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Fast Food Sauces You Can Find In The Grocery Store

Sometimes, your homemade meals need a bit of a kick. What better way to spice up your classic burger and fries than using some fast food sauce? Everyone knows that drenching your fries in sauce is the proper way to enjoy them — and look, sometimes ketchup just isn’t the vibe. Need something more exciting? That’s where fast food sauces come in.

Lucky for us, there are plenty of our favorite sauces available in local grocery stores, as well as in-person and online retailers like Walmart, Target, and Amazon. Whether it’s Chick-fil-A’s classic sauce, Arby’s tangy barbecue sauce, or Taco Bell’s hot sauce, you can now indulge in these familiar flavors in the comfort of your own home. Keep these products in your pantry or refrigerator, and you’ll be able to enjoy them while hanging out at home or on-the-go. 

Chick-fil-A

Along with the classic Chick-fil-A sauce, which is a fan favorite and known for its smoky but sweet flavor, there are plenty of sauces the company offers. Right now, Chick-Fil-A sells most of its sauces at grocery stores like Walmart, Target, and Amazon. All the flavors are available such as Sweet & Spicy Sriracha, Polynesian, Avocado Lime Ranch, Parmesan Caesar Dressing, Zesty Buffalo Sauce, Honey Mustard Sauce, and Zesty Apple Cider Vinaigrette. 

Taco Bell 

Taco Bell’s hot sauces, ranging between Verde, Mild, Hot, and Fire spice levels, are offered at grocery stores like Walmart and Target, and you can even buy in bulk online on Amazon. Along with the hot sauces, you can also pick up Taco Bell’s Creamy Chipotle Sauce, Creamy Spicy Ranchero sauce, and Baja sauce are also at your local retailers, to name a few from the company’s wide collection. 

Arby’s 

In the mood for an at-home barbecue? Good news! Both the classic Arby’s sauce as well as the Horsey Sauce are available in grocery stores. Classic Arby’s sauce is sweet and tangy with hints of garlic and onion. It’s a delicious take on classic barbecue sauce and is paired perfectly with the Horsey Sauce, which is Arby’s rendition of horseradish mayo sauce and is served with many of the meals at the restaurant. You can find these sauces wherever you get groceries, including Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon.

Olive Garden 

As an Italian restaurant, of course, Olive Garden has to sell its classic Italian dressing, which is tangy, perfectly creamy, and absolutely ideal to drench your salad (or unlimited breadsticks!) in. The Italian dressing comes in a ‘light’ version as well, which is a bit less thick and lower in calories. Along with this classic option, Olive Garden also sells a selection of other dressings at various retailers like Costco, Target, Walmart, and Amazon, such as its Parmesan Ranch dressing and Classic Caesar. 

Whataburger

Whataburger is a popular fast food burger chain, and along with selling some of its sauces at retailers like Walmart, Target, and Amazon, they even have an entire online shop solely for Whataburger merchandise and, you guessed it, its sauces. On Whatastore, you can find all of the sauces the company sells by the bottle, including its popular Spicy Ketchup, Fancy Ketchup, Original Mustard, Jalapeno Ranch, and Honey BBQ. These sauces will go great on your burgers, fries, and really whata-ever your heart desires.

McDonald’s

While McDonalds doesn’t sell its sauces in grocery stores or other retailers, according to Reddit, Great Value’s Secret Sauce is an amazing dupe for McDonald’s Big Mac sauce. The sauce is creamy, zesty, and is most comparable to a Thousand Island dressing. 

Meg Carey is a writer for Spoon University’s National Writers Program, covering all things food-related with a particular interest in coffee and all coffee-adjacent beverages (especially matcha!).

They are currently studying creative writing with a minor in publishing at Emerson College. Meg has a serious passion for finding the best vegetarian and vegan eats in the area, and they are always excited to share those finds with the world. Beyond Spoon University, Meg also works as the Copyeditor for Concrete Magazine and Design Manager for Wilde Press. They are currently a interning at Ken Sherman & Associates, an L.A. based literary agency.

Meg can usually be found writing in a cafe (their substack is https://substack.com/@megcarey), hanging out with their cat (her name is Bunny!), or working out (probably either listening to an audiobook or to Britney Spears). They love reading sci-fi, horror, and romance (bonus points if it’s all three), as well as poetry in their spare time.