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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.
Chick-fil-A Hot Sauce will arrive in restaurants nationwide on November 16. The new sauce will be available in standard dipping cups and 8-ounce bottles, the Atlanta-based company told Fox News Digital.
The sauce blends the chain’s classic flavor, with its mustard notes and smoky taste, 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 new, distinct 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 Fox News Digital in a statement.
“As the first new permanent sauce in 10 years, Chick-fil-A Hot Sauce puts an exciting twist on the signature flavor our customers know and love.”
Chick-fil-A is adding a new sauce to its lineup for the first time in a decade. (Peter Burke/Fox News 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 provide enough heat.
Chick-fil-A confirmed to Fox News Digital social media speculation regarding the introduction of a new sauce. (Peter Burke/Fox News Digital)
“A big pet peeve of mine is the many foods that say ‘spicy’ but aren’t. I’m also skeptical of this sauce,” one Reddit user wrote.
Another commenter joked, “You mean I don’t have to mix my CFA and Buffalo to make Chickfalo sauce anymore.”
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Another user admitted to being skeptical of fast food chains’ claims about spicy food, writing that “most places market something that is ‘spicy’ and has virtually no heat.”
Some have wondered if Chick-fil-A hot sauce will 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/Fox News Digital)
Chick-fil-A Spicy Sauce is the first new sauce to join the line since the introduction of Sweet & Spicy Sriracha in 2016.
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Chick-fil-A’s Honey Mustard, Barbecue, and Polynesian flavors were the first sauces to hit restaurants in 1984.
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The original Chick-fil-A sauce debuted nationally in 2006.
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