Iconic fast-food chain testing spicy chicken strips: Will they go national?

FoodUpdated: Jul. 24, 2026, 10:07 a.m.Published: Jul. 24, 2026, 10:07 a.m.Chick-fil-A Spicy Chicken StripsBy Brandon Champion | bchampio@mlive.comChick-fil-A’s may be looking to spice things up. The beloved fast-food chicken chain is testing a spicy version of its signature Chick-n-Strips at two restaurants until Sept. 12.Customers have reported trying the strips at its Sandy Spring and Sprayberry locations in the chain’s home market of Atlanta.MORE BY BRANDON CHAMPIONWhile not available to most of the country, positive feedback could lead to the spicy strips being greenlit to the rest of Chick-fil-A’s more than 3,400 locations nationwide. Conversely, bad feedback could lead to the idea being abandoned as it has in the past, according to Nation’s Restaurant News.Like its regular Chick-n-St