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Taco Bell Sets April 16 Debut for Diablo Dusted Chicken Nuggets

The chain turns its cult Diablo Sauce into a dry coating to deepen its push into crispy chicken.

Overview

  • Taco Bell, which announced the Diablo Dusted Crispy Chicken Nuggets Thursday, will roll them out nationwide for a limited time starting April 16.
  • Each nugget features all‑white meat with crunchy tortilla‑chip breading coated in new Diablo Dust, the brand’s first dry version of its Diablo Sauce.
  • Customers can order a 5‑piece for $4.49 or a 10‑piece for $7.49, with a $9.99 app‑only 10‑piece combo and a $10.99 deluxe box in restaurants.
  • Launch perks include a May 5 app drop that lets the first 30,000 Rewards members claim a 5‑piece for $1, plus an April TerraCycle mail‑in that earns 80 bonus points for recycling empty sauce containers.
  • The nuggets build on Taco Bell’s crispy‑chicken expansion that began in December 2024, following a preview at the Live Más LIVE event and with more dusted flavors planned later in 2026.