What Were Chester Cheetah and Burger King's King Hinting at During Those NFL Ads?

Surprise, surprise, Cheetos Chicken Fries are coming soon

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Anyone who watched an NFL game on Sunday saw a short teaser commercial about 100 times where Cheetos spokescat Chester Cheetah and Burger King mascot the King were seen sitting together at a BK restaurant, all exciting about … something.

That something wasn't made clear, although the King did put a handful of Chicken Fries on the table, hinting at the possibility of a forthcoming Cheetos Chicken Fries menu item, to go along with the Burger King Mac n' Cheetos introduced over the summer.

And indeed, the hint was so obvious that it's turned out to be true.

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