Taco Bell will soon sell you chicken nuggets with cheese sauce

But don't you dare call them nuggets.
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Brian Koerber
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Taco Bell is getting into the nugget game, but don't you dare call them nuggets.

A few months ago, Taco Bell unleashed the Naked Chicken Chalupa, which was basically a piece of deep fried chicken used as a taco shell. But the Chalupa was only available for a limited time, and was taken off the menu after about a month. To fix your deep-fried chicken cravings, Taco Bell is now releasing Naked Chicken Chips, which is basically the shell from the Naked Chicken Chalupa in chip form.

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Call them chips all you'd like, but these are basically triangle-shaped chicken nuggets, and we approve, because they come with a side of Taco Bell's cheese sauce.

The nuggets chips are marinated all-white-meat chicken covered with "bold Mexican spices and seasoning" and paired with its Nacho Cheese dipping sauce. Customers will be able to purchase them as a 6-piece for $1.99, a 12-piece for $2.99, or in a combo with a Burrito Supreme, Crunchy Taco and medium drink for $5.

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The nuggets chips will be available starting May 11, but only for a limited time. Hopefully these will last a little longer than the Naked Chicken menu items that came before them.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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