Taco Bell Rattlesnake Fries Tries To Take A Bite Out of You
The first
thing you will notice about Taco Bell’s new rattlesnake fries is there is
definitely no rattlesnake in them. You can choose beef or chicken but no
serpent meat.
The
rattlesnake comes in the form of spicy pickled jalapeno peppers and a hot
pepper cheese sauce.
Which is too
bad, because serving rattlesnake at an American fast food restaurant would be something different.
So, What Is Different About It
It was
probably inevitable that Taco Bell would add something to its revived
seasoned fries. They came up with the nacho fries, but of course that’s
pretty similar to what everyone else does. Pouring cheese sauce and adding meat
(usually bacon) over fries is everywhere now.
Taco Bell’s
Tex-Mex roots allow it to dip into a different palette of ingredients so they
went with jalapeno peppers.
The first time
I tried it, the Taco Bellian who assembled it , didn’t put the lid on tight and
the contents shifted to one side and spilled out a bit.
Adding spicy
cheese makes the fries moist so they don’t need a dipping sauce but adding a
packet of fire sauce really spices it up but it will never get too hot.
I once told my
son when he was growing up that no nationwide chain would serve a food so hot
it would make its eaters cry. He was disappointed with a burger that he had
seen on tv commercials where they exaggerated its ultimate spiciness and how it
would make you cry. Of course, it wasn’t even close to being as advertised. Especially
for his tastes which ran pretty hot.
The closest
anything has come to I has been buffalo chicken wings.
Would I Buy It Again?
Yes, I
probably would if I wanted a little spice.
Taco Bell also offers a rattlesnake fries burrito. It’s frankly just a
spicy potato and meat burrito, but “rattlesnake fries burrito” sound better.
By the way, I
had a double-decker taco. I also had a spare tortilla.
