Fast Food Dude Taco Bell Thinks Big
May 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods
Taco Bell is thinking inside the box with its new 1,000-plus-calorie Big Bell Box ($4.99)
It comes with everything except some elastic-waist pants: the new Bacon Club Chalupa, a crunchy taco, bean burrito, Cinnamon Twists and a large soda.
In the olden days, buying these Taco Bell items individually would set you back about $7.
But then again, you’d probably only do that if you were suffering from a tapeworm or trying to win a bet.
TV commercials for the Big Bell Box feature radio icon and former “Man Show” host Adam Carolla imploring viewers to “eat like a man.”
It’s an incredible amount of food for about $5, ideal for an omnivore who wants a little bit of taco with his burrito and Chalupa.
Plus it’s kind of cool to step up to the stainless-steel counter and get your meal inside a box that feels like it should contain a blueberry pie or a set of new Nikes.
The cardboard box itself is emblazoned with the word “BIG” in giant purple letters and includes a helpful diagram reminding you to lift with your knees, not your back.
At some point you may also want to crumble the box up and use it as a pillow after you’ve slipped into a bean-and-cheese coma.
If it’s too much food for you, order a second drink and split the Big Bell Box with a buddy (though Carolla will probably revoke your man card).
You didn’t ask for it, but Del Taco made it anyway: even hotter hot sauce!
Del Taco already has a version of hot sauce called Del Scorcho, but now it’s invented Del Inferno, which, rumor has it, is made from a combination of ancho chili pepper and devil’s blood.
According to a Del Taco news release, Del Inferno is almost three times hotter than any of the sauces offered by Del Taco’s competitors (rhymes with Baco Tell).
Never one to shy away from something spicy, the Dude tried a squirt (or three) of Del Inferno on a recent burrito. Not coincidentally, it was quickly followed by copious amounts of liquid and, the Dude’s not ashamed to say it, even a few tears.
Del Inferno is the real deal, the kind of hot sauce you usually only find at an authentic Mexican dive with velvet paintings on the wall and a welcoming bowl of stale peppermint candies.
It’s been 15 years since Del Taco last introduced a new hot sauce.
Hopefully by 2023, the Del will have perfected something even hotter, say volcanic lava, without it burning through those tiny plastic packets.
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