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what's going on everyone and welcome back to another high quality foodie feature for you
here on the channel we're this time over a taco bell on a cold wet rainy day here in southern
cali to check out what looks to be a heated little upgrade for a fan favorite menu item
so here it is guys feast your eyes on the chipotle cheddar chalupa and what initially looks like a
very familiar item here on the taco bell menu but it's got something just a little extra with it
alright so starting off with the outside what we've got here is a soft flaky flatbread like
chalupa shell filled up with the good stuff and as we take a look on the inside you're going to
find a pretty decent portion all throughout of seasoned beef lettuce chipotle sauce tomatoes
and shredded cheddar cheese and again it looks like all the familiar tropes over here at taco
bell but with the addition of that chipotle sauce adding just a little bit of heat i'm
thinking i think this is going to be pretty decent i mean at the very least it's going to
taste like taco bell so how bad could that be all right so let's not waste any more time on
this one this is the chipotle cheddar chalupa here at taco bell let's peep out this flavor
yes sir some much needed rain is completely pounding my car here right now guys so this
is definitely adding to the overall experience because this chalupa is nice and warm in my hand
so let me show you again really quickly before i bite into this one nice and toasty nice and flaky
on the outside it's definitely soft very familiar of course and naturally with all the good stuff
right there in the middle as you can see a very solid amount of that chipotle sauce can be seen on
the very bottom of this one guys let's not waste any more time i think this is going to be kind of
familiar it's the all-new quote-unquote chipotle cheddar chalupa here at taco bell let's do it
familiar tasty though all right right off the break aside from the familiar flavors this has
definitely got a very nice amount of sizzle guys i mean it's definitely pretty nice you can feel it
pretty nicely and it goes pretty amazing with all the goodness that you're seeing on the inside of
here all the familiar flavors of taco bell the seasoned beef you already know what to expect
from this one and of course that dovetails right into the light crunch that i'm getting from the
lettuce and the tomatoes that are on this as well but the cheddar cheese believe it or not
it's a little non-existent in flavor because of that chipotle sauce but still pretty tasty
yeah absolutely familiar flavor and i can kind of see why they don't have sour cream mixed in
with this because they really want you to taste the chipotle sauce although i do have to admit
adding a little bit of that sour cream kind of tang and that little bite that you get from that
would go pretty nicely with the heat that i'm guessing from here but they want the experience
to be the chipotle i get it it's in the title but at the same time i think a little sour cream
would have been pretty nice on this all right so let's go a little deeper into this one hang on
well the chalupa is popular for a reason guys because that light butteriness that i'm getting
in the overall feeling of the chalupa shell itself is adding so much to the overall flavors of taco
bell in general along with that chipotle sauce and as you can see here with the further cross-section
shot a very solid amount of that seasoned beef as always and plenty of all the other good stuff
there but i gotta say again a little sour cream would have been pretty awesome on this but at
the same time still enjoying it but on the real there's a little bit of a missed opportunity with
this one i'm thinking because guys honestly when i first saw this was coming out i figured is this
the toasted cheddar chalupa but with chipotle sauce that would have been a lovely situation
having the cheese on the outside so this is really just the standard stuff but with the chipotle
sauce thrown in to make it quote-unquote new but at the same time i think the toasted cheddar
chalupa would have been a much better pairing with this on top of that maybe a little bit of the sour
cream at $3.59 or so of what i paid for this one i was kind of expecting just a little bit more from
it but at the same time again familiar taco bell flavor with that chipotle sauce still pretty tasty
all right so let me go for one more bite on this one because if you've seen one chalupa
you've seen them all they're pretty much the same with the exception of maybe a sauce or something a
little bit different in this case it's just the chipotle sauce added to it but again familiar
familiar familiar you're pretty much hearing that theme all throughout the review because it is
it's still taco bell it's still tasty one more bite we'll wrap this review up hang on
well the main highlights for this one are easily going to be that chalupa shell which easily kicks
the flavor off guys and that unique texture that it's got is really adding to the overall
experience combining that with the seasoned beef and that chipotle sauce action what you're gonna
get is the garnishment on top there with the lettuce the tomatoes and a little bit of shredded
cheddar cheese although it's not very pronounced in the flavor i'm very surprised that that's in
the name of this one maybe a cheese sauce would have been better but again sour cream of course
this needs just a little bit more to really stand out but as it stands it's a very solid
entry for the taco bell menu and especially for a promo item right now if you love chalupas this is
guaranteed to satisfy you either way order ahead and pick yours up at our contactless drive-thru
aaaah taco bell the six or seven main flavors you have on your menu recycled in so many different
ways with this one in particular this is pretty much something i could have customized to make but
hey it is technically something new as we round out the year still pretty solid though it's tasty
so with that said i'm gonna have to give the chipotle cheddar chalupa here a taco bell just an OK
7 out of 10 again there's really nothing else to really say about this one guys it's the
exact same chalupa that you know and love although i do wish it had a little bit of toasted cheddar
on the outside i think that would have made a huge difference just visually and overall flavor
because like i said that shredded cheddar cheese does not stand out at all it's a chipotle show a
seasoned beef show and of course the chalupa shell show on top of it the main three highlights still
pretty tasty even better on a rainy day right now let me just tell you all right so a couple
of quick questions for you first and foremost is the chalupa your main favorite item here on the
taco bell menu and if it isn't what is and why drop those comments down below and definitely
let me know and with that this is Ian K closing out another high quality foodie feature for you
here on peep this out reviews bringing you brand new content every single week here on my channel
so while you stay tuned for that next review coming real soon in the meantime stay frosty i love you taco
bell i really do but do me a favor as tasty as this is because it's the familiar flavors that
i'm used to on your menu here don't wait too long to bring back that toasted cheddar chalupa again
that was definitely a banging situation all right everyone until next time i'll talk to you soon
hey thanks for checking out another one of my reviews but just in case you didn't
see the one before this one you can find it right up over here along with what i
think youtube's gonna recommend for you to check out as well as always i think you'll
find something like in both of them and i'll definitely catch you in the next one see ya