Quick answer: The six Taco Bell tacos we track run from $1.39 to $2.69, with 170 to 240 calories each. The Spicy Potato Soft Taco is the cheapest at $1.39, the Crunchy Taco Supreme tops the range at $2.69, and two of the six are vegetarian.
Tacos are the heart of the Taco Bell menu — the original handheld the whole brand was built on. The lineup is short and to the point: seasoned beef, black beans, or crispy potato strips tucked into a crunchy toasted corn shell or a warm flour tortilla, finished with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, and diced tomatoes. Because every taco is sold as an individual item rather than locked into a combo, tacos are also the easiest way to sample the menu — pick two or three different ones and you get a real cross-section of the kitchen for well under six dollars.
This page lists every taco we track with its verified price and calorie count, followed by our rankings, a short buying guide, and answers to the questions taco buyers ask most. To see how tacos compare with the rest of the restaurant, browse the full Taco Bell menu.
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Category | Tacos |
| Tacos we track | 6 |
| Our listed prices | $1.39–$2.69 |
| Calorie range | 170–240 per taco |
| Cheapest taco | Spicy Potato Soft Taco — $1.39 |
| The classic | Crunchy Taco — $1.79, 170 cal |
| Vegetarian options | 2 (Black Bean, Spicy Potato) |
Here is the complete tacos lineup we track. Each name links to its item page with full nutrition details, and the prices are the list prices published on this site. Real-world prices vary by location because Taco Bell franchisees set their own numbers, so use these as the baseline and check your local restaurant for the final total.
| Taco | Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Crunchy Taco | $1.79 | 170 |
| Crunchy Taco Supreme | $2.69 | 190 |
| Soft Taco | $1.79 | 180 |
| Spicy Potato Soft Taco | $1.39 | 240 |
| Black Bean Soft Taco | $1.79 | 170 |
| Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco | $2.49 | 170 |
Calorie counts are per taco as served. Prices and participation vary by location.
Crunchy Taco Supreme Price, Calories & Nutrition Seasoned beef, cool sour cream, crisp lettuce, cheddar cheese, and diced ripe tomatoes in a crunchy corn shell. At $2.69 and 190 calories on the Taco Bell menu, it upgrades the classic Crunchy Taco with extra toppings for a small step up in price. Crunchy Taco Supreme Quick […]
Crunchy Taco Price, Calories & Nutrition The Crunchy Taco is Taco Bell’s iconic original: a crispy yellow corn shell filled with seasoned beef, crisp shredded lettuce, and shredded cheddar cheese. Simple, crunchy, and satisfying, it’s one of the most affordable picks on the Taco Bell menu at just $1.79. Crunchy Taco Quick Facts Price: $1.79 […]
Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Price, Calories & Nutrition A crunchy taco shell made from Nacho Cheese Doritos, filled with seasoned beef, lettuce, and cheddar cheese. At $2.49 with 170 calories on the Taco Bell menu, it is the iconic mashup of two snack legends. Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Quick Facts Price: $2.49 Calories: […]
Spicy Potato Soft Taco Price, Calories & Nutrition The Spicy Potato Soft Taco wraps crispy potato bites, creamy chipotle sauce, crisp lettuce, and cheddar cheese in a warm flour tortilla. At just $1.39, it’s a vegetarian-friendly favorite with a zesty kick on the Taco Bell menu. Spicy Potato Soft Taco Quick Facts Price: $1.39 Calories: […]
Black Bean Soft Taco Price, Calories & Nutrition The Black Bean Soft Taco swaps seasoned beef for hearty black beans, then adds crisp lettuce, cheddar cheese, and diced tomatoes in a warm flour tortilla. At just $1.79 and 170 calories, it’s a light vegetarian-friendly option on the Taco Bell menu. Black Bean Soft Taco Quick […]
Soft Taco Price, Calories & Nutrition The Soft Taco is the timeless original: seasoned beef, crisp lettuce, and cheddar cheese in a warm flour tortilla. At $1.79 and 180 calories, it’s a simple classic on the Taco Bell menu. Soft Taco Quick Facts Price: $1.79 Calories: 180 kcal Protein: 9g Carbs: 18g Fat: 8g Nutrition […]
The first decision is the shell. The Crunchy Taco is the original build — seasoned beef, shredded lettuce, and cheddar cheese in a toasted crunchy corn shell — at $1.79 and 170 calories. The Soft Taco carries the same seasoned-beef filling in a warm flour tortilla at the same $1.79, with 180 calories. Same price and nearly identical calories, so this choice is purely about texture.
Go crunchy when you want the classic experience: the snap of the toasted shell and its corn flavor are what most people picture when they think of a Taco Bell taco. Eat it sooner rather than later, though — a crunchy shell is at its best in the first few minutes. Go soft when you want the more forgiving option: the flour tortilla holds together better on the go, reheats more gracefully, and it is also the shell behind both vegetarian tacos in the lineup.
The third shell is the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco — the classic crunchy build wrapped in a nacho-cheese-flavored shell at $2.49 and 170 calories. That is seventy cents more than the regular Crunchy Taco for the same 170 calories, so you are paying purely for the flavored-shell experience. Fans of bold seasoning will say it is worth it; everyone else can stick with the original and save the difference.
“Supreme” is Taco Bell’s upgrade tier for its classic tacos. The Crunchy Taco Supreme starts from the regular Crunchy Taco and adds cool sour cream and diced ripe tomatoes over the seasoned beef, lettuce, and cheese.
The upgrade is easy to price from our list: the Crunchy Taco is $1.79 and the Crunchy Taco Supreme is $2.69, so going Supreme costs exactly $0.90 more. Nutritionally it adds 20 calories — 190 versus 170 for the regular. If you like the cool, creamy contrast against the warm seasoned beef, the ninety cents is money well spent; if you are a purist, the original gets you nearly the same taco for less.
We ranked all six tacos on price, calories, and variety. Here is where each one wins.
The original is still the benchmark everything else is measured against. At $1.79 and 170 calories, the Crunchy Taco is one of the cheapest items on the list and one of the lightest, and its seasoned-beef-and-crunchy-shell formula is the flavor the entire category is built on. If you are ordering one taco and cannot decide, this is the safe, classic pick.
The Spicy Potato Soft Taco is the runaway price leader at $1.39 — a full forty cents under every other taco we track. Crispy potato strips replace the beef, which keeps the price down while making it a vegetarian-friendly option. When the goal is the lowest possible total at the register, nothing in the tacos category beats it.
Value means food per dollar, and the Spicy Potato Soft Taco wins that math twice over: it has the lowest price ($1.39) and the highest calorie count (240) of the six. That works out to roughly 173 calories per dollar — far ahead of the $1.79 tacos, which land around 95 to 100 calories per dollar. If you want the most substantial taco for the least money, this is it.
At 240 calories, the Spicy Potato Soft Taco sits fifty calories ahead of the next-highest taco (the Crunchy Taco Supreme at 190) and seventy ahead of the 170-calorie trio. The crispy potato filling makes it eat like a bigger item than its $1.39 price suggests — pair two of them and you have a genuinely filling meal for under three dollars before tax.
Two of the six tacos are vegetarian, and the Black Bean Soft Taco is our pick for most vegetarians: seasoned black beans in a soft flour tortilla at $1.79 and just 170 calories, tying for the lightest taco on the list. The Spicy Potato Soft Taco ($1.39, 240 calories) is the heartier — and cheaper — vegetarian alternative when hunger matters more than calorie count.
The whole tacos category sits between 170 and 240 calories per item, which makes it one of the lighter corners of the Taco Bell menu — most tacos here cost you fewer calories than a single burrito. Three tacos tie at 170 calories, the floor of the range, so eating light mostly comes down to which flavors you prefer rather than big nutritional trade-offs.
| Taco | Calories |
|---|---|
| Black Bean Soft Taco | 170 |
| Crunchy Taco | 170 |
| Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco | 170 |
| Soft Taco | 180 |
| Crunchy Taco Supreme | 190 |
| Spicy Potato Soft Taco | 240 |
If you are counting closely, the 170-calorie trio — Black Bean Soft Taco, Crunchy Taco, and Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco — is the lightest ground you can stand on. For full nutrition panels and ingredient lists, check the allergen information page or run the numbers yourself in the nutrition calculator.
Drive-thru. Tacos travel well, but crunchy shells have a short prime — eat them within a few minutes for the full snap. Ordering soft tacos for the road and crunchy tacos for eating right away is a veteran move.
Mix and match. Because tacos are individual items, the smartest order is rarely three of the same. Pair a Crunchy Taco with a Spicy Potato Soft Taco and you cover the classic and the value pick for $3.18 before tax.
Feeding a group. Tacos are the easiest crowd-pleaser on the menu: two of each of the six varieties costs under $25 at list prices and covers beef, vegetarian, crunchy, and soft preferences in one bag.
Watching calories. Stick to the 170-calorie trio and skip the Supreme upgrade — you save 20 calories and $0.90 per taco. Two Crunchy Tacos land at 340 calories, less than many single menu items elsewhere.
Going vegetarian. Both the Black Bean and Spicy Potato soft tacos are vegetarian as listed — no substitutions needed. The black bean version is lighter; the potato version is cheaper and more filling.
Quick answers to the questions we hear most about Taco Bell tacos, drawn from the prices and nutrition data above.
The Spicy Potato Soft Taco, at $1.39 on our list — the lowest price of the six tacos we track.
The six tacos we list run from $1.39 to $2.69. The Spicy Potato Soft Taco is $1.39, the Crunchy Taco, Soft Taco and Black Bean Soft Taco are $1.79 each, the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco is $2.49, and the Crunchy Taco Supreme is $2.69.
Taco calories on our list run from 170 to 240. The Crunchy Taco, Black Bean Soft Taco and Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco each have 170 calories, the Soft Taco has 180, the Crunchy Taco Supreme has 190, and the Spicy Potato Soft Taco has 240.
Two: the Black Bean Soft Taco ($1.79, 170 calories) and the Spicy Potato Soft Taco ($1.39, 240 calories).
The Supreme build adds cool sour cream and diced ripe tomatoes to the classic Crunchy Taco. On our list it costs $2.69 versus $1.79 for the regular Crunchy Taco — a $0.90 step up — and carries 190 calories versus 170.
The Spicy Potato Soft Taco: at $1.39 with 240 calories, it delivers the most calories per dollar of the six tacos we track.
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