$5.00 was recorded for four items, which McDonald's counts together at 990 calories.
A McDonald's McChicken Meal Deal price does not appear on the company's own meal page, which was opened and checked explicitly. McValue heads the tier Meal Deals starting at $5, and a floor is not the same thing as a price. Checking against published US prices recorded $5.00 for this build. Calories are firmer ground: 990 for a McChicken, 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, small Fries and a small Coca-Cola.
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What you need
5 itemsThe McChicken Meal Deal price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McChicken Meal Deal | $5.00 | — | 990 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The meal page shows no price at all
- Cause
- That is accurate rather than broken. McDonald's prints the tier heading on its deals page and leaves the individual meal-deal pages without a figure, which is why this page reports a recorded price instead.
- Fix
- Read the price in the app with a restaurant selected, where the local figure appears against the deal.
The restaurant wants more than $5.00
- Cause
- The tier is advertised as starting at $5, so $5 is the floor of a range the operator sets. Roughly 95% of US restaurants are franchised.
- Fix
- Compare the deal with the four items priced separately in the same app screen before deciding.
The nuggets are missing from the tray
- Cause
- The build is four items, and 4 piece Chicken McNuggets is one of them. A tray without them is a sandwich meal, not this deal, and the calorie total drops by 170.
- Fix
- Check the receipt against the four lines. Where the nuggets are absent, ask at the counter before leaving.
The McDouble version costs the same
- Cause
- The McDouble Meal Deal carries the same recorded $5.00 and the same 990 calories, because the company counts both sandwiches at 390. The tier treats them as interchangeable.
- Fix
- Choose on taste. Neither build changes the arithmetic of the deal.
Four items, one price, and a company page that prints none
Start with what McDonald's actually says. The deals page carries a heading, Meal Deals starting at $5: Lunch to late night, and The McChicken Meal Deal sits beneath it. Open the meal page itself and no dollar figure appears anywhere on it. Both pages were read directly. So the company advertises a floor for the tier and declines to price the build, which leaves $5.00, the figure recorded during checking in August 2026, as the number worth planning around.
Calories are handled differently, and much better. McDonald's states 990 for the whole tray and the arithmetic reconciles exactly: 390 for the McChicken, 170 for 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, 230 for small Fries and 200 for a small Coca-Cola. A published total that adds up from its own parts is a measured figure rather than a marketing one.
What's in it?
Four items, which is what separates this tier from an Extra Value Meal. A McChicken, a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, a small World Famous Fries and a small Coca-Cola. Dips for the nuggets are chosen at the counter and counted separately in both money and calories. Everything below the calorie line could not be read, because fat, sodium, carbohydrate, protein and the allergen list come from a calculator that runs in the browser after the page loads.
Is it worth it?
Price the four items on their own and the answer arrives quickly. At the typical figures recorded in August 2026, a McChicken was $3.59 or $3.79, small Fries $2.89 and a small Coca-Cola $1.69, with 4 piece Chicken McNuggets somewhere between $2.79 and $3.19. That comes to roughly $10.96 at the bottom and $11.56 at the top. Against $5.00 the deal removes more than half the cost of its own contents, which is matched only by the McDouble build.
One qualification keeps the page honest. The parts figures come from restaurants across the country and the $5.00 comes from the same kind of checking, so both describe the market rather than any single till. Where a franchisee prices the deal above $5, the comparison narrows but does not reverse: four items for anything under $11 is still the better side of the arithmetic. Calories belong to McDonald's, and prices were recorded from published US listings in August 2026.
The McChicken Meal Deal at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 990, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $5.00
Questions people ask
How much is The McChicken Meal Deal?
$5.00 was the figure recorded from published US listings in August 2026. McDonald's prints no price on the meal page and heads the tier Meal Deals starting at $5, which sets a floor rather than a price.
What comes in The McChicken Meal Deal?
A McChicken, a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, small Fries and a small Coca-Cola. Four items, which is one more than an Extra Value Meal carries.
How many calories are in it?
990, published by McDonald's, made up of 390, 170, 230 and 200. Dips are extra and are counted separately.
Is the McDouble version the same deal?
The McDouble Meal Deal sits in the same tier at the same recorded $5.00, with the same 990 calories, because a McDouble is 390 calories as well. Only the sandwich changes.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent of McDonald's. The 990-calorie figure belongs to the company; the $5.00 was recorded from published US listings and checked on 19 August 2026.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. About 95% of US restaurants are franchised and set their own boards, and the tier is advertised as starting at $5 rather than costing $5. The McDonald's app shows the figure for a chosen restaurant.