You Can Finally Order a Chicken Sandwich Big Enough to Snuggle

Valentine’s Day is one week away, and whether or not you’re in a relationship otherwise you’ll be celebrating your singledom subsequent Monday, KFC has the proper reward for you. The Louisville, Kentucky-based hen big has partnered with squishy toy firm Pillow Pets to launch an outsized plush model of its personal hen sandwich.

The just about-three-foot-wide KFC Rooster Sandwich Snuggler “encompasses a sensible trying double-breaded, Additional Crispy hen breast filet, buttery brioche bun, thick pickles, and the proper quantity of the Colonel’s actual mayo,” in keeping with the model. Actually, it appears so disturbingly lifelike that you simply half-expect your palms to scent like 11 herbs and spices after giving it a squeeze.

The pillow retails for $99, and you’ll pre-order your personal on the Pillow Pets web site. In keeping with the web site, the KFC Rooster Sandwich Snugglers ship out no later than March 15. So, sadly, you’ll have to offer your Valentine an image of this massive cuddly sandwich — or, higher but, an precise hen sandwich — and inform them that it’ll be on its approach quickly.

“We set a brand new normal for contemporary consolation meals with the introduction of our KFC Rooster Sandwich final 12 months,” Nick Chavez, the chief advertising officer for KFC U.S., stated in a press release. “Now followers can snuggle up with the sandwich they love essentially the most due to our KFC Rooster Sandwich Snuggler!”

KFC launched that hen sandwich — which it known as its “finest hen sandwich ever” — final January, after a profitable test-run at a few of its areas in Florida. “We almost doubled our gross sales expectations [in the test locations] so we knew that we had a winner,” a KFC spokesperson stated on the time. 

“Many shoppers hadn’t thought-about KFC as part of the hen sandwich dialog, however anybody who tastes this sandwich will know, for sure, that we’re enjoying to win.” (Hey, bear in mind in the course of the summer time of 2019 when Popeyes then-new menu merchandise began the “Rooster Sandwich Wars” and that appeared just like the wildest factor that may ever occur? Bear in mind?)

Talking of issues that seem like hen, final month KFC debuted its first-ever plant-based menu merchandise, launching its Past Fried Rooster all through the US. The limited-time nuggets will probably be served in six- or 12-piece orders and, as of this writing, they’re nonetheless out there as a combo meal that comes with fries and a medium drink.

And, hey, if you wish to faux that the KFC Rooster Sandwich Snuggler encompasses a plant-based filet, no person’s stopping you.