Taco Bell has announced a new menu for 2025, featuring exciting items at their restaurants nationwide. Highlights include the all-new Quesocrisp Taco with a cheese shell, the Flamin’ Hot Burrito, and the Toasted Cheddar Street Chalupa. A new Mountain Dew flavor, Baja Midnight, combines passionfruit and tropical lime. Nostalgic menu items like Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos are also returning. Other new additions include Grilled Cheese Burritos with shredded beef, Crispy Chicken Nuggets, and the Mike’s Hot Honey Diablo Sauce. Specific release dates for these items were not disclosed during Taco Bell’s “Live Más” event in New York City.
Taco Bell is gearing up to unveil a new flavor of Mountain Dew, called Baja Midnight, alongside the introduction of the Quesocrisp and Flamin’ Hot Burrito, as well as the return of certain nostalgic favorites.
NEW YORK — Attention, Taco Bell enthusiasts! The popular fast food chain has announced an exciting new selection of menu items that will be available at locations across the country this year, highlighted by the introduction of Baja Midnight, a new twist on Mountain Dew Baja Blast.
The updates for 2025 were shared during Taco Bell’s annual “Live Más” live event, taking place Tuesday in New York City, where the brand’s future plans were revealed.
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Curious about the new food options on the horizon? Here’s a roundup of the new menu items slated for 2025 as detailed by Taco Bell:
- Quesocrisp Taco: An innovative taco featuring a shell made entirely of crispy cheese.
- Mountain Dew Baja Midnight: A delightful fusion of passionfruit flavor and the classic tropical lime taste of Baja Blast, designed to enhance any Taco Bell meal. This drink will only be sold at Taco Bell locations.
- Toasted Cheddar Street Chalupa: A bold variation of the beloved Cheesy Street Chalupa, this item celebrates street cuisine with upgrades including cheddar baked into the shell, a crisp layer of toasted cheese outside for added crunch, and a new Chile Lime Crema Sauce for extra flavor. It’s filled with street-inspired favorites, featuring your choice of slow-roasted chicken or grilled steak, topped with diced onions and cilantro, and served in pairs.
- Decades Menu: Following the success of returning nostalgic items last year, Taco Bell will bring back products from the early 2000s and 2010s, including the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos and Double Decker Taco.
- Grilled Cheese Burrito with Shredded Beef: The beloved Grilled Cheese Burrito now enhanced with shredded beef.
- Flamin’ Hot® Burrito: A brand-new burrito featuring nacho cheese sauce, Flamin’ Hot Fritos, reduced-fat sour cream, seasoned beef, and NEW Flamin’ Hot Rice wrapped in a warm tortilla.
- Rolled Poblano Quesadilla: Featuring marinated steak or slow-roasted chicken with poblano peppers, all rolled into a delicious quesadilla.
- Crispy Chicken: The return of Crispy Chicken Nuggets after their successful debut in late 2024, along with Crispy Chicken Burritos and Tacos available in locations across the U.S. and Canada, complemented by Avocado Ranch and Spicy Ranchero Sauce.
- Mike’s Hot Honey Diablo Sauce: Taco Bell has partnered with Mike’s Hot Honey to introduce the assertive and spicy Mike’s Hot Honey Diablo sauce, which will be available later this year alongside Crispy Chicken Nuggets.
- Caliente Cantina Chicken Menu (available now): Taco Bell is cranking up the heat with the Caliente Cantina Chicken Menu, an exciting new version of its popular slow-roasted Cantina Chicken. This menu includes the brand-new Caliente Sauce, made with red jalapeños for a perfect balance of spice and flavor, bringing excitement to fan-favorite dishes. The Caliente Cantina Chicken Menu will also be introduced in Canada.
- Steak and Queso Crunchwrap Sliders (available now): While the Crunchwrap Supreme has undergone many iterations over the years, the signature balance of crunch, cheese, and flavor is fully realized in this latest version. These portable sliders come packed with grilled marinated steak, creamy chipotle sauce, pico de gallo, cheddar cheese, and a mini tostada, all wrapped in grilled flour tortillas and offered as a fun-sized pair, complete with the perfect dipping partner: Green Chile Queso. Steak and Queso Crunchwrap Sliders are also on the menu in Canada.
Release dates for these new menu items have not yet been disclosed.
Check out the 2025 menu reveal in the video below featuring Taco Bell’s Chief Marketing Officer, Taylor Montgomery: