Perdue’s Vacation Rooster Nuggets Are Formally Santa-Accepted

This 12 months, it looks as if everyone seems to be on a quest to eat extra protein — together with Santa Claus. And Perdue needs to ship precisely the correct quantity of hen nuggets that the massive man must energy his worldwide journey.

On Wednesday, the model introduced its vacation hen nuggets in 4 festive shapes, obtainable in grocery shops for a restricted time. The shapes, it defined, embody a sweet cane, Christmas tree, gingerbread man, and stocking, and are all made with “premium chicken.” 

“These vacation nuggets seize what households love most about Perdue — high-quality protein, nice style, and a bit of little bit of enjoyable,” Todd Tillemans, the chief business officer at Perdue, shared with Meals & Wine. “And the enjoyment doesn’t finish on December 25. Our Perdue ‘elves’ are all the time innovating to deliver households scrumptious new merchandise made with high-quality hen and accompanied by our ‘No Antibiotics Ever’ promise. We’re excited for what’s coming in 2026 — extra magic, extra mealtime moments, and extra causes to assemble.”

To unfold some vacation magic, the workforce at Perdue even did the maths on how a lot protein Santa would want to remain fueled for his journey around the globe. In accordance with Perdue, the typical individual ought to intention for 50-175 grams of protein every day. However, on Christmas Eve, Santa would want to devour “greater than 20 tons of protein to journey the world and ship presents, or the equal of practically 10 million hen nuggets.” Which, actually, sounds fairly tasty. Perdue even thinks it is best to assist Santa on his journey, noting “To maintain Santa energized and jolly this season, we imagine households needs to be leaving out nuggets and BBQ sauce, not simply milk and cookies.”

To additional assist folks have fun the season, Perdue is giving 250 fortunate people a bag of the limited-edition holiday-shaped hen nuggets. To get yours, merely be among the many first to go to perdue.com/deckthehalls on November 28 at 12 p.m. ET and join. The primary 250 folks can even obtain an unique Perdue vacation plate and a vacation audio card to go away out for Santa and his elves. This manner, you’ll be able to safe a spot on the “good” record subsequent 12 months.