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Chick-fil-A's Spicy Sauce Draws Its Own Self-Styled Prophet

The new Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce, the chain's first permanent addition in a decade, arrives November sixteenth with smoky tang and spicy peppers; fans remain unconvinced.

On air: Vera Bullock on BBN Newsroom
Published 2:42 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by Allrecipes: “Chick-fil-A Is Releasing a New Sauce for the First Time in 10 Years”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 2:42 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Vera Bullock.

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AllrecipesChick-fil-A Is Releasing a New Sauce for the First Time in 10 Years

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Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFans are still skeptical of Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce, which arrives November sixteenth, and my next guest says she saw this coming.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPhilippa Oyelaran-Webb is a condiment futurist and author of Dip or Die. Did you predict the skepticism?
Philippa Oyelaran-WebbFor the record, I predicted it in two thousand sixteen, in a footnote.
Philippa Oyelaran-WebbThe public always fears a new sauce, and then it loves the new sauce. That is the whole cycle.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you predicted they'd hate it and love it. Which one is it?
Philippa Oyelaran-WebbFor the record, both. I have two covers printed, one for each outcome, and this bottle here is the proof.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorProof of what, exactly? The sauce isn't in stores for a month.
Philippa Oyelaran-WebbFor the record, it's a forecast in liquid form. A smoky, sweet, slightly threatening forecast that I stand behind completely.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForecast in liquid form.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou're dodging me. What's actually in that bottle?
Philippa Oyelaran-WebbFor the record, it's ranch.

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