Taco Bell chicken nuggets: All about new menu item and how to earn rewards [Video]

What’s New

Taco Bell will release its new Crispy Chicken Nuggets with three sauce pairings nationwide on December 19 and is offering customers extra rewards points for returning used sauce containers as part of the chain’s recycling effort.

Why It Matters

Throughout the month of December, the fast-food giant is rewarding customers with 80 bonus Taco Bell Rewards points if they mail in “their USED, empty dipping cups,” the chain said in a Tuesday press release. The points will be added to customers’ accounts by mid-January.

What To Know

Taco Bell will launch its limited-time Crispy Chicken Nuggets, coated in tortilla chip breading, and three dipping sauces—Fire Ranch Sauce, made in partnership with Hidden Valley Ranch, Bell sauce and Jalapeño Honey Mustard—on Thursday.

The new items were tested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2023 and Houston, Texas, earlier this year. The nuggets are offered as a five-piece package with one dipping sauce or 10 pieces with two dipping sauces. …