First of all, I was scared for my life trying this flavor. My spice tolerance ends at those Buldak ramen noodles, so I was almost 100% certain that I wouldn’t be able to eat the spicy ghost pepper nuggets. Also, no one asked, but I was definitely pretending I was on Hot Ones (chicken nugget version).
Despite my hesitation, I ate the whole nugget and was, unsurprisingly, taken aback by the ghost pepper flavor. Don’t get me wrong; I typically go for the spicy nuggets whenever I find myself at Wendy’s, but the spicy nugget paired with the slap-in-your-face sauce was definitely an experience.
The ghost pepper sauce wasn’t as spicy as I anticipated, but it still had a pretty intense kick. It had a smokey flavor with a touch of sweetness, and the heat built up as I kept chewing.
Honestly, there was too much going on for me to enjoy this nugget, hence its last-place ranking. However, if you’re an ultimate fan of spice, the ghost pepper saucy nuggets might be your new best friend.
OVERALL SCORE: 1.5/5 đ
TBH, these nuggets were only really sauced on the bottom. That said, they weren’t really saucy â but as a result, they were still accidentally crispy! The sauce itself was OK, but like I said, I couldn’t really enjoy it because it was too spicy for my taste. With that, I wouldn’t order the ghost pepper nuggies again.
If you’re surprised by this flavor ranking so low, I was, too. Garlic and parmesan seem like an unstoppable combo that could never go wrong; however, something was off-putting for me when it came to the spicy garlic parm nuggets.
Off looks alone, you could tell that these nuggets were seasoned and sauced to perfection. I mean, look at that glisten! And apparently, this sauce features four types of roasted garlic (I couldn’t even tell you more than one type of garlic). The seemingly flavor-packed sauce paired with the already-flavorful spicy nugget made me believe this was going to be one of my favorite flavors â but alas.
My first thought after biting into this nugget was, Wow, this is sooo buttery. But then, after a second bite, I thought, Wow, this is too buttery. In fact, I came to the conclusion that it was almost all butter (or oil?) with not much of the garlic or Parmesan flavor coming through. Not only that, but I just don’t think that the spicy nugget paired well with the sauce, either; the flavors seemed to clash, and it just wasn’t my favorite combo.
OVERALL SCORE: 2/5 đ
These nuggets were a lot more sauced than the ghost pepper ones, but considering they were so buttery, it wasn’t the most pleasurable experience. They left my lips feeling slippery and oily, and the nuggets lost their bite because of it. I wish I loved these nuggets more, but unfortunately, these will not be part of my saucy girl summer.
I was genuinely shocked by how ~thicc~ these nuggets were. Like, they were giving more boneless wings than chicken nuggets, but considering it’s KFC, I’m not surprised that their nuggets are a lot bigger and meatier.
Let me start off by saying that I’m a honey BBQ STAN. No matter where I go, if there are chicken wings, I’m gonna choose honey BBQ as my sauce. Call me a child if you want, but honey BBQ is the way to go for me. Because of my unwavering loyalty, I was extremely excited to try these KFC nuggets, but like the spicy garlic parm nuggets, I found myself disappointed.
As evidenced by the photo, these nuggets weren’t sauced enough. It was almost like the sauce had dried up or something because the sauce-to-chicken ratio was not equal at all. The sauce wasn’t evenly distributed, and as a result, there were big patches on the nuggets that were just…naked.
Not only that, but the BBQ sauce itself wasn’t my favorite. For me, there wasn’t enough sweetness, and there wasn’t really anything that made it special. It almost tasted like we were eating unsauced nuggets.
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