I originally wrote this for my blog but I'm more than happy to share it here with some fellow enthusiasts (or
entusiastas 
).
My tried and true rating system is as follows:
Buy, pass, or ask for a sample.Naked Chicken Chips: Ergonomically you have something very befitting to sauces and dips, and like all nuggets it is a symbiotic relationship.
Each chip features 3(!) points of articulation--a rather unprecedented accomplishment in nugget offerings today.
The possible sauce combinations and flavor profiles you can create with this triangulated chicken canvas is simply unparalleled, so I'm all the more baffled that they only come served with a side of nacho cheese.
Great as that is, Taco Bell needs to match the plethora of sauce and dip offerings available at other comparable establishments: sriracha, ranch, honey mustard, & more albeit with that Southwestern flair you've come to expect.
While reshaping the nugget can be seen as commendable in the greater pursuit of sauce augmentation, this has undoubtedly come with its own set of engineering drawbacks.
Everyone expects a hunk of meat in their nugget and the chicken chips are very disappointing in this regard. Girth has been sacrificed in order to obtain a greater surface area.
Flavor wise, these could benefit from some added seasoning and sodium more akin to Wendy's nugget offerings. That or a better fried battering as seen with the McDonald brothers' nugget.
I would also like to see a spicy chip variant for more Tex Mex authenticity.
No one can deny the nugget as a beloved finger food staple that already lends itself well to dips. Therefore, I fail to see the merit of this product on some level.
It lacks the substance of traditional nuggets and in its current offering it is only chip like in shape--there is little crisp to speak of.
The naked chicken chips are sadly a jack of all trades, master of none.
It is also worth noting that these nuggets are unfortunately not recompositioned from all white chicken breast and instead opt for a mixture containing lower quality rib meat.
Yum! Brands has a great idea here, but ultimately I find its execution to be substandard.
Pass or try a friend's chip.
