$6.99 is the recorded KFC 12 piece nuggets price, about 58 cents for each nugget.
The KFC 12 piece nuggets price was recorded at $6.99, which works out at roughly 58 cents a nugget and beats every other priced size in the section. It also undercuts the ten-piece box at $7.19 outright, so more nuggets were recorded at less money. Only one listing carried a firm figure, and a second offered an approximate band starting at the same $6.99.
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What you need
5 items12 Piece Nuggets price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Piece Nuggets | $6.99 | — | — |
If something goes wrong
Is $6.99 really cheaper than the 10 piece?
- Cause
- The recorded figures say so: $6.99 for twelve pieces against a flat $7.19 for ten, both from the same published set. The inversion is real in the data even if it looks like an error.
- Fix
- Ask for both prices locally. Where the inversion holds, the twelve-piece is the only sensible order of the two.
Why does one listing show a range up to $9.59?
- Cause
- A second listing offered an approximate band of roughly $6.99 to $9.59 rather than a figure. Its floor matches the firm reading, which is why $6.99 is shown and the ceiling is not.
- Fix
- Use $6.99 as the working number and expect variation upward at some restaurants.
Are these the same as Saucy Nuggets?
- Cause
- Published listings use the Saucy Nuggets name for rows the company's own sitemap simply calls nuggets. One source even ran two separate pages for the same twelve-piece product with identical figures on both.
- Fix
- Search by the piece count. It is the only part of the naming that every source agrees on.
The cheapest nugget on the menu, at the size nobody checks
What's in it
Twelve chicken nuggets. The name derives from KFC's own published sitemap, and the company's item page could not be read, so no description, weight or calorie count is available from a first-party source.
Is it worth it
$6.99 divided by twelve is 58.25 cents. Nothing else in this section comes close.
Run the four priced rows together and the ranking is clear. Twelve pieces at 58 cents. Eight pieces between 62 and 75 cents. Five pieces at about 70 cents. Ten pieces at 72 cents. The twelve-piece wins on rate and it also wins on something stranger: it costs less in total than the ten-piece, which was recorded at $7.19.
That inversion is the headline finding of the whole nugget section, and it points in this row's favour. Twenty per cent more nuggets for twenty cents less is not a deal anybody advertises, which is precisely why it is worth knowing before ordering.
Evidence behind the figure is thinner than the finding deserves. A single listing carried $6.99 as a firm price. A second offered an approximate band of roughly $6.99 to $9.59, whose floor matches it exactly. So the low end is corroborated and the ceiling is not, which suggests some restaurants charge considerably more than the headline number.
A naming quirk sits on this row too. Somewhere in the published record, one source ran two separate pages for the same twelve-piece product, carrying the same title, the same figure and the same calorie range on both of them. Duplicate pages for a single item are the signature of a listing that has been generated rather than checked, and that is a reason to weigh the firm reading carefully rather than treating it as settled fact.
None of that changes the ranking. Even at the top of the approximate band, $9.59 across twelve nuggets works out at 80 cents each, which is worse than every other priced row in the section. The floor is what makes this box the best buy, and the floor is the part that two separate listings agree on.
Against the combos, this box is the better-documented choice by default. Neither the eight-piece nor the twelve-piece combo carries a recorded price; the twelve-piece combo attracted only an approximate band of roughly $10.99 to $13.43. So the step from box to combo cannot be calculated, and the box is where the arithmetic still works.
Prices vary by restaurant and the company shows none of its own until a location is selected.
12 Piece Nuggets at a glance
- KFC price
- not published
- Typical price
- $6.99
Questions people ask
How much are 12 KFC nuggets?
$6.99 in the firm published reading recorded for it, or about 58 cents a nugget. A second listing offered an approximate band starting at the same figure and reaching $9.59.
Is the 12 piece the best value nugget box?
Of the four sizes with a recorded price, yes. At roughly 58 cents a nugget it beats the eight-piece, the five-piece and the ten-piece on rate as well as beating the ten-piece on total price.
Why is the 12 piece cheaper than the 10 piece?
Both figures came from the same published set, ten at $7.19 and twelve at $6.99. Inverted rungs like that usually mean one row was repriced and the other was not.
How much is the 12 piece nuggets combo?
No firm price was recorded. One listing offered an approximate band of roughly $10.99 to $13.43, which is too vague to publish as a figure.
Is this page an official KFC price list?
No. The figure comes from a published US price listing recorded in August 2026, and the item name comes from KFC's own published sitemap.
Can this site tell me the price at my local KFC?
No. A single firm reading sits behind this price and operators set their own, so check the restaurant's own listing. The $6.99 to $9.59 span shows how far it can move.