Hitting the Mexican fast food chain’s menu Thursday, July 18, is the Cheesy Street Chalupa, made with mozzarella and pepperjack cheese and topped with fresh onions and cilantro and creamy Jalapeño Ranch sauce. You can get two for $5.49 and choose to have them filled with slow-roasted Cantina chicken or grilled, marinated steak.
“The Chalupa has taken many delicious forms over the years, but with the Cheesy Street Chalupas, we set out to create a new flavor-rich way for fans to enjoy the beloved menu item,” said Luis Restrepo, Taco Bell’s vice president for product innovation, in a press release. “The fresh onions and cilantro atop layers of cheese and premium proteins seasoned to perfection adds a different flavor profile and is our playful nod to the street taco that we all know and love.”
The Chalupa was first introduced in 1999 and has since featured several iterations such as the XXL Chalupa, the Baja Chalupa, and the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Chalupa. The street-sized cheese-stuffed Chalupa shells were inspired by the Quesalupa shell, one of Chalupa’s spinoffs that was introduced in 2016 for a limited time.
Taco Bell is adding a twist to its fan favorite nacho fries, but it won’t stick around. The new jalapeno ranch Nacho Fries hit menus Thursday, July 18, at participating Taco Bell restaurants nationwide, according to the fast-food chain. For $4.49, customers can get a bed of seasoned fries “topped with a tangy and creamy jalapeño ranch sauce” and pico de gallo, a product description reads. Customers can add their choice of protein. Nacho fries reappeared on menus in April, a spicier iteration that featured a blend of ranch and Serrabanero hot sauce by Secret Aardvark, McClatchy News previously reported. “With the latest edition of Jalapeño Ranch Nacho Fries, this is the longest Nacho Fries run to date for Taco Bell, bringing fans more chances to grab their favorite fries with more flavor innovations to enjoy, while supplies last,” Taco Bell said in a news release.
