Chick Fil A New Drink and Every New Menu Item Right Now

A new item is anything the chain adds to the national menu that was not there before, whether it stays for a few weeks or becomes permanent. Most of the time it is a limited-time item that sits on the menu for a season, then leaves.

Here is how the labels differ, because the words get mixed up.

• Limited-time: Announced with a launch and an end that is not fixed. Chick-fil-A usually says "while supplies last" or "limited time."
• Seasonal: Tied to spring, summer, fall or the holidays. The same flavor can come back year after year.
• Permanent: Stays on the menu. The waffle potato chips moved here after launching as a new item.
• Test market: Sold only in a few cities first. The Chicken & Waffles Sandwich and the Pretzel Cheddar Club both went through limited testing before going national.

That mix is why searching for new chick fil a menu items gives different answers in March than in September.

Launches spread across the year: spring brings fruit drinks, summer brings peach, fall brings clubs and s'mores, and the holidays bring peppermint. The pattern holds more reliably than any single date.

At a glance:

The short version of chick fil a new items: the base chicken, fries and drinks stay put, and the flavors around them rotate.

New chicken sandwiches almost always arrive as a new topping, bun or sauce on the same filet. You then pick the filet style: original, spicy or grilled.

Three recent launches show the pattern.

Every row offers all three filet styles, so you can dial the heat up or down. For the standard builds these launches sit on, see the Original Chicken Sandwich and the Spicy Chicken Sandwich pages.

Chicken and Waffles Sandwich in Original, Spicy and Grilled

The Chicken & Waffles Sandwich is a chicken filet between two maple-flavored waffles, with three strips of applewood smoked bacon and a honey butter spread. Syrup comes on the side, so you decide how sweet it gets.

It comes in two sizes. The breakfast version has a smaller filet and waffle and is served from opening until 10:30 a.m. The entree version has a larger filet and waffle and is served from 10:30 a.m. until close. The switch happens at the same time as the rest of the breakfast menu, so check with your restaurant if you arrive near the cutoff.

Expect a sweet and salty bite. The honey butter adds richness, the bacon brings smoke, and the spicy filet turns the maple into a heat-and-sweet pairing. The grilled filet is lighter and less crunchy.

The chain took it nationwide in late August 2026 as part of its fall lineup, after limited market testing the year before. Calories and prices were not in the launch announcement, and in-store prices differ from delivery-app ones.

Read the full Chicken and Waffles Sandwich guide for the build, the three filet options and how to order it as a meal.

Pretzel Cheddar Club and Other Club Style Launches

The Pretzel Cheddar Club uses a toasted, buttered pretzel bun with lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, applewood smoked bacon and Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce. It debuted nationwide on August 18, 2025, after testing in Raleigh, North Carolina the spring before.

Club-style launches follow one recipe: a special bun, a cheese, bacon and a tangy sauce. The Jalapeño Ranch Club of spring 2026 is the same idea with pepper Jack, caramelized onion-flavored candied bacon, pickled jalapeños, a toasted buttermilk ranch bun and Jalapeño Ranch Sauce.

The permanent Grilled Chicken Club is the baseline these seasonal clubs borrow from.

To judge any new club, check the bun, the cheese and the sauce. Those tell you most of what it tastes like.

Which Chick Fil A New Chicken Sandwich Fits You: Original, Spicy or Grilled

Pick original if you want the classic crunch, spicy if you like a peppery kick, and grilled if you want something lighter without the breading.

Grilled is the direction to go if you are watching calories, though exact numbers change with every topping, so confirm them on the calorie and nutrition tables.

Spicy works best on sweet sandwiches, because heat cuts through syrup and honey butter. On a savory club, original lets the cheese and bacon speak.

Seasonal drinks are built on four base lines: a Sprite soda, Lemonade, Frosted Lemonade and Sunjoy. A new flavor is added to each, so one syrup becomes four different drinks.

Once you know the base, you know what you are getting. Browse all Chick-fil-A drinks for the permanent options.

Each seasonal flavor tends to reach every row at once. Cherry Berry did it twice, strawberry hibiscus followed, and pineapple dragonfruit has appeared in the warm-weather lineup.

Seasonal Sprite Flavors Like Cherry Berry and Strawberry Hibiscus

Cherry Berry & Sprite was the chain's first seasonal soda, a mix of Sprite with cherry, blueberry and cranberry natural flavors. It debuted in spring 2025, then came back on August 18, 2025.

Strawberry Hibiscus & Sprite followed in spring 2026, launched on March 9 with the Jalapeño Ranch Club. It is Sprite with strawberry and hibiscus. Hibiscus adds a tart, floral note, so it tastes more grown-up than a plain strawberry soda.

Both flavors came in four versions: a Sprite soda, a Lemonade, a Frosted Lemonade and a Sunjoy. The strawberry hibiscus Lemonade could be made with classic or diet lemonade.

Chick Fil A New Coffee Drink: S'mores Frosted Coffee

The S'mores Frosted Coffee blends a custom cold-brewed coffee with marshmallow-flavored syrup and Icedream, then adds chocolate shortbread and graham cracker pieces. It is a coffee in name and a dessert in practice.

Because it uses coffee, it carries caffeine. The chain has not put a single figure in its launch announcement, so check the app or the nutrition page before you order one late in the day.

One early review called the drink very sweet, which fits a build of Icedream, syrup and cookie pieces.

Plenty of other coffee drinks are served year round. See the Chick-fil-A iced coffee options for the permanent list.

Frosted Lemonade and Sunjoy Swaps for Any New Flavor

A seasonal syrup is usually offered across the lemonade family, so ask for it in the format you like.

• Tart and light: order the Lemonade.
• Dessert: order the Frosted Lemonade, which blends in Icedream.
• Softer lemon: try the Sunjoy, since the tea mellows it.
• Simplest: pick the Sprite version.

Not every flavor is offered in every format at every restaurant, so check the drink's detail screen in the app. The lemonade and frosted lemonade menu lists the permanent versions you can use as a guide.

The peach shake is a seasonal summer treat made from Icedream dessert and peaches, topped with whipped cream and a cherry. It has returned most summers, usually in early to mid June.

It is not new anymore, yet it behaves like a launch: a return date, a rush, then a quiet end. The chain says the recipe took more than 15 attempts and has been served since 2009.

Peach also expands. In 2023 the chain added a White Peach Sunjoy, plus peach versions of Lemonade, Frosted Lemonade and iced tea. In 2025 it added a peach version of the Frosted Lemonade. White peach was chosen because it is sweeter than yellow peach, which pairs well with the tartness in Sunjoy.

The last day is not fixed. Peach items are sold "while supplies last," so some restaurants run out sooner than others. Order early in the season, and ask whether your restaurant still has peach.

Seasonal shakes follow the same loop each year: peach in summer, s'mores in fall and peppermint during the holidays. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and Cookies & Cream stay on all year.

Each seasonal shake is built on Icedream, the soft-serve-style dessert behind every shake. Only the mix-in changes: peaches, cookie crumbs or peppermint bark chips. Spring is usually quiet for shakes.

A flavor returning once does not guarantee it returns next year. It is a pattern, not a promise. Browse every Chick-fil-A milkshake flavor to see what is on the menu all year.

S'mores Milkshake and Mint Shake Builds

The S'mores Milkshake mixes Icedream with chocolate shortbread and graham cracker crumbles, marshmallow-flavored syrup and a marshmallow-flavored whipped topping. It tastes like a campfire dessert in a cup.

It launched on August 24, 2026 as part of the limited fall lineup. If you want s'mores without coffee, this is the one.

The mint option is the Peppermint Chip Milkshake. It blends Icedream with peppermint bark chips and is the chain's holiday shake. It has come back in mid November in recent years, along with a Peppermint Iced Coffee and a Peppermint Chip Frosted Coffee. People searching for a chick fil a mint shake are looking for this one.

Both are sweet, so pair a shake with a plain grilled sandwich.

Sides and sauces change less often than drinks and sandwiches. The latest additions were waffle potato chips and the sauces that came with seasonal sandwiches. The Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce came with the Pretzel Cheddar Club. Jalapeño Ranch Sauce came with the Jalapeño Ranch Club. Those sauces usually last only while the sandwich does.

Chick Fil A New Fries and Waffle Potato Chip Flavors

The waffle potato chips come in two flavors: Original (sea salt) and Chick-fil-A Sauce flavored. They launched on August 18, 2025 and the chain described them as permanent side items.

They are chips, not fries. Waffle fries are the hot side, cooked fresh, while the chips are crisp and served like a bag of chips. The chain also sold 7-ounce retail bags in the Atlantic and Southeast regions, so supermarket availability is regional.

Both flavors appear as sides in delivery-app menus. For the hot side, read about the classic waffle fries.

Chick Fil A New Sauce Releases and Where to Find Them

A seasonal sauce usually appears first as part of a sandwich. Whether you can add a cup to another order, such as nuggets, depends on the restaurant, and it may cost extra. To see which sauces are permanent, use the dipping sauces and dressings list.

New items follow the same logic as the rest of the menu. Sandwiches come in one size, though the Chicken & Waffles Sandwich comes in a breakfast and entree size. Drinks come in small, medium and large, and shakes follow the usual cup sizes.

Prices vary by restaurant, and the figures on this site's menu pages are delivery-app "from" prices, which run higher than in-store. In that listing, the S'mores Milkshake starts at about $7.49 and the S'mores Frosted Coffee at about $7.25. Treat them as a ceiling, not a quote.

To turn a sandwich into a meal, add a side and a drink; the chick fil a new food combos cost more than the sandwich alone.

Calories were not listed in the launch announcements for the fall 2026 items. Early reviews quoted figures, but they come from third parties, so the safest source is the calorie and nutrition tables.

On allergens, the chain states that it cannot ensure any food is free from allergens, and that wheat, egg, soy and milk are all prepared in its kitchens. Waffles, pretzel buns and shake toppings add more of those ingredients, so check the item page before you order if you have an allergy.