Quick answer: Taco Bell specialties are the menu’s signature builds, and the six we track run from $4.89 to $5.99, with 350 to 740 calories each. The Chalupa Supreme – Beef is the cheapest at $4.89, and the Nachos BellGrande tops the range at $5.99 and is the most filling pick at 740 calories.
Specialties are where Taco Bell invents formats instead of remixing fillings. A chalupa fries its shell until it puffs up crisp and chewy, a gordita wraps a crunchy taco inside a soft flatbread, a Crunchwrap grills a tostada inside a folded flour tortilla, the Mexican Pizza stacks fillings between two crispy tortillas, and the Nachos BellGrande turns a platter of chips into a meal. Every price here sits within $1.10 of the others, while calories spread by 390, so the real choice is format and appetite, not budget.
This page lists every specialty we track, with the price and calories from each item’s own page, plus the comparisons and picks that help you choose between them. For everything else on the menu, browse the full Taco Bell menu.
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Category | Specialties |
| Specialties we track | 6 |
| Our listed prices | $4.89 – $5.99 |
| Calorie range | 350 – 740 per item |
| Cheapest specialty | Chalupa Supreme – Beef — $4.89 |
| Most filling | Nachos BellGrande — 740 calories |
| Vegetarian option | 1 (Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme) |
The full list is short — six items — and every one links to its own page with full nutrition and ingredients, so you can check the details before you order.
| Specialty | Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Chalupa Supreme – Beef | $4.89 | 350 |
| Cheesy Gordita Crunch | $4.99 | 500 |
| Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme | $5.49 | 510 |
| Crunchwrap Supreme | $5.49 | 530 |
| Mexican Pizza | $5.49 | 530 |
| Nachos BellGrande | $5.99 | 740 |
Calorie counts are per item as served. Prices and participation vary by location.
Chalupa Supreme – Beef Price, Calories & Nutrition The Chalupa Supreme with Beef starts with a crispy, chewy fried chalupa shell, then piles on seasoned beef, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and cool sour cream. At $4.89 with 350 calories, it is a fan-favorite twist on the classic taco. Compare it on the full […]
Cheesy Gordita Crunch Price, Calories & Nutrition The Cheesy Gordita Crunch is a Taco Bell icon: a crunchy taco shell filled with seasoned beef, lettuce, and cheese, wrapped in a soft gordita flatbread with a layer of melted cheese holding it all together. At $4.99 with 500 calories, it delivers two textures in every bite. […]
Crunchwrap Supreme Price, Calories & Nutrition The Crunchwrap Supreme is Taco Bell’s most famous handheld: seasoned beef, warm nacho cheese sauce, and a crunchy tostada shell layered with sour cream, shredded lettuce, and diced tomatoes, all grilled inside a large flour tortilla. A complete meal in one neat hexagon, it’s one of the heartiest picks […]
Mexican Pizza Price, Calories & Nutrition The Mexican Pizza is Taco Bell’s cult classic: seasoned beef and refried beans layered between two crispy flour tortillas, topped with zesty pizza sauce, a three-cheese blend, and diced tomatoes. Fans famously campaigned for its return, and at $5.49 with 530 calories, this Taco Bell menu favorite is easy […]
Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme Price, Calories & Nutrition The Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme gives the fan-favorite Crunchwrap a meat-free spin: hearty black beans layered with a crispy tostada shell, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and cool sour cream, all grilled inside a soft flour tortilla. At $5.49 with 510 calories, it delivers the full […]
Nachos BellGrande Price, Calories & Nutrition The Nachos BellGrande is Taco Bell’s fully loaded nacho platter: crispy tortilla chips piled with seasoned beef, refried beans, warm nacho cheese sauce, cool reduced-fat sour cream, diced tomatoes, and guacamole. At $5.99, it’s a shareable feast and one of the heartiest items on the Taco Bell menu. Nachos […]
Nothing on this list is a plain taco or burrito with a new name. Specialties are the builds Taco Bell is known for: a fried chalupa shell, a taco sealed inside a gordita flatbread, a tostada grilled into a hexagon, a pizza stacked between tortillas, and a shareable nacho platter. The category is organized by fame, not format, which is why the lightest item here — the 350-calorie Chalupa Supreme – Beef, a handheld — and the heaviest — the 740-calorie Nachos BellGrande, a platter — sit side by side, with four full-meal builds of 500 to 530 calories between them. If a build here looks entirely unfamiliar, that is the point of the category.
Same format, same price, different filling. Both Crunchwraps fold a crispy tostada, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, and cool sour cream into a grilled flour tortilla at $5.49. The original layers in seasoned beef and nacho cheese sauce for 530 calories and 15g of protein; the Black Bean version swaps the beef for black beans and lands at 510 calories and 13g of protein. It is also the only specialty made without meat as listed, so this head-to-head is the whole decision for vegetarian orders.
Two signature items tie at $5.49 and 530 calories each, so the tiebreak is format and nutrition. The Crunchwrap Supreme is a grilled handheld built around a crunchy tostada; the Mexican Pizza layers seasoned beef and refried beans between two crispy flour tortillas with pizza sauce and a three-cheese blend. On protein the pizza wins, 19g to 15g, with fewer carbs (51g vs 73g) but more fat (27g vs 20g). The pizza is also the comeback story of the menu: removed in 2020, it returned in 2022 after a long fan campaign.
Because these prices sit so close together, calories per dollar separate the list more clearly than price does. The ranking below divides each item’s calories by its listed price and rounds to the nearest whole number.
| Specialty | Calories | Price | Calories per $1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nachos BellGrande | 740 | $5.99 | ~124 |
| Cheesy Gordita Crunch | 500 | $4.99 | ~100 |
| Crunchwrap Supreme | 530 | $5.49 | ~97 |
| Mexican Pizza | 530 | $5.49 | ~97 |
| Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme | 510 | $5.49 | ~93 |
| Chalupa Supreme – Beef | 350 | $4.89 | ~72 |
The Nachos BellGrande is the value outlier because a shareable platter carries group-sized calories at a single-item price. The Chalupa Supreme – Beef sits last on this measure, but that is the flip side of being the lightest specialty on the menu — for a smaller appetite, fewer calories is the point.
Five of the six item pages publish a protein figure, and the Mexican Pizza leads them at 19g. The Nachos BellGrande is next at 17g, the Crunchwrap Supreme has 15g, and the Chalupa Supreme – Beef and the Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme list 13g each. The Cheesy Gordita Crunch page does not publish a protein number, so we leave it out of this ranking rather than estimate one.
Two specialties are built bigger than a solo handheld. The Nachos BellGrande loads chips with seasoned beef, refried beans, nacho cheese sauce, reduced-fat sour cream, diced tomatoes, and guacamole, and the Mexican Pizza cuts into slices like the dish it is named after. Split either one and a $5.49 to $5.99 item becomes a side for two; keep one to yourself and it is the meal. That flexibility is part of why the two heaviest items on this list stay popular: they scale from snack to centerpiece without changing the order.
There is no single winner here, so pick by the job you need done. These are our ranked picks from the six specialties, each backed by the prices and calories above.
At $4.89, the Chalupa Supreme – Beef undercuts every other specialty, and its 350 calories make it the lightest full item on this list too.
At roughly 124 calories per dollar, the Nachos BellGrande returns far more food per dollar than any other specialty — and it is the one built to share.
Nothing else is close. At 740 calories, the BellGrande leads the next specialties by 210 calories, so order it when one item has to do the work of a meal and a half.
The Crunchwrap Supreme is the specialty people picture first — the one our item page calls the most famous handheld — and at $5.49 and 530 calories it sits right in the middle of this list on both price and size.
The only specialty made without meat as listed costs the same $5.49 as the beef Crunchwrap and runs 20 calories lighter, so going meatless here costs nothing extra.
Specialty calories span a wide range for a six-item list, from a snack-sized 350 to a shareable 740. Here is the full list sorted from lightest to heaviest.
| Specialty | Calories |
|---|---|
| Chalupa Supreme – Beef | 350 |
| Cheesy Gordita Crunch | 500 |
| Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme | 510 |
| Crunchwrap Supreme | 530 |
| Mexican Pizza | 530 |
| Nachos BellGrande | 740 |
If you are keeping calories down, the Chalupa Supreme – Beef is the clear pick, and it happens to be the cheapest specialty too. For ingredients and sensitivities, check the allergen information, and to plan a full order, try the nutrition calculator.
One specialty is a meal. Every item here runs 350 to 740 calories, so a single specialty plus a drink covers lunch for most people — order a second only with the Nachos BellGrande in mind as a shared plate.
Start with the format, not the price. The whole list spans just $1.10, so choose the build you want — fried shell, stuffed flatbread, grilled wrap, stacked pizza, or nacho platter — and let the small price differences fall where they may.
Feeding a group. One of each specialty costs $32.34 and totals 3,160 calories, and the two biggest items — the Nachos BellGrande and the Mexican Pizza — are built to share, so a variety order stretches further than the same money spent on duplicates.
Watching calories. Pick the Chalupa Supreme – Beef at 350 calories: it saves 390 calories against the heaviest specialty and, at $4.89, it is also the cheapest item on this page.
Going vegetarian. Order the Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme, the only specialty made without meat as listed. It matches the beef Crunchwrap on price at $5.49, so the meatless choice is a straight swap, not an upcharge.
Quick answers on specialty prices, calories, and picks, taken from the item data published on this site.
The six specialties we list run from $4.89 to $5.99. The Chalupa Supreme – Beef is $4.89, the Cheesy Gordita Crunch is $4.99, the Crunchwrap Supreme, the Mexican Pizza, and the Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme are $5.49 each, and the Nachos BellGrande is $5.99.
The Chalupa Supreme – Beef, at $4.89 on our list — the lowest price of the six specialties we track, at 350 calories.
Specialty calories on our list run from 350 to 740. The Chalupa Supreme – Beef has 350 calories, the Cheesy Gordita Crunch has 500, the Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme has 510, the Crunchwrap Supreme and the Mexican Pizza have 530 each, and the Nachos BellGrande has 740.
The Nachos BellGrande, at 740 calories — 210 more than the Crunchwrap Supreme and the Mexican Pizza at 530 each. It is a loaded nacho platter built for sharing, so it is also the easiest specialty to split.
The Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme is the only one made without meat as listed: black beans layered with a crispy tostada shell, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and cool sour cream, grilled in a flour tortilla, at $5.49 and 510 calories.
On the data this site publishes, the Mexican Pizza: its item page lists 19g of protein, with 51g of carbs and 27g of fat, at $5.49 and 530 calories. The Cheesy Gordita Crunch item page does not list a protein figure, so we do not estimate one for it.
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