Taco Bell Is Quietly Testing a First-Of-Its-Kind Chalupa

Taco Bell is adding additional plant-based products to its menu. Business Insider reports that the restaurant is experimenting a new plant protein

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Except for the crunchy, breaded "meat" in the middle, the vegetarian chalupa will be like a Chicken Chalupa. This shell will be filled with lettuce

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Taco Bell once made a burger-slash-Sloppy Joe to compete with fast-food burger slingers. Taco meat, diced onions, shredded lettuce, and—if you ordered the Supreme

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The Chicken Caesar Grilled Stuft Burrito was Taco Bell's high-end fast food option in 2003. In contrast to its $1 burritos and tacos, this chicken caesar wrap priced $3.

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The Grilled Stuft Nacho was only available for a brief time. It was eliminated in 2014 after being tried on menus in 2013. After one more appearance in 2015,

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Enchiritos, burrito-enchilada hybrids, were another 1970s remnant. For decades, Taco Bell's Enchirito, with "lots of sauce" and "lots of cheese,"

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Taco Bell fans loved this Crunchwrap. It contained chicken, spicy Lava sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Fans kept battling for it after its 2006–2010 run.

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When Taco Bell released Volcano, lava sauce was the breakout star. The second-run Volcano Burrito, Taco, and Nachos, served from 2008 to

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2013, includes the fiery nacho cheese sauce. It was one of the hottest sauces in the industry and could be added to any dish or served as a

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dipping sauce. After many social media campaigns lamenting the condiment's absence, Taco Bell surprised fans in 2015 by tweeting its return.

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