“Ghost Pepper” wings from Popeyes. No sauce!? No heat!? $10!?!?
“Ghost Pepper” wings from Popeyes. No sauce!? No heat!? $10!?!?
by Financial-Tea420
18 Comments
Over_aged
I believe one of the tv ads with the spokesperson she says something to the effect of it’s for taste and not heat.
eblackham
The Popeyes by me is a straight scam. Super overpriced and some of the chicken tenders are 80% breading and 20% chicken.
Funny_Credit_5961
🔥 📛
ISacrificeI
Crazy enough… Still banned in Denmark
VenoGreedo
All their wings use the ghost pepper wing as the base, which is funny because they put the ghost pepper wing in the middle of the spice chart, yet every wing is the ghost pepper wing, so how could it be more spicy than the others below it.
I’ve heard Popeyes employees outright say that, and the ghost pepper is the only one without sauce, plus I could just tell they all used the same base.
Unfortunately it’s not that hot for being “ghost pepper” but that’s always been the case with fast food
The signature hot is sauced, and it’s really good. Not very hot, but who expects real heat from fast food.. *aside from op*
Competitive_Pen7192
I had Popeyes the other day and thought the highest level of sauce was pretty hot for a large chain… But that was the dipping sauce.
Powerful-Meeting-840
never order spicy from a chain restaurant and expect spicy.
AsparagusOverall8454
It’s an advertising gimmick. You can’t really think they’re going to actually taste anything like ghost pepper do you? They wouldn’t allow that. Would leave too much room for getting sued I’m guessing.
Gallifreyan1971
They took the ghost part a little too literal.
Bulls_Heeler_Haven
Popeye’s went downhill. At least where I’m at. Refuse to waste money on their now shitty food and worse service.
Boto_Penga
IIRC, they rate these *below* whatever their popeyes-brand hottest hot wings are, so I never bothered trying them even though that’s why I went there in the first place. If it was serious ghost pepper it’d be the top rated spicy thing they had.
The rating scale is on the menu billboards, just gotta look for it.
LittleReplacement971
Don’t try the new ghost pepper sauce from Wendy’s then!
😆 🤣 😂
Moist_Description608
How to remedy
1. Bring sauce or dry rub you find spicy
2. Apply
ClintEastwont
They’re so bad. The only thing to avoid at Popeyes, imo, is wings. It’s nothing a little gravy won’t fix though.
18 Comments
I believe one of the tv ads with the spokesperson she says something to the effect of it’s for taste and not heat.
The Popeyes by me is a straight scam. Super overpriced and some of the chicken tenders are 80% breading and 20% chicken.
🔥 📛
Crazy enough… Still banned in Denmark
All their wings use the ghost pepper wing as the base, which is funny because they put the ghost pepper wing in the middle of the spice chart, yet every wing is the ghost pepper wing, so how could it be more spicy than the others below it.
I’ve heard Popeyes employees outright say that, and the ghost pepper is the only one without sauce, plus I could just tell they all used the same base.
Unfortunately it’s not that hot for being “ghost pepper” but that’s always been the case with fast food
That’s your fault for eating at Popeyes.
They do say sucker born every minute…
[https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/14emin7/tried_popeyes_ghost_pepper_wings/](https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/14emin7/tried_popeyes_ghost_pepper_wings/)
You went to Popeyes for heat to be fair
The signature hot is sauced, and it’s really good. Not very hot, but who expects real heat from fast food.. *aside from op*
I had Popeyes the other day and thought the highest level of sauce was pretty hot for a large chain… But that was the dipping sauce.
never order spicy from a chain restaurant and expect spicy.
It’s an advertising gimmick. You can’t really think they’re going to actually taste anything like ghost pepper do you? They wouldn’t allow that. Would leave too much room for getting sued I’m guessing.
They took the ghost part a little too literal.
Popeye’s went downhill. At least where I’m at. Refuse to waste money on their now shitty food and worse service.
IIRC, they rate these *below* whatever their popeyes-brand hottest hot wings are, so I never bothered trying them even though that’s why I went there in the first place. If it was serious ghost pepper it’d be the top rated spicy thing they had.
The rating scale is on the menu billboards, just gotta look for it.
Don’t try the new ghost pepper sauce from Wendy’s then!
😆 🤣 😂
How to remedy
1. Bring sauce or dry rub you find spicy
2. Apply
They’re so bad. The only thing to avoid at Popeyes, imo, is wings. It’s nothing a little gravy won’t fix though.