Quick answer: The six Taco Bell value menu items we track run from $1.19 to $2.99, with 180 to 470 calories each. The Cheesy Roll Up is the cheapest at $1.19, the Loaded Beef Nachos top the range at $2.99, and one of the six is meatless as listed.
The value menu is where Taco Bell shows how much food a few dollars can still buy. Every item on this page costs less than three dollars before tax, yet the lineup covers a taco, a burrito, nachos, a flatbread melt, and two cheesy tortilla builds. The ingredients stay familiar: seasoned beef on three items, chicken on two, and melted cheese running through almost everything. Because the prices sit this close together, choosing well is mostly about calories and format.
This page lists every value item we track with its verified price and calorie count, followed by our rankings, a short buying guide, and answers to the questions value-menu buyers ask most. To see how these items compare with the rest of the restaurant, browse the full Taco Bell menu.
| Quick Facts |
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| Category | Value |
| Items we track | 6 |
| Our listed prices | $1.19–$2.99 |
| Calorie range | 180–470 per item |
| Cheapest item | Cheesy Roll Up — $1.19 |
| Most filling | Loaded Beef Nachos — $2.99, 470 cal |
| Meatless options | 1 (Cheesy Roll Up) |
Taco Bell Value Menu — Full List with Prices & Calories
Here is the complete value 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.
Calorie counts are per item as served. Prices and participation vary by location.
Beef, Chicken, or Cheese: Picking Your Value Item
Start with the protein, because this short list splits cleanly into three groups. Three items are built on seasoned beef. The Double Stacked Taco layers a crunchy taco shell inside a soft flour tortilla with melted nacho cheese and fiesta toppings at $1.99 and 320 calories. The Cheesy Stacker layers seasoned beef with warm nacho cheese sauce and crunchy Fiesta strips between two soft flour tortillas at $2.19 and 390 calories. The Loaded Beef Nachos pile seasoned beef over crispy tortilla chips with refried beans, warm nacho cheese sauce, and red sauce at $2.99 and 470 calories.
Two items are built on chicken, and both sit in the middle of the price range. The 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt pairs tender chicken with a trio of melted cheeses on warm, grilled flatbread at $2.29 and 330 calories. The Chicken Enchilada Burrito rolls shredded chicken with seasoned rice, zesty red sauce, and a melted three-cheese blend in a warm flour tortilla at $2.49 and 380 calories, so it eats like a small meal rather than a snack.
The last item needs no protein decision at all. The Cheesy Roll Up is a warm flour tortilla rolled around a melted three-cheese blend — nothing else — at $1.19 and 180 calories. It is the cheapest, lightest, and only meatless-as-listed item on this page.
Best Value Menu Items Under $2
Only two of the six items break the two-dollar line, and they do very different jobs. The Cheesy Roll Up at $1.19 is the snack: 180 calories of warm tortilla and melted cheese that rounds out a bigger order. The Double Stacked Taco at $1.99 is the under-$2 item that eats like food rather than a side — a crunchy shell inside a soft tortilla, seasoned beef, and nacho cheese at 320 calories. Ordered together they cost $3.18 before tax and total 500 calories, the cheapest two-item combination on this page.
Calories per Dollar: Where the Value Math Leads
Price alone does not settle value — calories per dollar shows how much food each dollar buys. Divide each item’s calories by its listed price and the ranking surprises: the cheapest item is not the winner. The Cheesy Roll Up returns about 151 calories per dollar, while the mid-priced Cheesy Stacker returns about 178 — the best figure on the page — because its 390 calories cost only $2.19.
| Item | Calories | Price | Calories per Dollar |
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| Cheesy Stacker | 390 | $2.19 | ~178 |
| Double Stacked Taco | 320 | $1.99 | ~161 |
| Loaded Beef Nachos | 470 | $2.99 | ~157 |
| Chicken Enchilada Burrito | 380 | $2.49 | ~153 |
| Cheesy Roll Up | 180 | $1.19 | ~151 |
| 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt | 330 | $2.29 | ~144 |
The spread from first to last is only about 34 calories per dollar, so no item here is poor value. Treat the math as a tiebreaker between items you already like, not a reason to order something you do not want.
How to Build a Full Meal Under $5
Five dollars goes a long way here, but it does not buy three different items: the three cheapest together — the Cheesy Roll Up, the Double Stacked Taco, and the Cheesy Stacker — already total $5.37 before tax. A full meal under $5 is therefore a two-item build, and the strongest is the Loaded Beef Nachos with a Double Stacked Taco: $2.99 plus $1.99 is $4.98, and 470 plus 320 calories is 790 — the most food any two distinct items here deliver under five dollars.
Two more builds are worth knowing. The Chicken Enchilada Burrito plus the Double Stacked Taco costs $4.48 for 700 calories and pairs a burrito with a taco, while the Cheesy Stacker plus the 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt costs $4.48 for 720 calories. For a lighter total, the Loaded Beef Nachos plus the Cheesy Roll Up costs $4.18 for 650 calories. All totals are before tax at our listed prices; local prices vary, so leave a little headroom under the five-dollar line.
Best Taco Bell Value Menu Items, Ranked
We ranked all six value items on price, calories, and variety. Here is where each one wins.
Cheapest Item: Cheesy Roll Up
The Cheesy Roll Up is the runaway price leader at $1.19 — eighty cents under the Double Stacked Taco and less than half the price of the Loaded Beef Nachos. A warm flour tortilla and a melted three-cheese blend keep it simple, which is exactly how the price stays this low.
Best Value: Cheesy Stacker
Value means food per dollar, and the Cheesy Stacker wins that math: at $2.19 with 390 calories, it returns about 178 calories per dollar, ahead of the Double Stacked Taco at about 161 and the Loaded Beef Nachos at about 157. Seasoned beef, nacho cheese sauce, and crunchy Fiesta strips between two soft tortillas make it more than a math winner, too.
Most Filling: Loaded Beef Nachos
At 470 calories, the Loaded Beef Nachos sit 80 calories ahead of the next-highest item (the Cheesy Stacker at 390) and more than two and a half times the lightest (the Cheesy Roll Up at 180). Crispy chips loaded with seasoned beef, refried beans, nacho cheese sauce, and red sauce also make this the one item built for sharing.
Vegetarian Pick: Cheesy Roll Up
Only one of the six value items is made without meat as listed, so the vegetarian pick chooses itself — and it happens to be the cheapest item on the page. The Cheesy Roll Up pairs a warm flour tortilla with a melted three-cheese blend at $1.19 and just 180 calories. The other five items are built on seasoned beef or chicken, so a meat-free order starts with the Roll Up; two cost $2.38 for 360 calories.
Value Menu Calories & Lighter Choices
The value category runs from 180 to 470 calories per item, a wide spread for such a short, cheap list — the heaviest item carries more than two and a half times the calories of the lightest. Four of the six sit at or under 390 calories, so eating lighter mostly comes down to avoiding the one true heavyweight at the top.
| Item | Calories |
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| Cheesy Roll Up | 180 |
| Double Stacked Taco | 320 |
| 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt | 330 |
| Chicken Enchilada Burrito | 380 |
| Cheesy Stacker | 390 |
| Loaded Beef Nachos | 470 |
If you are counting closely, the 180-calorie Cheesy Roll Up 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.
How to Order Taco Bell Value Menu Items
Start with one anchor item. Most value items run 320 to 470 calories, so one larger build plus a Cheesy Roll Up is a complete order for most people — and still under $5 at our listed prices.
Mix formats, not just prices. The smartest two-item orders pair different formats: nachos with a taco, or a burrito with a roll up.
Feeding a group. Value items are the easy group order: one of each of the six items costs $13.14 at list prices and covers beef, chicken, cheese, crunchy, and shareable preferences at once.
Watching calories. Stick to the Cheesy Roll Up (180) and the Double Stacked Taco (320) and skip the Loaded Beef Nachos — choosing the Roll Up instead of the heaviest option saves 290 calories.
Going vegetarian. The Cheesy Roll Up is meatless as listed — no substitutions needed — and it is also the cheapest item on this page, so a meat-free add-on is also the budget add-on.
Taco Bell Value Menu FAQ
Quick answers to the questions we hear most about the Taco Bell value menu, drawn from the prices and nutrition data above.
How much do Taco Bell value menu items cost?
The six value items we list run from $1.19 to $2.99. The Cheesy Roll Up is $1.19, the Double Stacked Taco is $1.99, the Cheesy Stacker is $2.19, the 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt is $2.29, the Chicken Enchilada Burrito is $2.49, and the Loaded Beef Nachos are $2.99.
What is the cheapest item on the Taco Bell value menu?
The Cheesy Roll Up, at $1.19 on our list — the lowest price of the six value items we track, at 180 calories.
What can I get for $5 on the Taco Bell value menu?
A full two-item meal: the Loaded Beef Nachos ($2.99, 470 calories) plus the Double Stacked Taco ($1.99, 320 calories) total $4.98 before tax and 790 calories at our listed prices. The Chicken Enchilada Burrito plus the Double Stacked Taco is another option, at $4.48 for 700 calories.
How many calories are in Taco Bell value menu items?
Value menu calories on our list run from 180 to 470. The Cheesy Roll Up has 180 calories, the Double Stacked Taco has 320, the 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt has 330, the Chicken Enchilada Burrito has 380, the Cheesy Stacker has 390, and the Loaded Beef Nachos have 470.
What vegetarian options are on the Taco Bell value menu?
One on our list: the Cheesy Roll Up ($1.19, 180 calories), a warm flour tortilla rolled around a melted three-cheese blend, made without meat as listed. The other five value items we track are built on seasoned beef or chicken.
When is the Taco Bell value menu available?
We do not list separate hours for the value menu, and this site does not treat it as a limited-time promotion. Availability, participation, and restaurant hours vary by location, so check your local Taco Bell to confirm an item is served before you order.