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# Taco Bell Is Adding Cap'n Crunch Icing-Filled Donut Holes to Its Menu
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Jun 5, 2015 7:20 PM UTC
Taco Bell
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## Olivia B. Waxman
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Jun 5, 2015 7:20 PM UTC
Taco Bell [announced](https://twitter.com/tacobell/status/606853475402694656) Friday that it is adding Cap’n Crunch Delights, warm donut holes covered in Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries cereal and filled with “milk icing,” to its national menu, starting July 2.
The chain [started testing](http://time.com/3726297/taco-bell-capn-crunch-donut-holes-milk-icing/) the item in select locations in February, selling packs of two for $1.00, four for $1.69 or 12 for $4.49.
While Taco Bell recently announced it would rid its menu of artificial ingredients—artificial colors, flavors and high-fructose corn syrup—by year’s end, the pledge does not apply to branded items like the Cap’n Crunch donut holes or Doritos Locos Tacos, a spokesperson [told the Associated Press.](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/taco-bell-artificial-ingredients-capn-crunch-treat-31556985)
The announcement had good timing: It came on National Donut Day.
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Which is better for you: Low fat Greek yogurt or 100 calorie Yoplait yogurt? Tara Johnson for TIME
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