Spicy Food News: McDonald’s Adds Buffalo Ranch to Its Chicken, Buffalo Wild Wings Goes Swicy, and More

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Buffalo Ranch Kicks Up the McCrispy Sandwiches and Snack Wraps

McDonald’s has a new sauce with a kick that blends the flavors of Buffalo Sauce and Ranch dressing. The aptly-named Buffalo Ranch Sauce is described as zesty and peppery with vinegar and butter flavor, and they are adding it to their chicken lineup which includes the Bacon Buffalo Ranch McCrispy, the Bacon Buffalo Ranch McCrispy Deluxe, and the Buffalo Ranch Snack Wrap. It is also available as a dipping sauce with their new McCrispy Chicken Strips. These items are on the menu now, but they are available for the dreaded limited-time-only.

Buffalo Wild Wings Adds a Sweet and Spicy New Sauce

Buffalo Wild Wings adds new sauce Brown Sugar Heat

“Swicy” is still all the rage these days, and wing slinger Buffalo Wild Wings has added a new sauce that brings some heat and sweet. The Brown Sugar Heat “features a brown sugar glaze with black pepper, garlic and smoked chiles” according to the website. It is currently available nationwide, joining their lineup of over twenty sauces and rubs, though it is on loan from Limited-Time-Only-Ville.

Taco Bell Tests More Chicken Items

Taco Bell is testing Diablo Nuggets and Crispy Chicken Crunchwrap Sliders

The Bell may need to change its name to “Chicken Bell” pretty soon if it keeps expanding is line of poultry offerings. It already has Cantina Chicken, Crispy Chicken Tenders, Crispy Chicken Nuggets, and more, and it keeps testing new items made from the bird. Latest is the Diablo Nuggets which are currently getting a trial run in Minneapolis. These feature the chain’s popular Crispy Chicken Nuggets and they are coated with Diablo Sauce for “an extra fiery kick”. (Note that this is not the new Frank’s Redhot Diablo Sauce, just the regular version served in packets.) The Bell is also stuffing its Crispy Chicken Nuggets into Crunchwrap Sliders for a test in Knoxville. These include the nuggets plus a three-cheese blend, pico de gallo, and a choice of Creamy Chipotle or new Sriracha Chile Sauce. If either or both prove popular, expect to see them is stores nationwide.