Here are 5 Sweet Reasons to Menu Chicken-with-Honey

Published: May 6, 2025

We could list far more than five reasons to help satisfy your customers with the trending, irresistible combination of chicken and honey, but we know you’re busy so let’s get to the list.

1. We’ve BEEn Doing Honey for Over 30 Years, Honey

As always, we are trend starters. Our Tyson® Honey Stung® family of products has been a favorite flavor profile for over 30 years. Tyson® brand is known for knowing what your customers love and what they’ll want next—and they’ve always loved our honey difference.

You know the saying “everything old is new again”? Nostalgia for tasty hits from the past is high and prime for reintroduction, especially when you add a few creative twists of your own.Which makes it the perfect time to take advantage of all the chicken and honey buzz by serving the tried and true and new favorites in our Tyson® Honey Stung® product family.

2. The Perfect Popular Pairing

Honey + chicken represents a classic, beloved flavor pairing—it’s the most common pairing for honey on menus.¹

All Tyson® Honey Stung® products are made with real honey. It’s in the marinade that makes our premium chicken varieties juicy and in our breading that makes every bite light, crispy and extremely craveable—without the clean-up time because there’s no honey to toss, mix or coat. Sweet honey paired with our consistent taste and quality is going to make it so easy for you to create the meals that delight customers bite after bite.

3. Honey Makes Every Bite Irresistible

Bone-In Chicken

For a comfort food value meal, family dining and big portion plates, you can’t top our juicy Tyson® Honey Stung®Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Original Honey 8 Piece Cut Chicken. And of course, honey loves appetizers too! Tyson® Honey Stung® Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Original Honey Bone-In Chicken Wings, small or jumbo, are always honey-lovin’ winners.

Tenderloins and Boneless Chunks

All dayparts—all kinds of ways! From tenders to chunks, we’ve got the honey and hot honey to make menus more yummy. Starting with original, choose from Tyson® Honey Stung® Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Original Honey Chicken Tenderloins and Tyson® Honey Stung® Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Original Honey Chicken Breast Chunks*. Or choose their sweet-heat counterparts with Tyson® Honey Stung® Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Hot Honey Chicken Tenderloins and Tyson® Honey Stung® Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Hot Honey Chicken Breast Chunks*. Any way you go, you’ve got perfect picks to be your customers’ favorite salad topper, breakfast biscuit or sandwich chicken, crispy, dippin’ appetizer baskets, protein in bowls and more.

Here’s a savory, sweet island adventure. Menu a seasoned pineapple fried rice topped with crispy, honey chicken breast chunks and fresh vegetables kissed with a pour of sesame ginger dressing.

Aloha Honey Chicken Bowl

4. The Super-Hot Trend Customers Love

Hot Honey growth on menus is predicted to outperform 100% of all other foods, beverages and ingredients over the next 4 years.²

We’ve added a kick of the craveable heat to our original Honey Stung® brand flavor profile by introducing honey infused with notes of red and black pepper to our tenderloins and boneless chunks*. The result is a well-balanced sweet heat that elevates the flavor of our crispy, juicy chicken. Get ‘em while they’re hot!

5. Real Honey Everywhere. No Mess Anywhere.

Back-of-house benefits sweeten all the reasons to serve our Tyson® Honey Stung® family of products.

First, our fully cooked real honey and chicken products cut down your clean-up time because there’s no honey to toss, mix or coat. That means less labor costs and time devoted to prepping and cleaning.

Second, our lightly breaded products deliver a consistently crispy texture that gives a scratch-made appearance customers will appreciate.

And last, all you need to do is heat Tyson® Honey Stung® products in your fryer to serve our versatile line of easy-to-menu, no-mess, every-daypart protein that is a sure “sting”.

Honey Buzz Goes On

There’s no doubt that customers are craving honey with their chicken—a flavor we’ve been pioneering for over 30 years. And we know there are always more tasty ways to bring honey to your table. You can count on Tyson Foodservice to constantly be on the lookout for ways to enhance our innovations and help you connect with customers who love our honey difference—and those searching for a new flavor trend to try.

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Learn more about the Tyson® Honey Stung® family of products made with real honey in the marinade and the breading. They’re your trending, easy-to-prep, no-mess, chicken-with-honey solution for every menu and daypart.

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