{"id":60754,"date":"2024-02-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=60754"},"modified":"2024-02-20T22:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:04:24","slug":"taco-bell-cheesy-chicken-crispanada-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2024\/02\/21\/taco-bell-cheesy-chicken-crispanada-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Taco Bell Cheesy Chicken Crispanada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While others were gearing up for the Super Bowl, I was busy with my own personal Super Bowl, the Taco Bell Live M\u00e1s LIVE event, which featured a whole lot of product news, including the announcement of the limited-time-only Cheesy Chicken Crispanada, a delightful bit of wordplay whose combination of \u201ccrispy\u201d and \u201cempanada\u201d lives gamely up to the legacy of such hero portmanteaus as the \u201cquesarito.\u201d But is its taste equally impressive?<\/p>\n

As a quick, handheld, Mexican-inspired comfort food packed with carbs, meat, and cheese, this offering fits perfectly into Taco Bell\u2019s menu, but that familiarity has the downside of rendering it not particularly exciting.<\/p>\n

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Though this is a savory snack (unlike Taco Bell\u2019s previous empanada, the no-longer-available Caramel Apple variant\u2014RIP), the fried dough coating glistened in a way that reminded me of sweet treats like zeppole or beignets. My first bite of the crispy corner had a surprisingly deep, almost nutty flavor. I had expected the outer shell to be little more than a vessel for what was within, so I was intrigued that it had such a distinctive character. And that snap when I bit into it certainly lived up to the crispiness promised by the name!<\/p>\n

Of course, I couldn\u2019t get the whole picture without tasting the inner contents. Unfortunately, I also couldn\u2019t taste the inner contents without burning the heck out of my tongue (and my hand when I accidentally allowed some of the molten filling to leak out, but that can probably be chalked up to user error).<\/p>\n

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This delicacy was fittingly, as the kids would say, pretty fire. (For my fellow olds, that means it was good!) The seasoned shredded chicken swims in a sea of cheeses, of which my discerning palate could pick out two different types: orange and white. Taco Bell\u2019s press release, helpfully, is a bit more specific\u2014the blend contains cheddar, mozzarella, and \u201cMonterey pepper jack.\u201d (I thought \u201cMonterey Jack\u201d and \u201cPepper Jack\u201d were two separate things, but eh, I\u2019ll bite my already-burnt tongue.) The press release also sings the praises of the presence of garlic, tomato, and onion, but honestly, I didn\u2019t notice those at all. Oh, and if you want to add some additional hot flavoring to that hot temperature, the Crispanada comes with a side of Spicy Ranch sauce.<\/p>\n

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This all tastes pretty yummy, so perhaps my biggest complaint is that the filling didn\u2019t, well, fill the entire empanada. It was primarily slathered onto one side, leaving most of the meal hollow. That airiness, combined with a portion on the more diminutive side, means that if you\u2019re trying to make a meal of this, you\u2019ll probably want to order two. You could also just opt for the Cheesy Chicken Crispanada Deluxe Box, which, in addition to its namesake, nets you a Chalupa Supreme, Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, medium fountain drink, and an order of Cinnamon Twists.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, this item isn\u2019t revolutionary, but it doesn\u2019t really need to be. Those who generally like Taco Bell\u2019s cheesy, chicken-y confections will enjoy it, and those who don\u2019t\u2026 well, at least they can look forward to everything else announced at Live M\u00e1s LIVE, like Baja Blast gelato!<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $4.49
\nRating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 280 calories, 15 grams of fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 520 milligrams of sodium, 24 grams of total carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 3 grams of sugar, and 11 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While others were gearing up for the Super Bowl, I was busy with my own personal Super Bowl, the Taco Bell Live M\u00e1s LIVE event, which featured a whole lot of product news, including the announcement of the limited-time-only Cheesy Chicken Crispanada, a delightful bit of wordplay whose combination of \u201ccrispy\u201d and \u201cempanada\u201d lives gamely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1519],"class_list":["post-60754","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":75216,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/22\/taco-bell-luxe-value-menu-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":60754,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Taco Bell Luxe Value Menu","author":"Marvo","date":"January 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Taco Bell has gotten expensive. 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