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the trend continues it's actually funny how it's been but and this is the way that it goes with
fast food sometimes where you get these waves of new releases and then occasionally you get
these periods where nothing really gets released and then you have one of these odd times which
is what I am in the midst of right now where you have establishment after establishment
just bringing back the same old items so for instance I guess it was three reviews back
Taco Bell had released or re-released now for the 15th time their nacho fries
then McDonald's re-released the spicy chicken McNuggets and now Taco Bell has re-released
their grilled cheese burrito but the one thing to give Taco Bell credit with this time around
is that along with the re-release the return of the grilled cheese burrito an announcement
and a change the announcement they said is that all right we know we've been bringing this back
time and again and we know that there's a lot of demand because a lot of people really like the
grilled cheese burrito they said this time it's permanent so if Taco Bell is staying true to their
word it is on the menu and it is staying there so the grilled cheese burrito is back but this
time around it is here to stay so considering that this will probably be the last review of it that I
do because now it'll be here to stay and there won't really be any changes to be made but the
other thing that they announced is that normally with the grilled cheese burrito from Taco Bell
it almost always came with their their stake and obviously Taco Bell takes this steak very
seriously if you ever get the chance if you ever go into a Taco Bell when you look into
the back you'll actually see the guys will have the white Chef's hats and everything and you'll
see them chopping up the steak and everything I mean it's a big it's a big process I'd say filet
mignon at least but uh this time around they said that the grilled cheese burrito you could still
get it with the steak but you could also get it with seasoned beef and I don't think I've ever
reviewed it with the seasoned beef before so it's going to be interesting to try it out and just see
if there's any sort of noticeable uh discernible difference here now as for the item itself again
it's permanent on the menu it's available at the price of four dollars and 79 cents for the burrito
itself in my case it the price will vary based on where you get it I have to pay six dollars
for it but most of you watching will probably just have to pay four dollars 79 cents maybe
around the five dollar Mark for the grilled cheese burrito now this is one of those items
that has a ton of to it so let's let's let's begin to delve into this it has seasoned beef
and rice nacho cheese chipotle sauce sour cream Fiesta strips a three cheese blend and then
it is wrapped in a tortilla and then the tortilla is wrapped around with another three cheese blend
thus giving the impression that you have the grilled cheese on the exterior so the temporito
loaded with tons of ingredients tons of various elements to it and then of course the big selling
point the exterior has that Grilled Cheese look hence the name the grilled cheese burrito
this is one of those items where the name I think is very straightforward and you know exactly what
you're going to get but as I said in years past when I've tried this out I've had it with the
stake on it before and I've enjoyed it I have been a fan of the grilled cheese burrito and
I've only had good things to say about it but of course we know how Taco Bell is and we'll
see if the uh the substitution from the steak to the seasoned beef makes any sort of difference
it comes in looks like a double layer of wrapping you could see it's got paper around it here
there it is
I want to hold this up but I'll tell you there's going to be a very quick
break I'm going to get something and it might look stupid but I really couldn't
care less and I'll tell you in a moment so I'll be right back
all right this might look stupid and you could say whatever you want but this is this is a
good reason to have them on hand because what I obviously want to do is I want to
hold up the burrito for you I want to eat it normally I want to show you what it looks like
and I've had this and I was wishing I had done this in previous reviews because the outside I
could see it's just absolutely glistening in oil and grease and obviously I want to handle it and
take it out of the uh the little wrapping and uh you know obviously show it but in previous times
and this might be just an important note if if you want to get this but sometimes it's a real
pain to wash this stuff off your hands it's just one of those times where it never really
feels clean and that the oil just really gets in there so I got myself some single use gloves and
that way problem solved so might sound stupid but hey this is just what I want to do so now I could
give you the full and proper assessment and then I haven't anything to worry about as far as uh
any sort of stain or any of that goes but as you can see right here um very oily very greasy
the glistening cheese on the outside and you can see just by handling it you can see this
is why I wanted to wear these gloves even if it's silly they come in handy and I'm glad that I did
but yeah you could see it's it's got some weight to it most definitely does but you could really
see that glistening grilled cheese on the exterior I mean extremely extremely oily and then you can
see the paper that it comes wrapped in I don't know how well that's showing up but there's more
oil on that too but uh yeah I mean it still looks good just obviously might be a little messy on the
hands you don't really want to be eating this and then give someone a handshake afterward
so with that said I'm just going to eat it normally and then I'll remove the gloves the
uh the blessed I guess you would call these the grilled cheese burrito handling gloves but uh and
I'll remove them get into the assessment so yeah I'll just try it out and see how it is this time
around the grilled cheese burrito from Taco Bell looks good you can see there is a side there that
doesn't have the grilled cheese but most of it is is wrapped around and that's how it usually looks
all right I'll just try it out try to give an assessment and uh take it from there it's going in
in one more bite
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see now hands are clean
there's always a little bit of an uncertainty when it comes down to to Taco Bell and some of
the various items they're from just because Taco Bell is not always they're kind of consistently
inconsistent but I am pleased to report that the grilled cheese burrito with the seasoned beef
they did a good job with it the only criticism that I could even make is just the messiness
of its appearance in that again if you know some people might consider it a bad thing having all
that oil and grease you know on their hands even if you hold it with the paper some of
that might still get there and you might consider that more of an annoyance than
anything else but look if that's the only thing that I would even have to criticize
that pretty much says Eh this isn't a bad product at all because it's not I've always liked the
grilled cheese burrito the concept yet might be a little silly but it's a good item it's one of
these items that has so many different ingredients are there some ingredients that probably
aren't really all that necessary sure but does everything work does everything blend together
does all the the various elements to it do they complement each other yes does it taste good
indeed it does overall I am happy with it what I notice of course it's a very cheesy burrito I've
always mentioned that in every assessment of this that I have done but indeed this is one
of the most prominent characteristics to it you have that three cheese blend on the outside which
has a nice little nice little crisp to it as well it's it's nice it adds to it really does
then you have the nacho cheese sauce in the burrito itself you have the three cheese
blend there is cheese in every single bite of this and that's a guarantee so if you like all
things cheesy then this definitely is the burrito for you what I also notice is the seasoned beef
there's a good amount of it there of course it's flavorful yeah it's not the highest quality stuff
but texturally speaking it really it complements everything too it tastes good in this instance
that chipotle sauce really adds to it and this is one of those cases where I could really taste
the chipotle sauce it's very flavorful on its own but the chipotle sauce what I noticed the most is
that it adds a bit of a spicy kick for lack of a better word it just adds some spice some extra
flavor and it really takes it up to the next level so what I really notice here is that it's spicy
again not extremely it's more of what I would describe like a flavorful spice so it's not
one of those things that you'd bite into it and you'd be saying oh my gosh I need I need milk I
need water I need anything you know none of that it's just oh yeah it's there's a
little bit of spice there but it's like it's flavorful that's the best way to go about it
some of the other ingredients are kinda just there it's like the fiesta strips are just kind of there
because mind you there inside this burrito which has lots of sauces lots of moisture so they aren't
really going to hold that firm crisp to them at all they're a bit soggy but again they still taste
fine the seasoned rice is also there it helps texturally you could taste it a little bit and
it's totally fine flavor wise and same thing as far as the sour cream goes as well it's like could
I taste faint notes of it yes I could but it's not to say that it's necessarily the most prominent
component of this because it's not however despite there being some ingredients that are definitely
a stronger more potent more prominent than others it all Blends together nicely it's a decent item
it tastes good and I'm happy to see that this is on the menu for good just a little messy but
it's a good product otherwise it tastes good so therefore out of 10 the grilled cheese burrito
with the seasoned beef from Taco Bell I am going to give it a 9 out of 10. I think it's a good item
really nothing to complain about aside from the uh the messiness again of the exterior but it's
a good item it's nice to see it back price is 479 Taco Bell I'd say they did a good job
here so uh now get it whenever you want because it's here and it's staying here that's all that
I have for you thanks for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week