Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own vs Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla
Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own $5.70 and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla $5.20 at the medians read on 25 September 2026; as classic builds, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own 600 calories and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla 620 calories.
CP Menus review deskReviewed 28 September 2026Prices read 25 September 2026 at 368 restaurantsHow every figure gets here
Side by side
Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own$5.70 median · 90 cal listed
Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla$5.20 median · 90 cal listed
| Figure | Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own | Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup median | $5.70 | $5.20 |
| Range read | $5.10 to $5.95 | $4.70 to $5.80 |
| Delivery median | $7.40 | $6.75 |
| Listed at | 368 of 368 | 368 of 368 |
| Calories | 90 listed | 90 listed |
| Portion | 2 oz | 2 oz |
| Protein | 15 g | 15 g |
| Sodium | 150 mg | 150 mg |
| Carbs | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 3 g | 3 g |
| Saturated fat | 1.5 g | 1.5 g |
| Sugar | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fiber | 0 g | 0 g |
| $ per 100 calories | $6.33 | $5.78 |
| $ per 10 g protein | $3.80 | $3.47 |
| Contains | none of the four | none of the four |
| Diets | Keto, Paleo | Keto, Paleo |
| Availability | Core menu | Core menu |
The builds, summed
| Build | Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own | Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla |
|---|---|---|
| Light | 250 cal, 17 g protein, 460 mg sodium, $5.70 | 520 cal, 27 g protein, 765 mg sodium, $5.20 |
| Classic | 600 cal, 30 g protein, 895 mg sodium, $5.70 | 620 cal, 33 g protein, 925 mg sodium, $5.20 |
| Loaded | 770 cal, 37 g protein, 1,100 mg sodium, $5.70 | 730 cal, 34 g protein, 1,115 mg sodium, $5.20 |
The classic builds are the same parts but for the Soft Flour Tortilla (taco) (a pair, kid’s meal, 2 oz) on the Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and the Soft Flour Tortilla (taco) (one tortilla, 1 oz) and Monterey Jack Cheese on the Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla: Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own at 600 calories against Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla at 620 calories, 20 calories apart. That one part, Soft Flour Tortilla (taco) (a pair, kid’s meal, 2 oz), is 170 calories, 27 g of carbohydrate and 320 mg of sodium on its own record; it is the whole difference. At the medians the classic builds cost $5.70 and $5.20, $0.50 apart.
What each kid’s meal includes
“Your choice of meat, guacamole, or queso, and two toppings to go with a pair of crispy corn or soft flour tortillas. Includes fruit or kid’s chips, and organic juice or milk.” “With a side of rice and beans. Includes fruit or kid’s chips, and organic juice or milk. Addition of protein is extra.” Both include a side of kid’s chips or fruit and a drink; the build your own is $5.70 at the median with any protein and the quesadilla $5.20 with chicken.
Price
At the medians read on 25 September 2026, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own is $5.70 ($5.10 to $5.95 across 368 restaurants) and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla is $5.20 ($4.70 to $5.80 across 368 restaurants). The gap at the median is $0.50, and the ranges overlap: a restaurant at the top of the Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla range charges more for it than a restaurant at the bottom of the Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own range charges for that. For delivery on the brand’s own app: $7.40 for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and $6.75 for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, before fees.
Calories, protein and sodium
The records the ordering menu lists are the proteins alone (90 calories for the Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 90 calories for the Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla), so the formats compare as builds above; the yardsticks below are the classic builds. Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own is the lighter at 600 calories against 620 calories for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, a gap of 20 calories. Protein: 30 g for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 33 g for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, so Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla carries 3 g more. Sodium: 895 mg for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 925 mg for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, so Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla carries 30 mg more, 40 percent of the daily value against 39 percent. Carbohydrate: 81 g for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 68 g for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, so Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own carries 13 g more. Fiber: 8 g for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 7.5 g for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, so Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own carries 0.5 g more. Fat: 17 g for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 22.5 g for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, so Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla carries 5.5 g more. Per 100 calories the protein is 5 g on Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 5.3 g on Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla: Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla is the denser.
Allergens and diets on the chart
The chart marks neither as containing any of its four allergens (dairy, soy, wheat and gluten, sulphites). The diet marks: Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own keto and paleo and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla keto and paleo. Those are the proteins’ own rows; the classic builds add the tortilla (wheat and gluten), the cheese and the sour cream (dairy) and the salsa (sulphites) where they carry them, and each entree page prints the build’s marks under the bars. The chart’s caution applies to both: “Individual foods may come into contact with one another during preparation, which is not reflected on this chart.”
Availability
Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own was listed at all 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC. Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla was listed at all 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC.
Which for what
Each yardstick picks its own line: for the lower price at the medians, Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla; for fewer calories, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own; for protein, Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla; for less sodium, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own; for fiber, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own; for the cheapest protein, Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla. The table above has every figure the choice can turn on, and the pages carry the records and the reads in full.
The two by state
The two at each state’s median, from the restaurants read there. The gap between them is between $-0.50 and $-0.17 in 49 of the 49 states read; where the two carry the same median the line prices them alike.
| State | Restaurants read | Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own | Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 | $5.55 | $5.12 | $-0.43 |
| North Dakota | 4 | $5.55 | $5.12 | $-0.43 |
| Wyoming | 2 | $5.55 | $5.12 | $-0.43 |
| Minnesota | 7 | $5.60 | $5.15 | $-0.45 |
| Missouri | 8 | $5.60 | $5.15 | $-0.45 |
| Mississippi | 8 | $5.60 | $5.15 | $-0.45 |
| Nebraska | 8 | $5.65 | $5.18 | $-0.47 |
| Ohio | 8 | $5.65 | $5.18 | $-0.47 |
| West Virginia | 8 | $5.65 | $5.18 | $-0.47 |
| Alabama | 7 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Arkansas | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Colorado | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Florida | 7 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Georgia | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Iowa | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Idaho | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Illinois | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Indiana | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Kentucky | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Louisiana | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Michigan | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Montana | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| North Carolina | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| New Mexico | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Nevada | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| South Carolina | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Tennessee | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Texas | 8 | $5.70 | $5.20 | $-0.50 |
| Arizona | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| New Jersey | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| Oregon | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| South Dakota | 2 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| Utah | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| Virginia | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | $5.83 | $5.45 | $-0.38 |
| California | 7 | $5.95 | $5.75 | $-0.20 |
| Connecticut | 8 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | $5.95 | $5.72 | $-0.23 |
| Delaware | 8 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| Maryland | 8 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| Maine | 7 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| New York | 8 | $5.95 | $5.78 | $-0.17 |
| Vermont | 5 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
| Washington | 8 | $5.95 | $5.70 | $-0.25 |
How this page is read
Every price on this page is a range read from 368 restaurants’ own ordering menus in 48 states and DC on 25 September 2026, printed with the count of restaurants behind it and the brand’s own delivery price beside it; every calorie and nutrient figure is Chipotle’s own record from its nutrition calculator, and every allergen mark is its own chart row or tag. The side by side table above prints every published figure both items carry; a blank cell means the record does not publish it. An entree’s record is its protein alone, which is why the formats compare as builds.
Questions
Which is cheaper, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own or Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla?
Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla at the medians read on 25 September 2026: Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own $5.70 and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla $5.20. The ranges are $5.10 to $5.95 for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and $4.70 to $5.80 for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla.
Which has fewer calories, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own or Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla?
As classic builds on this site, Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own 600 calories and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla 620 calories; the ordering menu lists 90 calories for the Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 90 calories for the Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, the protein alone in each case.
Which has more protein?
Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla as classic builds: 30 g for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 33 g for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla.
Which has less sodium?
Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own as classic builds: 895 mg for Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own and 925 mg for Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, against a 2,300 mg daily value.
Is one of them vegetarian?
Neither carries a vegetarian mark on the chart.
Where do the figures come from?
The prices are ranges read from 368 restaurants’ own ordering menus on 25 September 2026; the nutrition figures are Chipotle’s own calculator records, each part alone, summed where a build is shown; the allergen marks are its own chart.