$3.38 buys the cheap Hulk and $5.58 the beef one, with guacamole charged both times.
The Taco Bell Hulk burrito has two published recipes and two different totals. Add guacamole to a Bean Burrito and that is $1.39 plus $1.99, so $3.38 and 430 calories on company counts. Guacamole on a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, with the sour cream and nacho cheese taken out, is $1.39 plus $4.19, so $5.58. Removals earn no refund here. Between the two versions sits $2.20, and the guacamole is charged both times.
Bean Burrito price and calories · Guacamole price, the charged add-on · Beefy 5-Layer Burrito price and calories · Chips and Guacamole price, for the bigger portion · Taco Bell secret menu — the items that went official
What you need
8 itemsTwo recipes, and the guacamole either way
| Route | Components and prices | Total and calories |
|---|---|---|
| The Hulk, as usually written | Bean Burrito $1.99 + Guacamole $1.39 | $3.38 · 430 Cal |
| The Incredible Hulk | Beefy 5-Layer Burrito $4.19 + Guacamole $1.39 | $5.58 · under 560 Cal |
| Guacamole bought with chips instead | Chips and Guacamole, a single listed item | $3.79 · 230 Cal |
| Sour cream and nacho cheese out | Two removals, neither refunded | No change to either total |
How it works
Decide which of the two burritos you mean
Published versions disagree on the base. One uses a Bean Burrito at $1.99; the other uses a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito at $4.19, and the choice moves the bill by $2.20.
Order the burrito by name, then add guacamole
Both bases are permanent menu items with their own pages. The guacamole goes on as an add, at $1.39 for a 70-calorie portion.
State the removals as separate instructions
On the beef version the sour cream and the nacho cheese come out. Say each one, since a single word rarely carries both through the till.
Expect no money back for what you took out
Removals are free and refunded at nothing. Adding guacamole while dropping two components leaves the burrito costing $1.39 more than it did.
Confirm guacamole is on hand that day
It is the one component here that has recently gone missing. Several markets lost it during a recall in July 2026, and no phrasing works around an empty tub.
If something goes wrong
The name meant nothing at the counter
- Cause
- No Taco Bell page carries The Hulk or The Incredible Hulk
- Fix
- Order the burrito by its listed name and ask for guacamole added. Both instructions are ordinary.
Guacamole was unavailable
- Cause
- It is a premium add-on and can be pulled outright
- Fix
- During a cyclosporiasis outbreak in July 2026, Metro Detroit restaurants posted notices covering lettuce, cilantro onion, pico de gallo and guacamole. Ask what is on hold that day.
Taking things out did not lower the price
- Cause
- Removals are free, and free works in one direction only
- Fix
- Nothing comes off for dropping sour cream. If the bill matters, start from the $1.99 base rather than the $4.19 one.
Two guides quoted two different prices
- Cause
- They were pricing different burritos under the same nickname
- Fix
- $3.38 is the bean version and $5.58 is the beef version. Neither figure is wrong; they answer different questions.
The guacamole portion looked tiny
- Cause
- The side portion is 70 calories, which is a spoonful
- Fix
- Chips and Guacamole is $3.79 for 230 calories, so $2.40 more buys roughly three times the guacamole and the chips with it.
One restaurant charged more for the add
- Cause
- 93% of Taco Bell's 9,030 US units are franchised and set their own add-on prices
- Fix
- Read the app total for your own address. A posted $1.39 describes August 2026 nationally and binds nobody.
What’s fixed, and what actually varies
The arithmetic behaves. What refuses to settle is which burrito the name refers to, because the two published recipes are $2.20 apart.
Fixed
- Guacamole is an add-on at $1.39, not a free swap
- A Bean Burrito is $1.99 and a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito is $4.19
- The cheap recipe totals $3.38 and carries 430 calories
- The beef recipe totals $5.58 whatever comes out of it
- Removing sour cream and nacho cheese returns nothing
Varies
- Which base the name means, published both ways
- The Bean Burrito's price, recorded from $1.59 to $2.79
- The Beefy 5-Layer's price, recorded as low as $1.89 on older lists
- Whether guacamole is available at all that week
- What each franchisee charges for the add-on
Build both in the app with your restaurant selected. Add guacamole to a Bean Burrito and read the total, then do the same to a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito. Two baskets, two figures, and the gap between them is the only part of this that is genuinely in dispute.
One nickname, two burritos, and $2.20 between them
Guacamole is the whole idea here. Published recipes agree that a Hulk is a Taco Bell burrito with guacamole in it and disagree about everything else, which is why quoted prices for the thing range across two dollars.
One version starts from a Bean Burrito, posted at $1.99 with 360 calories. Add the side portion of guacamole at $1.39 and 70 calories, and the build is $3.38 for 430. Nothing comes out, so that calorie total holds as written.
The other version, usually written as The Incredible Hulk, starts from a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito at $4.19 and 490 calories. That one takes guacamole in and sends the sour cream and the nacho cheese out. Money-wise that is $4.19 plus $1.39, or $5.58. Calories are harder: adding the two published counts gives 560, and the removals then pull it down by an amount the company has never published. Treat 560 as a ceiling and nothing more.
So the same nickname produces $3.38 or $5.58 depending on who wrote the list. Both figures are honest. Neither is a price for an item Taco Bell sells, because no product page carries either name, and the guacamole is charged as an add-on in both directions.
Availability is the risk that catches people. Guacamole disappeared from parts of the estate during a cyclosporiasis outbreak in July 2026, when Metro Detroit restaurants posted signs listing what they could not sell, and pico de gallo went with it. A burrito with the defining ingredient missing is a Bean Burrito with a story attached.
Who sets the add-on price is the last variable. Taco Bell operates 9,030 US units at 93% franchised, so a posted $1.39 is a national figure and your restaurant is not bound by it. Recorded bands on the two bases run wider still, from $1.59 upward on the bean side.
Questions people ask
How much is The Hulk at Taco Bell?
$3.38 for the bean version, adding a $1.99 Bean Burrito to $1.39 of guacamole. The beef version comes to $5.58.
Which recipe is the real one?
Both circulate and neither is a company product. One is a Bean Burrito with guacamole; the other is a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito with guacamole in place of the sour cream and nacho cheese.
Does taking the sour cream out make it cheaper?
No. Removals cost nothing and return nothing, so the beef version stays at $5.58 however much comes out of it.
How many calories are in it?
430 for the bean version, adding 360 and 70. The beef version adds to 560 before removals, and Taco Bell publishes no count for the modified burrito.
Why is guacamole charged when other fillings are not?
It is priced as a premium add-on rather than a standard component, at $1.39 for a 70-calorie portion in August 2026.
Is there a cheaper way to get more guacamole?
Chips and Guacamole is one listed item at $3.79 for 230 calories. Per gram that beats the side cup, though it arrives beside the burrito rather than inside it.
Can this site tell me the price at my local Taco Bell?
No, and no published list can. These are figures the company posted nationally, read on 19 August 2026, against an estate that is 93% franchised.