Salt Straw and Taco Bell launch Tacolate dessert nationwide

Salt Straw and Taco Bell are rolling out a joint dessert called the Tacolate on Friday, Oct. 3, with the treat available at Salt Straw shops nationwide and for online shipping in six‑packs. The Tacolate pairs a hand‑pressed wafflecone shaped like a taco with cinnamon ancho chili ice cream, a single‑origin chocolate coating and a toasted brown rice garnish, and it is packaged with two custom sauce packets, Mango Jalapeño and Wildberry Cinnamon, intended to complement the ice cream.

Salt Straw described each Tacolate as priced at about $7.50 and said the product will be sold at its 51 locations across several states and offered for nationwide delivery through saltandstraw.com and select third‑party platforms. The company has said the item is not being rolled out through Taco Bell restaurant menus at launch. Salt Straw cofounder Tyler Malek, who worked with Taco Bell’s culinary team on the product, said in a statement that collaborating with Taco Bell to develop the Tacolate “has been a dream” and that the team sought to reimagine a nostalgic frozen treat for both brands.

The Tacolate traces its roots to Salt Straw experiments beginning in 2016 at a soft‑serve concept called Wiz...