KFC Nuggets Menu With Prices

The KF Menu audit desk · reviewed 31 Aug 2026 · 11 min read

Two products share this aisle and the world’s photo folders: nuggets, meat-forward chunks relaunched in 2024, and popcorn chicken, the seasoning-surface classic that returned as a full line in July 2026 with a Big Box and a $10 bucket. Every frame of both is priced and dated below; the pages behind them settle the format wars with numbers.

The value ladder

The ladder ranks this board by the site’s value score, which weighs cents per calorie against dollars per 10 g of protein and the sodium load, then grades on the whole-menu curve. 36 pc. Nuggets Bucket leads this section: $18.99 for 1,800 calories and 117 g of protein, a grade of B+. 8 pc. Nuggets sits at the bottom of the same ladder at 1.37¢ a calorie, which is the price of convenience over volume. The grade is a money-per-nutrition measure, not a verdict on taste; the picks table further down names the lightest and the lowest-sodium orders separately.

Rank	Price	Calories	Cents per calorie	Dollars per 10 g protein	Grade
1. 36 pc. Nuggets Bucket	$18.99	1,800	1.05¢	$1.62	B+
2. Popcorn Chicken Combo	$8.49	1,190	0.71¢	$2.57	B+
3. 12 pc. Saucy Nuggets Combo	$11.49	1,430	0.8¢	$2.67	B
4. Popcorn Chicken	$4.99	570	0.88¢	$1.72	B
5. 10 pc. Nuggets	$5.49	500	1.1¢	$1.66	B
6. 12 pc. Saucy Nuggets	$8.49	900	0.94¢	$2.18	B
7. 12 pc. Nuggets	$6.99	600	1.17¢	$1.79	B
8. 5 pc. Nuggets	$2.99	250	1.2¢	$1.87	B
9. 8 pc. Nuggets Combo	$8.69	930	0.93¢	$2.90	C+
10. 12 pc. Nuggets Combo	$10.69	1,130	0.95¢	$2.74	C+

Top of the ladder for this board. Every figure is computed from the price and nutrition on the item’s own page; sauces, drinks and family formats are graded on their own pages where the units make sense.

Prices and calories at a glance

Item	Reference price	Calories	Protein	Sodium	Value grade
8 pc. Nuggets Combo	$8.69	930	30 g	2,105 mg	C+
12 pc. Nuggets Combo	$10.69	1,130	39 g	2,610 mg	C+
8 pc. Nuggets	$5.49	400	26 g	1,010 mg	C+
12 pc. Nuggets	$6.99	600	39 g	1,515 mg	B
36 pc. Nuggets Bucket	$18.99	1,800	117 g	4,545 mg	B+
Popcorn Chicken	$4.99	570	29 g	1,810 mg	B
Popcorn Chicken Combo	$8.49	1,190	33 g	3,070 mg	B+
5 pc. Nuggets	$2.99	250	16 g	630 mg	B
10 pc. Nuggets	$5.49	500	33 g	1,265 mg	B
50 pc. Nuggets Pack	$24.99	2,500 whole pack	per head on page	790 mg a head	per head
12 pc. Saucy Nuggets	$8.49	900	39 g	2,100 mg	B
12 pc. Saucy Nuggets Combo	$11.49	1,430	43 g	3,205 mg	B
40 pc. Saucy Nuggets Party Pack	$34.99	4,400 whole pack	per head on page	1,000 mg a head	per head

Reference prices on the review date; franchises set final prices. Rows marked as not on the current national menu keep their last listed price and full nutrition on their own page. Family formats carry whole-order calorie ranges and per-head sodium; their pages split every figure by head. Tap any item for sizes, nutrition and allergens.

Feed four, by the numbers

Feeding a table is where this board’s prices spread the widest. Per head, 50 pc. Nuggets Pack is the cheapest format on this board at $3.12 a person for 8 people, and 40 pc. Saucy Nuggets Party Pack is the most expensive on the same table at $4.37 a head. The per-head calories are honest ranges: a bucket’s total depends on which cuts land in it, so every family page splits the order by head and states the basis. Sides and drinks that are not in the box bill on top.

Format	Feeds	Price	Per head	Calories per head	Sodium per head
50 pc. Nuggets Pack	8	$24.99	$3.12	300 to 325	790 mg
40 pc. Saucy Nuggets Party Pack	8	$34.99	$4.37	550	1,000 mg

Per-head figures assume the even split each format is built for. The family meals menu carries the complete table and the meal-versus-bucket math.

The per-nugget curve

Eight: 69¢. Twelve: 58¢. Thirty-six: 53¢ and party format. Combos wrap the eight and twelve in the standard fries-and-drink frame; the twelve-combo secretly being the board’s best two-person split.

Nuggets vs popcorn, settled

Popcorn optimizes crunch and seasoning; nuggets optimize meat. Both land mid-table on honest math, so the choice is thumb-feel, not value. Popcorn chicken is back as a line of its own since July 2026: the à la carte box at $4.99, the combo at $8.49, the Big Box at $10.99 with two tenders and a cookie, and the $10 bucket of more than 50 pieces with four dips. Photos online swap the two formats constantly; your order shouldn’t.

The leftover hierarchy

Nuggets reheat best of anything fried here, air-fryer resurrection is near-total, while popcorn dies in ten minutes and stays dead. Buying for later is a nugget decision by definition.

Bulk protein, quietly

The 36 bucket’s 117 g of protein at $1.62 per ten grams is tenders-class value at party scale: the meal-prep purchase hiding on the sharing menu, six portions for $3.17 each.

Calories across the board

11 items on this board publish a single-serving count. The lightest three are 5 pc. Nuggets at 250, 8 pc. Nuggets at 400 and 10 pc. Nuggets at 500; the heaviest three are 36 pc. Nuggets Bucket at 1,800, 12 pc. Saucy Nuggets Combo at 1,430 and Popcorn Chicken Combo at 1,190. The median sits at 900 calories. The family formats here are measured per head instead: 50 pc. Nuggets Pack at 300 to 325 a person and 40 pc. Saucy Nuggets Party Pack at 550 a person. Every count is the published figure for the standard build; the item pages show what a drink swap or a sauce cup adds.

Picks by the numbers

The same board, read six ways. Each pick is the single best figure on its line among the items priced here, with the number that earned it.

The pick	Item	The figure
Cheapest item	5 pc. Nuggets	$2.99
Most protein per dollar	36 pc. Nuggets Bucket	$1.62 per 10 g
Lightest single serving	5 pc. Nuggets	250 calories
Lowest sodium	5 pc. Nuggets	630 mg, 27% of the daily 2,300
Best value grade	36 pc. Nuggets Bucket	grade B+
Most calories per dollar	Popcorn Chicken Combo	0.71¢ a calorie
Cheapest per piece	36 pc. Nuggets Bucket	$0.53 a piece
Cheapest per head	50 pc. Nuggets Pack	$3.12 for 8

Computed from the reference prices and published nutrition on each item page.

Allergens across the board

Across the 13 items on this board, 13 list wheat, 13 milk, 13 soy and 13 egg. Every item here declares at least one of the four. Shared fryers and prep surfaces mean cross-contact is possible for every item, so the list is a declaration, not a guarantee.

From the published allergen statements; the allergen guide filters the whole menu by what you avoid.

How to pay less on this board

• Buy the count, not the box of the moment. Per piece this board runs from $0.53 in the 36 pc. Nuggets Bucket to $0.71 in the 12 pc. Saucy Nuggets; the larger frame is cheaper every time, and the app lets you skip sides you do not want.
• Check the box before the combo. A combo adds a medium drink and a side for roughly $3 to $4; the $7, $9 and $11 Box Feasts bundle more food for less, and the combos index ranks every bundle cheapest first.
• Sauce cups come free by count. Tender and nugget orders include one to six dipping cups; extras bill at about 59¢, and the hot sauce, honey and ketchup packets are handed over on request.
• Order in the app, not through a delivery platform. App prices are the reference used on every page here, Rewards pays 10 points a dollar (roughly 4 to 6 percent back when redeemed on meal-tier items), and the exclusives feed refreshes weekly with attach deals that stack with the standing board. The app guide covers the machinery.
• Judge every deal against the standing floor. A complete meal starts at $4.99 on the board every day and family dinner at $4.00 a head; the deals page explains how the offer channels work so any coupon can be judged in ten seconds.

Ordering these for delivery

Delivery platforms list this board 15 to 35 percent above the counter price before the delivery fee, service fee and tip, so a family order lands 35 to 60 percent over its counter self. KFC’s own app with delivery keeps the menu closest to reference and is the only route that earns Rewards points. On the ride itself, nuggets and popcorn chicken lose crunch fastest of anything on the menu; eat within ten minutes of the door. The delivery page has the measured markup table and the four routes ranked.

If something here is not on your board

Everything on this board is a standing national listing on the review date. Franchises still set their own prices and can drop an item locally; the app for your store is the live answer, and this page keeps the reference.

Pages built from this board

Every tool and guide on this site reads the same data as the table above, so these pages agree with it to the cent.

• The menu by calories
• The protein ranking
• The order calculator
• The allergen guide
• The combos index
• The cheapest items on the menu
• Everything under 400 calories
• The low-sodium orders
• Meal prices, per head
• Popcorn Chicken vs Nuggets

Frequently asked questions

Guides for this board

• The $10 Bucket of the Day, every weekday
• KFC vs McDonald's
• KFC vs Chick-fil-A