What chick fil a locations have cheese sauce

According to the chicken chain’s press room, over 430 Chick-fil-A locations are now offering an ooey, gooey cheese sauce.

“It is an optional condiment that restaurants can offer where there is demand for it,” a rep for the chain told TODAY Food.

The cheesy sauce, which has been available off and on in select markets, has hearts melting across Twitter.

But unlike Chick-fil-A's popular nugget-dipping sauces, the white cheese sauce isn't free.

It costs $1.19 for a 3-ounce serving. For reference, the chain's standard tiny sauce containers hold just 1 ounce of its regular dips, like barbecue or buttermilk ranch.

According to the chain, the sauce is made with a mix of Swiss and Parmesan cheeses. It first appeared on the chain's menu in 2012, but only at select participating locations.

Chick-fil-A also said that the cheese sauce clocks in at 160 calories per serving, and it has a thick, goopy texture, so it can hold onto waffle fries (the chain's most-ordered item) or chicken nuggets. Participating stores sell the sauce in a warm dipping dish.

Currently, Chick-fil-A has no plans to roll out the melty deliciousness nationwide, but if you're in the Midwest or Northeast, you might be near a store that sells it. The fast food chain franchises its stores, so each individual owner decides which add ons to sell at any given restaurant. The sauce has previously been tested in Southern markets, too.

Customers can use the Chick-fil-A app to find out if their local restaurant currently offers the cheese sauce as a condiment.

Though Chick-fil-A doesn’t have a real secret menu, many of its stores offer “special” menu items. Many Southern California locations offer a guacamole dip, while restaurants in Texas and New Mexico sell jalapeno peppers for added zest. A range of stores across the country also offer mac and cheese.

This winter, the chain spiced things up in Arizona for a limited time, offering a Grilled Spicy Deluxe Chicken sandwich and a Spicy Chick-n-Strips Biscuit. And in the Bay Area, parts of Florida and Richmond, Virginia, the restaurant showed its sweet side with a new chunky chocolate fudge brownie.

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According to Chick-fil-A, the cheese sauce is available at 436 locations in the Midwest and Northeast, although it has also been tested across the South.

The sauce, made from a mix of parmesan and Swiss cheeses, costs $1.19 and comes in a three-ounce serving — so while it's not free like the other one-ounce sauces, you do get a LOT of sauce for basically a dollar.

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Most importantly, though, how does it actually taste?

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Andrew's thoughts: The cheese sauce tastes really good — better than Chick-fil-A Sauce in my opinion. It wasn’t hot when we tried it because we had to transport it back to the office, but it was still a really dippable consistency at room temperature. It's basically a queso without any spice, and if you're like me (obsessed with queso) you can dip just about anything on the menu in this sauce.

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Jon-Michael's thoughts: By almost every measure, the new sauce is near-perfect. Unlike so many other cheese sauces out there, Chick-fil-A's tastes and looks like real cheese (because it is!), and its off-white color reminds me of the queso blanco I used to eat at Mexican restaurants in Arkansas growing up. And like Andrew said, its dippable consistency is spot-on. I tried the cheese sauce with both chicken nuggets and waffle fries, and IMHO, it goes much better with the nuggets.

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Unsurprisingly, our coworkers were also more than willing to try the new sauce. Here's what they had to say:

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“For fries, I definitely prefer something salty and tomato based. But the cheese sauce worked well with the nuggets! If I was a person who ate CFA regularly, like every day at lunch (which might have been my life at one point — don't judge), it would be a nice way to mix up my dipping life! But if I had to choose, I'd go classic sauce all the way. The end.” —Jess Probus

“The new cheese sauce wasn't bad, but just too mild for my taste. It added nothing to my French fry eating ~experience~.” —Patrice Peck

“The cheese wasn’t what I expected, but it definitely served its purpose. I don’t usually dunk my chicken in cheese, but when I do, it will definitely be in Chick-fil-A’s new sauce!” —Morgan Murrell

“The Chick-fil-A cheese sauce was the perfect thickness — not so heavy that it weighs down and overtakes the flavors of your chicken or fry, but not so light that it's just runny cheese water. It was very tasty with sharp ~notes~ of parmesan. I'd eat it again.” —Syd Robinson

“The Chick-fil-A queso was great. At first I was a little skeptical about eating queso with French fries instead of chips, but the two actually complimented each other really well. It kind of reminded me of the Ritz cracker/cheese dip from my childhood, which isn't meant to be shady at all: I loved that snack, and this queso left me feeling nostalgic and hungry for more. It's also a huge bonus that Chick-fil-A's dip is made with real cheese. Now I'm wondering what other foods I should be pairing with queso…” —Spencer Althouse

So, in conclusion, we'd 12/10 recommend trying it for yourself. Just check the Chick-fil-A app to make sure your location has it before heading to the store. ✌️

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