The ice cream 'chicken' bucket is back at Yankee Stadium

Why did the chicken dessert cross the road?

To get back to Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees announced on Thursday that their peculiar culinary sensation — officially named the Mini Dessert “Chicken” Bucket and featuring absolutely no chicken — is returning to Yankee Stadium on Friday night for the start of a seven-game homestand.

The ice cream dessert was such a hit with fans that it was often sold out in the first inning of games before the Yankees ran out of it altogether on April 5.

The team promised the $10.99 treat would return, and it will for Friday night’s game against Baltimore in sections 125, 205 and 318.

The dessert, which is new this season, looks like a pair of fried chicken drumsticks. It is actually ice cream with a chocolate-covered cookie center with a coating of white chocolate and candied corn flakes. It is served in a souvenir mini “chicken” bucket.

Michael Kay of the YES Network, an admitted picky eater, tried it and pronounced it a 10 out of 10 on an April 5 Instagram video.

“Look at it,” Kay said. “It looks like chicken. It’s amazing! Really good . . . It can’t be better. That’s why it’s sold out.”

The dessert got less favorable reviews on Travis and Jason Kelse’s podcast, “New Heights.”

“What is the point of making it look like chicken?” Jason said. “I am not a big fan if a food impersonates other food. Who are we fooling here? It would make sense if it were the New York Chickens.”

Yankees fans obviously disagree, however.

By Anthony Rieber

anthony.rieber@newsday.comAnthonyRieber

Anthony Rieber covers sports media and business and professional sports (you know, games and trades and things). He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since Jan. 1, 2026.