Taco Bell Decades #TBTB Menu 2026: Prices, Items & What’s Actually Back
So Taco Bell dropped something called the Decades #TBTB Menu this week, and if you’re confused by the name, you’re not alone — it took me a minute to figure out too. Turns out “TBTB” is just Taco Bell’s initials mashed with #TBT (Throwback Thursday), and yeah, the Decades #TBTB Menu launched on a Thursday. August 20, 2026, to be exact.
Four items came back on this new Taco Bell menu. Not new items — actual discontinued Taco Bell classics from 2016 that people have been asking Taco Bell to bring back for years. Here’s the full breakdown of what’s on the Decades #TBTB Menu, what it costs, and a few early-access details worth knowing before you head to the drive-thru.
What’s the Deal With the Decades #TBTB Menu?
This is technically the third Decades Menu Taco Bell has run. There was the original Taco Bell Decades Menu in 2024 (that one spanned five decades, going all the way back to the 60s), then the Decades Y2K Menu in 2025, which focused on early-2000s items.
The Decades #TBTB Menu is narrower. Just 2016. One year, four items, no spreading it thin across decades — which is part of why this particular Taco Bell Decades Menu drop feels more focused than the last two.
Taco Bell Decades #TBTB Menu Prices
| Item | Price |
| Naked Chicken Chalupa | ~$3.99–$4.49 |
| Meximelt | $2.99 |
| Beefy Crunch Burrito | ~$2.79–$3.29 |
| Caramel Apple Empanada | ~$1.99–$2.29 |
Nothing on the Decades #TBTB Menu is priced as some kind of premium “event” item — it’s all in the normal $2.79–$5.99 range you’d expect from regular Taco Bell menu prices. Your exact price might be a little different depending on which location you’re at, so don’t be shocked if it’s a few cents off from what’s listed here.
The Four Decades #TBTB Menu Items, and Why People Actually Missed Them
Naked Chicken Chalupa : This is the item that always gets brought up first on Taco Bell forums, honestly, because it’s kind of a weird one — the “shell” is fried chicken instead of a tortilla or corn shell. Taco Bell tested the Naked Chicken Chalupa in a few markets back in 2016 before going nationwide with it in 2017. It never really left people’s minds even after it got pulled from the regular menu.
Meximelt : This item shows up basically every time Taco Bell runs a Decades-style menu. Melted cheese (three kinds, actually — cheddar, Monterey Jack, mozzarella), seasoned beef, pico de gallo, soft tortilla. It’s not fancy, it’s just good, and that’s probably why the Meximelt keeps coming back to the Taco Bell menu.
Beefy Crunch Burrito : Beef, rice, sour cream, and a crunchy corn strip on top that gives it its name. This was actually the one Decades #TBTB Menu item Taco Bell gave early access to before the full lineup dropped — more on that in a second.
Caramel Apple Empanada : If there’s one item people request more than any other on Taco Bell’s throwback menus, it’s this. Crispy, fried, filled with warm caramel and apple. It’s shown up on literally every version of the Decades Menu so far, which tells you something about how much people want it back on the permanent Taco Bell menu.
Early Access for Taco Bell Rewards Members
Taco Bell didn’t just drop all four Decades #TBTB Menu items at once for everybody. Rewards members got the Beefy Crunch Burrito two days early — August 18 and 19 — through the Taco Bell app, before it went nationwide on the 20th.
If you’re not signed up for Taco Bell Rewards, it’s free and takes about two minutes through the app. Worth doing if you want a head start the next time Taco Bell runs a Decades Menu promotion like this.
There’s More Than Just Food Going On Here
Taco Bell leaned pretty hard into the 2016 theme beyond the menu itself. There’s a streetwear collab with Anti Social Social Club, a limited digital camera collab with Camp Snap, and — this is the one that got me — early access to an app called Divine, which is basically a six-second looping video app. If that sounds familiar, yeah, it’s clearly riffing on Vine, which was still a huge deal back in 2016.
None of that stuff matters if you just want the food, but it does explain why the Decades #TBTB Menu feels like a bigger campaign than “we brought back four burritos.”
How Long Is the Decades #TBTB Menu Available?
No official end date has been announced for the Decades #TBTB Menu, which is pretty typical for these limited-time Taco Bell drops. Based on how the past two Decades Menu runs went, expect it to stick around for a few weeks before it either sells out at individual locations or gets rotated off the menu.
If you’ve been wanting to try the Caramel Apple Empanada or the Naked Chicken Chalupa again, don’t wait too long — some locations ran out of specific items during the last Decades Menu promotion.
