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Chick-fil-A Is Releasing a New Version of Its Best-Selling Sauce

Chick-fil-A is changing its most popular dipping sauce, according to Allrecipes, and regulars will probably notice at the next drive-through window; consider your nuggets warned.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on The Midday Show
Published 12:13 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Allrecipes: “Chick-fil-A Is Releasing a New Version of Its Best-Selling Sauce”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 12:13 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman.

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AllrecipesChick-fil-A Is Releasing a New Version of Its Best-Selling Sauce

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAllrecipes reports Chick-fil-A is releasing a new version of its best-selling sauce, and I am rating it before anyone tastes it.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorChanging the best-seller. That's how every great sauce empire ends, with a press release and a smile.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI give it a nine point four. Warm, golden, with a finish like a drive-through window opening on a Tuesday.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA four. It tastes like a committee. I had a granola bar from my coat pocket for lunch.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA coat pocket?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMine was a fistful of nuggets in the car, no sauce at all. Chat, what sauce would you never let them change?
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWho unsealed this whole block in an envelope? Brock, is there a forecast for sauce?

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