat chicken marinated in jalapeño buttermilk and coated in a crispy tortilla-chip coating, which Taco Bell developed after testing over 50 recipes and flavor combinations. Related: Taco Bell takes its Mexican menu somewhere unexpected Four months into 2025, Taco Bell relaunched its Crispy Chicken Nuggets and made them available at all participating locations nationwide. Although this menu item will only be available for a limited time, Taco Bell has mentioned that it's working on making the Crispy Chicken a permanent part of the menu by 2026. When the Crispy Chicken Nuggets relaunched nationwide, customers were given the option to pair them with Hidden Valley Fire Ranch Sauce or Jalapeño Honey Mustard. However, Taco Bell decided two sauces weren't enough. In March, Taco Bell revealed 30 new menu items it would introduce in 2025, unveiling the release of four new sauces and many exciting partnerships. More Retail News: Dollar General and Dolly Parton return fan-favorite collaborationStarbucks faces huge new rivalMcDonald's menu adds experimental new items fans will love For its latest release, Taco Bell has partnered with Mike's Hot Honey to launch the new limited-time Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Dipping Sauce, making it a sweet and spicy addition that complements its new Crispy Chicken Nuggets. Starting May 22, customers can order this sauce at participating Taco Bell locations nationwide with their Crispy Chicken Nuggets order or pair it with any other item separately for an extra charge of 25 cents. However, that's not all, because Taco Bell and Mike's Hot Honey are also dropping Mike's Hot Honey Jackets. The merchandise can be ordered through the Taco Bell app beginning May 27 at 2 p.m. PST, while supplies last. Only the first 500 Rewards Members to claim a jacket will be eligible, per the press release. Related: Veteran fund manager unveils eye-popping S&P 500 forecast The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
Associated Press
22-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
THE NEXT STEP IN TACO BELL'S CRISPY CHICKEN ERA: NEW MIKE'S HOT HONEY DIABLO SAUCE IS HERE
Taco Bell and Mike's Hot Honey ®, two fiery sauce icons, join forces to reimagine the hot honey flavor, delivering a new mouth-tingling dipping experience for fan-favorite Crispy Chicken Nuggets TLDR: IRVINE, Calif., May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Taco Bell's year of crispy chicken menu innovation continues with the fiery release of the new Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce, bringing an irresistible, mouth-tingling kick to the Crispy Chicken Nuggets experience—an entirely new level of sweet heat. A fusion of Taco Bell's bold and smoky Diablo Sauce with the silky-smooth richness of Mike's Hot Honey ®, a first-of-its-kind sauce innovation for Mike's Hot Honey ®, it challenges you to forget everything you thought you knew about hot honey. Delivering a devilishly sharp heat that's pleasantly intense, the Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce is breaking new ground being the first time the beloved hot honey brand has ever collaborated to create a brand-new, unapologetically spicy take on the condiment sweeping the nation. For a limited time, it joins the elite Crispy Chicken Nugget sauce lineup as the fourth delicious sauce offering, bringing forward the best of both iconic sauce brands. 'We didn't just drop a new sauce, we unlocked a totally new way to experience nuggets with an entirely new take on hot honey,' said Liz Matthews, Taco Bell's Global Chief Food Innovation Officer. 'Our sauces spark obsession – fans collect them, remix them and make them part of who they are. Teaming up with Mike's Hot Honey, which has a passionate following of its own, felt like the ultimate way to build on our legacies of sauce innovation. Now we've got this delicious sweet-heat experience that transforms every dip, dunk, or drizzle into something fans have never tasted from us before.' An Unexpected Flavor Fusion to Create a Next-Level Hot Honey: Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce arrives at a moment of full-blown nugget obsession. Since their return in April, Taco Bell's Crispy Chicken Nuggets have become a fan-favorite among new proteins of the year, as fans rave that their go-to taco spot is now delivering bold, unexpected chicken options. Available at participating Taco Bell locations nationwide, fans can add Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce's complex, peppery kick of chili heat to any 5-piece nugget or 10-piece nugget order – or snag it a la carte for $.25* – while supplies last. 'Teaming up with Taco Bell let us explore the power of sweet heat in a way that has never been done before with a partner that values culinary creativity as much as we do,' said Mike Kurtz, founder of Mike's Hot Honey ®. 'Together, we've reimagined what hot honey can be, blending it with Diablo Sauce to create something totally new and unforgettable.' Sport the Drip: Taco Bell X Mike's Hot Honey Jacket Tuesday Drop To celebrate this launch, Taco Bell and Mike's Hot Honey ® are teaming up for a Tuesday Drop on May 27. Available exclusively in the Taco Bell app, Rewards Members will have the chance to claim a limited-edition Mike's Hot Honey Jacket so they can channel their sauce fandom in style wherever they go. The drop will be first come, first served for 500 Rewards Members on Tuesday, May 27 at 2 pm PST**. Heating Up Crispy Chicken's Road to Permanence This is just the latest step in the crispy chicken journey for Taco Bell, with more craveable, crash-out inducing flavor innovations and surprises ahead. Alongside the Mike's Hot Honey Diablo Sauce launch, Taco Bell is testing new Crispy Chicken Tacos and Burritos exclusively in participating locations in Charlotte, NC — giving fans the chance to try (and shape) what could become the next menu icon. These limited-time offerings are all part of Taco Bell's build toward a permanent crispy chicken mainstay in 2026, with fans playing a central role in what makes the final cut. Taco Bell x Terracycle After dipping and dunking in their sauce of choice, fans can mail in their used, empty dipping cups to Taco Bell's Sauce Container US Recycling Program in partnership with TerraCycle® ***. Since the program's launch, hundreds of thousands of used sauce packets and single-use sauce containers have been recycled through the program. Stay looped in on the ridiculously delicious crispy chicken rollouts to come by following along on social. About Taco Bell Corp. For more than 62 years, Taco Bell has brought innovative, craveable Mexican-inspired food to the masses, and was recently recognized as one of Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies, one of TIME's Most Influential Companies, and Nation's Restaurant News' Brand Icon. For more information about Taco Bell, visit our website at our Newsroom at or check out You can also stay up to date on all things Taco Bell by following us on LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook and by subscribing to our YouTube channel. About Mike's Hot Honey Mike's Hot Honey, America's original and leading brand of hot honey, has been elevating everyday eating experiences since 2010. Its first drizzle on a pizza at Paulie Gee's in Brooklyn sparked a word-of-mouth sensation, creating a new category of pizza topping. By popular demand, Mike started selling his small-batch, hand-labeled hot honey bottles to visitors of the pizzeria and other local businesses. Today, Mike's Hot Honey can be found in thousands of restaurants and retailers across the country. Using only 100% pure honey infused with real chili peppers, Mike's Hot Honey's sweet-then-heat flavor enhances any dish, from pepperoni pizza to chicken, cheese, charcuterie, ice cream, cocktails, and more. Mike's Hot Honey empowers chefs and eaters everywhere to customize, create, and share extraordinary meals. Happy drizzling! * At participating locations for a limited time only, while supplies last. Contact restaurant for prices, hours and participation, which vary. Taxes extra. Prices higher with delivery. **No Purchase Necessary. Open only to the first 500 Taco Bell® Rewards Program Members who claim the offer on 5/27/25 starting at 2 PM PT. Limit one (1) Jacket per account holder. Subject to size availability on a first come first served basis. Void where prohibited. Allow 4-6 weeks for shipment. Jacket may only be shipped within the United States. Failure to provide shipping info before offer expiration constitutes forfeiture of any right to the merchandise. Unclaimed merchandise will not be fulfilled or awarded, except at Taco Bell's sole discretion. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. Any applicable taxes are recipient's responsibility. Taco Bell Rewards Program is available at participating U.S. Taco Bell® locations. Terms apply. Subject to Privacy Policy at: **US only. Enrollment limits apply. Earn 80 Bonus Reward points when you recycle your used, empty sauce packets, sauce dipping cups, 2 oz souffle cups/lids, and coffee creamer pods with TerraCycle from 4/1/2025 - 4/30/2025 through 11:59 PM PST. (Taco Bell and any other brands accepted). Rewards members must use their Taco Bell Rewards account email address when they recycle on the TerraCycle site in order to receive the bonus points. 80 Bonus Points will only be rewarded one time per Taco Bell Rewards account regardless of the quantity of packets being recycled. Bonus Points will be reflected in Taco Bell Rewards account around mid-May 2025. No cash value. Taco Bell Rewards program is available at participating US locations and subject to terms and conditions. Ronald Quintero – Taco Bell Corp. [email protected] Rosie Herzog – Edelman [email protected] View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Taco Bell Corp.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Looking for food, drink deals in Florida? Here's a list
Today is Cinco de Mayo, and we're here with plenty of food deals to enjoy the day. Often confused with Mexico's Independence Day, May 5 isn't equivalent to July Fourth in the United States. The day actually marks an important battle against the French in 1862 when an undermanned Mexican army of enlisted soldiers and volunteers defeated 6,000 French troops, according to The Mexican victory helped the American Confederacy in the Civil War, according to Newspapers reported Mexican-Americans and Latinos in California celebrating the Cinco de Mayo victory that year. And we've been celebrating ever since. Nearly one in five Americans (17%) plans to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year, according to research firm Numerator. Most of the celebrators said they were planning to go out to eat (38%), gathering with family and friends (35%) or going out for drinks (33%), the firm's survey found. For those looking to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, here's a roundup of deals and specials. Remember to check in with your nearest location to make sure it's participating before heading out. For Cinco de Mayo, the fast-casual chain is launching a game on Roblox. Starting at 6 p.m. ET on May 5, you can win a free burrito by playing the "Ingredient Quest" in the Burrito Builder experience on Roblox. Go to and the first 50,000 players to collect all 53 unique ingredient cards will be able to unlock a free entrée offer. More Chipotle deals: Through May 5, there's no delivery fee when you order on the Chipotle app and on (use the code DELIVER). May 5 get free chips and Queso Blanco with your order on the Chipotle app and on (use code CINCO25). Amazon shopping: Celebrate Mexican heritage on Cinco de Mayo with margaritas and birria tacos Taco Bell has several deals leading up to Cinco de Mayo and beyond: May 5: Get a free Nachos Bell Grande with an order of $20 or more on DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub. Through May 31: 5% off every order on Uber One Student delivery service ($4.99 monthly after free trial month); maximum discount of $9. May 6: Taco Bell Rewards Members can find some deals in the Taco Bell app including $1 five-piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets for the first 20,000 Rewards members (offer becomes available at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. ET); an hour later, the first 20,000 rewards members can claim a $1 Soft Taco Supreme; and at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, the first 20,0000 rewards members can claim either a $1 five-piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets or Taco Supreme. May 6: Free Seasoned Beef Soft Taco with order of $15 or more on Uber One Student deliveries. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his Teremana Tequila want to help you celebrate Cinco de Mayo for the fifth consecutive year. Just purchase any cocktail made with Teremana Tequila and the brand will give you a rebate for any appetizer for $10 via Venmo (the deal is good through May 31; and up to $1 million in rebates). In the past, the deal has only been for guacamole – hence the name "Guac on the Rock" – but this year the deal includes all appetizers. And there's a delivery deal this year, too. When you buy one bottle of more of Teremana Tequila from any off-premise DoorDash retail location through May 12, you get a $10 discount code that can be used to purchase guac or any appetizer during the promotion period. The Austin, Texas-founded Tex-Mex chain Chuy's has some Cinco de Mayo specials all day on May 5 including an appetizer special: $5 Queso Bowls including the Boom-Boom Pow, which is layered with refried beans, Boom-Boom Sauce, lettuce, pico, and topped with sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños. Drink specials include $6 regular or $9 Grande signature House 'Ritas, served frozen or on the rocks (Grande 'Ritas com in a keepsake giveaway cup), plus $1 floaters, and $1 off Corona, Modelo and Dos Equis beers. Cinco de Mayo also coincides with some limited time menu offerings including Pork Boom-Boom Enchiladas and Macho Burritos (available through June 8). The energy shot brand teamed with the Mexican fast-food chain on some hot shots just in time for Cinco de Mayo. When you buy a pack of the limited edition Cinco de Mango 5-hour Energy Shots online, you will get a free bottle of Taco John's Energizing Hot Sauce, a mango habanero sauce infused with 200 milligrams of caffeine per bottle. Follow 5-Hour Energy on Instagram to know when the next supply of the shots and sauce hits the 5-Hour Energy online store. Separate drops are scheduled for May 5 and May 8. The Mexican restaurant chain on May 5 has $5 specials all day. The $5 deals include Mexican draft beers served in a 22oz. stadium cup (while supplies last); Frozen Mexican Flag Margaritas, La Grandeza Margaritas, Mexican Candy Shots, and Chile con Queso Appetizer. In a deal in partnership with Land 'O Lakes, the burrito restaurant chain is giving customers a free small order of queso with any purchase all day on May 5. Get a free side order of queso when you purchase chips and salsa (at participating locations). Get a "Green Jeans" matcha margarita made with Matthew & Camila McConaughey's Pantalones Organic Tequila for just $5. Get free chips and salsa with your purchase on May 5 at participating locations. The Mexican-fusion restaurant is giving members of its loyalty program a buy one, get one free deal on entrées on May 5. Purchase a regular entrée at full price and get a coupon for a free one in your account on May 6, redeemable through May 11. Also on May 5, get 10% off all catering orders with the code CINCO10. The fast food chain has a $4 special on May 5 for Cinco de Mayo – a combo with the choice of a Cheese Double or Spicy Chicken Sandwich, a side of seasoned fries, a 12-ounce drink and a Cinnamon Apple Pie. Making margaritas at home? The orange liqueur, which is an ingredient in most original or classic margaritas, wants to reward margarita lovers this Cinco de Mayo with a Lime of Credit (up to $500). Just go to through 11:59 p.m. ET on May 5 to sign up for a chance to win. The fast-casual chain has Cinco de Mayo catering specials through May 7 including the Ultimate Taco Bar, starting at about $25 per person. Get any two Chicken Tacos free with a purchase of $15 or more on May 5. Get the deal online and in the El Pollo Loco app. Moe's Southwest Grill: Get a free side of queso with any entrée purchase on May 5. And members of the Moe Rewards loyalty program can also get the Moe Monday offer (a burrito or bowl for $7.99, including chips and salsa). The first 20 customers on May 5 at participating Moe's locations get a free Moe's T-shirt. The delivery service is offering GoPuff FAM subscribers ($7.99 monthly, free deliveries and more) 40% off a holiday-themed collection of products including Delimex Taquitos and Siete Mexican Wedding Cookies. For Cinco de Mayo, members of the Pancheros Rewards loyalty program will get a deal for a $5 burritos or any entrée on May 5. The deal will appear in the app; new loyalty members who sign up on May 5 will get the deal, too. Get free nationwide shipping through May 5 with the code CINCO2025. QDOBA Mexican Eats: It's not Cinco de Mayo-specific, but QDOBA has free dips and topping including guacamole and queso free daily. On May 5, get a House Margarita (frozen or on the rocks) or just $7.99; flavors vary by location, but may include lime, strawberry, desert pear, jalapeño, mango or passionfruit. You can also add a Red's Beaker of Patron Silver or Casamigos to any margarita for $3 (limit one per drink). : The Florida-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain has a special Cinco de Mayo $5 menu including two Street Tacos with chips ($5 menu good for dine-in, carry-out, app/online and delivery orders). Other $5 options: chips and queso, chips and guacamole, or the Tijuana Trio (chips and three sauces). Drink specials include two for $5 beers. Have a big party? Taco Meal Kits are 15% off all weekend; and get free delivery on orders of $35 or more. Another deal: members of the Flatheads Rewards loyalty program who order an adult entrée twice or more during Cinco weekend will get $5 their next order of $15 or more May 12-31. Contributing: Maria Jimenez Moya, Amanda Lee Myers and Jordan Mendoza. This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: What is Cinco de Mayo? Food deals list deals tacos, drinks May 5
Buzz Feed
04-05-2025
- General
- Buzz Feed
As A Chicken Nugget Fanatic, I Tried These Nuggets From 5 Popular Fast-Food Chains — Here's My Definitive Ranking
Hello, BuzzFeeders, chicken nugget enthusiasts, and curious cats alike! I'm Dannica, and I enjoy nothing more than taste-testing foods and drinks and relaying to you all whether they're worth it or not. (You're welcome.) So, when I heard that Taco Bell was permanently bringing back their Crispy Chicken Nuggets to their menu, I just knew I couldn't mind my business. Taco Bell first introduced chicken nuggets at the end of 2024, but it was a limited-time menu item that apparently only lasted for a week until they sold out. But now that the Crispy Chicken Nuggets are officially back for good, I thought it would be a good idea to see how they stack up against other popular fast-food chains' nuggs: McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and Jack in the Box. Dannica Ramirez P.S., I did not include chains that are famous for their chicken, like Chick-fil-A, Cane's, KFC, Popeyes, Wingstop, etc. That said, welcome to the ~Chicken Nugget Championship.~ Dannica Ramirez / Canva BTW, this is not my first rodeo trying and ranking chicken nuggets. If you're itching to learn my thoughts on KFC's and Wendy's saucy nuggets, feel free to take a gander. Here's the very professional rubric I made up to judge and rank the chicken: For fairness, I tried each nugget as I bought them to ensure they were still fresh and hot. So, without further ado, here's my ranking of chicken nuggets from worst (meh, kinda sad) to best (crispy deliciousness, give me 20 more): 5. JACK IN THE BOX: I've never had nuggets from Jack in the Box until now, and let me just say that they won't be my go-to menu item in the future (that title is reserved for the tacos). First, these nuggets are smaller than their other fast-food brethren. Like brothers from another mother, these are nuggets from another bucket, if you will. The breading itself was OK, but it wasn't as flavorful as the other nuggets on the list. In fact, it kinda just tasted a bit too salty for my taste. The chicken itself didn't taste like much, and the nugget as a whole was flat in taste and appearance, and lacked meatiness. There was barely any crisp, and to me, there was just too much to be desired for me to pick these up again. Dannica Ramirez However, let me just say that Jack in the Box's buttermilk ranch is amazing and instantly elevates this chicken nugget from, like, a two to a solid three. Too bad we're not counting sauces, though! 4. WENDY'S: Some of you may be surprised that Wendy's is toward the bottom of the list, but believe me, I am, too! I am a huge fan of Wendy's spicy nuggets, but the regular ones just don't keep up. Contrary to the ranking of these nuggies, I actually really love Wendy's (I loved the Krabby Patty Kollab meal). HOWEVER, the regular nuggets just don't hit the same as the spicy ones, and when compared to the other nuggs on the list, they just kind of pale into the background. Dannica Ramirez They had a decent crisp to them, and I do like how you can see the spices used in the breading, but despite that, they still lacked some flavor for me. Though the chicken wasn't super dry, it was overall lackluster. TBH, I'm still so surprised by this ranking that I'm trying to convince myself that it was just my batch of nuggs that happened to be mediocre. 3. BURGER KING: Now, I've honestly never really paid much attention to Burger King before because I've had no reason to, but after trying their nuggets, I might just have to pay them another visit. Burger King's nuggets are similar to Wendy's, but somehow better. They're surprisingly well-seasoned but not super salty, and the breading made for a nice crunch. You can visibly see the seasoning on the nugget, and I personally feel like I could eat them without any sauce because, though not the ~juiciest,~ they aren't even close to being dry! They certainly aren't the meatiest of nuggets, but for a four-piece being $2?! I'm not complaining. 2. TACO BELL: Please, please, PLEASE hear me out for a second. I was skeptical about trying these chicken nuggets because why wouldn't I be skeptical trying chicken nuggets from Taco Bell?? I honestly came into this taste test not having high expectations for them, but alas, I've been proven wrong. First of all, look at these things: Like, are these chicken nuggets or popcorn chicken?! Look at the size! The crisp! Anyway, I'm going to keep it transparent and say that I didn't think I liked these nuggets at first. I don't know if I was taken aback at first by the texture or the flavor due to how non-traditionally chicken nugget-y they were, but they truly ended up growing on me. First, these bad boys are VERY crispy. There was an audible crunch when I took my first bite, and it was in that moment when I thought, Does this even count as a chicken nugget?? Dannica Ramirez The chicken was juicy, and the nugget itself was very meaty, but what turned me off upon first trying it was the seasoning blend. Don't get me wrong, the nuggets are well-seasoned and have a lot of flavor, but I think I was just initially hesitant about the taste because I was expecting a regular schmegular-tasting nugget. But I should've known that if Taco Bell was going to release chicken nuggets, they weren't going to be basic! Apparently, these nuggets are actually marinated in jalapeño buttermilk and breaded with tortilla chips?! Fascinating. Just because these nuggets are new and I want y'all to have all the deets if you're considering trying them, you have three dipping sauces to choose from: Fire Ranch, Jalapeño Honey Mustard, and Bell Sauce. I tried all three, and the only one I liked paired with the chicken nuggets was the ranch. The other two sauces just had too much going on for me, but I do recommend trying all of them to see which one is your fave! Anyway, to keep it Sabrina Carpenter (short and sweet), I wasn't sure about the chicken nuggets at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized they were pretty good. Will Taco Bell become my go-to nugget place? Probably not, since I don't think it's an "everyday nugget" type of taste. But overall, I was pleasantly surprised. Well played, Taco Bell. 1. MCDONALD'S: Some of you will hate on me for this decision, but I don't care! To me, McDonald's chicken nuggets are just the epitome of everything a chicken nugget should be: crispy, good batter-to-chicken ratio, juicy, and flavorful. What I like most about McDonald's nuggets is the batter. It's a unique, tempura-esque batter that provides an airy and thin crisp like no other fast-food chicken nugget has accomplished. The chicken is juicy and flavorful; I personally think the nuggets can stand on their own and don't need a sauce. The nuggets are simple flavor-wise, but the texture is what really makes them for me. Dannica Ramirez (I also might be a little biased because getting McDonald's chicken nuggets after school when I was younger was always the highlight of my Fridays.) Whew, that was a lot of chicken. Just know I definitely had to take a long walk after all that to settle my stomach. Despite that, I had so much fun, and now I truly feel like a chicken nugget ~connosseur.~ Dannica Ramirez To recap, here's my final ranking and the prices for the lowest count of nuggets: 1. McDonald's: $2.99 (4-piece) 2. Taco Bell: $3.99 (5-piece) 3. Burger King: $1.99 (4-piece) 4. Wendy's: $2.69 (4-piece) 5. Jack in the Box: $2.59 (4-piece) And that's a wrap on the Chicken Nugget Championship! Let us take a moment for the crowning: For really good chicken (and non-chicken) meals, download the free Tasty app to explore our library of 7,500+ recipes without a subscription. BuzzFeed
