Taco Bell and Milk Bar need you to have your cake and eat it too. The limited-edition Birthday Cake Empanada rolls the bakery’s signature cake taste into an empanada. Pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles high it off. It hits menus nationwide Oct. 15 for $3.49, in response to Nation’s Restaurant Information.
That is the third team-up for the 2 manufacturers. They paired up on Strawberry Bell Truffles in 2022 and Birthday Cake Churros in 2025. Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi has mentioned the unique birthday cake took two years to get proper. Taco Bell International Chief Meals Innovation Officer Liz Matthews calls the empanada a “nostalgic and sudden deal with made for celebrating on a regular basis moments.”
The collab is a part of an even bigger seize. Taco Bell launched chocolate fudge and caramel dessert empanadas in March and in addition teamed with Salt & Straw on an ice cream taco. The aim is to get extra afternoon snack visitors from its principally Gen Z prospects, NRN experiences.
Taco Bell Rewards members also can decide the empanada as their free birthday deal with from Oct. 15 by means of Oct. 28.
