Turn simple tacos into fun Halloween surprises with these simple olive toppers.
Tarantula Tacos
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 5
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 box (4.7 oz) Old El Paso™ Stand 'n Stuff Taco Shells (10 Count)
- 1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
- 1 packet (1 oz) Old El Paso™ Original Taco Seasoning Mix
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1 medium tomato, chopped (3/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 20 extra-large pitted ripe olives

Make With
Old El Paso
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. Heat taco shells in oven as directed on box.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce heat to medium; cook uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until water has evaporated. Remove from heat.
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Step3Spoon beef mixture into heated taco shells. Top with cheese, lettuce and tomato.
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Step4Spoon sour cream into small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut tiny hole in corner of bag. Pipe sour cream over top of each taco to resemble spiderweb.
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Step5For each spider, top taco with 1 olive, pitted end down. Cut second olive lengthwise into 8 pieces; place around olive for legs. For eyes, squeeze 2 dots of sour cream onto top of olive.
Nutrition
440
Calories
28g
Total Fat
24g
Protein
22g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving (2 tacos each)
- Calories
- 440
- Calories from Fat
- 250
- Total Fat
- 28g
- 44%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 62%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 90mg
- 29%
- Sodium
- 1150mg
- 48%
- Potassium
- 360mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 22g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 24g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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