Taco Bell and Frank’s PinkHot Dropped 4 Saucy, Crispy Menu Items

After reprising its wildly well-liked Crispy Chicken Nuggets earlier this yr, Taco Bell is all fired as much as discover each new saucy chance.

Case in level: Four new menu objects that includes Frank’s PinkHot are hitting Taco Bell menus this week, based on an announcement shared with Food & Wine. The limited-time menu pairs fan-favorite Crispy Chicken — breaded with crunchy tortilla bits, in fact — with a best-of-both worlds Buffalo sauce, making it an unmistakably smoky and savory mashup.

The menu options Frank’s PinkHot Diablo sauce, which mixes Frank’s unique taste with the smokiness of Taco Bell’s Diablo and Spicy Ranch sauces. A Diablo-drizzled Crispy Chicken Burrito, Crispy Chicken Soft Taco, Nacho Fries, and traditional Crispy Chicken Strips are all set to launch on October 16.

If you’re hesitant about all that tanginess, Taco Bell can also be providing Avocado Ranch as a simple different. (Frank’s PinkHot sauce isn’t too spicy, because the model guarantees by way of electronic mail.) You can request it as a substitute of Frank’s PinkHot for any of the brand new menu objects — we received’t choose, promise.

Heading into peak soccer season, we already know Frank’s PinkHot as a recreation day MVP. (We’d guess your Sunday hangout features a Buffalo hen dip that’s dripping with the stuff.) In reality, the model identifies with the 1964 inception of saucy, fire-hot wings in Buffalo, New York.

“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,” Valda Coryat, vice chairman of promoting at McCormick & Company, the guardian firm of Frank’s PinkHot, says within the launch.

Meanwhile, Taco Bell’s world chief innovation officer, Liz Matthew, describes the sauce because the model’s “hero” of “continued success.”

Crispy hen and daring sauciness stand out as two most important highlights for the California-based chain. In the previous yr alone, the corporate has tried all the pieces from nostalgic tortilla-breaded nuggets to made-for-social collaborations. It partnered with Mike’s Hot Honey — a well known title in viral partnerships — for a glazed spicy sauce in May, following KFC’s heat-meets-sweet launch in February. All of this suits into a bigger technique pushed by client suggestions so as to add extra dipping choices, as Taco Bell’s crew talked about in March.

During that Live Más annual convention, CEO Sean Tresvant described this yr as aligning with the founder’s unique imaginative and prescient. “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,” he mentioned through the presentation.

Sounds like a superb time to hit up the Taco Bell drive-thru.