Apparently, someone at Wingstop looked at a perfectly respectable chicken wing and thought, You know what this needs? Sour Patch Kids.
Not just a dipping sauce inspired by candy. Not a little sour seasoning. Actual Sour Patch Kids candy pieces. On chicken.
And just in time for Halloween, Wingstop is making this a real menu item.
Meet Sour Patch Kids Wicked Punch
Wingstop announced its collaboration with Sour Patch Kids on October 13, 2026, and the resulting flavor is called Sour Patch Kids Wicked Punch.
It features a sour-then-sweet Redberry glaze finished with colorful Sour Patch Kids Bitz. So we’ve got chicken, a fruity candy-inspired sauce, and little pieces of Sour Patch Kids on top.
I have so many questions.
Is this brilliant? Is this an elaborate Halloween prank? Have we officially run out of normal things to put on chicken?
I don’t know, but I absolutely need to hear what people think about it.
And this isn’t just for traditional chicken wings. Wingstop says the new flavor can be ordered across its protein options, meaning you can get your candy-covered chicken in more than one form.
When can you get the Sour Patch Kids wings?
Here’s the important part: they’re not available to everyone today.
- October 23, 2026: Club Wingstop members get early access.
- October 27, 2026: The flavor rolls out at participating U.S. locations nationwide.
- November 5, 2026: The promotion ends, while supplies last.
You can order through the Wingstop website or Wingstop app when the promotion becomes available. Wingstop hasn’t announced a nationwide price, and availability may vary by location.
Are the wings actually sour?
The official description emphasizes the familiar Sour Patch Kids sour-then-sweet combination, with a Redberry glaze and candy pieces on top.
But Wingstop hasn’t provided a detailed flavor breakdown explaining exactly how sour the finished chicken tastes. So I’m not going to pretend I’ve tried these or tell you they’re delicious.
What I will say is that fruity sauces with savory food aren’t automatically a terrible idea. It’s the little candy pieces that are making this situation particularly entertaining.
This is part of an even bigger Halloween candy takeover
The collaboration is connected to Sour Patch Kids’ 13 Days of Mischief Halloween campaign. Apparently, the candy aisle was no longer enough territory for them. They’re coming for dinner now.
And honestly, as ridiculous as this sounds, I can already imagine someone showing up to a Halloween party with a giant box of these. The question is whether everyone immediately grabs one—or stands around taking pictures because nobody can believe what they’re looking at.
Would you actually eat these?
I feel like there are two types of people in the world. People who hear “Sour Patch Kids chicken wings” and immediately lose their appetite. And people who are already figuring out how to get early access.
I haven’t decided which person I am yet. But I do know this: Halloween food is officially getting weird, and Wingstop may have just given us the most ridiculous fast-food collaboration of the season.
Sour Patch Kids Wicked Punch arrives for Club Wingstop members October 23 and reaches participating U.S. Wingstop locations October 27. It’s scheduled to disappear after November 5.
Source: Wingstop’s October 13 official announcement.
