Bite Size Fried Chicken Candy

Upon first hearing that Chick-Fil-A was serving fried chicken for breakfast, it made me feel slightly uncomfortable.

Fried chicken on a biscuit...eh, doesn't sound right. My first experience with the fried chicken breakfast phenomenon wasn't very promising. I ordered the full sized Chicken Biscuit from Chick-Fil-A over a month ago. The result? One Dry Mouth.

When I returned to Chick-Fil-A today to get a bite of the Chicken Minis I was concerned that the mini would have the same dry biscuit as the biggie.

Luckily, I wasn't too worried as I had a free coupon for a pack of three chicken minis (see video for full details on the coupon and why I shouldn't have gotten them for free).

My first issue with the minis is that you only get three and the total calories are 270. Which isn't bad for breakfast overall, but for only three bite sized chicken biscuits it's a little high. (But, who's counting calories anyway...)

The minis are good - very good. There is a delicate balance between the biscuit and chicken size. I was still trying to figure out where they got such small pieces of chicken but then my wife informed me that they were simply chicken nuggets. They're juicy, full flavored and most importantly on a completely different style of biscuit. The minis have a soft chewy biscuit (not sweaty) which complements the bite size fried chicken perfectly into a sweet breakfast harmony.

In short: the chicken mini is like a piece of fried chicken breakfast heaven candy. It's not too heavy and doesn't make you feel bloated as some other fast food breakfast items do, but it's also not big enough to fill you up.

I also tried the coffee at Chick-Fil-A which was an interesting experience. I requested cream and Splenda in my coffee and then was told that it "comes on the side", which is a classy way of saying: put it in yourself lazy fat man. Their coffee is a little too dark for me, and doesn't compare to Dunkin or McDonald's but overall not bad.

Chick-Fil-A would win the breakfast game if they gave me about 15 of these minis in one box and if they traded out their big biscuit with this smaller soft and chewy one.

Bottom line here is that the cows are right, we should all eat more (mini) chicken. Especially for breakfast. It's a welcomed alternative to the egg, sausage biscuit/wrap menu items that every other restaurant offers.

P.S: I will be adding two additional restaurants to the Breakfast Bake Off: Wendy's and Burger King...stay tuned and thanks for all your suggestions.

Editor's note: In this video blog I reference the Chick-Fil-A employee as "old woman". Please disregard this statement as she was young, hip and gave me outstanding service.