What Doritos shell flavor was used for the original Doritos Locos Tacos?

The original Doritos Locos Tacos used a Nacho Cheese Doritos shell flavor. Taco Bell filled the seasoned crunchy shell with its standard taco ingredients, including seasoned beef, lettuce and shredded cheddar cheese.

The product was a collaboration between Taco Bell and Frito-Lay, the PepsiCo snack company behind Doritos. Taco Bell launched the Doritos Locos Taco in 2012, turning the shape and seasoning of a Doritos chip into a taco shell. Its popularity made the item a major fast-food marketing success and encouraged later versions.

Nacho Cheese was the original shell, while Cool Ranch and other varieties appeared afterward as limited or subsequent offerings. Another common mix-up is confusing the taco’s shell flavor with Doritos’ earliest flavor history: Doritos began with an unflavored toasted-corn variety, followed by taco flavor, and Nacho Cheese became a major flavor later. The quiz asks specifically about the original Doritos Locos Taco shell, not the first Doritos flavor ever made.