I've touched upon some of these new sauce back when I reviewed Chicken McNuggets and can't say my opinion of them has changed. Three of them (Creamy Ranch, Honey Mustard, and Spicy Buffalo) seem to be repackaged, smaller versions of pre-existing Chicken Select sauces while the last (Sweet Chili) was available for a limited time back during the Vancouver Olympics.
Here are my thoughts on the new sauces below:
- Creamy Ranch - a fairly thick ranch sauce; would go well with a chicken strip but not so much with the trademark McNugget flavor; would probably go well on a salad as well.
- Honey Mustard - very mustardy; would also go well with a chicken strip. Not liking it so much with the McNuggets.
- Sweet Chili - basically a Thai sweet chili sauce; it has the requisite bit of spiciness; reminiscent of Sweet and Sour but not as tart.
- Spicy Buffalo - the spiciest sauce on the McDonald's menu with vinegary sourness; very bright orange.
If you like stronger, less common flavors, you might go for Spicy Buffalo and Honey Mustard. Out of the four, I liked Sweet Chili the best but none of them beat out the classic Barbecue and Sweet and Sour in my book.
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