An affectionate eulogy to the silky red sauce. Sorry, Taco Bell fans. As prone as I am to romanticizing this dish, Taco Bell’s website takes it comically far: Listen, we love a well-placed karate chop as much as the next guy, but we can all agree that peace is the best, right? Unfortunately, the loss of shredded chicken will also mean no more shredded chicken soft tacos, shredded chicken burritos or shredded chicken quesadilla melts. The most obvious reason, of course, is because no one gets hurt. without you complaining about it.” Or when country songs about a simpler time also imply “before I was forced to recognize the complexities of the world, even though they definitely still existed.”. — Justin Bradford (@justinbbradford) September 3, 2020 Before you freak out, know that you’ll have until November 5th to enjoy the Mexican Pizza, but after that… it’s gone forever. Trademark and Copyright 2020 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. Jeopardy! It would be an honorific so pure that fellow Mexican Pizza aficionado Bert Kreischer was going to get it tattooed on his chest. Besides, that top tortilla always got soggy as hell anyway. The creativity and innovation in our kitchen hasn’t slowed down at all, and we look forward to rolling out new fan favorites,” Taco Bell President and Global COO Mike Grams said in a statement. As for the latest round of changes, Taco Bell claimed there were several other reasons why it’s saying adios to the five items. For 20 years, this cult-classic menu item has been part of my standard order (add nacho cheese, of course). They did something rare in the world of mass-produced foods: make a decision not simply driven by market popularity or profit. Taco Bell thinks that our nostalgia for a mass-produced menu item isn’t worth the environmental costs and I’d like to hope they’re right. Clearly they saw it as important to their menu at some point. The fast-food chain announced plans to remove three more staples in another round of cuts after already slashing more than a dozen menu items in August. I even made the dish in a recent cooking competition on Twitch. Last month, Taco Bell got rid of about dozen items including the 7-Layer Burrito, Nachos Supreme and the Beefy Fritos Burrito. Taco Bell, owned by Yum! According to the company, the latest round of changes are “finishing touches” on a “new streamlined menu in order to make room for new innovations.”. Finally, the fan-favorite Quesalupa will come back as a test item in Knoxville, Tennessee before a possible nationwide launch. On the morning of Thanksgiving, Jeopardy! Me now that Taco Bell is also removing the Mexican Pizza pic.twitter.com/6ARJooly9E. 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That is, I shit you not, just the first third of Taco Bell’s ramblings on the Mexican Pizza. The chain promises fans this latest shakeup is the final phase of the 2020 menu revamp. Mexican Pizza: We know some fans may be sad to see this one go, we are too. Taco Bell is eliminating five more menu items, marking the second time in less than three months that it overhauled its selection. Here is the secret you need for perfection. File this under your latest reason to blame 2020. In order to lessen the blow, there is a slight silver lining. But one clear example of cultural companionship at work is the Mexican Pizza. But a close second, and often-overlooked reason for why peace and harmony rule is because when different cultures get along, they start swapping recipes. Taco Bell is officially saying goodbye to a handful of menu staples, starting on November 5… Taco Bell also announced it will add several new menu items including a chicken chipotle melt, dragonfruit freeze, green sauce and the Quesalupa. Unfortunately, the loss of shredded chicken will also mean no more shredded chicken soft tacos, shredded chicken burritos or shredded chicken quesadilla melts. I’m glad that waste management actually matters to a company whose core fanbase of people buying 12 tacos at a time at midnight may not make its purchasing decisions based on ecological factors. I love Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza. A love letter to those flaky fried tortillas. I won’t lament the loss of the dish’s perfect topping ratios or its even distribution of meat, beans, sauce, and cheese. Taco Bell fans, get ready to bid farewell to more longtime menu options. Especially since the Mexican Pizza was created with some peace. Seriously, I was hyped. Please @tacobell bring back Mexican pizza and spicy potato soft taco. But it’s still better to be conscious. Taco Bell announced yet another round of cuts on Thursday, including the Mexican Pizza. The chain says the chicken chipotle melt and dragon fruit freeze will get a nationwide release. I’m asking you nicely first. Instead, I’m choosing to see it as a sign of the times. The fact is that in 2020 — thanks to excellent food and ecology-based journalism and the numbers supplied by Taco Bell itself — we can see pretty easily that the Mexican Pizza had to go. — drashti (@drashtayy) September 3, 2020. One silver lining of saying goodbye to the Mexican Pizza that might help you rest easy is that removing it from our menus helps us work towards our commitment to leave a lighter footprint on our planet. Taco Bell assured fans on Thursday that this is the final time this year that it will change its menu, and the removals will “make room for new innovations.”. Currently, Mexican Pizza packaging accounts for over 7 million pounds of paperboard material per year in the U.S. And with that, I got it. Rest In Pizza. And considering the scale at which Taco Bell makes food, the quest for peace of which they wax poetically is better off with them killing the Mexican Pizza and thereby decreasing waste and packaging production worldwide.