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AISLE 6 · FAST FOOD
Popcorn Chicken
by KFC
Limited. It went national in 1992 and came and went more than once before KFC cut it in February 2023 to simplify its menu boards. It returned nationwide in July 2026, but only while supplies last. If KFC makes it permanent, it's back for real.
Bite-size pieces of fried chicken sold by the box, built for eating one-handed in a parked car. KFC dropped it in a 2023 menu cleanup, then spent three years reading the complaints.
🧾 One more thingIt was invented by Gene Gagliardi, the meat innovator who also created Steak-umm, and licensed to KFC. Time described a 1993 version as dark meat; by 2011 KFC was advertising it as all breast meat.
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