In order to simplify current menu options and make room for future menu items, Taco Bell plans to cut nine items. Some of the items being removed include the beloved Cool Ranch flavored Doritos Locos Taco, and the Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos. At least for now, the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco is safe.

Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos + Cool Ranch Doritos Tacos Sadly, both were discontinued in 2019, but in 2020, the chain came out with Flamin' Hot Doritos Locos Tacos (we're not going to stop petitioning for them to bring the other two variations back, though).

2012 The Doritos Locos Taco first hit the Taco Bell menu in 2012. That's more than 50 years after Glen Bell founded what would become a staple in the fast food industry and 52 years after the Dorito was invented.

because not only did we want to put those brands together, but we wanted to deliver a product that could live up to the promise of Doritos and Taco Bell. Now, of course, billions of tacos later and more than 10 years [later], that was obviously a huge success.

Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of Purchase-based PepsiCo, has announced that consumers will be getting five fewer chips in a bag of Doritos. A company spokesperson says they need to cut somewhere because of inflation. Instead of charging you more, they'll give you just a little bit less - going from a 9.75 oz.

Doritos are designed to be addictive But the truth is, Doritos are made with addictive ingredients such as sugar, salt, and a chemical flavor enhancer, better known as Monosodium glutamate (MSG). Doritos also contain acids, which cause a release of saliva and trigger the urge to eat.

But first, for the uninitiated, let's review why this food product is worthy of investigation. Doritos Locos Tacos are like normal tacos, but the shells are made of Doritos.

Doritos Locos Tacos helped kick off an era of fast food in which social media became a crucial element in everything from the creation of new menu items to marketing. The idea of Doritos Locos Tacos gained much of its momentum after Todd Mills started a Facebook movement around the idea in 2009.

And despite naysayers, he stuck to his guns and eventually saw a hard-shell taco splattered with neon-orange cheese dust become a staple in the country's fast-food scene. Todd Mills, the inspiration behind Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Tacos, died of cancer Thanksgiving morning. He was 41. Todd Mills and his daughter.

breakfast menu Taco Bell is apologizing for its breakfast menu. In recent years, it has been littered with questionable foods, such as the Naked Egg Taco or even the Waffle Taco, that have since been discontinued. Turns out, people just want the basics and the chain is finally accepting that.

The company was sued in 1993 by Charles Grady, who claimed that his throat had been damaged while eating Doritos. According to his lawsuit, the shape and rigidity of the chips made them inherently dangerous.

After reading a litany of side-eyed commentary across the Internet, Doritos started issuing statements: Despite its boss's insistence, the company has no plans to launch a gender-specific line of snacks, and its social media team, at the very least, seems to recognize that the notion of a line of genteel snack chips ...