Are you a Taco Bell fanatic? Does the pretty pink bell call to you in the middle of the night or perhaps on your ride home from work? If so, this quiz is just for you! Are you up for the challenge? We want to know ... can you recognize this Taco Bell menu item from just one image? It's time to roll that soft taco and take that savory bite! But first, here are a few fun facts...
Did you know that Taco Bell was started in 1962 by a man named Glen Bell? Well the bell has tolled! Beginning with just one location in California, Taco Bell now enjoys the profits of 7,000 locations across the world! And here's another number that will blow your mind... Taco Bell not only serves two BILLION customers each year, its revenue is also two BILLION dollars! Talk about a taco empire! So do you think you have the smarts to ace this menu quiz? It's time to find out!
Pull around to the drive through or park that car and head on inside for this ultimate Taco Bell menu quiz! We apologize in advance, you might hungry while taking it! Good luck and bon appetit!
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Cool Ranch Doritos Taco
Taco Bell was founded by none other than Glen Bell on March 21, 1962! The first location was in Downey, California.
Today there are more than 7,000 Taco Bell locations. Did you know that 80% of those restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees and licensees?!
The parent company of Taco bell is actually Yum! Brands worldwide as well as Yum China! Between the 7,000 locations, approximately two billion customers are served each year!
Before opening Taco Bell, Glen Bell owned and operated a hot dog stand called Bell's Drive-In in San Bernadino, California! He would look across the street at the success of Mexican restaurant Mitla Cafe, and decided it was a business he needed to invest in!
The first Taco Bell may have opened in 1964, but even more noteworthy is that by 1967, the company had opening its 100th restaurant! It was an instant success and remains that way today.
I'd like to order the _________ seen here in this photo!
Beefy Mini Quesadilla
Spicy Potato Soft Taco
Taco Bell was eventually purchased by PepsiCo in 1978 and spun off into what would become its restaurant division, or Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands also operates KFC, Pizza Hut and WingStreet.
Taco Bell has run several clever advertising campaigns over the years. In 2007, it offered a "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" promotion and if any player from either team stole a base in the 2007 World Series the company would give away free tacos to everyone in the United States!
In 2004, a local Taco Bell franchisee bought the naming rights to the Boise State Pavilion in Boise, Idaho. The stadium was renamed to be Taco Bell Arena.
Did you know that Taco Bell sponsors a promotion at home games for both the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers? The deal is ... everyone in attendance receives a coupon for a free chalupa if the home team scores 100 points or more!
On June 6, 2012, Taco Bell announced it would be testing a new "Cantina Menu" with upscale items in their Kentucky and California restaurants. The new menu was created by celebrity chef Lorena Garcia, featuring black beans, cilantro rice, citrus and herb marinated chicken and cilantro dressing!
Did you know in 2017, Taco Bell released the Naked Chicken Chalupa that uses a chalupa shell made from chicken? This was a similar idea to the Double Down and the Naked Chicken Chips!
Taco Bell describes the grande scrambler like this: "To most people, it's a filling breakfast burrito packed full of eggs, breakfast meat, real cheddar cheese, and potatoes, making it probably the greatest burrito anyone could ever eat before 11:30 a.m."
On August 18, 2014, Taco Bell launched a new value menu called Dollar Cravings. Replacing the old Why Pay More menu, Dollar Cravings currently contains 11 food items all priced at one dollar.
What's in a mini skillet bowl you ask? It is a combination of breakfast potatoes, scrambled eggs, nacho cheese sauce and pico de gallo. Taco Bell exclaims, "It’s so exotic and so tasty. And all for just a buck."
The 7-Layer Burrito is a large, meatless burrito filled with beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, the three-cheese blend and seasoned Latin rice. Today you can get one of these for just $2.99 at a Taco Bell!
The Meximelt is a cross between a Fresco Soft Taco and a quesadilla! It has a flour tortilla, seasoned ground beef and fiesta salsa of a Fresco Soft Taco but the melted three-cheese blend of a quesadilla!
Some have called it "The Supreme Ruler of the Burrito Empire!" This burrito includes seasoned beef, refried beans, red sauce, lettuce, real cheddar cheese, diced onions, tomatoes and reduced fat sour cream.
The quesarito is a cross between a quesadilla and a burrito. It is full of seasoned beef, creamy chipotle sauce, reduced fat sour cream, nacho cheese sauce, and seasoned rice.
Since 2014, the Spicy Tostada has been a part of the $1 Cravings value menu. It features refried beans, red sauce, creamy chipotle sauce, shredded lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, and tomatoes on a crunchy tostada shell.
Did you know that there are 180 calories in one quesadilla serving of Taco Bell Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla?! The calorie breakdown is as follows: 40% fat, 33% carbs and 27% protein.
Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes currently cost about $1.29. There is such a following of this menu item that there are many "copycat" recipes found on the internet!
With grilled chicken, chipotle sauce, sour cream and a flour tortilla, this griller clocks in at 360 calories. Many would be surprised to learn that there are 15 grams of protein, 15 percent of your iron, and 10 percent of your daily calcium in it!
Taco Bell's Power Bowl is an update to the now-discontinued Cantina Bowl and features marinated, fire-grilled white meat chicken, romaine lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, avocado ranch dressing, shredded cheddar cheese and reduced-fat sour cream. It is served on a bed of Latin rice and black beans.
Beginning in 2010 and featured on Taco Bell's "Why Pay More" value menu, the Beefy 5-Layer Burrito features two flour tortillas with a layer of nacho cheese between them wrapping a filling of seasoned ground beef, grated cheddar cheese, sour cream and refried beans.
In 2017, Forever 21 produced a clothing line in partnership with Taco Bell. It features branded T-shirts and sweatshirts, as well as bodysuits made to look like Border Sauce packets!
Taco Bell's Beefy Fritos Burrito was introduced in 2014 as part of the new $1 Cravings value menu. It features seasoned ground beef, cilantro rice, warm nacho cheese sauce and original Fritos corn chips, wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla.
Described on their official website as "warm donut holes filled with delicious Cinnabon frosting and covered with Makara cinnamon and sugar," Taco Bell's Cinnabon Delights come in a four-piece serving that weighs in at 260 calories!
Did you know that Glen Bell was born on September 3, 1923 in Lynwood, California? He died at the age of 86 from a heart attack in Rancho Santa Fe, California. He is survived by his wife Martha, four sons, a daughter, four grandchildren and three sisters.
Want to know how Taco Bell makes their cinnamon twists? Add wheat flour, corn meal, rice flour and salt, and top with a bit of sugar and cinnamon! One serving of these favorites is just 160 calories.
Great way to start my day... I'll have a _______ please!
Spicy Tostada
Mini Skillet Bowl
Breakfast Crunchwrap
The Breakfast Crunchwrap is the breakfast version of the well-known Crunchwrap Supreme! It is a tortilla pocket filled with your usual Taco Bell ingredients and includes your choice of sausage or bacon, eggs, cheese, a hash brown and jalapeño sauce.
Nachos Supreme is a Taco Bell favorite for just $2.29. Take a layer of tortilla chips and top them with seasoned beef, nacho cheese sauce, refried beans, diced tomatoes and reduced fat sour cream!
Double the taco!? Ingenious idea! This soft shell taco is layered with refried beans, then wrapped around a hard shell taco filled with seasoned ground beef and topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, sour cream and fresh guacamole.