it's called Beyond KFC it's all plant-based soy protein and just you gotta taste this Chit Chat
their chicken recipe may have stood the test of time but these menu items sure didn't here are
10 canceled KFC items that people still talk about Kentucky beef look at the marbling on that corned
beef in the 1960s KFC was a brand on the rise with Colonel Harlan Sanders famous secret recipe deep
fried chicken becoming a hit all across the United States that prompted the company to explore an
expanded menu this time chickens would give way to cows and Kentucky roast beef was born the idea was
straightforward with the roast beef itself sold as a sandwich on a buttered bun and dusted with the
Colonel's famous KFC Zing of 11 herbs and spices a test location was set up in tourist-filled Las
Vegas and the idea was a major hit the success of the operation gave the beef concept the green
light and Kentucky roast beef rushed to open 50 locations in in the next year and had over a
hundred total locations the year after that almost immediately that expansion effort crashed back to
earth like a chicken trying to take flight from its Roost one of the main issues was that roast
beef is of course slow cooked in these early years of fast food production the restaurants
had difficulty timing their roasts to match the peak of fast food service hours and would either
run out of beef quickly or have too much of it when there were fewer customers in the slow hours
another stickler was the price each Kentucky roast beef sandwich sold for 79 cents which admittedly
sounds pretty cheap by today's standards but back then KFC would sell a two-piece chicken
meal for 85 cents which would include a side of mashed potatoes and gravy as well as a biscuit
customers were naturally more inclined to take the full meal for the extra six cents and roast beef
sales plummeted it makes sense doesn't it the Fallout was so fast that just two years after
that first location opened in Vegas the 100 stores Across the Nation were either closed permanently
or converted into standard KFC restaurants by the end of 1970. Beyond nuggets and it was vegan of
course slowly working towards full freaking vegan as the plant-based food Trend started to take off
in 2019 KFC decided to test drive swapping poultry for plants ahead of the curve the restaurant chain
partnered with the now famous beyond meat brand when it tested the waters in 2019. they dubbed
it BFC Beyond fried chicken and introduced it with an isolated and limited release at a location in
Atlanta Georgia the alternative opted to replace chicken with a simplified plant-based blend and
of course that secret blend of 11 herbs and spices the beyond meat brand is well known for investing
time effort and science to replicate the tastes and textures of actual meat and this was no excess
caption on a hot July afternoon the Beyond fried chicken nuggets rollout was a massive success
the entire product shipment sold out in less than five hours easy money right the numbers couldn't
be ignored and a nationwide release was scheduled but like the rest of the world in 2020 everything
ground to a halt the company finally let the plant-based chickens out of their coop in January
of 2022 and Beyond Fried Chicken was available Coast to Coast on a limited time only basis while
supplies lasted because of the high demand that timeline turned out to be about four weeks at
most locations and some supplies lasted into March and less popular markets highly popular but hard
to catch during its limited releases anyone on the hunt for plant-based poultry products will
have to keep their eyes peeled in the future and wait for KFC's Beyond nuggets to come back KFC
potato wedges let's have breakfast at my club today do a thing on Friday called yesterday
potatoes around the same time Beyond Fried Chicken had its trial run in Atlanta KFC was
doing another menu item test involving a vegetable in the fall of 2019 the company spot tested a new
product called secret recipe fries at two of its locations in Oklahoma and Virginia and eventually
at 200 locations across America the short-lived testing proved extremely popular and a new Twist
on the classic golden side dish was born secret recipe fries are a basic fast food french fry
but they're dusted with that magical blend of the Colonel's herbs and spices that turns everything
into gold and they officially launched in KFC stores nationwide in 2020 but the introduction
of a new potato product meant there wasn't enough room on the menu and something had to
go so KFC officially said goodbye to one of its most popular side dishes potato wedges
enter Isaac Newton's third law of physics which states that for every action they players an equal
and opposite reaction because even though the response to the new fries was great there was
an immediate outcry from the KFC faithful outraged over the removal of the wedges the main complaint
seemed to be that customers could get french fries anywhere and the uniqueness of wedges
separated KFC from the pack the social media backlash could not be ignored causing KFC to
release an official response to news outlets that stated quote while we know there are wedge lovers
out there who may be disappointed consumer responds to our secret recipe fries during
the test and the rollout has been overwhelmingly positive which is a business way of saying too bad
the wedges aren't coming back but people really did like these fries so far it's been two years
since wedges went the way of the dodo and it might just be the permanent end for the KFC potato wedge
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Show Goes chicken nuggets the actual chicken kind chicken nugget I like to eat you while I
drive long before the potato controversy or the nuggets made from plants and proteins KFC tried
their hand at a legitimate bite-sized snack food chicken nuggets made of actual chicken
while they have in fact served chicken tenders and KFC popcorn nuggets have existed on the menu KFC
did previously offer a traditional chicken nugget but they surprisingly didn't do it
because they wanted to that might sound odd for one of the world's biggest sellers of fast food
chicken but their hand was forced by a competitor when back in 1983 McDonald's introduced a little
golden treat they call McNuggets the product was an instant and Global success and catapulted the
golden arches to the world's number two seller of fast food chicken in the world right behind number
one KFC the marketing was Swift and aggressive with advertising promoting that KFC's nuggets
had roundly beaten McNuggets in taste tests and TV commercials claiming themselves as the chicken
experts that called out McDonald's by name for stepping on their Turf despite their efforts the
marketing didn't work and McNuggets went on to rule the ruse for handheld chicken snacks while
KFC's original nuggets were pulled from the menu in the mid-1990s popcorn chicken hey gang great
news popcorn chicken is back no popcorn chicken is not back after conceding the Nugget Wars to
the golden arches KFC needed a fresh idea in order to differentiate itself from the competition but
still get a slice of the chicken Snack Market KFC pivoted the idea with a new take on another great
handheld and bite-sized snack popcorn a few years before chicken nuggets were officially pulled KFC
started work on a replacement the company hired Gene dougliardi a food technologist researcher
and inventor who was the idea man behind products like Steak-umms and the flat iron steak Gene came
up the concept for popcorn chicken as a miniature munchable cousin to the chicken nugget KFC tested
popcorn chicken in March of 1992 and it was such a hit that it was rolled out Nationwide
just over six months later despite its popularity the chain decided to keep it in limited rotation
and it has periodically disappeared over the years it returned briefly in 1998 and 2001.
and in 2015 KFC tweaked the concept and brought it back in a larger form called popcorn nuggets
which were somewhere in between the colonel sized popcorn chicken and a traditional nugget same same
but different but still say the poppable poultry snack has yet to return in its original kernel
sized form making them KFC's second most missed Colonel behind Colonel Sanders himself little
bucket parfaits parfaits are delicious no amongst its Savory and salty offerings that have been
lost from the menu KFC has also said goodbye to some iconic sweets today's dessert offerings of
cookies and cakes and even a bundt cake in select regions are pretty standard at KFC but fans remain
nostalgic for a gone but not forgotten favorite the little bucket parfait the creation was part
pudding cup and part cheesecake stemming from its manufacturers the Sara Lee company the treat
included whipped cream and sprinkles along with chocolate pudding and crushed graham crackers
layered in a classic plastic pudding cup sounds sweet the mini dessert left KFC forever when the
restaurant's contract with the Sara Lee company expired in 2012. customers were up said enough
to start a petition on change.org to bring back the little bucket parfait but Ten Years Later the
sweet treat remains nothing more than a sweet dream apple turnovers you've never had apple
pie another sugary sweet gone from the colonels after dinner offerings is a fast food classic
the apple turnover some form of a cinnamon apple deep fried pastry is a staple at many fast food
franchises like McDonald's Popeyes and Arby's even Taco Bell has got in on the fun with its
caramel apple and pinata but somewhere along the way perhaps simply due to the fact that almost
everyone else already had something similar KFC pulled their apple turnovers from the menu
I don't like it anymore if there's one thing as American as apple pie it might just be Southern
Fried Chicken and it's a shame that the match made in heaven isn't around at KFC anymore KFC snacker
snack foods Mac before the recent Nashville chicken sandwich craze swept the nation KFC
had got in on the action with a smaller take on the fan favorite the KFC snagger dominated the
2000s as a portable and affordable one-hander take on the basic chicken sandwich they kept it
simple with a breaded and fried chicken cutlet served on a sesame seed bun with lettuce and
mayonnaise and the convenient and cheap price of the mini Masterpiece was a sales success in fact
it was such a hit that it may have contributed to its own demise rumors swirled within KFC circles
that the snacker was so popular it was causing a drop in sales of traditional bone-in chicken and
the restaurant needed to ax the snacker in order to save their Flagship product we need the money
the result was the sandwich being phased out in 2013 and gone for good by 2014. the Zinger
it is the best a hit at KFC locations everywhere except the United States KFC introduced its Zinger
sandwich to its home country in 2017 a big seller since being released at locations in Trinidad and
Tobago in the mid-1980s the double-breaded chicken sandwich was beloved in places like India and the
United Kingdom and particularly in Australia where they averaged 22 million zingers sold every year
wow that good huh but it didn't quite catch on Stateside as customers noted the sandwich was
too similar to the already popular crispy Colonel sandwich that KFC sold in America the short-lived
Zinger was quickly zipped back overseas where it remained a success the double down I mean it's
Overkill you know you probably feel your arteries clogging while you eat it at first it sounded like
an April Fool's joke but the KFC Double Down was very real when it was Unleashed upon the
world in April 2010 the meat-centric sensation literally doubled down on the poultry and was
promoted as being a sandwich with so much chicken there was no room for a bun yes the sandwich
actually replaced the top and bottom buns with two chicken sandwich breasts and replaced the chicken
in the Middle with cheese and bacon oh my God delicious customers looking for a meat fix and a
guaranteed case of the meat sweats flocked to KFC to try the New Creation The Double Down equaled
serious dollars and was an immediate success in its first three months alone 10 million of them
were sold in the U.S raking in 50 million dollars in sales despite this the legendary sandwich has
not been seen in America since 2014. the Double Downs absence is only adding to its reputation
and to the demand of customers who want to double their Delight of delicious chicken
goodness keep your eyes open though because the famous sandwich does make an appearance at
various KFC locations around the world every once in a while Shut Up And Take My Money