Caramel Apple Empanada
Caramel Apple Empanada at Taco Bell. 290 calories, $2.99, 3 g protein.
Photograph from Taco Bell, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Taco Bell menu
At 290 calories it is heavier than 50% of the 290 Taco Bell items we track, against a menu median of 283. Scored on Taco Bell's own printed label, it comes to -14 on the label score, 41st of 41 Taco Bell items we can score that way. It delivers 1.0 g of protein per 100 calories, 77th of 92 items with published protein. At 97 calories per dollar it is 51st of 113 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Taco Bell
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| Soft Taco with Steak | 286 | −4 |
| Nachos | 280 | −10 |
| Mini Taco Salad | 280 | −10 |
| Gordita Supreme® | 280 | −10 |
| Chicken Crunchadilla | 280 | −10 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | Apple Pie | 230 | — |
What a Caramel Apple Empanada costs across America
Priced at 3924 Taco Bell restaurants in 50 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $2.99 and $2.99, a spread of 0%.
It is on the menu at 3924 of the 7757 restaurants sampled, so it is not carried everywhere.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median.
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The cheapest Caramel Apple Empanada in the sample is $2.99 in Russells Point, OH, and the most expensive is $4.19 in North Pole, AK. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 49 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 41 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | $2.99 | 148 | cheapest |
| VA | $2.99 | 101 | cheapest |
| CA | $2.99 | 383 | cheapest |
| AZ | $2.99 | 118 | cheapest |
| HI | $3.19 | 25 | most expensive |
| MT | $3.00 | 19 | most expensive |
| DC | $2.99 | 7 | most expensive |
| DE | $2.99 | 14 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
None of the 742 restaurants we price has changed this since 2026-09-01. A typical one charges $2.99.
See every Caramel Apple Empanada we price on the map — 3,924 restaurants, one dot each →
Priced like this at Taco Bell
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Caramel Apple Empanada’s $2.99. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crunchy Taco Supreme® | $2.99 | 14% | 7,752 |
| Soft Taco Supreme® | $2.99 | 14% | 7,749 |
| Nacho Cheese Doritos® Locos Tacos | $2.99 | 18% | 7,711 |
| Cheesy Double Beef Burrito | $2.99 | 0% | 7,709 |
| Avocado Ranch Chicken Stacker | $2.99 | 0% | 7,587 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Added Sugars | 0 g |
| Calcium | 42.6 mg |
| Cholesterol | 4.97 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.21 g |
| Iron | 1.26 mg |
| Potassium | 0 mg |
| Protein | 2.96 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4.29 g |
| Sodium | 254.28 mg |
| Sugars | 14.63 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 38.48 g |
| Total Fat | 13.72 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.1 g |
| Vitamin A | 0.71 mcg |
| Vitamin C | 5.35 mg |
| Vitamin D | 0 mcg |
The nutrition label as Taco Bell publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.