Chicken nuggets are having their moment.
By Craig Allan, Business Manager
Small, but seemingly bigger than a regular nugget, with a thick and crispy breading. That combined with one of the many dipping sauces offered make these nuggets truly special.
Chicken is on fire right now. Between the expansion of Popeyeâs and Mary Browns, and the chicken sandwich wars, people are running for the bird. With this, itâs time for nuggets to have their day. Many restaurants are bringing out new varieties of nuggets to snack on. Iâll be looking at two new additions to the fray: McDonaldâs new spicy chicken McNuggets, and Popeyeâs new chicken nuggets.
McDonaldâs new spicy nuggets did not get off to a great start. When promoting the upcoming nuggets, the McDonaldâs Canada Twitter account began with a cryptic tweet saying âTHE THING U HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR ARRIVES 08.31.2021.â Consumers went wild, with many speculating that it would be the return of the McPizza, the beloved but long gone McDonaldâs menu item. Alas, it was not the McPizza, but the spicy McNuggets the tweet was referring to.
With this mistaken tweet out of the way, how do these nuggets taste? Are they a noticeably spicier pair than their regular counterparts? Truly, no. There is a little bit of spice on them, but barely any to distinguish them from a regular McDonaldâs McNugget. I tried both the spicy and the regular at the same time (which I was able to do because they screwed up my order and gave me regular McNuggets at first!) and while the spicy ones were spicier, they didnât have much more spice on them. If it wasnât for the slightly different colour, you would hardly notice a difference. They had a new spicy buffalo sauce to dip them in, but I didnât find the sauce very good either. In the end, Iâll eat the spicy nuggets if I am presented with them, but if they left the McDonaldâs menu, I wouldnât miss them. However, I still do want to try that McPizza.
The next one I tried was Popeyeâs new chicken nuggets, and holy crap if Popeyeâs is trying to take out all competition in the nugget market, they may have done it with these pieces of heaven! The nuggets at Popeyeâs are kind of like a mix between popcorn chicken and chicken nuggets; small, but seemingly bigger than a regular nugget, with a thick and crispy breading. That combined with one of the many dipping sauces offered makes these nuggets truly special. When it comes to nuggets, no one even comes close to Popeyeâs offering.
I have tried nuggets from Wendyâs, and Burger King, and while they are fine to order if you are looking for some cheap eats, they are not of great quality. If you want the best nuggets, Popeyeâs is the way to go. That along with fries and their signature biscuits means you wonât need to eat for the rest of the day.
