Chick-fil-A fans have noticed something different about the waffle fries.
Chick-fil-A Just Changed the Recipe for Its Most Popular Menu Item
Published on Jan. 10, 2025
You know, waffle fries have an extra something special about them. It’s surprising that you don’t see them on more drive-thru menus! The only restaurant on our list of best fast-food french fries to offer waffle fries is Chick-fil-A. In fact, waffle fries are the chain’s most popular menu item.
Crispy, golden and bursting with seasoning, they’re the perfect match for CFA’s one-of-a-kind chicken sandwiches. However, recent news about a change to the Chick-fil-A waffle fries recipe has caused an uproar among customers.
What’s happening at Chick-fil-A?
The popular fast-food restaurant explained that it made some changes to the waffle fries recipe. To keep the fries crispier longer, CFA started using a new coating that includes pea starch.
There’s been a mixed bag of reactions to the new recipe. A handful of users on Reddit found the change to be positive and enjoy the newfound crispy outside. Other Reddit users found the new fries dry and stale, with a lack of flavor.
On a recent Chick-fil-A Instagram post, some users commented that the new recipe deters customers with a pea protein allergy.
“My son had waffle fries on Friday and had a terrible stomachache the rest of the day. We couldn’t figure out why until my husband saw an article about the change. My son is allergic to peas. You cannot change a recipe and add an allergen without posting signs in your restaurant. I’m so upset and disappointed,” said one user. Several others had similar comments, saying they experienced unexplained sicknesses and issues due to the change.
Similar to what happened with New Coke in the ’80s, many Chick-fil-A customers hope that enough attention will encourage the chain to bring the old recipe back. Only time will tell!
