{"id":5006,"date":"2009-10-19T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:34:56","slug":"review-taco-bell-black-jack-taco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/19\/review-taco-bell-black-jack-taco\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Taco Bell Black Jack Taco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/4024207882\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/tbblackjack.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the most intriguing ingredient of the Taco Bell Black Jack Taco is its black shell, which looks like its been either out in the sun for too long, touched by the Grim Reaper or farted on by someone who just ate food from Taco Bell.<\/p>\n<p>The black taco shell is the ONLY thing interesting about the Black Jack Taco and I think it&#8217;s the ONLY reason why people are buying it.  It&#8217;s just like Playboy Magazine; guys only buy it for the pictures of nude women inside.  The articles are only there so that they have something to read during their refractory periods.<\/p>\n<p>While it may look interesting, the black taco shell is like Lady Gaga when she picks something to wear, it doesn&#8217;t have much taste.  It tastes like Taco Bell&#8217;s normal yellow taco shell, which I guess I should be glad about, since my imagination believes if the black taco shell were to have a flavor it would be gangrene.  <\/p>\n<p>The filling has the same seasoned ground beef, shredded lettuce, and shredded cheese you will find in 75 percent of the items on Taco Bell&#8217;s menu, so it&#8217;s not worth writing about beyond the almost 40 words in this sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Jack Taco also comes with a white pepper jack cheese sauce.  The white sauce combined with the black shell give the taco a color contrast usually found with piano keys, TV&#8217;s made before the 1960s and Spy vs. Spy comics.  While not as interesting as the black taco shell, the slightly spicy pepper jack cheese sauce does give this menu item some flavor and spice, although it&#8217;s not as tasty as Taco Bell&#8217;s nacho cheese and Volcano sauces.<\/p>\n<p>With all the ingredients combined, it creates a taco with a taste that doesn&#8217;t really impress me.  The pepper jack sauce isn&#8217;t bold enough to me and the shell is only for show.  But it&#8217;s what I expected from Taco Bell &#8212; taking whatever ingredients they have, pouring them into fine China, sticking them in a China shop, releasing a bunch of bulls in the shop and whatever ingredients weren&#8217;t trampled on gets chosen for the next menu item.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Jack Taco is only around for limited time, but it&#8217;s not something I&#8217;ll miss when the Fast Food Grim Reaper takes it away.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; 1 Black Jack Taco -210 calories, 17 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 430 milligrams of sodium, 6 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and 8 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>(NOTE: <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2009\/10\/09\/fast-food-review-black-jack-taco-from-taco-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grub Grade said it was decent<\/a><\/u>. <u><a href=\"http:\/\/junkfoodbetty.com\/?p=199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junk Food Betty liked it a lot<\/a><\/u>.  <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.review-spew.com\/2009\/10\/blackjack-taco-from-taco-bell-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review Spew gave it a 2-star rating&#8230;barely<\/a><\/u>. <u><a href=\"http:\/\/fastfoodreviewed.com\/never-double-down-on-three-tacos-\u00e2\u20ac\u201c-review-of-taco-bells-black-jack-taco-and-taco-round-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fast Food Reviewed said it was okay<\/a><\/u>. Would I Buy It Again <u><a href=\"http:\/\/wouldibuyitagain.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/28\/review-taco-bell-black-jack-taco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wouldn&#8217;t buy it again.<\/a><\/u>)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Taco Bell Black Jack Taco<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $1.09 (almost everywhere else it&#8217;s 89 cents)<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b>  1 taco<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  Taco Bell<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 5 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Black taco shell looks interesting.  Something different to order.  Pepper jack sauce had a little spice to it.  Playboy Magazine.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Black taco shell is just for show.  Pepper jack sauce wasn&#8217;t bold enough for me.  Not something I would miss when it&#8217;s gone.  Lady Gaga&#8217;s wardrobe choices.  Black taco shell looks like its been touched by the Grim Reaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you can see, the most intriguing ingredient of the Taco Bell Black Jack Taco is its black shell, which looks like its been either out in the sun for too long, touched by the Grim Reaper or farted on by someone who just ate food from Taco Bell. The black taco shell is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1519],"class_list":["post-5006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-taco-bell"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17695,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/03\/review-jack-in-the-box-southwest-monster-taco\/","url_meta":{"origin":5006,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Jack in the Box Southwest Monster Taco","author":"Marvo","date":"October 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"They say if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. 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