As soon as I heard about the new Taco Bell Black Taco, I ran out and got one. Rather, I bought two of them and a chili cheese burrito. Excited to eat my new tacos in the perfect setting, I drove around and ate the burrito while looking for the right place. The chili cheese burrito is difficult to eat while driving and I wasted a lot of time trying to deal with this thing. I made it as far as my driveway before carefully opening the first one.

The first batch of Tacos where good. However, I didn’t have the right words to describe them at the time so I decided to make the critique more scientific by getting two more black tacos and a regular taco as a control. This was important work and it could not be rushed or thoroughly conducted during a parked feeding frenzy.

A couple things separate the new taco from the old taco. The black shell isn’t made of blue corn. Rather it is just black, and that is not such a bad thing because its flavor has been refined for years. Next, the cheese is no longer just cheddar. It now contains a delicate blend of Mozzarella, Cheddar, and Pepper Jack cheeses. The intricate flavors of which are further sophisticated by the addition of the hotly anticipated zesty pepper jack cheese sauce.

The resulting taco is cheesy, crunchy, meaty, and spicy. It is better than the original, and it costs less than $1. Viva La Bell.

Oh yea, ride bikes. GT Bikes, and umm, Ray’s is open for the season!!!