Popeyes has unveiled the Honey Chicken Biscuit, a sandwich born from fans’ culinary improvisations with their iconic biscuits, the chicken filet, and a few honey sauce sachets to tie everything together. This week they rolled out this creation for just $5. It’s a price tag that was hard to ignore, so we had to pick one up and sample it ourselves.
Popeyes Honey Chicken Biscuit
Pros: The chicken at Popeyes stands as a powerhouse on its own. It can carry a lot, and when you tuck it into the soft, buttery buttermilk biscuit, the combination is hard to fault. The sandwich delivers a robust chicken flavor, a tender biscuit to set things on, and the honey provides a gentle sweetness that rounds out the mix. When you pick up this sandwich, you pretty much know what you’re getting into.
Cons: To put it plainly, the product description from Popeyes lines up with what’s inside: a pairing of their iconic chicken atop a larger version of their beloved buttermilk biscuit, accompanied by two packets of honey sauce. That is exactly what arrived in my bag.
I let my imagination run ahead of reality as I anticipated this sandwich. I briefly expected some clever way to weave the honey into the sandwich so I wouldn’t have to squeeze the sauce on myself. It seems the aim was to mirror the everyday consumer’s approach—recreating the energy of how it would be assembled with the menu items at hand.
That’s on me. Popeyes did clearly state that two honey packets would come with the sandwich. I’ll own the slip, though you could understand the thought process behind the expectation, right?
As I took a few bites, the sandwich started to feel a touch dry. I’d attribute that to the honey being used in a stickier manner rather than a creamier mayo or aioli to keep things lubricated. Although this is clearly designed as a lunch or dinner option, the sweetness of the honey makes my brain lean toward breakfast vibes. I wanted to adore it, but my enthusiasm wasn’t as wholehearted as I’d hoped.
