$2.99 buys the Chilito as a listed burrito; $2.39 of parts lands 150 calories short.
A Taco Bell Chilito is not off-menu. The chain lists it as the Chili Cheese Burrito at $2.99 for 380 calories, posted on its own page. Building something close from parts costs $2.39, adding a $1.39 Cheesy Roll Up to a $1.00 side of chili, and lands 150 calories short. Sixty cents is the whole saving, and the listed burrito needs no explaining at the counter, because it has a page of its own.
Chili Cheese Burrito price and calories · Chili side price, the $1.00 cup · Cheesy Roll Up price and calories · Cheesy Double Beef Burrito price, the same money for more food · Taco Bell secret menu — the items that went official
What you need
8 itemsThe listed burrito against four alternatives
| Route | Components and prices | Total and calories |
|---|---|---|
| Listed: Chili Cheese Burrito | One item, rolled in the kitchen | $2.99 · 380 Cal |
| Parts route | Cheesy Roll Up $1.39 + Chili $1.00 | $2.39 · 230 Cal |
| Cheaper listed burrito | Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito, one item | $1.49 · 400 Cal |
| Same price, more food | Cheesy Double Beef Burrito, one item | $2.99 · 560 Cal |
| The other revival | Enchirito, red sauce and cheddar on top | $4.29 · 350 Cal |
How it works
Ask for it by the name on the menu
Chili Cheese Burrito is the listed name and $2.99 the posted price. Say Chilito and you are relying on somebody's memory instead of the till.
Check the app before deciding it has gone
This item has a product page of its own, which states whether it is orderable. Availability then still turns on your restaurant, so read the app.
Use the parts route only if the item is genuinely absent
A Cheesy Roll Up at $1.39 with a $1.00 side of chili comes to $2.39. That is 60 cents less and 150 calories less, so it saves money by giving you less food.
Ask for the chili inside rather than beside
Poured into the roll-up during assembly it behaves like a burrito. Handed over in a cup it is a roll-up and a cup, which is what you paid for.
Compare against the same price on the same board
A Cheesy Double Beef Burrito is also $2.99 and carries 560 calories against 380. Three dollars buys very different amounts of food on this menu.
If something goes wrong
Nobody recognised the word Chilito
- Cause
- It is an old name that Taco Bell no longer prints anywhere
- Fix
- Ask for a Chili Cheese Burrito. That name is on the menu at $2.99 and needs no goodwill behind it.
The restaurant had no chili at all
- Cause
- Chili is a side portion and not every location carries it
- Fix
- Without chili neither route works. A Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito at $1.49 is the nearest thing that is always on.
The parts route did not feel like a burrito
- Cause
- A roll-up is a smaller tortilla and the chili is a separate cup
- Fix
- Ask for the chili added during assembly. Even then it comes to 230 calories against 380 for the listed item.
It seemed expensive for what it was
- Cause
- Cheap burritos on this menu vary enormously in what $1 buys
- Fix
- A Cheesy Double Beef Burrito is the same $2.99 for 560 calories, and a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito is $1.50 less for 400.
A guide said it was discontinued
- Cause
- Items here get retired and revived, sometimes within a year
- Fix
- The Enchirito came back on 18 June 2026 and the Mexican Pizza returned earlier still. A published list is a snapshot, and this one has a page.
The price was well above $2.99
- Cause
- 93% of Taco Bell's 9,030 US units are franchised and price locally
- Fix
- Treat $2.99 as what the company posted in August 2026. Irvine, California sets a specification, and your restaurant sets the board.
What’s fixed, and what actually varies
This one is unusual. The name is folklore, the item is real, and the parts route is worse value than either.
Fixed
- Taco Bell lists this as the Chili Cheese Burrito at $2.99
- The company's own count for it is 380 calories
- A Cheesy Roll Up is $1.39 and a side of chili is $1.00
- The parts route totals $2.39 and carries 230 calories
- Sixty cents separates the two, and 150 calories separate them too
Varies
- Whether crew recognise the word Chilito at all
- Whether chili is stocked as a separate side that day
- Whether the chili goes in during assembly or arrives in a cup
- The roll-up's price, recorded between $1.00 and $1.49
- What a franchisee charges against the posted $2.99
Search the app for Chili Cheese Burrito with your restaurant selected. A price there ends the question, and the whole exercise takes about ten seconds. Search for Chilito in the same box and nothing comes back, which tells you which of the two words to use out loud.
Folklore name, real menu page, worse parts route
Hack lists put the Chilito somewhere near the top, usually described as a burrito of chili and melted cheese that crew will make if asked nicely. Taco Bell sells it. The listed name is Chili Cheese Burrito, the posted price is $2.99, and the company's own count is 380 calories. Nothing about it is hidden.
What makes the entry worth checking is the parts route, which is the only genuinely off-menu thing here. Order a Cheesy Roll Up at $1.39 and a side of chili at $1.00, ask for the chili poured in during assembly, and the bill is $2.39. Saving: sixty cents. Cost of that saving: 150 calories, because the two published counts add to 230 against 380 for the burrito itself. Cheaper, smaller, and it needs explaining at the counter.
A better comparison sits on the same board. The Cheesy Double Beef Burrito is also $2.99 and carries 560 calories, which is 180 more for the identical money. Below both of them, a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito is $1.49 for 400 calories, so $1.50 less buys 20 calories more. Anyone shopping by the dollar should be looking at those two rather than at a nickname.
The wider pattern is retirement and revival. Taco Bell drops items and brings them back, which is what put the Chilito on secret-menu lists in the first place and what took the Enchirito off them on 18 June 2026 when it returned. Mexican Pizza did the same round trip years earlier. A guide written in one of those windows reads as authoritative and ages in months.
Prices are the last caveat. That $2.99 is a company posting from August 2026, across 9,030 US units of which 93% are franchised, and red sauce, cheddar and portioning are set to specification while the board is not.
Questions people ask
Is the Chilito on the Taco Bell menu?
Yes, under the name Chili Cheese Burrito. Taco Bell posts it at $2.99 with 380 calories on the item's own page.
How do I order one?
Use the listed name. Chilito is an old word that crew may not know, while Chili Cheese Burrito is on the menu and in the app.
Can I build one from parts instead?
Roughly. A $1.39 Cheesy Roll Up with a $1.00 side of chili comes to $2.39, which is 60 cents cheaper and 150 calories smaller.
Why would the parts route ever be worth it?
Only where the burrito itself is unavailable and chili is still stocked. As a saving it is thin, and it asks the counter for something unusual.
What is better value on the same menu?
A Cheesy Double Beef Burrito at the same $2.99 carries 560 calories. A Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito is $1.49 for 400, and a plain Bean Burrito sits between them at $1.99 for 360.
Has it ever been discontinued?
Items here come and go. The Enchirito returned on 18 June 2026 after years away, so check the app rather than trusting any dated list.
Can this site tell me the price at my local Taco Bell?
No. These are figures the company published nationally, read on 19 August 2026, against an estate that is 93% franchised and prices locally.