Taco Bell teases a hungry nation with spicy lava chicken chips
It's not even the end of the first week of 2017 and Taco Bell has already ushered in yet another reason your pants won't properly zip this year.
The restaurant chain is currently testing a new product called Volcano Crispy Chicken Chips in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, reports Brand Eating.
Take that in for a minute.
It's fried chicken, in the triangular shape of tortilla chips, meant to be dipped in spicy, cheesy lava sauce (popular from the chain's volcano menu days, last seen for a limited time in 2015).
It has "guilty pleasure" written all over it, and the fried, spicy taste seems to be just what you need to counteract all that kale you are still eating.
An order of six chips with two dips (you can go for nacho cheese or spicy ranch instead of the lava sauce if you are a spice wimp) runs $1.99. The chips are also featured in a $2.99 wrap called the Volcano Chickstar.
There is no word on when or if this dish will make its national debut, but considering the public now has the ideal jewels to wear while dining on such cuisine, it would be a shame not to do the chip dip all over the country.
Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
