The Single Most Overpriced Item On Wendy's Menu

When you go to a fast food restaurant, you expect cheap prices regardless of what you order. These low numbers can feel like a great deal, but some items have a much better value than others. We pored over Wendy's menu to figure out the best way to order depending on your price range — and hunger level.

Fast Food Menu Prices lists the cost of the six-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets as $1.79. This comes out to roughly $0.30 per nugget, which seems like a pretty great deal until you compare it with the four-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets, which will run you $0.99 total — when calculated out, this option will cost you a smidge under a quarter per nugget.

If the six-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets were priced at the same rate per nugget as the four-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets, it would retail around $1.50, which would actually save you $0.29 per order. For an additional $0.19 though, you can get two more nuggets by purchasing two orders of the four-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets instead of one order of the six-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets.

The absolute best deal on Wendy's regular or spicy chicken nuggets, though, is the 10-piece chicken nuggets combo for $5.99, provided you get the most expensive side (the sour cream & chives baked potato at $2.79) and the soft drink or freshly brewed iced tea drink option ($1.69 for a small). 

The 10-piece chicken nuggets combo with the aforementioned side and drink will come out to only around $0.15 per nugget! If the four-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets were priced the same, they would run around $0.60 per order, and the six-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets would cost about $0.90 per order.

Upgrading the 10-piece chicken nuggets combo with the most expensive side (sour cream & chives baked potato) to a medium will cost you an extra $0.60, raising the price per nugget to $0.19 each, and upgrading to a large for $1.10 will cost $0.21 per nugget. These combo upgrades give you larger servings of the soft drink or freshly brewed iced tea, so it may be worth the extra pennies.

However, the 10-piece chicken nuggets combo is not necessarily always a great deal. If you order this combo with the cheapest side and drink (either the Caesar side salad or the garden side salad, which both cost $1.49 and a Trumoo Milk 1 percent Low-Fat in either white milk or chocolate milk flavor for $1.29,) the 10-piece chicken nuggets combo would cost about $0.32 per nugget. 

This is an even worse deal than the six-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets. If you want to have 10 or more nuggets with a side salad and milk, you would be better off just purchasing three orders of the four-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets for $0.99 each. This costs $2.79 total, and gives you 12 nuggets for a little under $0.25 per nugget. Ordering three orders of the four-piece regular or spicy chicken nuggets, either side salad, and one Trumoo Milk would bring your total to $5.75, as opposed to the $5.99 the 10-piece chicken nuggets combo runs.