--- title: Taco Bell Is Giving Away FREE Doritos Locos Tacos Today. Here's How to Get One description: 'Taco Bell''s free taco day is today: Thanks to the "steal a base, steal a taco" promotion, customers get a free Doritos Locos taco on Nov 1.' authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2018-11-01T10:00:22.000Z' modified: '2018-11-01T10:00:22.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - deals - freebies - Sports - Taco Bell word_count: 257 canonical: https://money.com/taco-bell-free-doritos-locos-taco-deal/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Taco Bell Menu Items, Headquarters And Restaurant Shoot](https://img.money.com/2018/10/taco-bell-free-tacos-world-series-846234496.jpg) *The Doritos Locos Taco at Taco Bell.* Taco Bell's free taco deal is today! All you have to do to get a free Doritos Loco taco is show up at Taco Bell between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, and order one. Be prepared to wait on much longer-than-usual lines at Taco Bell this afternoon and early evening because: free tacos. Why is Taco Bell giving away free tacos? For several years now, Taco Bell has hosted a ["Steal a base, steal a taco"](https://www.tacobell.com/stealataco) World Series promotion. If anyone steals a base in the World Series, the deal is officially on and Taco Bell gives out free Doritos Locos tacos on a day scheduled after the series is over. For the 2018 "Steal a taco" deal, that day is today. Customers who show up at a Taco Bell location at the appropriate time can get any flavor of free [Doritos Locos taco](https://www.tacobell.com/search?text=doritos) they want — Cool Ranch, Fiery, or classic Nacho — with no purchase required. (A Doritos Locos taco normally costs about $1.79 at Taco Bell.) Baseball fans didn't have to wait long to find out if they were getting free Taco Bell tacos: Mookie Betts, the star outfielder for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, stole second base in the [first inning of Game 1](https://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2018/10/free_taco_bell_mookie_betts_world_series.html) of the series. Thanks to Mookie Betts's stolen base, we all get free Doritos Locos tacos at Taco Bell on Thursday. 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