It’s a junk food junkie’s dream.
Taco Bell partnered with Doritos to create the new Doritos Locos Taco, which is offered starting today in all Taco Bell locations, including Outtakes at the 459 Commons.
At first glance, the taco is like any other, filled with beef, sour cream, lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese and diced tomatoes. But its all encased in a shell made from Nacho Cheese Doritos chips, complete with the powdery cheese residue that sticks to fingers.
Matthew McGraw, computer science sophomore, said the marketing strategy of joining Doritos with Taco Bell might be effective since both products could appeal to the same group of people.
“I guess I would try it if it’s good,” McGraw said.
Alyse Aldrige, engineering sophomore, said she would also try the new taco.
“I would eat it, especially if it was free with your Tiger Card,” Aldrige said.
Other students thought the combination of junk foods are an unhealthy choice, such as Logan Delabarre-Hays, international studies sophomore.
“I would rather spend my calories on something else,” Delabarre-Hays said. “That’s just something the world doesn’t need. Americans are already fat.”
Echo Matthews, mechanical engineering freshman, said she would never eat a Doritos
Locos Taco.
“It’s disgusting. It’s Doritos and it’s unhealthy,” Matthews said. “I think people would order it as a joke.”
One Crunchy Taco Supreme is 200 calories with 320 mg of sodium and 12 grams of total fat. A full bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos is 250 calories with 13 grams of total fat.
A public Facebook event from Taco Bell invited users to a midnight drive-thru premiere at participating Taco Bell locations. Taco Bell requested that users check-in at midnight to create a record of 100,000 check-ins for the Doritos Locos Tacos.
 
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