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Wings from Wingstop and Wings Over are infused with CBD, hemp, and terpenoids, oh my

Check out all the 4/20-inspired goodies and deals this year on menus nationwide

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

April 19, 2022

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April 20 has become known as a holiday for stoners. A time to indulge in every epic food fantasy imaginable and eat like no one is watching. Except this year, brands are watching, and they’re crafting food to match the idea of this consumer shaped by Willie Nelson and Cheech and Chong in the 70’s and Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, and Seth Rogen in more recent years.

Two brands in particular, Wings Over and Wingstop, are taking their wings to new heights with the sauces they’ve created for the holiday celebrated by cannabis enthusiasts.

Wings Over has seized the CBD trend and added the ingredient to its wing sauce for the holiday as part of a limited-edition flavor.

Wingstop has gone even farther, creating a mixture to sprinkle on top of its wings that’s made from hemp and terpenoids, two ingredients in the cannabis plant that aren’t psychedelic. Wingstop’s director of culinary Larry Bellah told Nation’s Restaurant News that it was “as close to weed as you can get without it actually being weed.”

Other brands didn’t go as far but did develop munchie-approved menus. Velvet Taco used Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in its Weekly Taco Feature, and Fuku — the David Chang concept out of New York — created a fried chicken doughnut sandwich.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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