$13.19 was the figure six of seven readings agreed on, about 33 cents a nugget, at 1,650 calories.
A McDonald's Chicken McNuggets 40 Piece price was recorded at $13.19 by six of the seven readings taken from published US listings in August 2026. That is about 33 cents a nugget, the lowest rate anywhere in this section. McDonald's publishes the calorie figure and nothing else: 1,650 for the box, set against the 2,000-calorie day that US menu labelling uses as its own reference point.
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What you need
5 items40 Piece Chicken McNuggets price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Piece Chicken McNuggets | $13.19 | $13.19 – $19.69 | 1,650 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The range tops out at $19.69 but the box is quoted at $13.19
- Cause
- Those two figures describe different things. The higher reading came from a shareable build of forty pieces plus two large fries, recorded for completeness rather than dropped.
- Fix
- Price the plain forty-piece against $13.19. Where two large fries are wanted anyway, compare the $19.69 build instead and let the app confirm the restaurant sells it.
The forty-piece is missing from the menu board
- Cause
- Availability is an operator decision, and the largest boxes tend to appear only where there is steady demand for them.
- Fix
- Check the app with the restaurant selected. Two twenty-piece boxes are the usual substitute, and at $7.00 each that costs more per nugget than one forty.
1,650 calories looks too high for forty nuggets
- Cause
- It divides out at about 41 a piece, matching every other portion McDonald's publishes. The number is large because the box is large.
- Fix
- Split the count by however many people are eating. Ten nuggets each between four people is 410 apiece, which is the figure on the ten-piece page.
The nutrition panel shows nothing but calories
- Cause
- Everything under the calorie line is rendered by a script that runs in the browser, so the macros and the allergen list could not be read.
- Fix
- Open the box inside the McDonald's app, where the calculator runs and the table fills in.
Forty pieces, where the price per nugget stops falling
Nothing else in this section is priced as consistently. Six of the seven readings taken from published US listings in August 2026 came back at exactly $13.19 for the forty-piece box. The seventh, $19.69, turned out to describe a different product: forty pieces sold with two large fries as a shareable. Stripped of that, the forty-piece is the least contested price in this section, which is odd for the largest item on it.
$13.19 across forty pieces is about 33 cents a nugget. That is the floor. Every smaller box charges more per piece, with the twenty at $7.00 working out near 35 cents, the ten at $5.79 near 58 and the six at $4.39 around 73. Buying two twenty-piece boxes instead would cost $14.00 for the same forty nuggets, 81 cents more than the single box. The ladder ends here because McDonald's sells nothing larger.
What's in it?
Forty pieces of breaded chicken in a party box, with dips chosen and counted separately. McDonald's puts the box at 1,650 calories, which divides to about 41 a nugget and matches the rate the company publishes at every other portion. Nothing below the calorie line could be read. Fat, sodium, carbohydrate, protein and the allergen list are all delivered by a calculator that runs in the browser after the page loads, so a plain read of the product page returns an empty table where the panel should be. Anyone ordering around an allergy needs the app or the counter.
Is it worth it?
For a group, comfortably. Forty nuggets at $13.19 feeds four people ten each for about $3.30 a head, against $5.79 apiece if each of them bought a ten-piece. The gap is $9.97, roughly three quarters of what the box itself costs. Read the other way round, $13.19 buys 1,650 calories, near 125 calories a dollar against about 71 on the ten-piece. For one person the calculation inverts: 1,650 calories in a single sitting is a lot of chicken, and nuggets reheat badly. This is a catering decision dressed as a menu item.
Two practical notes close the page. Availability is never guaranteed, because the largest portions are stocked at the operator's discretion and about 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised. Prices in the table were recorded from published US listings in August 2026; the 1,650 belongs to McDonald's.
40 Piece Chicken McNuggets at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 1,650, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $13.19
Questions people ask
How much is a 40 Piece Chicken McNuggets?
$13.19 on six of the seven readings taken in August 2026. The seventh figure, $19.69, described a shareable box that adds two large fries, so it belongs to a different product.
What does a 40 Piece Chicken McNuggets cost per nugget?
About 33 cents at $13.19, the cheapest rate in the section. A twenty-piece at $7.00 is roughly 35 cents a nugget and a six-piece at $4.39 about 73, so the ladder runs downhill to forty and stops.
How many calories are in 40 Chicken McNuggets?
1,650, published by McDonald's. Divided by forty that is about 41 calories a nugget, the same rate the company publishes for every smaller box. Dipping sauces are counted on top.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. Calories come from McDonald's product pages; prices, outside a few announced meal deals, are not something the company publishes at all. Every price figure here was recorded independently and dated.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
It cannot, and the forty-piece carries a second problem: plenty of restaurants do not stock it. Setting the restaurant in the McDonald's app answers availability and price in one go.