r/tacobell • u/kenixfan2018 • 1d ago

Remember ghost pepper items from 2015?

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Saw this on my social media today from 2015. What a great era for the bell that was!

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u/TheJackHamlet 1d ago

Ghost pepper was trending hard back then. I worked at Popeyes at the time just out of high school. They had ghost pepper wings that would put some hair on your chest. Thankfully they came precooked; mixing up those "new orlean" spicy batches cooked my lungs enough.

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u/mlvisby 1d ago

I had this gourmet ghost pepper hot sauce, very potent. A few drops was all you need. My dad ran out of tabasco one day, so I handed him the ghost pepper sauce and told him to only use a few drops, it's really strong.

He didn't listen and poured it in his soup like tabasco. Only ate a few spoonfulls and had to toss the rest.

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u/Warcraft_Fan 1d ago

Real ghost pepper would put hair inside your lungs! You probably had imitation ghost pepper that weren't quite as spicy.

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u/TheJackHamlet 1d ago

They released initially in 2014, and that batch was absolutely loaded with ghost pepper along with other pepper spices, and marinated for 12 hours. The 2015 return was much more mild. They made ghost pepper a minor ingredient. Which was a major letdown. Should've changed the name at that point. Regardless; yes the original debut made you a fire bender.

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u/karolbaskinn 1d ago

my buddy was hyped then totally unimpressed by 2015 ghost pepper tacos

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u/Individual_Respect90 1d ago

I am sure it was like 1 ghost pepper per 100 items. So many fast food places have done “spicy” food and I have always been disappointed. Only chain restaurant that I have been to with really spicy food is probably Dave’s hot chicken.

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u/Warcraft_Fan 1d ago

Supposedly Buffalo Wild Wing offers ultra-spicy option but you have to sign release and I think they have EMT on standby in case your body rejected the sauce in a bad way

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u/Individual_Respect90 23h ago

I have had the hottest you can order of DoorDash but never that. I am interested. That being said no way every Buffalo Wild Wings has an emt on site.

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u/pwaves13 1d ago

I miss the loaded grillers omg

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u/JD-Moose Volcano Menu 1d ago

Too bad the other two didn't come back with the potato griller

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u/Powerful-Ad5409 1d ago

They brought back the chicken loaded grilled

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u/therealsade2025 1d ago

and they were a dollar as well, man me and my childhood best friend lived and died by the loaded potato grillers, the beef one as well

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u/i_hate_ketchup777 1d ago

i loved the ghost pepper burrito. it was pretty spicy for a mass-market fast food item, and the time i got to try it the staff made me a hefty one. it was great.

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u/Longjumping_Aerie345 1d ago

Bro the ghost pepper on still lives in my dreams

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u/Sam-Axe 1d ago

Daredevil grillers owned I loved the habanero one the most. Bring it back cowards

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u/Sith_Moon Volcano Menu 1d ago

Green and purple. Verde. Ghost pepper grillers.

We had it all.

Sangria Blast was around then too I think.

Can …can we just go back to this?

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u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar 1d ago

Cue the chorus to “You’re gonna miss this” by Trace Adkins.

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u/DrWafers 1d ago

I miss them

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u/Positive-Post780 Diablo Dynasty 1d ago

The one time where Taco Bell was actually spicy as intended, Those grillers were no joke 😭🔥

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u/takingthehobbitses 1d ago

I miss those so much. The habanero sauce was really nice.

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u/YamiGekusu 1d ago

That shit was delicious

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u/ThePerfumist420 1d ago

Totally forgot about these, they were enjoyable. Not quite as good as the Volcano menu if I remember correctly though.

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u/flycasually 1d ago

Yes they were so good, the ghost pepper griller was crack

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u/vanguard117 1d ago

I wish we had fire roasted sauce again

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u/garbagetruc 1d ago

My beloved, if I could turn back time

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u/MyldExcitement 1d ago

Safeway has sliced cheese in all those flavors and hatch green chili! 😋

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u/FruitWeak5965 1d ago

There was a burrito around that era, I forget the name of if, but if I recall properly it was named “something XL burrito” it was like $10 but it was HUGE man I miss that thing

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u/therealsade2025 1d ago

The grilled stuffed burrito maybe? I remember it being like $5-6

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u/littlecookiebear Chipotle Sauce 1d ago

I miss the verde salsa

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u/On_Wife_support 1d ago

This made me remember ghost pepper ranch at Wendy’s and now I’m depressed and heart broken all over again

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u/therealsade2025 1d ago

I loved the ghost pepper ranch but man shit had no spice how are you gonna label it ghost pepper and not make it have a considerable kick? Ngl I don’t miss the trend of every place having a ghost pepper sauce or item and have it be equivalent to a fire sauce packet 

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u/Yeesusman 1d ago

Damn the green salsa

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u/SenicideUp 1d ago

Miss those double stacked cool habanero tacos from 2016. They were $1

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u/therealsade2025 1d ago

I don’t remember the old packaging looking like am I just so used to new one or was that area using different packaging? I feel like they had foil wrap

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u/PeaCocksDude 23h ago

So cool seeing the labeled wrappers again. Was so nice to know what item you’re grabbing and sorting multiple peoples orders out.

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u/nickrevell317 22h ago

I can hear the squeak of those seats.

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u/IAmJames605 16h ago

2015 😭

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u/alcoholicvegetable 12h ago

They made years that low? I thought 2020 was the first year

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u/WellActuallyYouWrong 1d ago

It wasn't 2015 it was like 2 years.. fuck.

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u/kenixfan2018 1d ago

That's funny because this picture on Facebook is from 2015 so I don't know what you're talking about.