$4.99 is the listed Quesarito; $6.98 is the cheapest way to rebuild one from parts.
A Taco Bell Quesarito is a burrito wrapped inside a cheese quesadilla, and the company sells it: $4.99 for 610 calories, on a page that in August 2026 also said not currently available. Rebuilding it costs more. A Cheese Quesadilla at $5.49 with a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito at $1.49 comes to $6.98, which is $1.99 above the listed price for something the kitchen will not wrap.
Quesarito price and calories · Cheese Quesadilla price, the outer layer · Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito price and calories · Beefy 5-Layer Burrito price, for the beef rebuild · Taco Bell secret menu — the items that went official
What you need
8 itemsThe listed item against three rebuilds
| Route | Components and prices | Total and calories |
|---|---|---|
| Listed: Quesarito | One item, wrapped in the kitchen | $4.99 · 610 Cal |
| Cheapest rebuild | Cheese Quesadilla $5.49 + Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito $1.49 | $6.98 · 840 Cal |
| Bean rebuild | Cheese Quesadilla $5.49 + Bean Burrito $1.99 | $7.48 · 800 Cal |
| Beef rebuild | Cheese Quesadilla $5.49 + Beefy 5-Layer Burrito $4.19 | $9.68 · 930 Cal |
| Listed alternative | Grilled Cheese Burrito, with the cheese on the outside | $5.69 · 690 Cal |
How it works
Look the item up before assuming it has gone
Taco Bell keeps a product page for this one and states on it whether the item is orderable. In August 2026 that page said not currently available and described a limited-time offering at participating locations.
Try the app with your own restaurant selected
National status and local status are different facts. An item marked unavailable centrally sometimes still appears in a basket, and the reverse happens too.
Order the quesadilla and the burrito separately
Both are permanent items. A Cheese Quesadilla is $5.49 and a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito is $1.49, which is $6.98 for the pair.
Do the wrapping yourself
Nobody behind the counter is obliged to roll one item inside another, and it slows a line being timed. Unfold the quesadilla, lay the burrito across it, roll.
Weigh the Grilled Cheese Burrito instead
At $5.69 for 690 calories, that listed item puts melted cheese on the outside of a burrito for 70 cents more than a Quesarito and $1.29 less than the cheapest rebuild.
If something goes wrong
The Quesarito was refused at the counter
- Cause
- Its own product page carried a not currently available notice in August 2026
- Fix
- Buy the two components instead. A Cheese Quesadilla and a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito come to $6.98 and go home in two wrappers.
The rebuild cost more than the real thing
- Cause
- Two whole items always outprice one item made from parts of them
- Fix
- $6.98 against $4.99 is a $1.99 penalty, and it buys 840 calories against 610. More food, more money, no discount for the trouble.
Crew would not wrap the burrito in the quesadilla
- Cause
- Assembly across two tickets is not a modification any till handles
- Fix
- Do it at the table. The quesadilla arrives cut into quarters at some restaurants, which makes this harder than it sounds.
Guides quote wildly different prices
- Cause
- The recorded band on this item runs from $2.59 to $5.79
- Fix
- Treat $4.99 as the company's own posting in August 2026 and check your app. A spread of $3.20 on one product is a local pricing fact, not an error.
The chicken version cost more again
- Cause
- A Chicken Quesadilla is $5.89 against $5.49 for the cheese one
- Fix
- Expect roughly 40 cents on top of whichever rebuild you picked. Calories rise too, since the chicken quesadilla carries 490.
One restaurant sells it and the next does not
- Cause
- 93% of Taco Bell's 9,030 US units are franchised
- Fix
- Limited-time items land unevenly across an estate that size. Head office in Irvine, California does not take the order.
What’s fixed, and what actually varies
Availability is the whole story here. Price behaves; the question of whether anyone will sell you one does not.
Fixed
- Taco Bell posts the Quesarito at $4.99 with 610 calories
- Its own page carried a not currently available notice in August 2026
- The cheapest rebuild from listed parts is $6.98
- Every rebuild costs more than the listed item and carries more calories
- No restaurant is obliged to wrap one item inside another
Varies
- Whether the item is orderable at your restaurant this week
- The listed price, recorded anywhere from $2.59 to $5.79
- Whether a crew member will assemble it as a modification
- Which protein a rebuild uses, which moves the total by up to $2.70
- What each franchisee charges for the two components
Open the product page first, because it states the item's status in plain words. Then add a Quesarito to a basket in the app with your restaurant set. A page that says unavailable and an app that takes the order are both possible, and the app is the one holding your money.
Promoted onto the menu, then quietly parked
Secret-menu lists still carry the Quesarito, which is odd, because Taco Bell publishes a page for it with a price and a calorie count on it. The recipe is seasoned rice, protein, chipotle sauce and sour cream inside a burrito, and that burrito rolled inside a cheese quesadilla. Posted price: $4.99 for 610 calories.
The same page, checked in August 2026, said the item was not currently available and described it as a limited-time offering at participating locations. Two things are therefore true at once. It is a company product with a company price, and it is not something you can reliably buy.
Rebuilding it is where the money goes wrong. The cheapest honest route buys a Cheese Quesadilla at $5.49 and a Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito at $1.49, which is $6.98 and 840 calories. Swap in a Bean Burrito and it is $7.48. Swap in a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito and it is $9.68, nearly double the listed figure. Every route costs more, because every route buys two entire items rather than the parts of them a Quesarito actually contains.
Then there is the wrapping. Rolling one finished item inside another is not a modification a till has a button for, so it falls to you, at a table, with a quesadilla that may already have been cut into quarters.
A listed alternative sits right beside all this and is usually ignored. The Grilled Cheese Burrito is $5.69 for 690 calories, with the melted cheese on the outside instead of the inside. Against a Quesarito that is 70 cents more; against the cheapest rebuild it is $1.29 less, and nobody has to assemble anything. Recorded prices on the Quesarito itself ran from $2.59 to $5.79 across published listings, which is the sort of spread an estate of 9,030 franchised units produces.
Questions people ask
Is the Quesarito still available?
Not dependably. Taco Bell's own page for it, checked in August 2026, carried a not currently available notice and called it a limited-time offering.
How much is a Quesarito?
$4.99 posted by the company, for 610 calories. Published listings recorded it anywhere from $2.59 to $5.79, so your restaurant may sit well outside that figure.
What does it cost to build one instead?
$6.98 at the cheapest, adding a $5.49 Cheese Quesadilla to a $1.49 Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito. The beef route runs to $9.68.
Will the kitchen wrap it for me?
Usually not. Combining two separately made items is not a modification the system recognises, and no restaurant is obliged to try.
How many calories are in the rebuilds?
840 for the cheap one and 930 for the beef one, adding the company's own counts. The listed Quesarito is 610, so a rebuild is a bigger meal.
Is there a listed item that does the same job?
The Grilled Cheese Burrito, at $5.69 for 690 calories, melts cheese onto the outside of a burrito. It needs no explaining at the counter.
Is this page an official Taco Bell price list?
No. HelpMeLogin has no connection to the company. Every figure here is one Taco Bell posted on its own item pages, read on 19 August 2026.