We Ate Everything On Popeyes’ New Pickle Menu, And There’s One Item Everyone Should RUN To Grab Before It’s Gone

For all the seriously messed-up things we collectively dealt with in April, this month had one gleaming, shiny bright spot: beloved fried chicken chain Popeyes released a completely pickle-themed menu. Even outside of the corporate world, the news really hit. In the past weeks, Popeyes' pickle menu has been making headlines and going viral just about everywhere.

Everyone and their mother (seemingly) made a TikTok video taste-testing the entire line of pickle-y items. Sites like The Takeout called it the "best menu ever." In perhaps the biggest shock to me, personally, J.



Kenji López-Alt — aka the internet's favorite food expert — called the menu "shockingly good" and "some of the best fast food [he's] ever had." If that's not high praise, IDK what is. Suffice it to say, it took no more than three strolls past Popeyes' NYC flagship on my commute to the office to decide that we needed to hop on a pickle menu taste test to see what all the fuss was about.

(Actually, I'm kidding. I knew we were gonna do a taste test from the first time I watched Kenji take a saucy lil' bite of that fiery red pickle-glazed wing.) Anyways! Moving on to the dill-icious stuff (sorry).

Here's how we both ranked the complete Popeyes pickle menu from worst to best...

or, as you'll soon find out, from good to absolutely divine. 🥒 THE RATINGS: Ross: Pickle Score: 2 Overall Score: 3 Meg: Pickle Score: 2 Overall Score: 2 Combined Score: 2.25 out of 5 🥒 THE RATINGS: Ross: Pickle Score: 1 Overall Score: 5 Meg: Pickle Score: 1 Overall Score: 3 Combined Score: 2.

5 out of 5 🥒 THE RATINGS: Ross: Pickle Score: 5 Overall Score: 3 Meg: Pickle Score: 3 Overall Score: 4 Combined Score: 3.75 out of 5 🥒 THE RATINGS: Ross: Pickle Score: 5 Overall Score: 4 Meg: Pickle Score: 5 Overall Score: 4 Combined Score: 4.5 out of 5 🥒 THE RATINGS: Ross: Pickle Score: 3 Overall Score: 5 Meg: Pickle Score: 4 Overall Score: 5 Combined Score: 4.

25 out of 5 Yes, we're aware that this technically has a lower score than #2, and that's because it just *wowed* us more...

and being wowed by food is kinda priceless! There you have it, y'all. If you're drooling all over your phone by now, swing by Popeyes before May 5 when the pickle menu supposedly will disappear for good. Though, to be honest, I think Popeyes would be smart to keep it around.

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