Doritos Locos Taco Calories & Nutrition Facts

170 calories Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco

Protein: 8g
Carbs: 13g
Fat: 9g
Sodium: 360mg

Taco Bell replaced the taco shell with a Dorito and produced the most successful launch in the company's history. Both published flavours are below.

Taco Bell publishes 2 versions of this, running from 170 calories (Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco) up to 170 calories (Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco).

Every published Doritos Locos Taco version

Version	Serving	Calories	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Protein (g)	Sodium (mg)
Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco	1 taco	170	9	13	8	360
Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco	1 taco	170	9	13	7	380

How it compares

Published figures from each chain's own nutrition data.

Taco Bell Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco 170 calories

Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme 530 calories Taco Bell Bean Burrito 350 calories

Where the Doritos Locos Taco came from

Introduced 2012

The Doritos Locos Taco launched on 8 March 2012 at $1.29 and became Taco Bell's most successful product launch ever. It is a standard taco — seasoned beef, lettuce, cheese — in a shell made from nacho cheese Doritos.

Taco Bell sold 100 million of them in the first ten weeks. For scale, McDonald's took eighteen years to sell its first 100 million burgers.
More than half a billion had been sold by the time the follow-up flavours arrived.

Sales figures reported by TIME and HuffPost, June 2012.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories are in a Doritos Locos Taco?

170 calories for the Nacho Cheese version, and 170 for Cool Ranch — the two are the same.

Is a Doritos Locos Taco higher in calories than a regular taco?

Barely. The Doritos shell adds very little; the difference comes down to a handful of calories.

How many Doritos Locos Tacos has Taco Bell sold?

100 million in the first ten weeks after the March 2012 launch, and more than half a billion within the first year.

Build a full meal

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