In a fiery match made in fast-food heaven, Portland's own Secret Aardvark is spicing up the menu at Taco Bell with a sauce-slinging partnership to feature on the chain’s beloved Nacho Fries. The Secret Aardvark Nacho Fries promise to deliver a kick of flavor to the masses, as reported by KOIN. And in a delectable twist, Salt & Straw, another Portland staple, will whip up a chocolate ice cream taco, almost definitely to quickly generate long lines.

Taco Bell, clearly aiming to quickly diversify their products with regional tastes, has previously collaborated with brands such as Doritos and other sauce specialists including Truff’s and Yellowbird. As Nation's Restaurant News documented, these partnerships not only expand Taco Bell's flavor profile but also boost brand recognition for their partners, broadening their reach far beyond their local markets.

The Secret Aardvark brand, that began as a local farmers' market favorite in 2004, has since grown to be stocked in over a thousand locations across the country. Its collaboration with the quick-service titan is expected to drop sometime in late spring, although no exact date has been released.

But wait, there's more. The demise of the Choco Taco had ice cream aficionados in a frenzy last year when Klondike dropped the news of its discontinuation, but Taco Bell and Salt & Straw appear to have a remedy. They're concocting an ice cream taco that could to quite simply fill that Choco Taco-shaped void in our hearts and stomachs. With a waffle cone wrapped around cinnamon ancho ice cream, dipped in chocolate, then dusted with toasted brown rice, it bears a decadent resemblance to the fallen treat. This sweet scoop was scooped by the Houston Chronicle.