Popeyes Now Has Cookie-Crusted Chicken & It’s Getting Some Mixed Reviews

Popeyes is venturing into territory usually inhabited by adventurous home cooks or hipster food trucks with their newest offering: “Sweet & Crunchy Tenders” which combines fried chicken and cookies.

Popeyes recently introduced Sweet & Crunchy Tenders, which come breaded in shortbread cookies.

The tenders, accompanied by smokin’ pepper jam sauce, take on a chicken-and-waffles vibe, Delish reports, noting the dish starts sweet and then turns savory.

Customers can score the Sweet & Crunchy Tenders, along with a side and biscuit for $5 until June 25.

So far, the dish has received mixed reactions:

Popeyes is deep frying chicken in shortbread cookie batter now?! http://pic.twitter.com/ghFJJ1B6nu

— MrLXC (@MrLXC) June 3, 2017

Popeyes got short bread cookie coated chicken now how many times yall gone try to find dumbass ways to batter the same damn chicken? http://pic.twitter.com/SFDyquIuKl

— MEME ︻╦╤─ (@MeiLarenn) June 2, 2017

Popeyes Chicken: How can we kill Americans faster?
America: Coat your chicken strips in shortbread cookie batter!
PC: God bless you, fatass.

— B. Jon Graves (@ColonelSauce) May 31, 2017

by Ashlee Kieler via Consumerist