Jack in the Box’s Monster Taco has been a monster success for the chain. Actually, I don’t know this because I’m not privy to the company’s internal numbers, but it’s been around for several years, so I assume it’s a popular item. For the Halloween season, the chain has pulled out from a sarcophagus the Mummy Wrapped Monster Taco.
It’s a Monster Taco topped with the usual American cheese, shredded lettuce, and taco sauce that’s “mummy wrapped’ in a cheese sauce and bacon-stuffed warm flour tortilla.
If you’re reading this review, you’re probably familiar with the taste of Jack in the Box’s tacos, so I’m not going to mention much about it. While I enjoy them, this version is disappointing.
Adding the flour tortilla, cheese sauce, and bacon bits adds a noticeable amount of heft to the Monster Taco, making it a bit more monstrous. However, the cheese sauce and its warmth are trapped under the flour tortilla, making the taco’s center even soggier than a regular Monster Taco. Thankfully, that’s kind of okay because the tortilla prevents any leakage from happening.
However, I don’t know if mine was made with more cheese sauce than the kitchen instructions say, but I felt there was too much of it in my order, and it made things overwhelmingly cheesy. While that sounds nice for fondue, a cheeseburger, or Wisconsin, it’s not in this case because it also makes the menu item too salty. Yes, water is wet, and fast food is salty, but this was particularly so sodium-heavy that my taste buds started to wonder if they should tap out after getting halfway through. I eventually had to convince myself to finish the last three bites.
Besides the overwhelming cheesiness and saltiness, there is also an underlying smokiness from the bacon and the usual mild kick of pepperiness and heat from taco sauce and the seasoned meat. But I wonder if those pork bits also contribute to this being too salty.
While a clever idea, Jack in the Box’s Mummy Wrapped Monster Taco is a monster disappointment. I don’t plan on ordering it again, and I think it should be placed back in its sarcophagus and buried in the tomb of fast food ideas. Or it should have less cheese sauce.
Purchased Price: $3.00
Rating: 4 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 580 calories. No other nutritional numbers are available on the Jack in the Box website.
Jack in the box is not Taco bell.
“If you’re reading this review, you’re probably familiar with the taste of Jack in the Box’s tacos, so I’m not going to mention much about it.”
Or you’re a curious person living in a party of the country that doesn’t have Jack in the Box. I thought they were just a burger place.
They have a very distinct taste compared to Taco Bell/Del Taco, because JitB deep frys the shell with the meat filling inside (also I once read that the filling is actually a beef-less soy protein, but I never looked into it). Then they add a slice of American cheese, taco sauce and iceburg lettuce.
They’re a fast food marvel, they’re somehow disgusting and delicious at the same time. The shell is crunchy but with a soft, greasy middle section, and the lettuce provides a nice crisp. Also in my opinion JitB’s taco sauce is genuinely really good for fast food taco sauce. It’s not quality food at all, but it all just comes together nicely, and they’re cheap (2/$1 in the app).
@THE JACKER:
You hit the nail on the head with “disgusting and delicious at the same time”! I randomly just posted the same thought over at Brand Eating (a fast food blog) so it’s both weird and awesome to see this. Despite this review I’m trying this with extreme prejudice..
that cheese sauce looks especially glorpy