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[Slayven]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...rito-taco-bell-creates-firecracker/570235001/

TUSTIN, Calif. — Taco Bell is testing a new dish designed to tickle your tongue, confuse your palette and bring back memories of your childhood.

The Firecracker Burrito starts like many others, with ground beef, warm, rice, nacho cheese, sour cream, spicy sauce and crunchy red strips. But inside the red tortilla, Taco Bell customers are supposed to sprinkle the secret ingredient, a peppery version of what tastes and acts like Pop Rocks — the gimmicky candy that became the talk of sixth grade.

Pop Rocks, around for decades, are those packets of little pebbles that sizzle and snap in the mouth. Taco Bell never calls them by the Pop Rocks trade name. Rather, the packets are labeled as "cayenne popping crystals."

So far, sales of the Firecracker Burrito are limited to four Taco Bells in Orange County, Calif., south of Los Angeles — two in Santa Ana, one in Anaheim and one in Tustin. In October, the chain will test it in Toledo, Ohio.

What happened to good food at a fair price? Now it is all gimmicks and 8 dollar cheeseburgers

 

[Fox318]

 

[hydruxo]

Such a strange idea, but I...kind of want to try it. At the very least if the pop rocks part of it is weird you can just eat the burrito without putting it on it.

 

[sixteen-bit]

pop rocks? really?

 

[shnurgleton]

I will eat anything Taco Bell asks me to

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Mixing this with a Baja Blast is going to be like a cherry bomb down a toilet. I'm in.

 

[Link]

They can keep the pop rocks. The burrito itself sounds pretty good, though.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Man we've seen a lot of shit come out of fast food joints but this is unequivocally the most disgusting thing I've seen.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

I wanna feel the sensation of rocket fuel coming out of my ass.

 

[GET2DAACHOPPAAAA]

Fat Free was best Free!

 

[Slayven]

Mixing this with a Baja Blast is going to be like a cherry bomb down a toilet. I'm in.

Plumbers should file a compliant

Man we've seen a lot of shit come out of fast food joints but this is unequivocally the most disgusting thing I've seen.

My stomach turned just reading

 

[Guevara]

This is like, whatever the opposite of a cleanse is.

 

[Poppy]

i dont want pop rocks in my burrito please

also sour cream sucks

 

[FinKL]

Wtf Pop Rocks with food?

I swear I just had Pop Rocks in some weird combination recently as well, it's gotta be the new "it" thing...

 

[Lord Fagan]

(Instinctly reaches to cradle the beloved double Chalupa)

But I don't want "firecrackers"...

 

[PrioritySe7en]

*guitar rifts in the distance*
*guitar rifts intensify*
I WANNA MUNCH!

 

[hydruxo]

Whoever came up with this idea was definitely high out of their mind

"What if...we put spicy pop rocks...on a burrito?"

 

[Mortemis]

I will eat anything Taco Bell asks me to

basically the only fast food place I'm down for all the time

they got me with anything

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Somehow this is all Dan Ryckert's fault

 

[tapedeck]

i dont want pop rocks in my burrito please

Agree.

also sour cream sucks

Disagree.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'll try that for a dollar

 

[5taquitos]

I will eat anything Taco Bell asks me to

Yep.

Even their craziest shit has always worked for me.

 

[itwasTuesday]

They recommend you sprinkle pop rocks on your burrito all while selling you gallon cups of soda. People are going to die. When will T-Bell learn.

 

[Poppy]

Agree.

Disagree.

imo it just waters down all the flavors i wanna taste when i eat a burrito nah mean

thats the only condiment i hard pass on at chipotle or anywhere else

 

[acheron_xl]

Stupid gimmicky idea. Pass.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

eh, why not....I will give it a try.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Somehow this is all Dan Ryckert's fault

 

[malfcn]

Hmm. Curiosity.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I do not approve.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I do not approve.

Don't be jealous

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Don't be jealous

Of pepper pop rocks? No thanks!

 

[HammerOfThor]

 

[DOWN]

Pop rocks on a burrito is worthy of a huge eye roll

 

[Slayven]

I do not approve.

I am sure you had Top men working on it.....top men

 

[perfectchaos007]

Of pepper pop rocks? No thanks!

Don't knock it till you try it. It could be a culinary breakthrough, like the first person who was called crazy for combing jelly with peanut butter, or chili powder on sweet watermelon. It could just be crazy enough to work.

 

[daveo42]

A crackling burrito sounds like some sort of food nightmare.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Somehow this is all Dan Ryckert's fault

I imagine Taco Bell executives gave him a form like this at his wedding.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Everything sounds good except the pop rocks.

Just don't add them when you order the burrito.

 

[Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order]

also sour cream sucks

How can one man fuck up so bad?

 

[LongDongJunon]

Be still my quivering asshole

 

[teiresias]

Why do people do this to themselves?

 

[RowdyReverb]

Man, y'all are no fun. I'd try this once. Sounds like an entertaining gimmick

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Why do people do this to themselves?

You guys have weak stomachs.

 

[JoeBoy101]

Why do people do this to themselves?

When did John Laroquette land on a book cover.

OT: I'll pass on the toilet burrito with extra cancer, thanks.

 

[SeanTSC]

Whatever, I'll eat it.

Also it should have Lava Sauce, FFS.

 

[Mortemis]

Why do people do this to themselves?

Because our intestines and bowels aren't made outta glass.

Some of y'all need to see a doctor if some Taco Bell is making you run to the toilet every time.

 

[shoepolishsmelling]

Sure it's a gimmick, but at least they are willing to try different things, I'm assuming unlike poprocks the crystals are not sweet, it also says the customer adds them so maybe a little bit might be worth a try.

 

[Christian]

Whatever, I'll eat it.

Also it should have Lava Sauce, FFS.

Is the spicy sauce not lava sauce? WHY CANT IT JUST BE LAVA SAUCE??!

 

[Camwi]

You guys have weak stomachs.

Because our intestines and bowels aren't made outta glass.

Some of y'all need to see a doctor if some Taco Bell is making you run to the toilet every time.

You people always suck the fun out of Taco Bell diarrhea.

 

[Cosmic Dreams]

I do not approve.

If Xia says no, then we must obey. 'No' on the firecracker burrito!