{
  "id": 1816299,
  "title": "Taco Bell is bringing back 4 discontinued favorite menu items, including one fans begged for",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/taco-bell-is-bringing-back-4-discontinued-favorite-menu-items",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T21:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91591917/taco-bell-discontinued-items-return-for-2016-decades-menu-see-list"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Taco Bell is reviving four discontinued menu items as part of its 2016-inspired Decades #TBT menu, launched to tap into nostalgia. The limited-time offering includes the Naked Chicken Chalupa, a $5.99 dish with crispy chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and Avocado Ranch Sauce. The Beefy Crunch Burrito, priced at $2.79, returns with seasoned beef, sour cream, rice, nacho sauce, and Flaming Hot Fritos, a fan-favorite that garnered a Change.org petition for its reinstatement. The Meximelt, a $2.99 option with a tortilla filled with three cheeses, seasoned beef, and pico de gallo, also comes back. Lastly, Taco Bell is offering a Caramel Apple Empanada, a $2.99 treat with apple pieces, caramel, and pastry for a sweet indulgence. In addition to these items, Taco Bell has teamed up with streetwear brand Anti Social Social Club and Camp Snap, a brand that creates vintage-style digital cameras, to give away products to Taco Bell Rewards Members. The brand is also collaborating with the six-second video app Divine, giving users early access to the app before its public launch.",
  "summary": "Some of the most iconic Taco Bell items have been lost to time, but thanks to one of the fast food chain’s special menus, customers can get a taste of decades past, particularly 2016. Taco Bell’s Decades #TBT Menu, named after the popular hashtag that stands for Throwback Thursday, first launched in 2024 and brings back discontinued items from across the brand’s history. Last year, the TBT menu…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}