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FIRST ON FOX — Chick-fil-A is adding a spicy twist to its signature sauce, introducing its first new permanent sauce in a decade.
Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce will arrive at restaurants nationwide on Nov. 16. The new sauce will be available in standard dipping cups and 8-ounce bottles, the Atlanta-based company told Digital.
The sauce blends the chain’s classic flavor, with its mustard notes and smoky tang, with spicy peppers and subtle sweetness, according to Chick-fil-A. The company said its menu team aimed to honor the original while creating a distinct new experience.
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“We know our guests love bold, spicy flavors, and in our year of newstalgia, we’re turning up the heat on a classic,” Allison Duncan, Chick-fil-A’s director of menu and packaging, told Digital in a statement.
“As our first new permanent sauce in 10 years, Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce delivers an exciting kick to the signature flavor our guests know and love.”
Chick-fil-A is adding a new sauce to its lineup for the first time in a decade. (Peter Burke/ Digital)
Customers on Reddit were already discussing the possibility of a spicy version before the announcement.
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Some welcomed the idea, while others questioned whether it would deliver enough heat.
Chick-fil-A confirmed to Digital the social media speculation regarding the introduction of a new sauce. (Peter Burke/ Digital)
“A big pet peeve of mine is so many food items that say ‘spicy’ but aren’t. I’m skeptical of this sauce too,” one Reddit user wrote.
Another commenter joked, “You mean I no longer have to mix my CFA and Buffalo to make Chickfalo sauce anymore.”
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Yet another user admitted to being skeptical of fast-food chains’ claims about spicy food, writing that “most places market something ‘spicy’ and it barely has any kick.”
Some questioned whether the Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce would live up to its name. (Chick-fil-A)
Chick-fil-A said its research over the past year found that customers consistently identified a spicy version of its signature sauce as the sauce they most wanted to see added to the menu.
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The fast-food chain tested spicy chicken strips at two locations in Georgia earlier this year.
Spicy chicken strips were tested at two Georgia Chick-fil-A locations earlier this year. (Peter Burke/ Digital)
Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce is the first new sauce to join the lineup since Sweet & Spicy Sriracha was introduced in 2016.
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Chick-fil-A’s Honey Mustard, Barbeque and Polynesian flavors were the first sauces to make their way to the restaurants in 1984.
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The original Chick-fil-A Sauce made its nationwide debut in 2006.
