You now, lastly, formally, have another place to take pleasure in hen nuggets.
On Tuesday, Taco Bell introduced that its extremely anticipated Crispy Rooster Nuggets are formally lastly hitting nationwide menus on December 19. However that’s not all. In response to the model, the menu drop additionally has three new dipping sauces, together with its first-ever ranch collaboration with Hidden Valley.
“Because the inventors of Nacho Fries, Taco Bell is totally conscious that reinventing an American traditional with a Taco Bell twist is a duty we don’t take calmly. However in a world dominated by hen cravings, it was time to indicate the world how Taco Bell does hen nuggets — surprising and undeniably daring,” Taylor Montgomery, the chain’s chief advertising and marketing officer, shared in an announcement offered to Meals & Wine. “The Crispy Rooster Nuggets ship a crispier, extra flavorful nugget expertise, and mixed with the Hidden Valley Fireplace Ranch Sauce, we hope it is going to take a look at individuals’s devotion to their favourite nuggets.”
The Taco Bell group actually took its time perfecting this new dip addition, noting that its cooks examined greater than 100 variations to get to its closing trio. One of the best of the most effective embrace the aforementioned Hidden Valley Fireplace Ranch Sauce, which it describes as “a spicy, tangy dipping sauce that elevates the brand new crispy hen nuggets to the subsequent degree,” together with the Bell Sauce, which “gives a well-recognized, wealthy, creamy, and tangy signature mix with refined chili notes crafted with tomatoes, pink chiles, and garlic,” and the Jalapeño Honey Mustard, which “fuses candy and warmth” for simply the correct amount of kick.
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“We’re thrilled to accomplice with Taco Bell on the brand new Hidden Valley Fireplace Ranch Sauce, combining the daring flavors of Hidden Valley Ranch with Taco Bell’s signature warmth,” CC Ciafone, the advertising and marketing director at Hidden Valley Ranch, added. “Ranch and hen nuggets are an iconic pairing, so it simply made sense to create a ranch completely designed for Taco Bell’s distinctive twist on nuggets.”
After all, not one of the dips can be right here with out the brand new hen nuggets, that are tortilla chip-breaded for an only-at-Taco-Bell style.
Followers should buy the brand new nuggets in a five-piece order with one dipping sauce for $3.99 or a 10-piece order with two dipping sauces for $6.99. (Combo gives are additionally accessible.) However if you wish to attempt them, you higher act quick. As Taco Bell says, they are going to be at collaborating areas solely “for a restricted time.”
When you occur to be a Taco Bell Rewards Member, you possibly can attempt them for simply $1 on January 21, 2025. You simply must be one of many first 20,000 customers to redeem the five-piece crispy hen nugget, which hits the app at precisely 2 p.m. PT.
There’s additionally another means Rewards Members can rating a deal. All through the month of December, after making an attempt the brand new nuggets and sauces, followers can mail of their used and empty dipping cups again as a part of the model’s recycling program with TerraCyle, and earn 80 bonus Taco Bell Rewards factors to make use of on a future buy — you understand, for extra nuggets.