1. Cool Ranch Doritos Taco
   Burrito Supreme
2. Cinnabon Delights
   Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Taco Bell was founded by none other than Glen Bell on March 21, 1962! The first location was in Downey, California.

1. Cheesy Gordita Crunch
   Beefy Mini Quesadilla
2. Rolled Chicken Tacos
   Spicy Tostada

Today there are more than 7,000 Taco Bell locations. Did you know that 80% of those restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees and licensees?!

1. Spicy Tostada
   Fiesta Taco Salad
2. Sausage Flatbread
   Shredded Chicken Burrito

The parent company of Taco bell is actually Yum! Brands worldwide as well as Yum China! Between the 7,000 locations, approximately two billion customers are served each year!

1. Fiery Doritos Locos Taco
   Burrito Supreme
2. Power Menu Bowl
   Loaded Potato Griller

Before opening Taco Bell, Glen Bell owned and operated a hot dog stand called Bell's Drive-In in San Bernadino, California! He would look across the street at the success of Mexican restaurant Mitla Cafe, and decided it was a business he needed to invest in!

1. Loaded Potato Griller
   Hard Tacos
2. Beefy Mini Quesadilla
   Crunchwrap Supreme

The first Taco Bell may have opened in 1964, but even more noteworthy is that by 1967, the company had opening its 100th restaurant! It was an instant success and remains that way today.

1. Beefy Mini Quesadilla
   Spicy Potato Soft Taco
2. Chipotle Chicken Loaded Griller
   Quesarito

Taco Bell was eventually purchased by PepsiCo in 1978 and spun off into what would become its restaurant division, or Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands also operates KFC, Pizza Hut and WingStreet.

1. Quesarito
   Chalupa
2. Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch
   Gordita

Taco Bell has run several clever advertising campaigns over the years. In 2007, it offered a "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" promotion and if any player from either team stole a base in the 2007 World Series the company would give away free tacos to everyone in the United States!

1. Loaded Potato Griller
   Gordita
2. Mini Skillet Bowl
   Breakfast Soft Taco

In 2004, a local Taco Bell franchisee bought the naming rights to the Boise State Pavilion in Boise, Idaho. The stadium was renamed to be Taco Bell Arena.

1. Breakfast Soft Taco
   Cool Ranch Doritos Taco
2. XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito
   Cinnabon Delights

Did you know that Taco Bell sponsors a promotion at home games for both the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers? The deal is ... everyone in attendance receives a coupon for a free chalupa if the home team scores 100 points or more!

1. Cinnabon Delights
   Spicy Tostada
2. Mexican Pizza
   Spicy Potato Soft Taco

On June 6, 2012, Taco Bell announced it would be testing a new "Cantina Menu" with upscale items in their Kentucky and California restaurants. The new menu was created by celebrity chef Lorena Garcia, featuring black beans, cilantro rice, citrus and herb marinated chicken and cilantro dressing!

1. Chalupa
   Spicy Potato Soft Taco
2. Cheesy Gordita Crunch
   Double Decker Taco

Did you know in 2017, Taco Bell released the Naked Chicken Chalupa that uses a chalupa shell made from chicken? This was a similar idea to the Double Down and the Naked Chicken Chips!

1. Double Decker Taco
   Gordita
2. Shredded Chicken Burrito
   Beefy Fritos Burrito

What exactly is a gordita, you ask? It's a Mexican flatbread made from cornmeal and stuffed with meat, cheese, vegetables or a sweet filling!

1. Grande Scrambler
   Beefy Fritos Burrito
2. Mini Skillet Bowl
   Nachos Supreme

Taco Bell describes the grande scrambler like this: "To most people, it's a filling breakfast burrito packed full of eggs, breakfast meat, real cheddar cheese, and potatoes, making it probably the greatest burrito anyone could ever eat before 11:30 a.m."

1. Shredded Chicken Burrito
   Cinnabon Delights
2. Beefy Nacho Griller
   Breakfast Crunchwrap

On August 18, 2014, Taco Bell launched a new value menu called Dollar Cravings. Replacing the old Why Pay More menu, Dollar Cravings currently contains 11 food items all priced at one dollar.

1. Breakfast Crunchwrap
   Cinnamon Twists
2. Shredded Chicken Burrito
   Mini Skillet Bowl

What's in a mini skillet bowl you ask? It is a combination of breakfast potatoes, scrambled eggs, nacho cheese sauce and pico de gallo. Taco Bell exclaims, "It’s so exotic and so tasty. And all for just a buck."

1. 7-Layer Burrito
   Shredded Chicken Burrito
2. Sausage Flatbread
   Cinnamon Twists

The 7-Layer Burrito is a large, meatless burrito filled with beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, the three-cheese blend and seasoned Latin rice. Today you can get one of these for just $2.99 at a Taco Bell!

1. Cinnamon Twists
   XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito
2. Meximelt
   7-Layer Burrito

The Meximelt is a cross between a Fresco Soft Taco and a quesadilla! It has a flour tortilla, seasoned ground beef and fiesta salsa of a Fresco Soft Taco but the melted three-cheese blend of a quesadilla!

1. Hard Tacos
   Rolled Chicken Tacos
2. 7-Layer Burrito
   Burrito Supreme

Some have called it "The Supreme Ruler of the Burrito Empire!" This burrito includes seasoned beef, refried beans, red sauce, lettuce, real cheddar cheese, diced onions, tomatoes and reduced fat sour cream.

1. Hard Tacos
   Crunchwrap Supreme
2. Quesarito
   Loaded Potato Griller

The quesarito is a cross between a quesadilla and a burrito. It is full of seasoned beef, creamy chipotle sauce, reduced fat sour cream, nacho cheese sauce, and seasoned rice.

1. Loaded Potato Griller
   Spicy Tostada
2. Beefy Nacho Griller
   Gordita

Since 2014, the Spicy Tostada has been a part of the $1 Cravings value menu. It features refried beans, red sauce, creamy chipotle sauce, shredded lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, and tomatoes on a crunchy tostada shell.

1. Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla
   Gordita
2. Spicy Potato Soft Taco
   Beefy Fritos Burrito

Did you know that there are 180 calories in one quesadilla serving of Taco Bell Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla?! The calorie breakdown is as follows: 40% fat, 33% carbs and 27% protein.

1. Nachos Supreme
   Chipotle Chicken Loaded Griller
2. Beefy Nacho Griller
   Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes

Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes currently cost about $1.29. There is such a following of this menu item that there are many "copycat" recipes found on the internet!

1. XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito
   Beefy Nacho Griller
2. Chipotle Chicken Loaded Griller
   Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla

With grilled chicken, chipotle sauce, sour cream and a flour tortilla, this griller clocks in at 360 calories. Many would be surprised to learn that there are 15 grams of protein, 15 percent of your iron, and 10 percent of your daily calcium in it!

1. Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla
   Sausage Flatbread
2. Spicy Potato Soft Taco
   Power Menu Bowl

Taco Bell's Power Bowl is an update to the now-discontinued Cantina Bowl and features marinated, fire-grilled white meat chicken, romaine lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, avocado ranch dressing, shredded cheddar cheese and reduced-fat sour cream. It is served on a bed of Latin rice and black beans.

1. Spicy Potato Soft Taco
   Chalupa
2. Beefy 5-Layer Burrito
   Mexican Pizza

Beginning in 2010 and featured on Taco Bell's "Why Pay More" value menu, the Beefy 5-Layer Burrito features two flour tortillas with a layer of nacho cheese between them wrapping a filling of seasoned ground beef, grated cheddar cheese, sour cream and refried beans.

1. Mexican Pizza
   Sausage Flatbread
2. Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes
   Beefy 5-Layer Burrito

In 2017, Forever 21 produced a clothing line in partnership with Taco Bell. It features branded T-shirts and sweatshirts, as well as bodysuits made to look like Border Sauce packets!

1. Cool Ranch Doritos Taco
   Beefy Fritos Burrito
2. Rolled Chicken Tacos
   Hard Tacos

Taco Bell's Beefy Fritos Burrito was introduced in 2014 as part of the new $1 Cravings value menu. It features seasoned ground beef, cilantro rice, warm nacho cheese sauce and original Fritos corn chips, wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla.

1. Hard Tacos
   Cinnabon Delights
2. Loaded Potato Griller
   Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla

Described on their official website as "warm donut holes filled with delicious Cinnabon frosting and covered with Makara cinnamon and sugar," Taco Bell's Cinnabon Delights come in a four-piece serving that weighs in at 260 calories!

1. Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla
   Combo Burrito
2. Crunchwrap Supreme
   Fiery Doritos Locos Taco

Did you know that Glen Bell was born on September 3, 1923 in Lynwood, California? He died at the age of 86 from a heart attack in Rancho Santa Fe, California. He is survived by his wife Martha, four sons, a daughter, four grandchildren and three sisters.

1. Crunchwrap Supreme
   Mini Skillet Bowl
2. Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Supreme
   Chalupa

In March 2012, Taco Bell teamed up with Frito Lay and created the Doritos Locos Tacos. This is a taco with a Dorito Nacho Cheese flavored taco shell!

1. Quesarito
   Cinnamon Twists
2. Rolled Chicken Tacos
   Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Want to know how Taco Bell makes their cinnamon twists? Add wheat flour, corn meal, rice flour and salt, and top with a bit of sugar and cinnamon! One serving of these favorites is just 160 calories.

1. Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch
   Cheesy Gordita Crunch
2. Grande Scrambler
   Beefy Nacho Griller

Cheesy Gordita Crunch? Yes please! Who wouldn't want a flatbread covered in a melted three-cheese blend, wrapping a crunchy, seasoned beef taco?!

1. Hash Browns
   Beefy Nacho Griller
2. Burrito Supreme
   Spicy Tostada

For just one dollar, this golden brown fried patty of hash brown potatoes could be yours! Head to your nearest Taco Bell now!

1. Spicy Tostada
   Mini Skillet Bowl
2. Breakfast Crunchwrap
   7-Layer Burrito

The Breakfast Crunchwrap is the breakfast version of the well-known Crunchwrap Supreme! It is a tortilla pocket filled with your usual Taco Bell ingredients and includes your choice of sausage or bacon, eggs, cheese, a hash brown and jalapeño sauce.

1. 7-Layer Burrito
   Fiesta Taco Salad
2. Beefy Mini Quesadilla
   Nachos Supreme

Nachos Supreme is a Taco Bell favorite for just $2.29. Take a layer of tortilla chips and top them with seasoned beef, nacho cheese sauce, refried beans, diced tomatoes and reduced fat sour cream!

1. Beefy Mini Quesadilla
   Breakfast Soft Taco
2. Double Decker Taco
   Sausage Flatbread

Double the taco!? Ingenious idea! This soft shell taco is layered with refried beans, then wrapped around a hard shell taco filled with seasoned ground beef and topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, sour cream and fresh guacamole.