Hello everyone this is Running On Empty...
*FOOD REVIEW*
Well hello ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching
I am your host the report of the week, and this is running an empty food review, and uh, here we are
It's a you know. It's like a cloudy rainy day
the first review of
2018 a Happy New Year to everyone of you watching and
Well I'm gonna throw a bone this time around Taco Bell's got a new item out. It's been out for a couple days
So it's you know, it's still fairly new
fairly new a new release and
They've really been promoting it quite a lot in these last few days
This is their stacker the big appeal of it of course is the price being
one dollar
What you're getting for $1 is essentially as the name kind of implies?
It's a you know. It's a stack. It has a three cheese blend
nacho cheese and
Between that as layers of your taco meat and you'll see once I kind of get the product out that it's supposed to be stacked
Up and it's supposed to be just a very
You know, ultra value type meal
So it has a lot of that appeal to it of course you know for consumers well
"I could get all this food from Taco Bell without breaking the bank" and
you know of course they'll go ahead and I'll say well, and we have so much to offer here for just one dollar and
That's where that stands so that's the big appeal to the product. That's what the product is and we'll get to it in a moment
You know interestingly enough. It's it's it's it's as very interesting to me, and then I'll get to the review after this
their advertising campaign...
You know when I saw it first and I want to show you something in a couple seconds
It's as fascinating
they're going with the theme of like the Bell-uminati and of course the Illuminati and a lot of things like that and
and it was just very very interesting, I also got
something from Taco Bell
specifically
In this box here, and the contents are just between you and me,
But you could see the box right here it you know goes with their theme
And there were a few a few things that were in this box
And at first when I saw it. I thought it was very fascinating and genius marketing, and I still I still think it is
But there's a little a little more to it also and this just goes out to Taco Bell
-ONLY- you know who you are
I just I saw it I looked at it
I saw the meanings in those things, and it says very very clever and very creative very creative
And that's that's all that I really have to say just extremely
Extremely creative, but I got the message got it. I saw what it was
And I got it and I wanted to say that I wanted to get it out there and just make that known
Now aside from that and with that out of the way. Let's get to the food review, so here's what it comes in
It's your stacker
Comes in its own little pouch right there. You can see
*Stacker* layer upon layer of
Stacked goodness. It comes up a little bit of an instructional - it says first bite here, guess That's where your first bite goes
Looks like the stacker had a little accident
but that's okay...it's what happens in the world of stacker
a risky...risky business
I'll tell you that
Here's what it is classic triangle shape as they had marketed it
You can see it just comes down in the corners there this corner is kind of bursting at the seams a little bit
but you could see it nicely and
you know it's like, it's
It's it's you know bite-sized handheld and again
It comes with three cheese blend nacho cheese and your standard seasoned beef
no, sauce included, so it's up to you if you want to get any I
got some some of their standard fire sauce which is my favorite and
With that being said you know what's in it. I know it's in it. We all know what's in it
I'm gonna bite this and I'm gonna try it out. Well, here goes first review of 2017
*OH NO* I said the wrong year, first review of 2018 soon happens to all of us
I'm always we always got so used to saying the other
here first review of 2018 ladies and gentlemen we're gonna try this out. It's the new stacker from Taco Bell (going in)
s-senpai...
I'm gonna keep eating this but allow me if I may to show you a
cross-section
you see now why it is called a stacker because you can see it is a
number of layers of the meat you could see the bottom layer of the meat
Along with the three cheese blend right there in the corner
With nacho cheese spread throughout stacked upon each other and it's supposed to be a pretty solid meal for $1 in price
Gotta use the Starbucks napkins cause they didn't give me any
(how dare they)
and i'll take one more bite
Now I had my worries when it came to this product um admittedly they were
Existent they were present as soon as I saw this I had my worries
you know that when I
Talk about Taco Bell quite a bit
My biggest issue is the nacho cheese
you know where I say a lot of the time I
Find it not to be of the highest quality. I find it to be rather plasticky tasting and especially in
very large amounts
It can be you could ruin an item. You know there are so many items
I remember reviewing where I would say if it didn't have this nacho cheese. It'd be
exponentially better you know and
When I saw the images of this product as advertised I saw the three cheese blend
I saw the meat, but it looked as though it was doused with copious amounts of that nacho cheese
And I was so worried for it in
Practice however. I think as you could see you can see the meat. There's more meat on this than I expected there to be
The three cheese blend is there as well. That's fine. There wasn't too much
It's perfectly spread to add that you know to add flavor the nacho cheese, though
I was so worried that there was gonna be a lot of it as a matter of fact
There was not anywhere near as much of it as I had expected it to be
So that's a very good sign
Otherwise I had worried
Too much nacho cheese was just gonna ruin everything else and provide a big issue
But otherwise I think there's a good amount of meat on it. It's your standard seasoned beef
The three cheese blend. It's not discernible adds a three-cheese blend really
You know when it comes down to Taco Bell and their cheese quality. you wouldn't be able to differentiate the blends for the most part
Except that this is cheese cheese, and the other is nacho cheese
But the three cheese blend actually works very nice for this and the nacho cheese isn't overkill as a matter of fact
I'm not disappointed in this there is one thing though that I do want to mention when it comes to this product I
Find that despite all of the cheese on it
And the cheese blends and all that
It really does need a sauce pairing to kind of you know amp it up and give it the final
You know deal the deal the final blow in terms of flavor
So I'm gonna put a little bit of fire sauce on it, and I'm just gonna see if that
Hypothesis is true or otherwise. I think it I think this is gonna help it out quite a bit though so just putting a little
Fire sauce on and of course you could substitute it for any sauce of your choice, but I'm trying it with my favorite sauce
mhm.
Yep
i say, this is a buy.
I really do I think for a dollar mind you this is just for a buck
Not going to be around forever. This isn't going to be there. This is probably a special promo of some sort
But for what it is
You're getting a lot of food for a dollar more than I had anticipated
It works out for the best the sauce of course is always complimentary as is you know with any other item?
Get this item if you want it. It's not gonna break the bank. You'll get some adequate food
You know get by two or three and you have yourself a full-blown meal
One would be for a good little snack probably and make sure you get sauce with it - whatever it might be mild fire
Hot or or any other type of sauce because I think that'll amplify the sauce there
That being said I think it's pretty good though for what it's worth
especially considering a dollar and it tastes pretty good so a big thumbs up to it there and
All things considered. I think out of ten. I'm gonna be given this product an 8.8/10
I'm satisfied with it. I think they did a pretty good job and
you know I'm not I'm not really disappointed in it again as I said I was a little worried about how the cheese and everything
Would come into play, but it works out nicely
Tastes pretty good get the sauce. They're not going to charge you anything extra for it and
That's all that I have for you. Thank you for watching ladies and gentlemen
I'm your host The Report Of The Week and today's of you is for the stacker from Taco Bell. Thank you and take care