# What do you dip your McNuggets in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503 "2017-01-29T15:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/41 "2017-01-30T01:40:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Those who are saying barbecue need to be more specific. McDonald’s has Chipotle Barbecue and Tangy Barbecue. The original barbecue was just called “barbecue.” ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/42 "2017-01-30T02:05:05Z")
Looks like the steak is staying in the fridge till tomorrow night because I scored Hot Mustard! Dang - it’s probably been available by me for a long time but I stopped asking for it years ago when I was told at multiple restaurants that it had been discontinued. And I can never get those years of my life back. There will always be that gaping hole in my Hot Mustard timeline. Nothing will ever truly erase the mental anguish I’ve suffered at the hands of corporate indifference. But at least I can try to do my level best in making up for it - one beautiful pack of sauce at a time. Starting right now. Gotta go - I have a gut to stuff, thanks to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/43 "2017-01-30T03:22:18Z")
> [@sich\_hinaufwinden](#): > > Gotta go - I have a gut to stuff, thanks to this thread. I’m glad a thread I started has brought such joy into the world 🙂 Don’t call me a hero even though I’m totally a hero. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/44 "2017-01-30T03:34:33Z")
Sorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/45 "2017-01-30T03:44:01Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > The original barbecue was just called “barbecue.” [http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg](http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/46 "2017-01-30T04:00:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg](http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg) [![](http://www.inthe80s.com/food/image.php?image=http://www.inthe80s.com/food/images/user-image-1215975465.jpg) ](http://www.inthe80s.com/food/image.php?image=http://www.inthe80s.com/food/images/user-image-1215975465.jpg) [https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Flive\_object\_images%2F2348%2F12.jpeg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pushpage.me%2Fanswer%2Fdetail%2F2281&docid=MExes0-TVbN13M&tbnid=cuohYmXalJ6jzM%3A&vet=1&w=600&h=717&bih=891&biw=1280&q=mcdonalds%20barbecue%20sauce&ved=0ahUKEwiJzbDI--jRAhXL7YMKHbrDDWEQMwg6KAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Flive_object_images%2F2348%2F12.jpeg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pushpage.me%2Fanswer%2Fdetail%2F2281&docid=MExes0-TVbN13M&tbnid=cuohYmXalJ6jzM%3A&vet=1&w=600&h=717&bih=891&biw=1280&q=mcdonalds%20barbecue%20sauce&ved=0ahUKEwiJzbDI--jRAhXL7YMKHbrDDWEQMwg6KAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8) When Chicken McNuggets first came out, I remember barbeque sauce being the only kind of sauce offered. But memory is fuzzy, and so far I haven’t found a cite to confirm or deny this. Anybody? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/47 "2017-01-30T04:00:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg](http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg) I don’t know what you mean to prove with that photo of the _current_ lineup of sauces when I specified that the _original_ lineup of _four_ sauces had just hot mustard, sweet and sour, honey, and barbecue. Just one barbecue. When you’re talking about the original sauces, there’s no ambiguity, because there’s just one barbecue. > > [@](#): > > McDonald’sVerified account > ‏@McDonaldsCorp > > Follow > More > Answer: the original 4 Chicken McNugget sauces were: honey, sweet & sour, hot mustard & BBQ. What’s your fave today? ^JH ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/48 "2017-01-30T04:01:46Z")
Honey is what I ask for first. 2nd choice is ranch. That’s what I get at Popeyes for nuggets. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/49 "2017-01-30T04:13:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg](http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110628-chicken-nugget-sauces-1.jpeg) There certaiy wasn’t a chipotle barbecue in the 80s. That (chipotle as a mainstream flavoring in the US) didn’t become a thing until at least the late 90s or possibly early 00s. And I don’t know when McD’s jumped on the bandwagon. It’s possible it was called tangy barbecue, but there was only one barbecue sauce for a long time, hence no need to differentiate. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/50 "2017-01-30T13:53:34Z")
McDonalds McNuggets: agree with OP… Sweet 'N Sour sauce is far and away the best choice. Through an usual series of circumstances I’ve had McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s chicken nuggets recently and McDonald’s Sweet ‘N Sour sauce is significantly better than the other two chains’. Best nuggets, too, although points docked for being too pepper-y. Store-bought chicken nuggets baked at home: General Tso’s sauce. I don’t have these often at home but I keep a bottle of Iron Chef branded General Tso’s sauce on hand for when I do. Houlihan’s: including Houlihan’s here as a public service. I wind up at Houlihan’s often with coworkers because there is one close to where I work. Houlihan’s is a great place to grab a beer and some bar food but I had a terrible time finding something I like on the dinner menu. Ultimately I landed on their Thai chile chicken fingers as my go-to meal. If you ever get dragged to Houlihan’s, I appreciate that you don’t want to be an adult ordering chicken fingers but order the Thai chile ones and thank me later. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/51 "2017-01-30T14:22:14Z")
Buffalo and Ranch. Then I dunk the nugget in each one so I have a creamy-ranchy buffalo flavor. The best. And now I want McNuggets…damn you! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/52 "2017-01-30T16:51:53Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [http://www.inthe80s.com/food/image.php?image=http://www.inthe80s.com/food/images/user-image-1215975465.jpg](http://www.inthe80s.com/food/image.php?image=http://www.inthe80s.com/food/images/user-image-1215975465.jpg) > [https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Flive\_object\_images%2F2348%2F12.jpeg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pushpage.me%2Fanswer%2Fdetail%2F2281&docid=MExes0-TVbN13M&tbnid=cuohYmXalJ6jzM%3A&vet=1&w=600&h=717&bih=891&biw=1280&q=mcdonalds%20barbecue%20sauce&ved=0ahUKEwiJzbDI--jRAhXL7YMKHbrDDWEQMwg6KAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Flive_object_images%2F2348%2F12.jpeg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pushpage.me%2Fanswer%2Fdetail%2F2281&docid=MExes0-TVbN13M&tbnid=cuohYmXalJ6jzM%3A&vet=1&w=600&h=717&bih=891&biw=1280&q=mcdonalds%20barbecue%20sauce&ved=0ahUKEwiJzbDI--jRAhXL7YMKHbrDDWEQMwg6KAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8) > > When Chicken McNuggets first came out, I remember barbeque sauce being the only kind of sauce offered. But memory is fuzzy, and so far I haven’t found a cite to confirm or deny this. Anybody? The first four were BBQ, Sweet and Sour, Honey and Hot Mustard. Not 100% sure about the mustard the fourth may have been something else. Very shortly after introducing Nuggets they made two Asian sauces and Hot Mustard may have been introduced then but positive about the other three and that there were four total. S&S was always my go to from day one. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/53 "2017-01-30T18:06:04Z")
In all my McNuggetting, I never noticed that there are actually [four shapes of Chicken McNugget](http://www.businessinsider.com/shape-mcdonalds-chicken-mcnuggets-2016-9). I just thought they were all roughly some random “nugget” shape. I guess I should have known better, since there is a machine stamping them out. ETA: And those four flavors sound right to me. I’m not sure I remember any Asian sauces in the 80s beside the sweet & sour (and I guess hot mustard). What were they? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/54 "2017-01-30T18:21:59Z")
Crushed up Vicodin. Or, lacking unregulated narcotics, ketchup. Or, if I’m feeling saucy, steak sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/55 "2017-01-30T18:56:32Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Bad grammar and vague double entendre aside, what is your preferred dipping sauce for your Chicken Nuggets or Fingers or tenders etc.? > > BBQ is my most common choice but my favorite is McDonald’s Sweet & Sour. I love the stuff. I don’t just dip chicken into it but my fries and burgers too. I have found recipes online that are supposed to replicate it but they never taste the same. If they bottled it I would buy it. > > So what’s yours (don’t say ketchup because that’s wrong and gross)? Sadness ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/56 "2017-02-02T21:22:40Z")
The blood of my enemies!! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/57 "2017-02-03T00:03:58Z")
I usually get mine drive-through so no sauce. In the restaurant, plenty of salt but no sauce. Frozen nuggets baked at home, mayonnaise. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/58 "2017-02-03T01:13:12Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > The blood of my enemies!! See post #25. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/60 "2020-04-30T15:21:30Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > BBQ sauce, there is no other acceptable choice Interesting since this zombie was bumped, I actually went on some dates with a guy who dipped them in ketchup. That was interesting, I thought that was what 5 year olds did. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503/61 "2020-04-30T15:23:02Z")
> [@mcdonaldsfaq](#): > > Hot Mustard is no longer available at McDonald’s but you can found all the other items in their menu but make sure to always check the **[McDonald’s Nutrition Chart](https://mcdonaldsfaq.com/mcdonalds-nutrition-facts/)** first and make sure that you are getting the proper nutrition. I got hot mustard at McDonald’s _yesterday_. It’s on my McDonald’s app. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dip-your-mcnuggets-in/778503.md?page=4)