Del Taco’s Flamin’ Hot Queso Menu Brings Cheetos Heat to Four New Chainwide Items

Del Taco has a new menu, and it is coated in red. The chain has launched a limited-time Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso menu featuring the flavor of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos corn snacks. The lineup is available now through November 18, 2026, at participating locations chainwide.

The queso itself is the star of the show. It starts with the chain’s queso blanco and gets a Flamin’ Hot seasoning for a red mix of cheese and heat. From there, the menu wraps, fries and burritos in that same red heat.

Four New Items

The menu has four items. The simplest is the Flamin’ Hot Queso & Chips, which serves Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso with house-made tortilla chips.

The Flamin’ Hot Queso Beef Roller is a warm flour tortilla rolled around seasoned ground beef, Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso and grated cheddar cheese. The Flamin’ Hot Queso Crispy Chicken Burrito takes crispy-fried chicken strips, crinkle-cut fries, Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso, cheddar cheese and sour cream, and wraps it all in a warm flour tortilla.

The Flamin’ Hot Queso Loaded Fries are crinkle-cut fries topped with seasoned ground beef, Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso, grated cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes and sour cream.

The Queso Base

The queso blanco base is the starting point for every item. The Flamin’ Hot seasoning is the difference between a plain melted cheese and a snack that looks like it was bathed in the same orange powder that coats Cheetos. In each dish, the heat comes from the queso base, not the meat or the shell, which is the key to how the whole menu works.

The items are all chainwide, which means the same red mix is available across locations. The November 18, 2026, end date means this is a limited run, not a permanent addition.

Loaded Fries vs. Chips

The Loaded Fries round out the lineup. They are crinkle-cut fries topped with seasoned ground beef, Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso, grated cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes and sour cream.

The crinkle-cut fries take the concept in a different direction from the standard nacho format. Fries are not the usual vehicle for queso, but Del Taco has chosen them here, topping them with beef, cheese, tomatoes and sour cream. Both the Loaded Fries and the Chips feature the same Flamin’ Hot-flavored Queso, but the Loaded Fries add the beef, tomatoes and sour cream on top of the fries, while the Chips keep things simpler, with just the chips and the queso dip.

Menu Logic

The difference here is the queso base. A Cheetos-flavored taco or burrito would carry the flavor on the meat or the shell. This menu carries the seasoning through the cheese itself, which changes the experience for every bite. Because the heat comes from the queso, every bite of every item shares that same red mix of cheese and heat.

The Verdict on the Menu

The Flamin’ Hot Queso menu is a limited-time offering. The queso is the chain’s own base, seasoned to mimic a Cheetos flavor.

The items are straightforward. The Beef Roller is a rolled tortilla with beef, cheese and heat. The Crispy Chicken Burrito is a fried chicken wrap with fries, cheese and sour cream. The Loaded Fries are fries topped with beef, cheese, tomatoes and sour cream. The Chips are chips with the same dip.

Here is how the menu breaks down:

The chain has built its queso around a Cheetos flavor, and the items carry that flavor across a full menu of burritos, fries and a loaded dish. The limited time means this is a short run, not a permanent addition.

Source material: “New at Del Taco: Flamin' Hot Queso Menu,” Brand Eating.

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