hello everyone this is Running on Empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review
series I'm your host the report of the week it's a pleasant afternoon I must say it's actually
pretty quiet it's comfortable nice temperature so I thought I'm going to Brave the elements as
if that somehow doesn't completely contradict what I just said I'm going to do it I'm going
to go outside something I've never done before and I'm going to review the latest and maybe greatest
maybe worst from popey's and I'm just going for it so I did being the the absolute Daredevil that
I am Popeyes when it comes down to releases I'll try to gauge the amount of interest that
exists in an item and there are some items that I know right off the bat will probably have more
success than others for instance the last item that I tried out uh the one from Little Caesars
the crazy crazy Puffs I think they were called I knew there was going to be some interest in them
it was a unique looking item it was I would say pretty aesthetically pleasing it was at a decent
price and uh it gets people talking and then we have Popeyes they've been doing this for a while
and I I'll stress this right off the bat I have nothing against Popeyes I have nothing against
wings I like wings I am a fan of chicken wings don't get me wrong but they made such a big deal
out of these for months now they've been doing this since I think September of last year they
have new Wings new bone in wings and they have sauce on them because previously a lot of the
wings that Popeyes released would always have like a dry rub to them or the flavor whatever it might
be be that the spice or anything else was always sort of baked in but starting in September they
released a new lineup of wings that had a wing sauce to them and they've been promoting and
promoting and promoting These Wings release after release after release and no one cares absolutely
no one in any capacity cares one single bit and I can't make people care either you know this is on
them but this is one of those releases I looked at the item and I looked at a few other factors
and I was sort of just shaking my head and I thought it's just going to be the same old same
old no matter what and you'll know exactly why I'm saying that in a moment wings are what they
are but it's not necessarily the most inspiring item out there I'll tell you that but here's the
thing that gives me pause and you might think well review bra you're being a little negative
toward Popeyes aren't you well just take a look at this and this sort of sums up why I guess
I'm taking the approach that I am here so Popeyes has released a new wing flavor they have released
their new honey lemon pepper wings and uh the name is pretty self-explanatory it has a lemon pepper
sauce with a little bit of sweetness a tiny bit of little black pepper spice and then that zest from
the uh lemon as well and they are bone in Wings six piece right six of them you know how much it
costs just for the Wings by themselves $8 $8 for six wings from popey's and mind you just the Wings
by themselves no side no drink no bit nothing just the wings six wings eight bucks and I've seen some
instances CU I looked these up where people are actually paying in some cases $9 $99.50 for eight
Wings here or not six wings not eight six wings so when I think to myself this to me is not not
the recipe for success and I was trying to think is there any motivation to really go out and get
these I'm not really finding any yeah let me go blow $8 for six of these wings that might
not even be good because I've tried some of their wings and some of the flavors are really good some
of them are awful and uh you know it is what it is but granted this is just one of those releases
that I would be shocked if it's necessarily a high interest release is what I'm trying to say
it's just there are things that I get a certain feeling about this isn't one of them and I have
mentioned this before Popeyes has really been struggling with this lineup but they're still
going all out and again I like my wings but these are just the facts this is just where things stand
and uh you know they still going all in though so a bit critical maybe but uh it's just how I feel
and that's all what there is to it now nonetheless let's get into the review come in this receptacle
honey lemon pepper and don't get me wrong these can be delicious wings and if they are I'm still
going to give them a good review or a good rating but that doesn't change the Grievances that I have
I will say they they are pretty decent size at least and I could really smell the honey
there the honey and the the lemon as well not much the
pepper but I could smell the honey and the and the
lemon here we
go
decent size at
least so again going to be a straightforward assessment now I mentioned my Grievances and
concerns but look if the good Wings the good Wings I'm curious though what do
you think do you think these are a good deal or um are they am I overreacting I'm
I'm curious what do you think either way let's see how these are the honey
what are they called the honey lemon pepper wings from poy now they're going
in
for
you know I tried I I know I came in a little a little rough I know I came in I came in swinging
as they say and I had what what I thought were at least founded concerns but I still wanted to give
him a chance that's why I kept stressing may have my feelings about the concept and the idea the
price the execution and all of that and granted some of these are variables that can't really be
controlled but you know there's some things that you can't really do much to drum up interest in
and that's understandable there's some things these could be the best wings in the world and
it is what it is I still wanted to give them a chance I still went in here and I thought you
know I have my thoughts sure but if these are SE are good Wings I'm going to say it and I'm
going to say look maybe they're struggling with promoting this but this is a darn good product
and go out and get it and uh give it a chance you know I could say they're really underrated I went
in there optimistic and as I was eating this I was thinking to myself I was just sitting here I
was thinking to myself you know there's there's no other way to put this but the first thought
that I had had when I took a bite immediately I thought there's a big problem here when it comes
down to Flavors be that artificial flavors natural flavors you know there are some people that just
don't like anything synthetic and anything that's has some sort of artificial flavor to it I'm not
one of those people yeah there are things that are artificially flavored that just aren't aren't
good but there are plenty of artificial flavors that are still they're good enough for what they
are and there's some natural flavors that aren't all that great either so you know I'm willing to
give it all a chance but there are times where something is so synthetic and so artificial it
just does not work and on top of that it just doesn't taste good when I bit into this you know
what the first thing that I thought of immediately was I thought this tastes like a cough drop and
it might sound like something weird but I'll get into a little bit of a a brief anecdote there were
times when I would be feeling under the weather and uh there were these cough drops that I would
get and I think they still make them I'm not sure the brand maybe it's Rola or something like that
where the cough drop has this sort of uh lemon type flavor maybe that's intentional maybe it's
not and then in the center of it there's like this little bit of a honey just to try to make it you
know more um more sort of bearable and tolerable and I remember that blend it's like it's not
something that I would necessarily I wouldn't I wouldn't sit here and sell this is like candy you
know and just go for it but it did its job and it had a very distinctive taste and maybe some of you
know what I'm talking about but you know it's very synthetic very artificial and it was like yeah I
could tolerate it especially when I'm feeling very congested and everything and it helps you know so
I could deal with it but this has the same flavor profile as that where everything about this is
just so artificially flavored and not in a good way and I have had lemon pepper wings I've even
had some that have a little bit of a sweetness to them as well they don't taste like this they don't
taste I've never Never Had Wings before that I sit here and the first thing that comes to mind is the
similarity of this wing sauce to a a certain brand of cough drops that just does not happen
this is a first and that tells you everything you need to know about it they have serious problems
with this that it's just it's too synthetic it's too artificial and there have been reviews that
I've made mentioned this concern before where they went too far they just it's like they overdid the
lemon aspect of it and same thing with the honey there's just nothing about this that has any sort
of natural semblance to it whatsoever and it's so synthetic so artificial it's very poorly done if
you ask me and very unpleasant too and this might sound silly but I pity I genuinely pity the poor
Wings here because you know the saddest part about this is that the wings themselves actually aren't
that bad the chicken is of decent quality they're of decent size nice amount of breading it's juicy
it's tender the chicken is is nice and then you have this sauce that just ruins it what a shame
really what a shame and I just pity these poor Wings because these could have been really darn
good wings too and then this is their fate to be coated in the sauce that doesn't make me even want
to want to take another bite there's there's a way that they could do this that they would taste fine
and I I know that because I've had lemon pepper wings I've had wings that have a again that lemon
pepper honey blend that tastes just fine this can be avoided but whatever formula they used here
just doesn't work it's too artificial it's too synthetic for lack of a better word it doesn't
work it doesn't taste good at all there's a little bit of a spice there from the black pepper I could
see the black pepper on the surface of the Wings but as far as it doesn't matter doesn't matter
don't get it it it just doesn't matter it's not worth it you're not really going to care about the
black pepper you're not going to care about the spice that this has it's going to be irrelevant
cuz you're just going to notice that sauce and you're going to think this just doesn't taste
good I don't like these flat out I'll just say it I do not like these Wings what a shame it is
cuz there are so many wings out there that I'm willing to give a chance that I'm very
partial to I like wings these just are not good very disappointing yeah it doesn't work doesn't
work the whole flavor profile needs to be redone and they just need to start start from zero and
work their way back up with this combination cuz whatever they did here just doesn't work flat out
it just doesn't taste good something really wrong about the lemon something really wrong about the
honey the chicken can be as good as it is the black pepper spice can be there but the sauce
negates everything these aren't good avoid them in my opinion take the $8 and go buy something else
with it cuz this is a waste of your money and uh don't don't bother with it there are other wings
from Popeyes that are decent I think they have these sweet and spicy wings that I enjoy I like
them and the bird is all fired up too as you could hear so take the money and buy those if you really
want wings from Popeyes because these aren't good I wanted to give him a chance but after that first
bite I already knew where this was going oh well I'm sure they'll be releasing more of these and
hopefully they'll have better luck in the future but this is a this is a past these just don't
taste good at all so therefore out of 10 what am I going to be raing the new honey lemon pepper
wings from Popeyes very disappointing these were way worse than I ever thought they would be and
uh I got to give him a two out of 10 I don't think there's any other way around it when I think is
there any redeeming quality that isn't canel out by the sauce no no so that's why they have the
rating that they had a hard pass on these and uh yeah if you really want to go they're overpriced
too horribly overpriced and if you want to get wings from popey get like the sweet and spicy
ones or something just forget the don't even waste the time with these or the money very
disappointing I hate I hate it when this happens cuz you know you want to see them succeed I want
to think maybe I was just being harsh on them and then they redeemed themselves and instead this is
what happens hate it when this happens oh well on to the next next you win some and you lose
some and uh I'm just very disappointed here all right I wish I had something good to say but I'm
afraid I don't so leave on that note Popeyes I I hope to see better from them I really do that's
all that I have thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week