McDonald’s Is Selling 10 Chicken McNuggets for $1

The biggest throughline of 2024’s food landscape was the question of value. Fed up with the high cost of groceries, the rising entree prices at restaurants and even the double-digit cost of fast-food burgers, consumers started looking around for someone, anyone, who could deliver a good deal. By June, McDonald’s had a high-profile solution, launching a $5 Meal Deal that’s proven so popular it’s been extended into next year.

Building on that success, the world’s largest fast-food chain is experimenting with all kinds of ways to reassure spend-weary customers—which is why, for a limited time, you can grab 10 Chicken McNuggets for just $1.

How do I get a 10-piece McNuggets for $1?

Right now, anyone who uses the McDonald’s app is entitled to an abundance of poultry. A 10-piece Chicken McNuggets costs only $1, provided users opt into the McDonald’s Rewards program. The offer is good until December 30, and customers can redeem the deal once per week until then. Assuming that “once per week” pertains to calendar weeks, anyone who acts fast can take advantage of the offer 3 times between now and the end of the year. That adds up to a lot of money saved, considering a typical 10-piece order of nuggets costs between $5 and $6 here in Chicago.

There’s another chickeny offer worth taking advantage of, too: When first-time Rewards members make an initial in-app purchase of $1 or more, they can add 10 Chicken McNuggets to their order for free. This offer, unlike the previous one, is a one-time thing.

See how McNuggets stack up against other fast-food chicken nuggets.

What is McDonald’s plan for 2025?

McDonald’s wants to keep drawing customers in with deals, rather than centering on promotional swag. To kick off 2025, the chain has announced McValue, a brand-new ordering platform that puts all the current promotions into one interface. This means that the app will show all national deals, special offers at your nearest location, in-app exclusives and a special “Buy One, Add One for $1” section of the menu where certain combinations of items are deeply discounted.

 That gamification of the ordering process makes the act of spending more pleasurable for consumers who have come to view it as a slog, and it entices larger ticket sizes, aka the amount ordered per customer—a crucial metric for any fast-food chain.

While the 10 McNuggets for $1 deal ends soon, McValue launches on January 7, meaning there’s hardly a moment in which McDonald’s won’t be beckoning. Between this and the Wendy’s Frosty Key Tag, a dollar might stretch a little further in 2025. A little.