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this confirms it this confirms everything that we have thought about 2022 is the year of the
spice this is it undoubtedly this confirms it this is everything this is that puzzle piece
we've cracked the code we indeed have you had the diablo dare sandwich
from arby's or as i like to call them our bees we had the spicy pizza from pizza hut
wendy's they're getting in on the action you thought that they're to give an outdated meme
their twitter account had so much fire they're really getting into the spice now
they have released the hot honey chicken sandwich and here's what it is it's a chicken sandwich
as if the name didn't say that already but it comes with a spicy chicken breast
pepper jack cheese three strips of applewood smoked bacon crispy pickle chips
and this is its namesake obviously not the pickled chips but what i'm about to tell you
hot honey sauce and that is honey with habanero pepper added to the sauce it is
usually available at the price of six dollars but for me i paid a lovely ten bucks for this
inside this bag is a potential game changer
chances are it's not but there's a chance that it will be
so some spice we're gonna be we're going to be seeing
if there's spice and maybe some sweetness too
the wendy's being
let's unravel this
and let's see what we have
there you go those are the pickle chips you could actually see look at that look
at the green that is a pickle in the raw right there i'm gonna get a thumbnail shot like this
different angle different potential
thumbnail combinations we'll get a close-up one like this as well
sorry with different lighting comes shadows and
angles and things you got to take into consideration
anyway you get the picture there's the sandwich let's deep on it let's get a better view of it
there's the cheese the bacon strips the hot honey that's just kind of drizzled on there
you can't really see it but it's there see how it looks a little moist right there that's that's
the product of the sauce look at that right there see that's it that's it right there
all right well it looks as advertised we're going to try it out
the main objective is spice so i'm going to bite in right here where i know that
sauce is and then we'll try out the rest the hot honey chicken sandwich from wendy's is going in
i had a dream the other night there all these crawling things everywhere
i'm gonna get one more bite in i'm gonna go for the bacon right there
and one final thing i wish to sample just a pickle chip
not bad not bad not a bad sandwich
something that packs a little bit of a punch in terms of the spice quality wise it tastes
good as well and again sorry i keep fussing with the camera i'll figure it out eventually
so here's what we have you could tell number one that you're getting this standard you
know they're quality chicken though that it's actually going to be pretty decent again i'll
show you this cross section right here you can see that uh and it might not be crystal clear or
anything but it's it's you know you're getting a good amount of the chicken premium chicken
the chicken itself has that little bit of like a black pepper spice
in the breading but the chicken itself you're getting a good amount of it it's juicy it's tender
tastes good um i can't complain there so that's that's good that's exactly what you're hoping for
when it comes down to these sorts of things the pickle chips on the other hand they add
mostly texture they add this crunch to it that you're really able to notice
but in terms of any sort of zestiness or tang that the pickles may provide
you don't really notice that unless you're eating the pickle chips directly otherwise you're just
not really going to notice them you're just going to notice the crunch that they provide but nothing
really more um so flavor-wise they're just kind of there you don't really notice them that much
the pepper jack cheese is nice add some cheesiness but a bit of spice to it the bacon you can
actually it's got a nice crisp to it as well and that works quite nicely um it complements the
chicken i i would say pretty pretty well and uh i like it good amount of bacon on this as well seems
to do a good job but the most interesting thing is that hot honey sauce um if there's anything that i
would say i like the sauce i wish that there was more of it on this sandwich to be to be honest
i wish that there was more because the sauce itself is quite good very sweet but spicy indeed
when i took that first bite that's where the largest concentration of the sauce was
wow i thought to myself this actually is pretty spicy like i said it was sweet had the sweetness
to it but this pronounced spice as well far more pronounced than a lot of the stuff now i will also
admit many of the items that i've been trying as of late that say that they're spicy they actually
wind up being spicy which is really something and props to wendy's for saying that these are
going to be spicy and the sauce is so that's a great thing but here's one thing to take note of
it's sweet it's spicy it hits you immediately it doesn't linger that much though you don't
really notice much in the way of any sort of spicy aftertaste and likewise in the next bite
if that sauce isn't there you're gonna lose the spiciness i'll tell you what i mean as i was
biting into this sandwich there is the one bite on the corner there i think you could even see
when i showed it to you quite a bit of that sauce there i was getting that you know you could really
taste it i venture further into the sandwich and i exit the realm of the sauce at least
in this high concentration and immediately away goes the spice away goes the sweetness
and it's more or less just a chicken sandwich at this point so the sauce is great it tastes good
lives up to its name but there needs to be more of it on the sandwich if you're looking
for a true spicy experience if you're rather sensitive to spice this might actually work
in your favor but if you're looking for like something really hot and real flavorful
be wary that the amount of sauce that they put on it may not be suitable enough
to get the full experience that you may be hoping for but the good thing is that all it takes is
just add a little bit more sauce and now we're talking so uh that's one thing to take note of
price for this again a ten dollar sandwich is just worth the 10 bucks i spent on this absolutely not
but if this were available in my case at the six dollar price i'd say yes might be um
a six dollar sandwich hopefully for you it'll be more along the six dollar line
so out of ten enjoyable standard price these days you know the way it goes
um but enjoyable good quality chicken tastes good a good quality item
and that sauce really ties it together it's their namesake no lies or false advertising here and um
one final note the balance of the sweetness and the spiciness is not overwhelming they really
they struck the perfect balance so if it's something that you're interested in
they did a good job and be aware of that all right so with that out of 10 what am i going
to be rating the hot honey sandwich from wendy's it's a nice sandwich i like it it's better than i
thought it was going to be so out of 10 i'm giving it an 8.6 out of 10. that's an 8.6 my rating being
that's all that i have for you i'm your host the report of the week until next time