The Big Bell Box Meal [Taco Bell = Value]

[Note: I wrote up this draft MONTHS ago, but never finished. Now the Big Box Meal has been pulled from many menus and they don't offer the Bacon Club Chalupa with it, only some much cheaper, less filling standard menu item. So, yeah, it's a lot more of a rip-off now. But, for the sake of documentation - of a better time, one could say - here's my first impression of the ORIGINAL Taco Bell Big Bell Box Meal (as it first appear here on the West Coast USA).]

In traditional unboxing fashion, I present to you the unboxing of…

TACO BELL’s BIG BELL BOX MEAL!

I’ve been wanting to order this meal for some time after first seeing it on Taco Bell’s menu. Where I live, by the way, Taco Bell is a VERY popular fast food restaurant. I believe Taco Bell would have to be my second favorite place to eat, right behind In-N-Out, of course. The psudeo-Mexican food is also something good you can count on, but mostly, the prices are resonable while all the other fast food places have doubled theirs in the past 5 years making a meal price seem like the tab on a steak dinner look mild.

Anywho, the Big Bell Box Meal consists of a hard shell taco, bean burrito, Cinnamon Twists, the new Bacon Club Chaplupa and a large drink. The large drink, to remind you, is the standard drink size you’re given when you order any meal.

It’s not like the amount of food you get it amazing, and the box is nothing other than a gimmick (though, it is convenient!) the same food ordered individually VS. the price of one “Big Bell Box Meal” makes it worth it.

Calories? Who’s counting? I found one estimate at 1550 + drink.

Gas – Cash + Receipt = Less Hungry

Jack in the Box is giving you two free tacos on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 when you bring in any gas receipt.

The fine print says “2 Free Tacos with valid gas receipt.” Not much to say what’s valid, though. Does it have to be a receipt dated June 26? Dunno.

Go get a gallon and go get some free grub. (And yes, it’s “free grub” because you’d have to buy that gallon anyway. And no, I’m not about to discuss the “gas wasted” in driving to the nearest Jack in the Box! Yeesh.)

Free Food Tastes Best

Until May 15th, Carls Jr. is giving you a deal on a Western Bacon. Buy one, and get the drink and fries free.

(I know the coupon extends underneath the side bar… get over it.)

EDIT: Ok… I forgot IE doesn’t do layering well. I shrunk the image. Click for full size.

Official CJ page here.