Tried all the new items last night

$40.67 total for 8 items

1. Beefy potato loaded griller
2. Mini taco salad (x2)
3. Jalapeno honey mustard crispy chicken crunchwrap slider
4. Chicken bacon ranch street chalupas
5. Steak & guac nacho fries
6. Chips and nacho supreme dip
7. Chocolate fudge & caramel empanadas
8. Mexican pizza (to serve as baseline)

Everything was mostly mid tbh. Top 3 items I am most likely to order again are the supreme dip, mini taco salad (with mexican pizza sauce added), and street chalupas.

Beefy potato griller – really good value but also very boring. I could see people liking this but the soft potatoes and the abundance of sauce/cheese + minimal beef made it an amalgamation of goop.

Mini taco salad – I like the mexican pizza and this is nearly the same thing so it is no surprise I was into it. It has the benefit of more surface area of crispy tostada than the pizza because a large portion is not in contact with wet ingredients. I tried one as-is and one with mexican pizza sauce added which was the better variant imo.

Crunchwrap slider – chicken was dry and bland. I ended up having to use the supreme dip on this to make it taste better. This was in the bottom 3 items of my order.

Street chalupas – the shell is the hero of this item. it was crispy and maintained its texture till the end of the meal. the chicken inside is superior to regular chicken and combined with the shell was pretty good. sub in steak for chicken is free so maybe ill try that next time.

Steak & guac nacho fries – I ate these on the drive home from tbell because I wanted to avoid any sogginess from impacting my review of them. It's straightforward and tastes exactly how you would expect. Reminds you how shitty taco bell steak is. I'd order regular nacho fries in the future because I don't think this is worth paying the premium and having to deal with the sogg factor. if anything, regular noch fries + supreme dip would be a much more appealing combo.

Supreme dip – this really surprised me cause, its just chips and dip made of ingredients i've had plenty of times. they gave me way more dip than i had chips for so i started dipping other items into it and i think thats what took this item over the edge for me. there's nothing innovative going on but the dip + chip combo is superior to loaded nachos cause soggy chips are ass

Empanadas – they werent too sweet which is nice but overall boring. if you can handle the sugar content, the cinnabon delights are far superior (especially if you toss them in the oven while you eat so when youre ready for dessert they are lightly crispy and warm)

Finished everything in one sitting except the potato burrito (mostly due to size rather than taste). I'm probably good off taco bell till next year