Popeyes is back in the wrap game, and it’s not the only non-Taco Bell fast food chain that has recently made a massive order for flour tortillas. So it appears 2025 might be the Return of the Wrap… the Chicken Wrap. Besides these new Popeyes Chicken Wraps, McDonald’s will soon be re-releasing its Snack Wraps featuring its McCrispy Strips, but that’s another review for another day.
Let’s focus on these menu additions from the chicken chain, which feature Popeyes’ hand-breaded and battered Cajun-marinated chicken tender, topped with crisp lettuce, shredded cheese, and two barrel-cured pickle slices, all wrapped in a soft flour tortilla with your choice of mayo, spicy mayo, or honey mustard spread. You can also get the wraps with blackened chicken tenders if your heart so desires and you order them online.
I ended up getting the classic version with mayo and honey mustard. However, after trying both, I wish I had gotten the spicy version because perhaps the sauce’s heat would’ve excited my taste buds as they didn’t come away impressed with these flour tortilla-cloaked offerings. I’m not sure if I’ve had too many Popeyes’ Chicken Sandwiches or if I expected a euphoria similar to what I experience every time I eat the chain’s classic sandwich, but these wraps tasted ho-hum to me, which I find odd because I do enjoy the chain’s tenders.
I wonder if it’s the warm tortilla that makes all the other ingredients taste a bit flat. Because despite being applied liberally, the condiments were barely noticeable, especially the honey mustard, and the cheese’s flavor was nonexistent. With the chicken sandwich, the bun does add a bit of sweetness and is part of the taste experience, but the flour tortilla here may mute the flavors.
Although, now that I think about it, I’m not sure about that because the crunchy pickles do come through with the bites that have them. I also noticed the lettuce’s wilted flavor after it sat in a tortilla sauna for several minutes.
Finally, there’s the chicken tender, which had that familiar Popeyes taste but was overly salty. Yes, you can’t spell “you’re a fast fool for eating fast food” without “salty.” However, it was particularly noticeable with these wraps because the condiments were unable to counteract the saltiness.
While I’m not sure whether it was the flour tortilla that made these wraps taste the way they did, nothing about their flavor encouraged me to finish either one. Of course, your experience may vary. And if it does, please share your thoughts in the comments.
While they’re not very flavorful, I did find these new chicken wraps to be substantial with their long, meaty chicken strips. And, of course, Popeyes’ signature crunch is there. There’s enough to them that they could be a snack or a light meal. However, I’m not sure I want to eat them again as a snack or a light meal.
Purchased Price: $4.49*
Rating: 6 out of 10 (both)
Nutrition Facts: Honey Mustard – 661 calories, 31 grams of fat, 13 grams of sugar, 1 gram of trans fat, 64 milligrams of cholesterol, 2203 milligrams of sodium, 71 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, 7 grams of sugar, and 26 grams of protein.
*Because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, things are a bit pricier here. You’ll probably pay less than I did.
My experience (only the blackened that’s an app exclusive) was that it tasted pretty good but what very unsubstantial.
The blackened tenders is where it’s at with Popeye’s, but I understand the digi only pre-order: takes longer to prepare them versus a steady stream of reg or spicy breaded and fried strips.
They are night and day superior to the fried version, I will agree.
I’m always surprised at the slightly above average scores online foodies give to things they pointed out lots of flaws with.
My question for Marvo and other reviewers: Does the average score on a piece like this from a leading place start at 7 – 8? What kind of disappointment, in your eyes, versus expectations would garner a 3/10 or 4/10?
As you’ve probably noticed, we give A LOT of sevens, and I feel that’s how it should be. Most products are good to great where that 7-8 rating border is. Like with these Chicken Wraps, I originally was going to give them a 5 based on their blandness, which I feel is the baseline for bland tasting products. But I gave them a 6 because I thought they were surprisingly substantial. When you get to 3-4 range, that means it was a bad tasting product to the reviewer. Not bland, but bad.