Everyone knows that the iconic herbs and spices make the KFC fried chicken craveable, but another menu item is often overlooked. These mashed potatoes with gravy might not be lumpy like grandma’s recipe, but the homey side dish always satisfies. Featured in the new KFC Dunk It Bucket, the quick service restaurant tells everyone to skip the fork with those spuds and plunge them into that gravy.
Delicious fried chicken always satisfies, but it is even more enjoyable with a side dish. The contrast between that perfectly crunchy coating and a soft, luscious potatoes satisfies. Add to the experience unctuous notes and saltiness, the combination is irresistible.
Now available on the menu is the KFC Mashed Potato Poppers. These golden delights have a crisp outer edge that gives way to a fluffy potato center. For anyone who loves crispy edges potatoes, this dish is a must try.
While the Mashed Potato Poppers are meant to be a side dish, it can be part of an expert menu hack. Beyond the bowls and wraps on the menu, using these golden potato balls as part of a sandwich would be genius. For example, place an order, grab some Texas toast, add some KFC tenders, and a little gravy. It would be an open-faced delicious sandwich.
Speaking about the new side dish and Dunk It Bucket, Catherine Tan-Gillespie, President, KFC U.S. said “Our new Mashed Potato Poppers transform a legendary KFC classic into a crunchy can’t-resist bite of perfection. And the Dunk It Bucket? Oh, it's a dream come true for sauce lovers—dip it, dunk it, drench it, do your thing. It’s our first brand-new bucket in nearly a decade, and trust me, it was so worth the wait!”
What is included in the KFC Dunk It Bucket?
A recent food trend has showed that people want to “play” with their food. No one is saying that there should be a food fight, like the chaos of a school mess hall. Being able to dip, drizzle, or dunk food into sauces allows for customization. It turns mealtime into a choose your own adventure.
The new Dunk It Bucket includes: Original Recipe Tenders, Secret Recipe Fries and crispy Mashed Potato Poppers. Guests can choose from the following sauces: Warm Gravy, Comeback Sauce, Honey BBQ, Honey Mustard, Sticky Chicky Sweet and Sour Sauce, Classic Ranch, and Buffalo Ranch.
A solo Dunk It Bucket, two tenders, fries, five mashed potato poppers, and three sauces, has a suggested price of $7. Double Dunk It Bucket, 10 tenders, two fries, 10 Mashed Potato Poppers, six sauces, and four biscuits, is $25.
With so many potential flavor combinations, this value meal deal ensures that everyone can be as simple or as outlandish as they choose. Some people want to stick with just gravy and ranch. Others might want to see how Honey Mustard makes the Mashed Potato Poppers taste even better.
Whether people take a little Comeback Sauce with each bite or drown everything in that KFC gravy, one thing is every clear. The Dunk It Bucket is a winner with value and food creativity. That one-two punch scores every time with the customer.