The Chunky Chicken Pot Pie has been a regional “special” item since the mid-’90s, but this is the first time it’s been available everywhere at once. It’s about time.

They make this hard to get, yet they push those silly Double Down and Doublicious sandwiches to the moon. What’s the matter with them?

KFC is calling its Chunky Chicken Pot Pie a “classic,” and they’ve hit a home run. As a kid, I ate oh, about a million Swanson chicken pot pies whenever my mother had to work late. They were the ultimate comfort food. I loved them. But I crave these KFC pot pies. “Crave” is much stronger than “love.” The J. Geils Band once had a song called “Love Stinks.” Nobody ever recorded a song called “Pot Pie Stinks.”

Here’s the blueprint: shredded hunks of roasted white-meat chicken, peas, carrots, potatoes and gravy under a spectacular, flaky pie crust.

Total calories: 790. Fat grams: 45. Sodium: 1,970 mg. Dietary fiber: 3 g. Carbs: 66 g. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: $3.99.

Since each pot pie is a serving for one, you get all those calories, and more — like 37 grams of saturated fat, which is almost twice the recommended daily value. All that in one little tin pie dish.

Like most pies, probably the best part of the Chunky Chicken Pot Pie is the crust. This crust is over-the-top — about 6½ inches across, and all buttery and flaky. Sometimes I break the crust and mix it with the good stuff inside. Sometimes I eat the crust first, just by itself. Other times I break off pieces and dip it in the chicken gravy goo. I know, I shouldn’t play with my food.

KFC bakes these pies fresh each day, so you’re going to get a hot pot pie that will fill you up and make you feel good. Be careful the first time you plunge your spork into the crust. Just like you, sometimes a pot pie has to let off a little steam.

The spork (combination spoon-fork) is perfect for eating a pot pie. The tines let you spear chunks of tender white-meat chicken, and the spoon lets you shovel gravy and vegetables into your pot-pie hole.

The only weirdness of the spork: You won’t have any fingers worth lickin’. Pretty neat.

Each Chunky Chicken Pot Pie has the perfect mix of chicken (about 3 ounces), vegetables and gravy. The vegetables don’t taste like they’ve been swimming in soup for months on a shelf; you can taste the individual flavors. There aren’t too many potatoes. I hate when there’s too many potatoes. KFC has got the whole Chunky Chicken Pot Pie thing just right.