Food: Burger King Is Selling Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets

Burger King Is Selling Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets

Burger King's chicken nuggets aren't as popular as the ones at other fast food places. Uproxx.com recently ranked them 15th overall. So I guess the idea here is to just make them insanely SPICY and see what happens.

Burger King is now selling GHOST PEPPER nuggets for a limited time. You can already get them if you're a rewards member on their app. Everyone else will be able to order them next Monday. 

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In non-spicy news: They're also testing meatless IMPOSSIBLE nuggets at three locations starting next week.

 They'll only be available at select Burger Kings in Boston, Miami, and Des Moines, Iowa. 

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Pop-Tarts Is Releasing an Eggo Waffle Flavor

There's a new breakfast combo on the way that's either very intriguing . . . or something that just feels wrong, in an incestuous way. Pop-Tarts and Eggo are teaming up to create a new product.

It's a Pop-Tart with a Frosted Maple Syrup flavor. But that's not all. It has a "buttery-yellow crust that's reminiscent of an Eggo waffle." And they're topped with white and yellow icing.

They'll be in stores by December, and a box of eight will cost $2.99. By the way, Pop-Tarts and Eggo are both Kellogg's brands.

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Why Doesn’t Chipotle Serve Dessert?

Hey, Chipotle fans – ever notice that there are no sweets on the menu? Sure, the chain is known for rapid-fire tex-mex, but those in the known say there might be several reasons why desserts have never been available.

For one, McDonald’s was a major Chipotle investor from 1998-2005 and tried to push Chipotle to offer breakfast items and drive-thrus. When that didn’t work out, McDonald’s bailed out of the partnership. But even as recently as 2019, Chipotle reiterated that they’re not interested in serving breakfast because it might interfere with the lunchtime rush. So what does that have to do with desserts?

Actually, the chain has been toying with adding dessert menu items that include fried fritters (bunuelos), a Mexican chocolate shake, and an apple dipping sauce but none of these have passed the test with the execs in charge.

• The Mexican Shake actually showed up at Chipotle’s NYC test kitchen in 2018 but it didn’t make the cut.
• The bunuelos bombed after a regional introduction in 2017 and this was during the time Chipotle was having a PR nightmare with E. coli outbreak, and the reviews were not great.

Still, hope isn’t lost – word is that the company it still experimenting so don’t lose hope!

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