{"id":41018,"date":"2019-11-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=41018"},"modified":"2019-11-24T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T21:28:03","slug":"kfc-nashville-hot-chicken-and-waffles-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/24\/kfc-nashville-hot-chicken-and-waffles-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: KFC Nashville Hot Chicken &#038; Waffles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/KFC-Nashville-Hot-Chicken-Waffles-Sign.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken  Waffles Sign\" title=\"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken &#038; Waffles Sign.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Combining two of its regional rip-offs in one entr\u00e9e &#8211; the tempting Nashville Hot Chicken and those doughy delectable waffles \u2014 KFC is determined to end the year on a high note and, for the most part, it succeeds.<\/p>\n<p>The Nashville Hot Chicken has seemingly gotten better over the past year, this batch with very little skin uncovered in that smoking red sauce, allowing every bite to predictably burn. It\u2019s something you really want and crave in any chicken, from Nashville or not, especially with the word \u201chot\u201d in the header.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/KFC-Nashville-Hot-Chicken-Waffles-Sans-Syrup.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken  Waffles Sans Syrup\" title=\"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken &#038; Waffles Sans Syrup.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The waffles are still a well-crafted confection, thick and bready as ever, with a taste that\u2019s more suited to a carnival midway than a KFC. But, here, its unapologetic sweetness almost makes up for a slight wish I\u2019ve had for years that KFC would get off their behinds and make a breakfast menu, with this as their first item.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the noble marketing geniuses, Southern gentlemen all, have decided to put these two rebel yells together in the fast food battlefield, brothers-in-arms fighting a common enemy: hunger.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/KFC-Nashville-Hot-Chicken-Waffles-Syrup.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken  Waffles Syrup\" title=\"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken &#038; Waffles Syrup.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the doubled-up aggression towards your ever-lovin\u2019 tastebuds are far more than a tasty skirmish. The spicy heat that envelops the Nashville Hot charges right onto the waffles, already a sweet treat that becomes an absolute tooth-terror with the heady addition of Mrs. Butterworth\u2019s maple syrup drizzling over every inch of red and white.<\/p>\n<p>The hot meat and the cakey sweet do a well-timed promenade in your mouth, both tastes mixing swell and working well with each other. It\u2019s nice to have these here chicken and waffles perfectly complement each other and, while they\u2019re not the best I\u2019ve ever had, still, for KFC, they do a darn good job that I can highly recommend. <\/p>\n<p>The only real war-wounds here? The $6.49 price for a basket as well as the outrageous count of 1000+ calories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> $6.49<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> One waffle\/leg and thigh<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> (Numbers are for the sandwich version, basket nutrition numbers are not available on website) 1010 calories, 61 grams of fat, 16 grams of saturated fat, 100 milligrams of cholesterol, 1510 milligrams of sodium, 83 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 21 grams of sugar, and 33 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combining two of its regional rip-offs in one entr\u00e9e &#8211; the tempting Nashville Hot Chicken and those doughy delectable waffles \u2014 KFC is determined to end the year on a high note and, for the most part, it succeeds. The Nashville Hot Chicken has seemingly gotten better over the past year, this batch with very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1528],"class_list":["post-41018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-kfc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19560,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/20\/fast-food-news-kfc-nashville-hot-chicken-and-nashville-hot-tenders\/","url_meta":{"origin":41018,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: KFC Nashville Hot Chicken and Nashville Hot Tenders","author":"Marvo","date":"January 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We reviewed it! 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