I tried plain biscuits from 5 fast-food restaurants, and KFC's was the fluffiest

While I'm a fan of the Hardee's breakfast menu — the smoked sausage breakfast sandwich is my go-to — I found the plain biscuit to be lacking. Knowing that the restaurant makes its biscuits from scratch every morning, I expected to rank this higher.

Without eggs, cheese, or sausage to balance it out, the biscuit was too dry and crumbly for me.

However, if you're looking for quantity, their biscuits were the largest of the ones I tested.

Hardee's serves biscuits in the morning before switching to their lunch menu. At my local restaurant, if you want a biscuit later in the day, you're out of luck.

There might have been a reason the words "jelly biscuit" were on the biscuit wrapper. Eating a Hardee's biscuit with jelly or honey was a vastly improved experience. The jelly helped balance the dryness of the dough and held together any stray crumbs.

Maybe because it came from a restaurant known for its Louisiana-style chicken, the biscuit had a bit of a kick to it. It was salty and buttery, which was delicious, but I felt like I might get heartburn if I ate more than one. The bread was softer and less crumbly than the biscuit I ordered from Hardee's.

Like Church's Chicken and KFC, the biscuits at Popeyes are typically served with chicken boxes.

For me, the saltiness and butter on the biscuit just didn't combine well with grape jelly, and it almost created a paste as I chewed.

Fortunately, the honey fared much better. The biscuit soaked up the honey, and the result was sweet but not overbearing.

Who knew Church's biscuits were just big softies with tough exteriors? It was the most flavorful of the ones I tasted, and it had a sweetness that was hard to beat. But the biscuit's harder outer shell contrasted with its interior, creating a confusing experience in my mouth.

The entire biscuit can be consumed in three or four bites. I wished the biscuit was a little larger and more robust.

For me, one of the best parts of the biscuit was that it already had honey drizzled on top, which gave the biscuit its distinct sweetness. The honey is added when the biscuits first come out of the pan, and the taste can't be replicated with a honey packet.

McDonald's has the appropriate fluffiness that you're looking for in a biscuit, but I thought it was a little plain when it came to the taste.

Of the five biscuits I tasted, McDonald's also has the second largest, so if you're looking for quantity as well as fluffiness, this may be the way to go.

McDonald's biscuits and jelly seem to go together like peanut butter and well, uh, jelly. The grape jam combines well with the softness of the bread. Honey didn't compliment the biscuit as well in this case, however. Given the size of the biscuit, I may have needed copious amounts of honey, but I found it didn't soak as well into the biscuit as it could have.

When I unwrapped the biscuit and saw the dent in the center of the bread, I had a bad feeling. But the biscuit turned out to be delicious. It was nice and fluffy, with a good consistency and a delicious flavor.

You can order a biscuit at pretty much any time of day.

If you just want a plain biscuit, this one has you covered, but it also tastes great with honey or jelly if you have a sweet tooth.

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