There Are Plenty of Tasty Ways to Hack the Chick-fil-A Menu
Chick-fil-A is the largest American fast-food outlet that specializes in chicken sandwiches — and boy, we can see why. For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Chick-fil-A serves up some delicious grilled and crispy chicken, with a whole bevy of dipping sauces and side dishes. But, what if we told you there are even more ways to enjoy your favorite Chick-fil-A meal? These menu hacks include secret items, swaps, and some creative sandwich building on your part. Read on for 40+ ways to enjoy Chick-fil-A even more.
Mac n’ Cheese Chicken Sandwich
As one of their tasty side dishes, Chick-fil-A sells portions of mac n’ cheese. This opens up all sorts of delicious menu hacks, but the simplest one is this mac n’ cheese chicken sandwich.
Mac n’ Cheese Chicken Sandwich
To try this creation, simply order your favorite Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, along with an order of mac n’ cheese. Then, spoon half of the cheesy pasta onto your sandwich, and tuck into the melty, buttery, crispy goodness. Add a sachet of buffalo sauce for some extra spice.
An Icedream Float
This Chick-fil-A hack is pretty popular, and the staff will be happy to do it for you. Basically, for this hack, ask for a Chick-fil-A soda blended with a small Icedream Cone, and end up with a nostalgic soda float. Of course, the most traditional flavor would be root beer, but not all branches of Chick-fil-A offer this old fashioned beverage.
An Icedream Float
For an up-to-date alternative, order a small vanilla milkshake in a large cup topped with Cherry coke, and enjoy the creamy goodness.
Mix and Match the Milkshakes
While we’re talking about drinks, let’s not forget about Chick-fil-A’s milkshake options. If you’re a fan of the cookies n’ cream flavor, then ask for a couple of pumps of chocolate for an extra chocolatey shake. For even more sweetness, order a Chocolate Chunk cookie and crumble it into the shake.
Mix and Match the Milkshakes
If you’re really lucky, and extra polite, you can ask your cashier to blend the cookie into your milkshake. Some Chick-fil-A stores will no longer blend items into their shakes, but it’s worth a try!
The Double Double Down
This is the sort of menu hack that crops up at all sorts of fast food outlets, where a bun is replaced with more pieces of meat. In fact, KFC did actually start selling a Double Down sandwich where the bread was replaced by fried chicken. Well, you can do that at Chick-fil-A too if you really want to.
The Double Double Down
Order two chicken filets, a side of bacon, and a side of Pepper jack cheese, and ask the employees to make a sandwich from it.
Bacon Scramble Bowl
On the Chick-fil-A breakfast menu, bacon appears in the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit, and in the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Muffin, but there’s no reason it can’t go on everything else too. That’s right — there’s nothing stopping you from adding bacon to anything you want.
Bacon Scramble Bowl
To begin with, add bacon to the Hash Brown Scramble Bowl. The breakfast meal comes with either sausage, chicken nuggets, or a chicken fillet with scrambled eggs, hash browns, Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses, and salsa. Yum!
Chick-n-Minis Masterpiece
This hack is yet another from Chick-fil-A themselves, from a blog post where they pretend they don’t have a secret menu. The company suggests ordering Chick-n-Minis — the miniature breakfast sandwich that features a chicken nugget in a tiny roll — and adding saucy hash browns.
Chick-n-Minis Masterpiece
For this hack, order Chick-n-Minis, hash browns, and your favorite sauce. Then, dip the hash brown in the sauce, add to the sandwich, and enjoy. Consider ordering pickles or cheese for more flavor and texture.
The Barnyard Biscuit
As part of their breakfast menu, Chick-fil-A offers up a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. However, the company also serves chicken as part of their breakfasts, meaning you don’t need to miss out on what Chick-fil-A does best.
The Barnyard Biscuit
To make a super meaty breakfast biscuit, order a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit, and a single order of chicken. Add the chicken fillet to the biscuit and you’ve got yourself the whole barnyard. Consider adding bacon for even more meaty goodness.
Cookie Icedream Sandwich
Chick-fil-A stores deny having a secret menu, but then they go on their corporate blog and suggest items like this one, that use various options from their menu to create something new. That sounds like a secret menu to us!
Cookie Icedream Sandwich
The company recommends purchasing a cup of Icedream and two Chocolate Chunk cookies and combining them to make a cookie Icedream sandwich. At Christmas time, ask to have your Icedream mixed with the peppermint shavings and chocolate chips used for the Peppermint Chocolate Chip Shake.
Spicy Chicken Biscuit
Let’s start with something nice and simple. Whilst Chick-fil-A does offer grilled and crispy chicken with certain items, they will happily switch them out for you. This means that you can add a little spice to your morning Chick-fil-A chicken biscuit.
Spicy Chicken Biscuit
For a while, the fast-food chain did sell this item, and people went wild for it. Alternatively, order the chicken, egg, and cheese bagel but ask for it on a biscuit instead. And don’t forget to request spicy chicken!
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
If you’re not really into chicken, but want something to nibble on while your friends eat, why not order a Chick-fil-A grilled cheese? It’s not on the menu, but just ask for a buttered bun with cheese, grilled. You can also request some tomato, bacon, or whatever else you might like in there.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
If you want something a tad more substantial, order a Chick-fil-A Deluxe sandwich, but hold the chicken. After all, melted cheese is always delicious.
The Chicken Bacon Ranch Deluxe
With rumors of a Chick-fil-A secret menu, many fast-food fans have tried ordering various items at the restaurant. Apparently, you can order a Chicken Bacon Ranch Deluxe, and employees at the chain will know exactly what you’re looking for.
The Chicken Bacon Ranch Deluxe
Even though this isn’t on the official menu, what you’ll get is the Chick-fil-A Deluxe Sandwich with bacon and a side of ranch dressing. This elevates the sandwich and only costs an extra $1.10 because all dipping sauces and dressings are free at Chick-fil-A!
Raid the Kid’s Menu
Many adults with small appetites gravitate towards the kid’s menu, but at Chick-fil-A, it’s extra worth it. If you order a kid’s meal and decline the toy, you’ll land yourself a free Icedream cone instead. Alternatively, you can get a larger portion of fries, or a larger drink.
Raid the Kid’s Menu
If you’re in the mood for a snack, or your kid isn’t interested in toys, then definitely try out this hack for free ice cream, or extra fries. This is policy at all Chick-fil-A stores!
Grilled Chicken Bagel
The grilled chicken bagel is a modification of the chicken, egg, and cheese bagel available on the Chick-fil-A breakfast menu, though it doesn’t end up containing any egg. For a grilled chicken bagel, ask for a bagel with a grilled chicken fillet, Colby-Jack cheese, tomato, and cream cheese.
Grilled Chicken Bagel
This brunch-like item uses the cream cheese and bagel from breakfast, but with chicken and cheese from the main menu. The result is a tasty sandwich that’s not too annoying for employees to prepare.
The Lettuce Bun
People with gluten intolerances, or that don’t like bread, have long swapped out sandwich buns for lettuce wraps instead. This is easily done at Chick-fil-A, where you just request “no bun” and order a portion of extra lettuce. Once you’ve got your order, you use the extra lettuce to make a bun to eat your sandwich.
The Lettuce Bun
Chick-fil-A also offers a gluten-free bun that’s individually wrapped, so people with intolerances can assemble their own sandwich without fear of contamination.
Double Breaded Sandwiches
Apparently, you can ask for your Chick-fil-A crispy chicken to be double breaded, meaning you’ll end up with a sandwich with double the crispiness. Who wouldn’t want that?
Double Breaded Sandwiches
Apparently, Chick-fil-A’s kitchen employees just dip the chicken in milk wash, coat it with bread crumbs, dip it in milk wash a second time, coat it in breading again, then drop it into the fryer. This results in every little piece of breading becoming even more crunchy, so you can chomp your way through your next Chicken Deluxe.
Chicken Taco Burger
Chick-fil-A is great because all of its dipping sauces and dressings are free. This gives customers access to all sorts of flavor combinations, allowing them to invent their own chicken masterpieces. That’s what the chicken taco burger is — some clever modifications to a regular sandwich.
Chicken Taco Burger
To try this, order a Deluxe sandwich with pepper jack cheese and jalapeño salsa. You might want to rejig the order of the sandwich and move the cheese from the top to the bottom.
Make Adjustments for Extra Freshness
This is a general fast food hack that everyone should know about — making minor modifications or adjustments to your order guarantees it will be fresh. For example, if you order a chicken sandwich without pickles, you’ll definitely receive a piping hot, fresh sandwich because all of the pre-prepared ones had pickles in them already.
Make Adjustments for Extra Freshness
Apparently, you can ask for your protein “well done” in Chick-fil-A and staff will be happy to cook it for a little longer. This also guarantees a fresh sandwich.
Frozen Arnold Palmer
OK, this Chick-fil-A menu hack actually ended up on the official menu, but that doesn’t make it any less delicious. Basically, customers and staff members were enjoying mixing Chick-fil-A’s delicious homemade lemonade with their vanilla Icedream, and the company eventually started selling the concoction themselves.
Frozen Arnold Palmer
However, you can still switch this up a little by ordering a frosted Arnold Palmer — that’s half tea and half frosted lemonade. This way, you get a little caffeine and can enjoy that lovely frosted flavor.
The Spicy Char
This is another Chick-fil-A secret menu item that tends to be recognized by name. The Spicy Char is born out of a simple enough modification, where you ask for spicy grilled chicken in the Grilled Chicken Sandwich. This automatically adds more flavor, but without opting for the crispy chicken.
The Spicy Char
This is essentially the grilled version of the Spicy Chicken Sandwich, and a step up from the Grilled Chicken Sandwich. Give it a try next time you’re visiting Chick-fil-A!
A Muffin, Well Done
The Chick-fil-A Egg White Grill came about in 2016 and consists of an English muffin, a fillet of grilled chicken, a serving of egg whites, and a slice of American cheese. Lighter than the other Chick-fil-A breakfasts, the sandwich has one issue — the chicken usually slides right out of the muffin.
A Muffin, Well Done
To counter this, ask for your muffin to be extra crispy, or well done. The extra crispiness will hold the filling in place, making the whole thing much easier to munch.
Order in Bulk
Many people don’t know that Chick-fil-A offers catering services. As well as that — or because of that — the company sells some of their products in bulk. That means you can take home an entire gallon of Chick-fil-A sweet tea or lemonade, and enjoy it at your leisure.
Order in Bulk
Likewise, you can buy an eight-ounce container of any Chick-fil-A sauce, and dip until your heart’s content. With these items, it’s even easier to recreate some of the chain’s tasty creations at home.
Super Saucy Nuggets
Who doesn’t love a box of chicken nuggets? They’re nostalgic, they’re comforting, and they always taste just how you remember. But, what if we told you that there’s another way to enjoy chicken nuggets? To try super saucy nuggs, order a portion along with two servings of your favorite sauce.
Super Saucy Nuggets
Open the box up and pour the sauces inside. Close it up — properly — and shake until everything is coated in sauce. Now, you can enjoy nuggets that are literally dripping in flavor.
Fried Chicken Club
The Chick-fil-A Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich is one of the fast-food chain’s lighter options. It comes with grilled chicken, Colby-Jack cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and BBQ sauce — all in a multigrain brioche bun. Doesn’t that sound delicious? Well, what’s even more delicious is the Fried Chicken Club, which replaces the grilled chicken breast for a crispy one.
Fried Chicken Club
This is another of Chick-fil-A’s more well-known secret menu items, and is a larger sandwich than the original Crispy Chicken Sandwich. Plus, it has veggies.
Get Crispy Waffle Fries
Rather than serving French fries like many other fast-food chains, Chick-fil-A serves waffle fries. The crisscross fries are delicious as they are, but they can be improved upon. Next time you place an order for waffle fries, ask for them “well done.”
Get Crispy Waffle Fries
Ordering this way will land you with some double fried waffle fries that are even crispier than the originals. Because of the fries’ lattice shape, the edges will crisp up but the insides will remain soft and fluffy.
Chick-fil-A Chicken Quesadilla
The Chick-fil-A Chicken Quesadilla is a long-rumored item from the chain’s so-called secret menu, but it seems like it’s only really an option for Chick-fil-A employees. Supposedly, the chicken quesadilla uses grilled chicken and cheese, melted together in a large flour tortilla.
Chick-fil-A Chicken Quesadilla
You can ask for this at your local Chick-fil-A but it’s best to request a chicken quesadilla in the morning when staff members have time to prepare it. Otherwise, order the ingredients and whip one up at home.
South of the Border Wrap
This Chick-fil-A South of the Border wrap is another employee creation, whipped up from behind the scenes. The wrap is filled with fried spicy chicken, lettuce, shredded cheese, corn, and salsa — making it similar to the chain’s Cool Wrap, which comes with grilled chicken breast in a flat bread wrap.
South of the Border Wrap
The creator of the South of the Border wrap recommends the avocado ranch dressing, though it would also work well with buffalo or sriracha sauce for a little more spice.
Spicy Chicken Burrito
Speaking of the Chick-fil-A Cool Wrap, there are a few ways to jazz it up while still keeping it nice and light. The wrap is simply grilled chicken, lettuce, and blended cheeses — rolled tightly inside a flatbread. To add some spice, request jalapeño salsa and then add it to your wrap before eating.
Spicy Chicken Burrito
For even more of a burrito flavor, request tomatoes in your wrap. If you order this near breakfast, it’s possible you can even get a flour tortilla instead of a flatbread!
Mango Passion Tea
In November 2020, a Chick-fil-A employee ended up getting fired after sharing their own menu hacks on TikTok. Luckily for us, the hacks went viral, and now we can all benefit from this former employee’s insider info.
Mango Passion Tea
So, at certain times of the year, Chick-fil-A serves Mango Passion Tea lemonade. It’s a mixture of their lemonade and unsweetened tea, blended with mango syrup. However, according to TikTok, you can get more drink for less money by ordering a large Arnold Palmer with four pumps of mango.
Ask for Extras
This hack is rather specific, and for those of us that just really love pickles. Whilst Chick-fil-A does serve pickles with all of its crispy chicken sandwiches, they usually only put two measly slices in each portion. What’s that all about?
Ask for Extras
Thankfully, the staff at Chick-fil-A tend to be very accommodating and are usually happy to add more pickles on request. If you’d rather add your own pickles to taste, then just ask for a side order. This hack also guarantees your order will be fresh.
Spice Up Your Sandwich
We’ve already recommended a version of this hack for your nuggets, but now we’re here to suggest it for all proteins. Coat your entire chicken fillet in delicious flavor by removing them from their buns or biscuits and placing them into the sandwich bag. Next, pour in some delicious sauce, close the bag tightly, and shake.
Spice Up Your Sandwich
This hack is wonderful on crispy chicken because the sauce gets into every nook and cranny. Try this with buffalo or sriracha for some serious spiciness.
Create Your Own Sauce Blend
This Chick-fil-A hack came from the mind of Don’t Be Tardy star Brielle Biermann, who recommends mixing Chick-fil-A sauce with buffalo sauce to create a spicy BBQ-style dip. There are plenty of ways to mix the chain’s dips, though, and they even recommend some combos on their blog.
Create Your Own Sauce Blend
One tasty option is mixing the Chick-fil-A and Polynesian sauces for a sweet dip, or combining sriracha and Garlic and Herb Ranch for a sauce that’s packed full of flavor. Hey, two is better than one, right?
Download the App Stat!
Out of all of the hacks here, this one is probably the easiest. Did you know that, by simply downloading the Chick-fil-A app, you instantly get a free sandwich? Even better, there doesn’t seem to be a limit on how many accounts you can make, so you could technically avail of several free sandwiches.
Download the App Stat!
Additionally, with the app, you can order ahead and someone will bring your order out to you — plus you can collect points and win rewards based on your orders.
Buffalo Chicken Mac n’ Cheese
Look at this absolute fast food masterpiece, brought to us by an Indiana woman named Jenee Suggs. To tuck into your own Chick-fil-A Buffalo Chicken Mac n’ Cheese, order a three-piece chicken strip meal, a side of mac n’ cheese, and one or two servings of buffalo sauce.
Buffalo Chicken Mac n’ Cheese
With that, you’re good to go! Simply tear the chicken strips into pieces and add to your mac n cheese. With the spicy sauce, you’ll have a hot, cheesy, chicken-y dream.
Ask for No Ice
As we know, lots of restaurants, cafés, and fast-food outlets pile huge amounts of ice into their drinks, leaving barely any room for whatever sugary liquid we’re actually paying for.
Ask for No Ice
One way to get around this is to simply ask for no ice and hope that the employee fills the cup to the top as usual. Many people worry that this will make their drink warm, but drinks in fast-food places are already chilled, so you’re all good!
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
OK, we’ve already introduced the idea of spicing up your protein by coating it in some delicious Chick-fil-A dipping sauces. Now, we’re going to give you a more specific recipe so that you can enjoy a Buffalo Chicken Sandwich that tastes completely amazing.
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
Order a Spicy Chicken Sandwich with no pickles, and coat the chicken fillet in buffalo sauce by shaking it in the bag. Smear some Garlic and Herb Ranch on the top bun, replace the chicken, and tuck in.
Don’t Forget the Spicy Salsa
We’ve already mentioned jalapeño salsa a few times, as it really peps up all sorts of Chick-fil-A meals. The tasty relish is part of the chain’s Hash Brown Scramble Burrito, but it’s actually available all day long.
Don’t Forget the Spicy Salsa
The jalapeño salsa is particularly good with Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Southwest Salad, which comes with greens, tomatoes, blended cheeses, peppers, roasted corn and black beans, and tortilla strips. Alternatively, jalapeño salsa also makes a great dipping sauce for nuggets, chicken strips, or waffle fries.
Fill Out the Surveys
Here’s another Chick-fil-A menu hack that’s pretty easy to come by. First of all, you have to make a purchase at the fast-food chain, and then hold on to your receipt. On there, you’ll get a website link to fill out a survey based on your experience. Once the survey is complete, you’ll get a code for a free original Chick-fil-A Original chicken sandwich!
Fill Out the Surveys
This works for all receipts in Chick-fil-A, meaning you can have a steady stream of paid-for and free meals.
Hash Browns on Everything
We’ve already drawn your attention to the fact that technically, you can have bacon on anything from the Chick-fil-A breakfast menu. Well, we’re here to tell you that the same is true for hash browns!
Hash Browns on Everything
This means you can order the sausage, egg, and cheese muffin (muffin, well done) and stuff a bunch of tasty, crispy hash browns right inside the sandwich. Likewise, add some potato-y goodness to your breakfast burrito, your bagel, or your biscuit. It’s like fries, but for breakfast.
Try the Viral Hack
Once more, we have social media platforms to thank for this Chick-fil-A hack. This is less of a menu hack and more of a logistical hack that makes eating your takeout much easier all around. Basically, this hack prevents your box of Chick-fil-A nuggets from rolling around your vehicle as you drive.
Try the Viral Hack
Because the box has a hole along the top crease, you can easily place the straw of your drink through the hole. This way, everything stays together and within reach.
Loaded Chicken Waffle Fries
Just feast your eyes on these fully loaded chicken waffle fries. To achieve this level of cheesy, crispy goodness, you basically have to order and combine most of the restaurant’s best sellers.
Loaded Chicken Waffle Fries
To enjoy your own pile of fast-food heaven, order 12 nuggets, large waffle fries, pepper jack cheese, your choice of sauce, and a salad bowl. Layer your fries like you would a lasagna — with fries on the bottom, then chicken and cheese, then sauce. Of course, you could also add bacon!
Strawberry Peach Milkshake
Once a year, Chick-fil-A delights customers with its seasonal peach milkshake. The drink is considered the best of all the chain’s frozen beverages, but there are some tweaks that will make it even better. So, next time you order a peach milkshake, ask for it to be blended with the strawberry milkshake topping.
Strawberry Peach Milkshake
Of course, these beverage flavors can be mixed and matched in other combinations. Why not ask for strawberry topping on your chocolate milkshake, lemonade, or iced tea?
Order a Double Decker
For some folks, one sandwich doesn’t really do it. For these hungry people, we recommend hacking the menu by asking for a “double-decker.” This secret menu item guarantees two patties instead of one, so your sandwich has a higher protein count and will keep you fuller for longer.
Order a Double Decker
By ordering this way, you can enjoy double chicken and sausage, and know that your sandwich was made to order, just the way you like it. After all, more is more.
Make a Bargain Sandwich
We’ve already mentioned the fast-food hero who lost her job at Chick-fil-A for sharing menu hacks via TikTok. You’ve learned about bargain price mango passion tea, and now you’ll hear the secrets of the two-for-one Chick-fil-A sandwich.
Make a Bargain Sandwich
This outspoken TikTok-er handily pointed out that customers could make their own tasty Chick-fil-A sandwich by ordering a four-count of chicken strips and two buns. This costs around six bucks, compared with a standard chicken sandwich at $3.75, but yields two sandwiches instead of one.
Amp Up Your Coffee
And already we have another hack from our Chick-fil-A TikTok user. We know that Chick-fil-A offers frosted lemonade — a blend of their homemade lemonade and Icedream — but they also sell frosted coffee drinks. The chain’s frosted coffee is a blend of their cold-brewed coffee with their Icedream, creating a creamy and caffeinated milkshake.
Amp Up Your Coffee
However, you could amp up this frosted beverage a little by adding chocolate syrup, vanilla syrup, and Oreos. With these toppings, the frosted coffee becomes almost like a sundae.
Don’t Forget Cow Appreciation Day!
Finally, when we’re talking about getting the most out of Chick-fil-A, how could we fail to mention Cow Appreciation Day? Ever since 2005, the chain has celebrated this occasion and offered free food for customers that do the same.
Don’t Forget Cow Appreciation Day!
What this means is that if you go to Chick-fil-A on Cow Appreciation Day and are dressed like a cow, you’ll land yourself a free entrée. Sadly, 2020’s event was postponed, but the chain has lots of activities to replace it.
