7 items, all priced, from $2.79 for four nuggets to $19.69 for the biggest shareable box.
McDonald's McNuggets & Strips prices were recorded from published US listings in August 2026 for all seven items in the section: five nugget portions from four pieces to forty, and McCrispy Strips at three pieces and four. Figures ran from $2.79 to $19.69, and the calorie counts, which are McDonald's own, run from 170 to 1,650. The section's typical figure sits at $5.49. No price in the table comes from the company.
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What you need
7 itemsMcDonald's mcnuggets & strips prices and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Piece Chicken McNuggets | $3.19 | $2.79 – $3.19 | 170 Cal |
| 6 Piece Chicken McNuggets | $4.39 | $4.39 – $5.49 | 250 Cal |
| 10 Piece Chicken McNuggets | $5.79 | $5.79 – $7.49 | 410 Cal |
| 20 Piece Chicken McNuggets | $7.00 | $7.00 – $10.99 | 830 Cal |
| 40 Piece Chicken McNuggets | $13.19 | $13.19 – $19.69 | 1,650 Cal |
| McCrispy Strips (3 Piece) | $4.99 | $4.99 – $6.89 | 400 Cal |
| McCrispy Strips (4 Piece) | $5.49 | — | 530 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The price per nugget changes with the box size
- Cause
- The portions are not priced proportionally. A larger box carries a lower unit price, and the step is not even between sizes.
- Fix
- Divide the typical price by the piece count before comparing. On the figures recorded in August 2026 the unit price falls sharply once past the ten-piece, and the forty-piece is the floor.
The typical price matches the bottom of the range
- Cause
- On five of the seven rows most readings agree on one figure and a single outlier stretches the band upward, so the middle lands on the low end instead of between the two.
- Fix
- Read the typical as the figure most lists agree on and the top of the band as the outlier it is. The four-piece inverts that, with five readings at $3.19 and one at $2.79.
Price per piece falls as the box grows, then stops
- Cause
- $3.19 across four nuggets is about 80 cents each, $4.39 across six is 73, $5.79 across ten is 58, $7.00 across twenty is 35 and $13.19 across forty is 33.
- Fix
- Buy on rate above ten pieces and on appetite below it. The forty-piece box is the floor at roughly 33 cents a nugget.
McCrispy Strips have fewer portions than McNuggets
- Cause
- Nuggets are sold in five counts and strips in two, so the strips rows rest on far fewer readings and carry wider, softer bands.
- Fix
- Compare strips with nuggets on calories rather than on piece count. Three strips at 400 sit within ten calories of ten nuggets at 410.
The nutrition columns stop at calories
- Cause
- Every product page in this section serves its macro table and allergen list through a calculator that runs in the browser, so none of those figures could be read.
- Fix
- Open the item in the McDonald's app, where the calculator runs and the table fills in. Allergy questions still belong at the counter.
Seven items, five portions of one product, and where the value sits
Seven items sit in this section and five of them are the same product at different counts. Chicken McNuggets come in four, six, ten, twenty and forty pieces; McCrispy Strips come in three and four. That structure is the whole story of the pricing: a chain selling one thing at five sizes must decide how steeply to discount volume, and the answer here is a steady slide that flattens once the box passes twenty.
Priced per nugget, the ladder reads like this. Four pieces at a typical $3.19 is about 80 cents each. Six at $4.39 is 73 cents. Ten at $5.79 falls to 58. Twenty at $7.00 reaches 35, and forty at $13.19 bottoms out near 33. That column is the one worth reading before ordering.
McCrispy Strips break the pattern. Two portions instead of five, fewer readings behind each, and a calorie step that can be read straight off the company's own figures: 400 for three strips, 530 for four, so the fourth strip is worth 130 calories. On price the strips are the softest part of the section. Three readings produced the three-piece band of $4.99 to $6.89, and the four-piece rests on a single figure of $5.49, which is why its range cell is empty.
Calories are the part McDonald's actually publishes, and they behave. Every nugget portion lands between 41 and 42.5 calories a piece, from 170 for four up to 1,650 for forty, which is the consistency a lab measurement ought to show. A strip is worth roughly three nuggets on the same measure. Nothing below the calorie line could be read anywhere in this section: fat, sodium, carbohydrate, protein and the allergen list all come from a calculator that runs in the browser, so a plain read returns an empty table.
Prices behave differently because they are not set centrally. About 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised and each operator prices the board, which is how a ten-piece was recorded at $5.79 in one place and $7.49 in another. McDonald's has attached a price to a nugget portion once: an $8 ten-piece meal, pre-announced in September 2025 as a limited-time Extra Value Meal, under the line that prices and participation may vary.
Two of the seven items carry a meal build with figures attached. A six-piece meal came back at $8.49 to $9.49 and a ten-piece meal at $10.09 to $11.09, and the two bands sit exactly $1.60 apart at both ends, which prices four extra nuggets at 40 cents each. The company states 1,000 calories for the ten-piece meal with medium World Famous Fries and a medium Coca-Cola, leaving 590 for the sides. Nothing comparable came back for the six-piece meal.
Everything in the price columns was recorded from published US listings in August 2026 and describes that week. Calorie figures belong to McDonald's. Where a cell is empty, nothing was found; it has been left empty.
McNuggets & Strips at a glance
- Items listed
- 7
- Cheapest recorded
- $2.79
- Dearest recorded
- $19.69
- Typical
- $5.49
Questions people ask
What is the cheapest way to buy McNuggets at McDonald's?
By the piece, the forty-piece box at $13.19 works out at about 33 cents a nugget, the lowest rate in the section. By total spend the four-piece is cheapest, at a typical $3.19, and it is also the dearest per nugget.
How many McNuggets portions does McDonald's sell?
Five counts, from 4 pieces up to 40. McCrispy Strips add two more sizes at 3 and 4 pieces, which makes seven items in this section altogether.
Which item in this section has the most calories?
The forty-piece Chicken McNuggets at 1,650, published by McDonald's. Smallest is the four-piece at 170. Every nugget portion works out between 41 and 42.5 calories a piece, so the ladder stays linear on calories even where it is not on price.
Why do McCrispy Strips prices vary more than nugget prices?
Fewer readings: three came back for the three-piece and one for the four-piece, against nine or ten for the busier nugget counts. A thin sample makes a wide band.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. Calories in the table are McDonald's published figures; the prices are separate published readings recorded from published US listings and dated on the page. The company itself publishes almost no US menu prices.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
It cannot. Around 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised and each operator sets the board, so the only binding figure is the one in the McDonald's app with that restaurant selected.