It’s time to get spicy at Taco Bell. The fast-food company has paired with Frank’s RedHot this fall to deliver four new menu items, available for a limited time.
Plus, Taco Bell is expanding its chicken options for customers to enjoy. Learn more about the new items below.
New Taco Bell Menu Items
Four new menu items are hitting Taco Bell. The newest items include a burrito, soft taco, nacho fries, and chicken strips, all served with a new Frank’s RedHot sauce: Diablo.
Below are each of the new menu items to enjoy:
- Frank’s RedHot Diablo Cripsy Chicken Burrito: Chicken strips, shredded lettuce, purple cabbage, pico de gallo, cheddar cheese, and a flour tortilla.
- Frank’s RedHot Diablo Crispy Chicken Soft Taco: Flour tortilla, chicken strips, purple cabbage, lettuce, pico de gallo, and cheddar cheese.
- Frank’s RedHot Diablo Chicken Nacho Fries: Seasoned nacho fries, slow-roasted chicken, nacho cheese sauce, three-cheese blend, and pico de gallo.
- Crispy Chicken Strips with Spicy Ranch: Chicken strips with tortilla chip breading and a choice of sauce.
A Less Spicy Substitute
If you’re not a huge spicy fan, don’t be worried. Taco Bell has a substitute: Avocado Ranch.
While Frank’s RedHot sauce is not labeled as super spicy, you can always escape the heat with Avocado Ranch instead on each of the new menu items.
Excitement About the Collab
Fans aren’t the only ones excited about the Taco Bell and Frank’s RedHot collaboration.
In a press release, Valda Coryat, vice president of marketing at McCormick & Company, the parent company of Frank’s, commented, “This collab demonstrates the versatility of Frank’s RedHot by bringing its characteristic balance of bold flavor and heat to ignite every bite, reimagining these classics with a partner that’s just as sauce-obsessed as we are.”
On the Taco Bell side, global chief innovation officer Liz Matthew names the sauce as the brand’s “hero” of “continued success.”
When Can You Buy the Items?
These four new menu items will debut on October 16th and be available for a limited time.
Other Taco Bell Collabs This Year
Frank’s RedHot is not the only collab Taco Bell has had this year. The company has stretched into various flavor spaces.
This includes nostalgic tortilla-breaded nuggets, a Mike’s Hot Honey collab featuring a glazed spicy sauce, etc. Each new item on the menu has fit into a larger strategy driven partially by consumer feedback and corporate decisions.
During the Live Más annual conference, CEO Sean Tresvant described these new strategies that are designed to fit into the founder’s original vision.
“What we believe [founder Glen Bell] he was trying to do 63 years ago was feed curiosity for the unconventional. That’s pretty cool: Tacos in a burger world.”
In addition to collabs, Taco Bell has pushed out of the strictly ground beef world into the chicken zone, with the company adding crispy chicken to its menus permanently in 2026.
Explore More: News