Taco Bell unleashes saucy, cheesy menu item on the heels of new chicken nugget launch

Taco Bell released its archetypal limited-time paper point of 2025 conscionable 1 period aft launching its Crispy Chicken Nuggets.

The fast-food concatenation described the saucy point arsenic a 'bold, cheesy and craveable summation to menus' successful its January 15 property release.

Dubbed Cheesy Dipping Burritos, the paper summation became disposable astatine participating US locations connected January 16. 

'As Taco Bell's archetypal limited-time connection innovation of 2025, this motorboat marks the opening of an breathtaking twelvemonth of bold flavors and inventive formats astatine Taco Bell, designed to marque each wound an experience,' the property merchandise read.

Customers who bid the caller point volition get 2 burritos with grilled steak oregon chickenhearted with chipotle, nacho cheese, oregon reduced-fat sour pick sauces connected the side.

The prices for the steak and dilatory roasted Cheesy Dipping Burritos are $5.79 and $5.99.

Taco Bell has not specified erstwhile the burritos menus volition beryllium disconnected the menu, but they volition lone beryllium disposable portion supplies last.

The edifice concatenation tested the cheesy burritos astatine prime Detroit, Michigan, restaurants successful 2024.

The burrito became a 'fan-favorite' during the investigating stage, which was a origin successful making the point the latest paper offer.

Food critics person besides enjoyed the caller point and praised the burrito's flavors and portions. 

'The combo was an fantabulous lucifer of flavors. It's a saucy and juicy capable point that it doesn't adjacent necessitate the usage of the included dipping sauce,' Michael Palan wrote for The Takeout.

'The bid itself is fundamentally a two-in-one woody with treble the burrito secured by gooey food successful the center,' Meghan Schaltegger wrote for Delish.

'I tried them some ways for the afloat effect and rapidly realized the brilliance successful splitting the burrito... It transforms the burrito into the cleanable dipping size.'

Taco Bell had already been promoting its limited-time Crispy Chicken Nuggets earlier releasing its caller burritos.

The edifice concatenation has been offering the nuggets astatine participating locations nationwide since December 19.  

Like the burritos, Taco Bell began offering the nuggets aft palmy tests were completed astatine restaurants successful Minnesota and Texas successful 2023 and 2024.

'In a satellite dominated by chickenhearted cravings, it was clip to amusement the satellite however Taco Bell does chickenhearted nuggets – unexpected and undeniably bold,' Taco Bell CMO Taylor Montgomery said successful a property release. 

A professional from Allrecipes was impressed with the Crispy Chicken Nuggets, and believed it gives Popeyes and KFC 'a tally for their money.'

'They weren't excessively greasy oregon heavy, and wrong minutes I had rapidly eaten much nuggets than I planned to, truthful that's saying something,' the adept added.

The Crispy Chicken Nuggets are disposable successful 5-piece and 10-piece portions portion supplies past for $3.99 and $6.99.

Taco Bell has much than 7,000 US locations and Yum! Brands continues to beryllium the brand's genitor company.

According to its 3rd 4th results, Taco Bell's income grew by 5 percent during the play ending connected September 30, 2024 compared to that clip past year.

Yum! Brands is acceptable to merchandise its 4th fourth results connected February 5, which volition see Taco Bell's fiscal show and imaginable strategies to boost revenue.