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this is this is a real game changer it really is i know that sometimes i will say
that and i'll you know i'll be joking and i'll be exaggerating you know you know really there's no
there's no actual change um but this is fast food history in the making right here no joke no joke
whatsoever this is this is history in the making and people are going crazy over this i mean people
it's not like it's just in pure elation because people really don't know how to comprehend this
how to properly handle it so you're seeing all sorts of interesting reactions at this news
but let me tell you this is really this is huge this is momentous taco bell has introduced
the grande crunchwrap to their menu but that's not just everything this is actually the triple
double crunchwrap which i've already reviewed four times being brought back under a new name
and people don't know how to handle that bit of information the triple double crunchwrap
triple double crunchwrap but it's not the triple double crunchwrap anymore it's the grande wrap
how crazy is that i really if people don't know how to handle this though i saw one video of some
guy he was destroying his computer he just you know like short circuiting just didn't know how
to how to process it i saw the other where there was some guy in the parking lot who was crawling
through the parking lot like a worm over to taco bell and you're seeing all sorts of interesting
stuff let me tell you but this is the triple double crunchwrap being reintroduced under a
new name which i actually think is a pretty smart marketing move uh quite frankly because i think
the triple double crunchwrap is an item that i personally have like a love-hate relationship with
and uh i think other people do too but it's one of those things that's been re-released so many times
now that it's kind of maybe the customer uh base just looks at the name and they think that it's
kind of old the triple double crunchwrap what is this like the fifth time they've released it
so you changed the name it's the exact same thing and now everyone thinks it's
something new so that is a smart change in terms of marketing strategy anyway
so what is the grande crunchwrap what this is is you have two layers of seasoned beef
nacho cheese in between the layers of the seasoned beef is a tostada shell there's also lettuce sour
cream tomatoes it is available with the price of 3.49 by itself it also comes as a five dollar meal
deal now i've reviewed this four times already this is going to be the fifth time i've reviewed
this now you might say come on you're wasting you're wasting your time you're wasting my time
what does it matter if you've already done this a bunch of times so what's the point
this is why i re-review things when it comes down to these releases over time as we know sometimes
recipes change sometimes ingredients change sometimes the quality even over a few short years
of various fast food establishment establishments can either go up or it can just fall off a cliff
and that's why it's important to kind of try out these new things or once they're made new again um
because there's always that variability that needs to be taken into account the one that i reviewed
back in 2016 might be very different from the one here in 2021 um but for perspective and then we'll
get into it and try it out here are the ratings that i gave this item in the past
in 2016 i reviewed it and i was like ah it's all right i gave it a 7 out of 10. in 2017 i really
liked what i saw and i don't know if it was just that good or if i was drinking too much baja blast
but i gave it a 9 out of 10. then in 2018 i gave it a 6.5 and in 2019 which is the last time
that they released it i gave it a 7 out of 10. so we're going to see now it's been not quite two
years but close to it so that's another reason two years have passed and uh let's see how it is now
order
ahead for contactless pickup and it is sealed for me
got some napkins let's just up ends the whole thing why not
let's do it the taco bell way i got it with some fire sauce by the way but why not
and this they call this the blessed pouch so we're gonna take it out of the pouch
looks like it's decent sized i'll say that
get a close-up view of it here
there it is right there um i'll get a thumbnail like this for the video
you know going with the serious and the happy one but you can see i mean it does look like it
certainly has some decent size to it i'll say that definitely feeling some weight here so again this
is exactly the same thing as the triple double crunchwrap it's just under a new name the grande
uh crunchwrap indeed it is named actually after ariana grande you've given that joke so many times
um but nonetheless you know what's in it i know what's in it we all know what's in it i'm gonna
try it out and i'll let you know what it tastes like the grande crunchwrap from taco bell going in
you can see just how it's teeming with beef
look at it it's overflowing with it can you believe how much meat is in this
that's sarcasm by the way you know this is let me tell you in terms of what it tastes like i don't
really have any complaints um it doesn't taste bad but granted and this is gonna spark some probably
some mixed reactions but taco bell did it again where you can see the issues with the distribution
right there the whole selling point of this item is for it to have two layers of beef and there
certainly is almost none in here um in all the bites that i took i think there was really one
solid bite where there was any seasoned beef so now i'm gonna just take a bite from this end okay
a little better over here
i've never minded the triple double crunchwrap in terms of what it tastes like
i've honestly never really had a problem i like the seasoned beef the thing that i liked about it
the best was that there was that extra seasoned beef on it you're able to get more of that meaty
flavor and it's like you're finally getting a taco of sorts you know it's crunchwrap you know
what i mean though um but finally the portion of beef that you wish it always had to begin with
i always liked also the little tostita shell versus the tostada shell i want to get this
right the tostada shell there we go that added a little bit of crunch to it as well hence the name
crunchwrap you know where now it's the the you know the grande crunchwrap
but i just always liked that balance that it had i liked the sour cream you know i liked
that there was the lettuce and the tomato in it too which had a nice little balance as well and
it just it it was just a nice item and i think it still tastes good um but the problem that
you have to remember and this is just i think a universal issue when it comes down to taco bell
for an item like this to be good and for an item like this to taste good because this is something
that right now by itself there are no flavors that taste bad here there's nothing out here that tells
me oh this is awful i'm gagging this up it tastes terrible no it doesn't um i think it tastes good
actually and i'm happy with it but the problem is and this is classic taco bell like i've said
everything comes down to preparation if you go to your taco bell and the individual who makes this
follows the instructions and does a good job and balances it out nice and everything
it's going to be great and you're going to find it really enjoyable
if this is made incorrectly or let's say it's just not properly leveled out and you wind up with the
one like i got where half of it has absolutely no beef whatsoever and the other half does that's a
problem you know that's a serious issue and it's going to hinder your enjoyment of the crunchwrap
in order for this to be good
gotta be even otherwise you're going to bite into it like i did and you're going to have an empty
bite filled with nacho cheese no beef no tomatoes nothing and all the tomatoes are going to be over
here and all the beef is going to be here and there's going to be absolutely nothing here and
half of it's going to be great half of it's going to be too much of this or too little of that and
you're going to sit there wondering what the heck you wasted your money on that's the problem so
factoring that in it's good if it's made right
and if everything is like i said leveled out and evened out um but you're taking a risk here
i'll give this item in my case
because it's really hard let me explain why i'm having trouble with the rating right here
part of me wants to rate the item like a 2 out of 10 because half of it is absolutely nothing and
the other half is great but to say that and act like every other crunchwrap out there is going to
be like this and so lopsided like how mine was um that's not fair to do plus mine still tasted good
so i'm gonna give this i'm just gonna stick to the trend that i had been and i'm gonna give
it a 7 out of 10. you have to factor in the variability though and just understand that
your mileage may vary if they do a good job it's going to be great and this still tastes good
but you know you know that you might not get what you hoped and that's all that i can say
and this goes for almost every single item on the taco bell menu these days
i'm going to add a little bit of fire sauce for the fun of it i'm not surprised a little
disappointed you know but not surprised i had a feeling this is what i was going to get
fire sauce works well can't complain there
it's just it's a good item like i've said for like the 50th time now it's a decent
item it tastes okay it's just when these get made these variances occur that can really
it could either greatly improve or greatly hinder the eating experience and you don't
know what you're going to get so bear that in mind understand the risks involved and all that i still
recommend you try it out you're getting a decent portion of food at a decent price so uh there you
have it but you kind of saw it for what it is you saw how there's those variances and that's
all that i have for you thank you for watching take care i'm your host the report of the week