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Taco Bell announced more than 20 upcoming menu items at the Live Mass Live Gala.
New dishes coming in 2026 include Diablo Dusted Crispy Chicken Nuggets, Cheese G Sliders, and for dessert, Creme Brûlée Crunchwrap and Mountain Dew Baja Midnight Pie, the successor to last year’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie.
Upcoming new beverages include Salt & Straw Tacoreto Chiller, a drink inspired by 2005’s Tacoreto Ice Cream Taco. This drink is made with Salt & Straw, a chocolate-dipped waffle shell filled with cinnamon ancho ice cream.
The fast food franchise also announced that nacho fries will be a permanent addition to its menu.
Learn more about the new menu items that will appear on the Taco Bell menu in 2026.
What new products will be coming to Taco Bell this year?
Here are the new items coming to Taco Bell’s menu this year, according to a news release:
- Flamin’ hot nacho fries: Nacho fries with spicier flamin’ hot nacho cheese.
- Diablo Dusted Crispy Chicken Nuggets: The pure white meat chicken nuggets are sprinkled with Diablo’s spicy seasoning.
- Doritos Cool Ranch Dusted Crispy Chicken Nuggets with Doritos Cool Ranch Dipping Sauce: Nuggets coated with Doritos Cool Ranch seasoning are dipped in Doritos Cool Ranch-flavored dipping sauce.
- Flamin’ Hot Dusted Crispy Chicken Nuggets: The third Dusted Nugget dish is served with Flamin’ Hot seasoning.
- Cheesy G slider: Two pieces of soft flatbread wrapped in a white corn husk are layered with mozzarella, pepper jack, cheddar cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, and creamy chipotle sauce. Pair with grilled marinated steak or slow roasted chicken.
- Cantina Chicken Mexican Pizza with Jalapeno Citrus Salsa: Slow-roasted chicken and black beans are layered between crispy tortillas and topped with green chile sauce, three-cheese blend, cabbage, and pico de gallo, and served with our new Jalapeño Citrus Salsa and Avocado Verde Salsa.
- Mexican pizza empanada: Three to six bite-sized, crispy empanadas are stuffed with seasoned beef, a three-cheese blend, and Mexican pizza sauce for dipping.
- Fire queso sauce packet: The hot sauce is packaged in crunchy edible sauce packs, allowing fans to create more flavor combinations.
- Cracked Cantina Bowl of Queso: This new bowl is made with seasoned rice, slow-roasted chicken, black beans, lettuce, purple cabbage, reduced-fat sour cream, pico de gallo, and cotija dip, and is topped with chili lime seasoning and crispy cheddar cheese chips.
- Flamin’ hot mini taco salad: Seasoned beef, Fritos Flamin’ Hot corn chips, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and refried beans are served in a tortilla bowl bordered with Flamin’ Hot seasoning.
- Firecracker burrito: A red flour tortilla shell is stuffed with seasoned rice, nacho cheese sauce, seasoned beef, fiesta tortilla strips, creamy chipotle sauce, reduced-fat sour cream, and a sprinkle of cayenne poppin crystals.
- Mountain Dew Baja Midnight Pie: This new pie uses Mountain Dew Baja Midnight’s passion fruit flavor for a sweet, citrusy taste.
- Milk Bar Birthday Cake Empanadas: Crispy empanadas filled with birthday cake batter and topped with pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles.
- Chocolate Fudge & Caramel Empanadas (now on sale nationwide): Served in pairs, each order includes one chocolate fudge and one caramel empanada.
- Creme Brulee Crunchwrap Sliders: Crispy cinnamon sugar tostadas with a creamy vanilla filling baked in a caramelized cinnamon sugar crust and wrapped in a warm tortilla.
- Strawberry & Cream Mexican Pizza Bites: A dessert tostada with a scoop of cheesecake filling is stuffed with chopped strawberries dipped in cinnamon sugar and topped with white chocolate shavings.
- Mountain Dew Baja Midnight Zero: This drink blends the flavor of passion fruit with the tropical lime flavor of Mountain Dew Baja Blast, now with zero sugar.
- Refreshing Strawberry Horchata: A creamy sweet drink inspired by traditional Mexican horchata. Made with cinnamon and vanilla, drizzled with strawberry syrup, topped with real freeze-dried strawberries, and served chilled over ice.
- Cold Brew with Purple Horchata Cold Foam: Cold Brew topped with our signature purple cold foam – cool and creamy with warm cinnamon and vanilla notes.
- Mountain Dew Baja Blast Under Eyepatch: Infused with a refreshing boost of caffeine and citrus, the patch cools and energizes skin.
Taylor Montgomery, Taco Bell’s global chief brand officer, said that through the Live Mass Live event, Taco Bell demonstrated that it is “constantly pushing the boundaries, not just in our menu, but in our attitude across culture and entertainment.” He appeared on stage at the Live Más Live event alongside CEO Sean Tresvant and Global Chief Food Innovation Officer Liz Matthews.
“From timeless fan favorites to productions no one expected, this free night of Hollywood was built around the energy that our fans bring every day,” he said. “If this is the undercard, 2026 will be our boldest year yet.”
Menu items decrease throughout the year. Follow Taco Bell on social media platforms, download the Taco Bell app, and sign up for the Taco Bell Rewards loyalty program for the latest menu updates.
How to watch Taco Bell Live Mass Live
The Taco Bell Live Mass Live event will be recorded live-to-tape at the Hollywood Palladium on Tuesday, March 3rd, and will be available to stream on Peacock until April 9th.
The event, hosted by actor and rapper/singer Vince Staples, featured appearances by Jason Sudekis, Fernando Mendoza, Ariana Madix, Ashley Park, Benson Boone, Ciara Miller, Davante Adams, Devon Walker, DJ Pee Wee (aka Anderson .Paak), Doja Cat, Ego Nwodim, Mike Towers, and Yate.
“We harnessed the energy of our fans on stage and turned it into a must-see moment, and we’re excited for you to feel it at Peacock,” Staples said in a news release.
Mike Snyder is a national trends news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, and X, and email him at: mike snyder & @mikegsnider.bsky.social & @mikesnider & msnider@usatoday.com.
