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Taco Bell Sauce Packets Now Available by the Bottle

As part of a larger update of the Taco Bell retail/grocery line of products made in partnership by Kraft, you can now get Taco Bell sauce packet flavors by the bottle (complete with witty sayings).

The full line up is available including Mild, Hot, and Fire sauces, plus Verde Salsa.

The introduction of the new bottles are part of an expansion and update of the line, which includes a redesign of all the packages to reflect Taco Bell's current "Live Mas" slogan. New products include sauces, dressings, desserts, and dinner kits.

Here's a full list of what's new on the Taco Bell grocery line (with suggested retail prices):

- Mild Sauce $1.59
- Hot Sauce - $1.59
- Fire Sauce - $1.59
- Verde Sauce - $1.59
- Southwest Ranch Salad Dressing - $3.49
- Spicy Ranch Salad Dressing - $3.49
- Cinnamon Nachos Dessert Kit - $2.99
- Chocolate Taco Dessert Kit - $2.99
- Mild Taco Seasoning - 79 cents
- Reduced Sodium Taco Seasoning - 79 cents
- Ultimate Taco Night Kit: Cheesy Taco Grande - $2.99
- Ultimate Taco Night Kit: Steak & Cheese Soft Taco Kit (yes, you still have to provide the steak) - $2.99

EDIT: Apparently, the sauces are different than what's already out in the market:

The stuff you've seen for years at the grocery store have been branded "Taco Bell Home Originals." This looks to be closer to or exactly the same as what they have in the restaurant.

Q: Are some of the products such as some of the sauces or the taco seasoning exactly the same as you'd find in Taco Bell restaurants? If not, what are some of the difficulties/challenges in getting it pretty close to the original? And what are the reasons they're not the same?

A: We work to match the QSR formulas as best we can. Some products are the exact same formula, some are slightly different. Any differences are driven by shelf life requirements, shipping requirements, packaging forms, or how consumers interact with the product at home.

I followed up by asking if any of the products were exactly as you'd find at a Taco Bell restaurant and was told the taco shells and restaurants sauces are the same.

 

[davepoobond]

We just had a thread about someone wishing this didnt we?

 

[dorkimoe]

They have been in my Kroger for a month or so now.

Edit. Might have been walmart. But I did see them

 

[Winterfang]

I love Taco Bell.

 

[Black Door]

Awesome! Taco kits! That means you can put actual beef in the tacos now!

 

[OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather]

I didn't know they have a salsa verde; how is it?

 

[wenis]

So I won't need to go to the Taco Bell/KFC combo a block away from my place and grab handfuls to take back to my apartment?

Hmmm...

I'll consider it.

 

[Remark]

I just saw some at Kroger the other day while I was out. May pick up next time I go grocery shopping.

 

[legacyzero]

I wonder if Arby's does their sauce like this?

 

[Persona7]

I actually do like the fire sauce and I put it on a bunch of different stuff.

 

[thefit]

I didn't know they have a salsa verde; how is it?

It's green.

 

[AstroNut325]

Love their "Hot" sauce. The rest are terrible. I will be buying a bottle of the Hot.

 

[Branduil]

Um you've been able to buy this stuff for years. Seems like just redesigned bottles rather than any kind of new product.

 

[arab]

diarrhea: now in your home kitchen

 

[mikeGFG]

taco bell hot sauce is weak as fuck

 

[NimbusD]

Why buy it when the packets are free?

 

[Damaniel]

These are new? I saw them in my local Winco when I went shopping last week.

I can't imagine actually buying one, though. There are so many other choices. In fact, Winco has a whole aisle of Hispanic food products, including a wide variety of hot sauces of various kinds.

 

[ShaneDude]

None of their sauces have enough kick

 

[shira]

I thought it was gonna be kraft dinner tacos

 

[LumpOfCole]

South Park Spoilers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWYLth8g5Yk

 

[chicagocubsfan]

I have the mild sauce bottle in my fridge.

 

[akachan ningen]

Okay, I have dozens of those packets at home, why would I buy a bottle?

 

[zeopower6]

These have been in my local supermarkets for the last few years o_o

 

[potam]

haven't these been around forever?


edit: holy fuck. When I was googling to prove myself right, I discovered this beauty. I must find it:

 

[rocksteady1983]

I want whatever is on their chicken quesadillas.

 

[fleck0]

Hmm what do you suppose that nasty looking Bold and Creamy sauce is? Those jerks took Baja sauce away from me so I'd assume it's what goes on the quesodillas?

edit: Looks like a separate concoction entirely. Also screw these sauces, why can't I buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast™ at the supermarket?

 

[BattleMonkey]

Why would you buy this weak ass shit? At least if it was bottled volcano sauce.....

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

I'll keep stealing a bag full of packets thank you very much.

 

[Assanova]

Just a warning, these are watered down and not as hot as the ones in the actual restaraunts, or at least from what I can tell from what I've tasted so far. (I. E. If you like mild in the restaraunt, then buy hot in the store, if you like the hot, then buy fire etc.)

 

[foxuzamaki]

I love Taco Bell.

I'm with you.
I'll take 3

 

[dekline]

The fire sauce would be so much better if only it had more punch. I love the flavor of this shit on my tacos.

Never had the green stuff before.

 

[Cymbal Head]

I bought one of these back in, like, November or December? There's no way my bumfuck town was a test market.

 

[Dead Prince]

finally. i was getting tired of the imitations at the store.

 

[Deleted member 74300]

Between this and Baja Blast being bottled is there any reason to go back to Taco Bell now?

 

[Mushroomer25]

And they're also releasing Baja Blast in bottled form. Is Taco Bell planning to just stop being a restaurant soon? They'd killing every reason I had to enter their premises.

 

[zeopower6]

Between this and Baja Blast being bottled is there any reason to go back to Taco Bell now?

"Breakfast"? :/

 

[snacknuts]

Who asked for this?

 

[The Grim Heaper]

oh fuck will buy

 

[purg3]

I won't lie, I got a bottle of the hot sauce at Walmart a week ago.

 

[thetrin]

Who asked for this?

I'm wondering this, too. With considerably better (and more authentic) sauces on the market, why would I buy taco bell branded sauces?

 

[Devolution]

Those fucking sauces have crack.

 

[TheBaldEmperor]

No lava sauce means they can shove it.

 

[amnesiac]

I want whatever is on their chicken quesadillas.

Hmm what do you suppose that nasty looking Bold and Creamy sauce is? Those jerks took Baja sauce away from me so I'd assume it's what goes on the quesodillas?

edit: Looks like a separate concoction entirely. Also screw these sauces, why can't I buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast™ at the supermarket?

The chicken quesadilla sauce is "creamy jalapeno sauce." I asked what it was one time.

 

[Daria]

Didn't they already have something like this out? Definitely had them at WalMart but they tasted nothing like the packets.

 

[styl3s]

I don't see Zesty Pepperjack Sauce in this lineup, where the FUCK is the Zesty Pepperjack?

 

[SummitAve]

Do they not leave the sauces out for you to grab handfuls of anymore?

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Do they not leave the sauces out for you to grab handfuls of anymore?

I wonder if this is the case. I remember them being out and I would grab a shitload.

 

[Nuklear]

Bottles of Arby Sauce next please!

 

[zeopower6]

Bottles of Arby Sauce next please!

YES that BBQ sauce mmm

They already have the curly fries in freezers...

Do they not leave the sauces out for you to grab handfuls of anymore?

I think fire is behind the counter.

 

[SuperAngelo64]

I hate to be one of those "The 90s was the BEST" dipshits, but what ever happened to the "Wild" sauce? That shit made everything taste amazing.