But, I also remember the very first Mountain Dew Zero review and just how much aspartame aftertaste there was with it. Months after its release in Taco Bell restaurants, it was later uncovered [24] that there was a retail release planning on releasing on January 27th, 2019, in bottles and cans. I’m happy to report that the Baja Blast Hot Sauce actually tasted pretty good on the taco, with its syrup-iness somewhat quelled and its spiciness allowed to show through. That lime flavor is still there, sort of, but at least for me, the aspartame damn-near drowns it out.

Our newsletters contain tracking pixels to help us deliver unique content based on each subscriber's engagement and interests. Mountain Dew Baja Blast Hot Sauce is not set to become the de facto hot sauce in homes and restaurants anytime soon (or ever).In December 2013, Taco Bell added a diet variant of Baja Blast to its main menu, titled Diet Baja Blast, along with the new citrus punch-flavored Dew, Sangrita Blast.

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PepsiCo, the parent company of Mountain Dew, said in a news release Tuesday the drink would be available in bottles and cans all year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the drink's launch.

A milestone as important as the 20th BAJAVERSARY deserves equally epic celebrations and MTN DEW is bringing its fans along for the ride – with an ice-cold BAJA BLAST in hand.Baja Blast was released in early summer of 2023, alongside its Zero Sugar and Energy variant, Baja Caribbean Splash and Baja Passionfruit Punch with different colors to differentiate from those yellow and orange Baja-themed flavors with a new promotion named Summer of Baja Blast. Alas, Baja Blast lost to Pitch Black by a small margin [6] and was again discontinued from retail sales, leaving Pitch Black as the new "permanent" flavor. Launched in 1948 in the United States, “mountain dew” is a benchmark today on the energy drink market. On Feb 1st, the NHL's biggest names and brightest stars are headed back to Toronto for the 2024 NHL® All-Star Weekend.