Chick-fil-A Reveals Most Popular Menu Items of 2021

Chick-fil-A is capping off 2021 by taking a look back at the biggest food trends of the past year. As the world looks ahead to ringing in 2022, the beloved fast-food chain took a trip down memory lane, earlier in December revealing its most-ordered menu items of 2021, and unsurprisingly, Chick-fil-A’s Waffle Fries topped the list in every region.

The fast-food chain’s Waffle Fries are “waffle-cut potatoes cooked in canola oil until crispy outside and tender inside. Sprinkled with Sea Salt.” They make for a perfect side to any of the entrees offered at the restaurant. In releasing the full list of top-ordered menu items, Chick-fil-A noted that “no matter where you live, one thing is for certain: You love our Chick-fil-A Waffle Potato Fries. From Miami to Seattle and everywhere in between, our crispy-on-the-outside and tender-on-the-inside waffle-cut potatoes were just what we all needed to curb an afternoon craving or serve as the perfect complement to our meal.”

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Waffle Fries were not the only popular item, though. While the fries topped the list in every region – Southeast region, Atlantic region, Northeast region, Midwest region, Southwest region, and West region – Chick-fil-A customers had a hankering for plenty of other items on the menu. Keep scrolling to see the most-ordered menu items at Chick-fil-A by region.

Southeast region

Those living in the Southeast preferred to wash down their order of Waffle Fries with soft drinks. While Chick-fil-A did not specify which drink topped the list among all soft drinks, soft drinks took up the No. 2 spot not only in the Southeast region, but all regions accounted for in the end-of-the-year round up.

Waffle Potato Fries
Soft Drinks
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Chick-fil-A Nuggets
Sweet Iced Tea
Hash Browns
Regular Lemonade
Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Chick-n-Minis
Mac & Cheese

Atlantic region

Those living in the Atlantic region preferred to round out their Chick-fill-A meal of Waffle Fries and a soft drink with an order of the Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich. The beloved sandwich boasts a boneless breast of chicken that is seasoned to perfection, freshly breaded, pressure cooked in 100% refined peanut oil and served on a toasted, buttered bun with dill pickle chips.

Waffle Potato Fries
Soft DrinksChick-fil-A
Chicken Sandwich
Chick-fil-A Nuggets
Sweet Iced Tea
Hash Browns
Regular Lemonade
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit
Chick-n-Minis
Mac & Cheese

Northeast region

In the Northeast, Chick-fil-A Nuggets rounded out the Top 3. The chain’s nuggets are bite-sized pieces of boneless chicken breast that, just like the Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich, which was fourth most-ordered item in the Northeast, are seasoned to perfection, freshly breaded and pressure cooked in 100% refined peanut oil.

Waffle Potato Fries
Soft Drinks
Chick-fil-A Nuggets
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Regular Lemonade
Sweet Iced Tea
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Hash Browns
Spicy Deluxe Sandwich
Mac & Cheese
Chick-fil-A Deluxe Sandwich

Midwest region

It turns out that those in the Northeast and the Midwest have very similar taste buds, because their ordering habits were nearly identical. Midwesterners also had a hankering for the chain’s Chick-fil-A Nuggets, and the Chick-fil-A® Deluxe Sandwich, which adds green leaf lettuce, tomato and American cheese to the chain’s traditional chicken sandwich, snuck onto the list in both regions.

Waffle Potato Fries
Soft Drinks
Chick-fil-A Nuggets
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Regular Lemonade
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Mac & Cheese
Spicy Deluxe Sandwich
Sweet Iced Tea
Hash Browns
Chick-fil-A Deluxe Sandwich

Southwest region

Chick-fil-A customers in the Southwest had a hankering for Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Minis. Boasting bite-sized Chick-fil-A Nuggets nestled in warm, mini yeast rolls that are lightly brushed with a honey butter spread, the item was one of only two breakfast items to land a spot on the most-ordered menu items list and only made it onto the list in two regions.

Waffle Potato Fries
Soft Drinks
Chick-fil-A Nuggets
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Sweet Iced Tea
Regular Lemonade
Hash Browns
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Spicy Deluxe Sandwich
Mac & Cheese
Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Minis

West region

While Sweet Iced Tea made it onto the list of most-popular items in every region, it was least popular among Chick-fil-A customers in the West. Clearly favoring soft drinks and lemonade, Sweet Iced Tea came in at No. 1 in this region, which had some cravings for spice, with both the Spicy Deluxe Sandwich and Spicy Chicken Sandwich being among the most-ordered menu items in 2021.