This 12 months, it looks like everyone seems to be on a quest to eat extra protein — together with Santa Claus. And Perdue desires to ship precisely the correct quantity of hen nuggets that the massive man must energy his worldwide journey.

On Wednesday, the model introduced its vacation hen nuggets in 4 festive shapes, accessible in grocery shops for a restricted time. The shapes, it defined, embrace a sweet cane, Christmas tree, gingerbread man, and stocking, and are all made with “premium chicken.” 

“These vacation nuggets seize what households love most about Perdue — high-quality protein, nice style, and a bit little bit of enjoyable,” Todd Tillemans, the chief industrial officer at Perdue, shared with Meals & Wine. “And the enjoyment doesn’t finish on December 25. Our Perdue ‘elves’ are at all times innovating to deliver households scrumptious new merchandise made with high-quality hen and accompanied by our ‘No Antibiotics Ever’ promise. We’re excited for what’s coming in 2026 — extra magic, extra mealtime moments, and extra causes to collect.”

To unfold some vacation magic, the workforce at Perdue even did the maths on how a lot protein Santa would want to remain fueled for his journey around the globe. In response to Perdue, the typical particular person ought to purpose for 50-175 grams of protein every day. However, on Christmas Eve, Santa would want to eat “greater than 20 tons of protein to journey the world and ship items, or the equal of practically 10 million hen nuggets.” Which, truthfully, sounds fairly tasty. Perdue even thinks it’s best to assist Santa on his journey, noting “To maintain Santa energized and jolly this season, we imagine households ought to be leaving out nuggets and BBQ sauce, not simply milk and cookies.”

To additional assist individuals have a good time the season, Perdue is giving 250 fortunate people a bag of the limited-edition holiday-shaped hen nuggets. To get yours, merely be among the many first to go to perdue.com/deckthehalls on November 28 at 12 p.m. ET and join. The primary 250 individuals may also obtain an unique Perdue vacation plate and a vacation audio card to go away out for Santa and his elves. This fashion, you possibly can safe a spot on the “good” listing subsequent 12 months.