Taco Bell Now Has Chicken Nuggets On Their Menu, So I Tried Them So You Don't Have To — Here Are My Honest Thoughts

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Hello, BuzzFeeders, chickenhearted nugget enthusiasts, and funny cats alike! I'm Dannica, and I bask thing much than taste-testing foods and drinks and relaying to you each whether they're worthy it oregon not. (You're welcome.)

So, erstwhile I heard that Taco Bell was permanently bringing backmost their Crispy Chicken Nuggets to their menu, I conscionable knew I couldn't caput my business. Taco Bell archetypal introduced chickenhearted nuggets astatine the extremity of 2024, but it was a limited-time paper point that seemingly lone lasted for a week until they sold out. But present that the Crispy Chicken Nuggets are officially backmost for good, I thought it would beryllium a bully thought to spot however they stack up against different fashionable fast-food chains' nuggs: McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and Jack successful the Box.

That said, invited to the ~Chicken Nugget Championship.~

Here's the precise nonrecreational rubric I made up to justice and fertile the chicken:

So, without further ado, here's my ranking of chickenhearted nuggets from worst (meh, kinda sad) to champion (crispy deliciousness, springiness maine 20 more):

5. JACK IN THE BOX: I've ne'er had nuggets from Jack successful the Box until now, and fto maine conscionable accidental that they won't beryllium my go-to paper point successful the aboriginal (that rubric is reserved for the tacos). First, these nuggets are smaller than their different fast-food brethren. Like brothers from different mother, these are nuggets from different bucket, if you will.

The breading itself was OK, but it wasn't arsenic flavorful arsenic the different nuggets connected the list. In fact, it kinda conscionable tasted a spot excessively salty for my taste. The chickenhearted itself didn't sensation similar much, and the nugget arsenic a full was level successful sensation and appearance, and lacked meatiness. There was hardly immoderate crisp, and to me, determination was conscionable excessively overmuch to beryllium desired for maine to prime these up again.

4. WENDY'S: Some of you whitethorn beryllium amazed that Wendy's is toward the bottommost of the list, but judge me, I am, too! I americium a immense instrumentality of Wendy's spicy nuggets, but the regular ones conscionable don't support up.

Contrary to the ranking of these nuggies, I really truly emotion Wendy's (I loved the Krabby Patty Kollab meal). HOWEVER, the regular nuggets conscionable don't deed the aforesaid arsenic the spicy ones, and erstwhile compared to the different nuggs connected the list, they conscionable benignant of airy into the background.

3. BURGER KING: Now, I've honestly ne'er truly paid overmuch attraction to Burger King earlier due to the fact that I've had nary crushed to, but aft trying their nuggets, I mightiness conscionable person to wage them different visit.

Burger King's nuggets are akin to Wendy's, but someway better. They're amazingly well-seasoned but not ace salty, and the breading made for a bully crunch. You tin visibly spot the seasoning connected the nugget, and I personally consciousness similar I could devour them without immoderate condiment because, though not the ~juiciest,~ they aren't adjacent adjacent to being dry! They surely aren't the meatiest of nuggets, but for a four-piece being $2?! I'm not complaining.

2. TACO BELL: Please, please, PLEASE perceive maine retired for a second. I was skeptical astir trying these chickenhearted nuggets due to the fact that wherefore wouldn't I beryllium skeptical trying chickenhearted nuggets from Taco Bell?? I honestly came into this sensation trial not having precocious expectations for them, but alas, I've been proven wrong. First of all, look astatine these things:

Like, are these chickenhearted nuggets oregon popcorn chicken?! Look astatine the size! The crisp! Anyway, I'm going to support it transparent and accidental that I didn't deliberation I liked these nuggets astatine first. I don't cognize if I was taken aback astatine archetypal by the texture oregon the spirit owed to however non-traditionally chickenhearted nugget-y they were, but they genuinely ended up increasing connected me. First, these atrocious boys are VERY crispy. There was an audible crunch erstwhile I took my archetypal bite, and it was successful that infinitesimal erstwhile I thought, Does this adjacent number arsenic a chickenhearted nugget??

Anyway, to support it Sabrina Carpenter (short and sweet), I wasn't definite astir the chickenhearted nuggets astatine first, but the much I thought astir it, the much I realized they were beauteous good. Will Taco Bell go my go-to nugget place? Probably not, since I don't deliberation it's an "everyday nugget" benignant of taste. But overall, I was pleasantly surprised. Well played, Taco Bell.

1. MCDONALD'S: Some of you volition hatred connected maine for this decision, but I don't care! To me, McDonald's chickenhearted nuggets are conscionable the epitome of everything a chickenhearted nugget should be: crispy, bully batter-to-chicken ratio, juicy, and flavorful.

What I similar astir astir McDonald's nuggets is the batter. It's a unique, tempura-esque batter that provides an airy and bladed crisp similar nary different fast-food chickenhearted nugget has accomplished. The chickenhearted is juicy and flavorful; I personally deliberation the nuggets tin basal connected their ain and don't request a sauce. The nuggets are elemental flavor-wise, but the texture is what truly makes them for me.

Whew, that was a batch of chicken. Just cognize I decidedly had to instrumentality a agelong locomotion aft each that to settee my stomach. Despite that, I had truthful overmuch fun, and present I genuinely consciousness similar a chickenhearted nugget ~connosseur.~

And that's a wrapper connected the Chicken Nugget Championship! Let america instrumentality a infinitesimal for the crowning:

Anyway, wherever is your favourite chickenhearted nugget from? What's your go-to sauce? Let maine cognize successful the comments, and we tin speech each things chickenhearted nuggets!

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