What to order · Updated July 2026
What to Order at Taco Bell: Every Item, Judged
Taco Bell is a value menu wearing a full menu's costume. The trick is knowing which items still cost what they should and which floated up into 'why am I paying this' territory. Prices below are national averages; California, Hawaii, and the Northeast run higher, the South and Midwest lower.
The short version: the cheap stuff is where the chain still wins. The $2-and-under burritos and tacos do more than their price suggests, a couple of mid-tier specialties earn their keep, and the nachos are a trap.
Every item, judgedThe verdicts
Bean Burrito
Order itStill the smartest $2.49 on the menu. Beans, cheese, onion, and red sauce in a warm tortilla — 350 calories, no seasoned-beef upcharge, and it has held its price while everything around it crept up. Add potatoes for pocket change if you want it to eat bigger.
Spicy Potato Soft Taco
Order itFor $1.39, nothing else on the menu competes. Crispy potatoes, chipotle sauce, lettuce, and cheese for 230 calories — meatless and better for it. Order two and you've still spent less than one Crunchwrap.
Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito
Order itThe value burrito nobody talks about. Rice, beans, nacho cheese, and chipotle sauce — 420 calories for $2.49, and it reheats the next morning without turning to paste. Reach for it when the Bean Burrito feels too plain.
Cheesy Gordita Crunch
Order itA crunchy taco wrapped in a griddled, cheese-lined flatbread. The soft-meets-shatter texture earns all 500 calories, and at $4.99 this is the splurge that actually works.
Crunchwrap Supreme
Order itEngineering as much as food, and it holds up. Everything sealed in a grilled hexagon that survives a car ride without leaking — 530 calories, no fork required. The tostada shell inside keeps it from going soft, which is more than the Mexican Pizza can say.
Crunchy Taco
DecentA fine default, just not a thrilling one: 170 calories of seasoned beef and shredded cheese in a shell that shatters on the first bite, sometimes into your lap. Buy it in threes or let the Supreme version do the heavy lifting.
Mexican Pizza
DecentBeloved, and I get it, but the price climbed past its ceiling: two crispy shells, beans, beef, sauce, and cheese at 540 calories, great for the first four bites and soggy by the last. Worth it once a year for the memory; a stretch at $5.49 the rest of the time.
Chalupa Supreme (Beef)
DecentThe fried flatbread shell is the whole appeal, and it delivers — chewy, a little greasy, better than the soft taco it's built on. But $4.49 for 350 calories buys a fairly small object. Good once in a while, not a staple.
Chicken Quesadilla
DecentPerfectly fine and perfectly forgettable. Grilled chicken, cheese, and creamy jalapeño sauce, 510 calories, cut into triangles that leak filling from the open ends. People order it for the sauce; they don't reorder because of the portion.
Nachos BellGrande
Skip itThe saddest way to spend six dollars here. 740 calories of chips built to fail — the ones on top hog the beef and cheese, the ones underneath go soggy and bare. Impossible to share, worse to finish alone. Get a burrito.
Cinnamon Twists
Skip itAir with a dusting of cinnamon sugar. They're puffed pasta wheels, 170 calories, tasting like the idea of a churro without the payoff. Put the $1.99 toward a second Spicy Potato Soft Taco instead.
Frequently askedFAQ
What's the best value item at Taco Bell?
The Bean Burrito at around $2.49. It's 350 calories, skips the seasoned-beef upcharge, and has stayed cheap while nearly everything around it climbed. The Spicy Potato Soft Taco at $1.39 is the runner-up.
Is the Mexican Pizza worth it in 2026?
On taste, mostly yes; on price, it's borderline. At roughly $5.49 for 540 calories it costs nearly what a Crunchwrap Supreme does, and it goes soggy faster. Order it for nostalgia, not for value.
What should vegetarians order at Taco Bell?
Taco Bell is one of the easiest fast-food stops for meatless eating. The Bean Burrito, Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito, and Spicy Potato Soft Taco are all vegetarian as served, and most beef items swap to beans at no charge.