Choco Tacos will return this year, with the help of Taco Bell and a beloved ice cream chain, Salt & Straw.
Salt & Straw took to Instagram earlier this week to tease the return of the beloved snack, which is vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate and nuts that is then placed in a taco-shaped waffle cone. The news came almost a year after Klondike, the original creator of Choco Tacos, sent shockwaves across the Internet when he announced that the product had been discontinued.
In the Instagram post, which included a video documented during Taco Bell's Live Más Live event, Salt & Straw confirmed that it will be making the revamped Choco Tacos. The brand also announced its partnership with Taco Bell for the relaunch of the beloved snack.
Although it has the same shape as the original Choco Tacos, Salt & Straw noted that the ingredients in this treat will be a little different.
“Coming this summer to all select retailers and online for nationwide shipping,” the caption reads. “Hand-pressed waffle cones, freshly made cinnamon ancho ice cream dipped in single-origin chocolate and garnished with toasted brown rice.”
Additionally, the treats will be served with “three custom sauce packets and a spicy cheesecake sauce.”
speaking toToday Regarding the big news, Salt & Straw CEO Tyler Malek acknowledged that Choco Tacos will continue to be the treat people have loved for years, but with “a gourmet touch.”
“The ice cream is lightly spiced and has significantly more milk fat and less air than any I've had before,” he said. “We use an especially dark chocolate that still retains a rich flavor even after freezing. On top of the taco, we wanted a little crunch, so we found a rare toasted brown rice blend that has that effect while also adding an evocative, almost toasted characteristic.”
Additionally, he assured fans of the original Choco Tacos that they will love the new snack, adding, “This is what I always romantically dreamed the old snack tasted like, but they never lived up to it.”
In July 2022, Klondike first took X – formerly known as Twitter – to announce that Choco Tacos will be discontinued after 40 years. “We have experienced an unprecedented increase in demand across our portfolio and have had to make very difficult decisions to ensure availability of our entire portfolio nationwide,” the brand wrote at the time. “We are very sorry for any disappointment!”
Following the news, many celebrities hilariously paid their respects to the snack, with celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern expressing how shocked he was to see the taco-shaped treat disappear.
“This is crazy,” he tweeted at the time. “Look at Klondike's portfolio and tell me you'd discontinue what is arguably the best resting frozen dessert out there? Ditch Cone Zone or the Cookies n' Cream sandwich! “We need our Choco Tacos.”
Model Chrissy Teigen also shared her reaction to the discontinuation in a now-expired Instagram Story, where she jokingly expressed how customers didn't fully appreciate the Choco Taco.
“Everyone always takes this shit for granted when it's around,” he wrote, along with a screenshot of a People story about the product. “Never choose it over a Snickers ice cream bar, so that's what you get, don't start crying now.”
She added: “You never cared before. You do not deserve it!!!”
