$2.99 is Taco Bell's posted price for Pintos N Cheese, with 170 Cal against it.
The Taco Bell Pintos N Cheese price is $2.99 on the company's own snacks page, with a figure of 170 Cal printed beside it. Black Beans and Rice carries exactly the same $2.99 with 160 Cal, so the company prices two different bean sides identically and separates them by only ten calories. Plain Black Beans sit 40 cents lower again, at $2.59 with 50 Cal against them.
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What you need
4 itemsPintos N Cheese price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pintos N Cheese | $2.99 official | — | 170 Cal |
If something goes wrong
Pintos N Cheese and Black Beans and Rice cost the same
- Cause
- Both are posted at $2.99 on the same company page, with 170 Cal and 160 Cal respectively. Ten calories separate them.
- Fix
- Choose on the beans rather than the numbers, since nothing in the published figures distinguishes the two on value.
Pintos N Cheese seems small for $2.99
- Cause
- 170 Cal at $2.99 works out at roughly 57 calories a dollar, one of the weaker returns in the snacks section.
- Fix
- Compare it with Chili at $1.00 and 60 Cal if the goal is a cheap warm side. The rice version costs the same as this and carries 160.
Is Pintos N Cheese vegetarian?
- Cause
- The published build is pinto beans with a melted three-cheese blend and no meat. No allergen data of any kind could be read for the item.
- Fix
- Ask at the restaurant for a definitive answer, since the company's allergen pages return nothing to an automated fetch.
Three bean sides, two prices, one very wide calorie gap
Taco Bell lists three bean sides on its snacks page, read on 19 August 2026. Pintos N Cheese is $2.99 with 170 Cal, Black Beans and Rice is $2.99 with 160, and plain Black Beans is $2.59 with 50.
The first two are the interesting pair. Identical prices, ten calories apart, different beans and different additions. Nothing in the company's published figures gives a reader a reason to prefer one over the other on size or on cost, which leaves taste and dietary preference to do the work. That is a perfectly reasonable outcome; it is just worth saying rather than pretending the numbers decide it.
The third row is where the pricing gets strange. Removing the rice from Black Beans and Rice takes 40 cents off and 110 calories with it, dropping the side to about 19 calories a dollar. Pintos N Cheese, by comparison, returns roughly 57. Neither is a strong figure by this menu's standards, but the gap between them is threefold and it comes entirely from what the company chooses to put in the tub.
What's in it
Slow-cooked pinto beans under a layer of melted three-cheese blend, served warm in a small tub. It is one of the older items on the Taco Bell menu and one of a short list of sides with no meat in it. Published nutrition stops at 170 Cal: no figure for fat, sodium, carbohydrate or protein could be read, because the per-item nutrition panel returns nothing to an automated fetch and the company's nutrition index page has gone. The calorie figure was seen on one page rather than two.
Is it worth it
At about 57 calories a dollar this is one of the weaker rows in its section, ahead of Black Beans at roughly 19 and the Cinnabon Delights 2 Pack at 59 by a very small margin, and well behind Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes at around 83.
The pattern across the sides is consistent: Taco Bell charges roughly $2.59 to $2.99 for a small tub of something warm, and the calorie content of that tub varies by more than three times depending on which one is chosen. A reader buying a side to bulk out an order is better served by the rice version at the same price, or by Chili at $1.00, which costs a third as much and carries 60 Cal.
Nothing outside the company prices this row, so $2.99 stands on Taco Bell's own page with its own caveat that posted prices apply at participating restaurants and vary.
Pintos N Cheese at a glance
- Taco Bell price
- $2.99
- Calories
- 170, from Taco Bell
Questions people ask
How much is Pintos N Cheese at Taco Bell?
$2.99, posted by the company and read on 19 August 2026. Prices vary by restaurant, so treat it as a list figure.
How many calories are in Pintos N Cheese?
170, published by Taco Bell. Black Beans and Rice, at the same $2.99, carries 160.
What is in Pintos N Cheese?
Slow-cooked pinto beans topped with a melted three-cheese blend, served warm in a small tub. No meat is listed in the build.
Which bean side is best value?
Black Beans and Rice, which matches this row's $2.99 with 160 Cal, or Chili at $1.00 with 60. Plain Black Beans at $2.59 for 50 Cal is the weakest of the group.
Is this page an official Taco Bell price list?
No, and nothing here is issued for Taco Bell. The $2.99 shown above is reproduced from the company's own page as posted.
Can this site tell me the price at my local Taco Bell?
It cannot. Prices are set at restaurant level and the company says so, which leaves the app as the only source.