Dave's Hot Chicken Mini Sliders: Prices, Calories & Sizes

The mini slider is the most quietly clever order at Dave's, and being marketed as 2026's hottest new bite has finally gotten people to notice. It's the same Nashville hot chicken that built the brand, just shrunk to a four-pack of handheld sliders — which means you can taste more of the menu, share without negotiating, and run different spice levels in a single order. Here's every size, price, and calorie count, plus the group box nobody tells you about.

That's the whole thing in a paragraph. If you want the full size-by-size breakdown, the macros, the group-order math, and how to order them right, keep reading. I've eaten the four-pack more ways than I'd like to admit.

What are Dave's Mini Sliders?

A Dave's Mini Slider is the full Dave's formula in miniature: a piece of Nashville-style fried chicken on a soft, slightly sweet potato bun with cool kale slaw, crunchy dill pickles, and a swipe of Dave's Sauce. They come as a 4-pack, and — this is the whole point — each one can be set to a different spice level where your location allows it. The potato bun and slaw act as built-in buffers, so a slider consistently eats a touch friendlier than a bare tender at the same heat.

Think of them as the sampler format. Instead of committing to one heat on a tender, you get four chances to find your line — order two at Mild and two at Medium and you've run your own little spice tasting. That flexibility, plus the shareability, is why the minis have become the smart order for groups and first-timers alike.

Every Mini Sliders size, and what's in it

The minis come in three formats plus a cauliflower twin for each. Here's the full lineup so you can match the order to the occasion — solo snack, full meal, or feeding a crowd.

Every version is built on the same potato bun with slaw, pickles, and Dave's Sauce — the only variables are the protein (chicken or cauliflower), whether fries come along, and how many sliders are in the box.

Dave's Mini Sliders prices

Pricing follows the usual Dave's logic — bundling fries costs only a couple dollars more than a side à la carte, and the group box is the clear value play. These are typical 2026 prices; they vary by location and run higher on delivery apps.

At about $2 a slider, the minis are one of the better-value ways to order Dave's — a four-pack undercuts two full sliders, and the Hot Box holds that same per-slider price all the way up to 20. If you just want fries too, the combo bundles them for less than buying a plank order plus a side separately.

Dave's Mini Sliders calories & macros

Here's the nutrition, size by size. The heat level barely moves these numbers — the spice is a dry rub, not a sauce — so a Reaper 4-pack and a No Spice 4-pack land within a rounding error of each other. All values are estimates and exclude extra dipping sauce.

Two things worth noting. First, at roughly 180 calories and 9g protein each, a single mini slider is a genuinely reasonable unit — you can right-size your order in a way a fixed tender count doesn't allow. Second, the fries are what push the combo past 1,100; if you're watching the total, the naked 4-pack plus a shared side keeps everyone honest. For the full menu breakdown, the calories guide has every item.

The Hot Box of Minis (the group order nobody mentions)

This is the one worth knowing about. The Hot Box of Minis is Dave's catering-style box: 20 mini sliders for about $40, portioned to serve roughly five people at four sliders each. You pick two heat levels for the box, so you can keep half of it crowd-friendly (Mild or Medium) and crank the other half up for the heat seekers — everyone's covered in a single order.

The math is the reason to care: at ~$2.00 a slider it holds the same per-slider price as the little 4-pack, so you're not paying a premium to scale up — you're just skipping the hassle of placing five separate orders. It's the natural pick for office lunches, game days, and family dinners. Order a shareable box of fries and extra Dave's Sauce alongside and you've fed the whole table without anyone touching a tender waiver.

Cauliflower minis and the spice levels

There's a full vegetarian mirror of the lineup. The Dave's NOT Chicken Mini Sliders (Cauli) swap the chicken for a breaded, fried cauliflower piece and keep everything else — the potato bun, slaw, pickles, Dave's Sauce, and all seven heat levels — at the same $7.99. The 4-pack runs about 620 calories, and there's a NOT CKN Mini Slider Hot Box for feeding a vegetarian crowd. It's vegetarian, not vegan: the batter and slaw dressing contain dairy and egg. The vegetarian guide covers the whole meatless menu.

On heat: the minis run the same seven-level ladder as everything else, from No Spice to the waiver-requiring Reaper, always free. One tip — cauliflower carries the rub a touch more directly than chicken, so if you're going meatless, start a level below your usual. And because the bun and slaw buffer the burn, you can comfortably push chicken minis one level hotter than you'd dare on a bare tender.

My honest take

Here's the verdict after ordering the minis every way they come: the 4-pack is the single most flexible order on the Dave's menu, and the Hot Box is the best value for a group, full stop. The ability to run different heat levels in one order turns a slider box into a way to actually learn your spice tolerance instead of guessing it — and at ~$2 a slider, it doesn't punish you for experimenting.

If I'm eating solo, it's the 4-pack, maybe with fries if I came hungry. If I'm feeding people, it's the Hot Box every time — two heat levels, a box of fries, extra sauce, done. Pair it with a smart read of the what-to-order guide and you've built the easiest crowd-pleasing order Dave's offers. The minis were the sleeper pick all along; 2026 just made it official.