Review: El Pollo Loco - Mexican S'mores

El Pollo Loco's new Mexican S'mores features mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham crackers inside of  a 12" chocolate flour tortilla that is folded into a hexagon and pressed before dusted with powdered sugar.

I bought one for $1.99.

The Mexican S'mores is about the same size as El Pollo Loco's Stuffed Quesadilla, which is a pretty good size and plenty for two. Mine was missing the powdered sugar but there was plenty of sweetness to be found inside.

All your classic s'mores ingredients are here and in fair abundance. There's squishy marshmallows, plenty of melted milk chocolate, and broken pieces of graham cracker to deliver on the familiar campfire flavor. Now that I think about it, they could probably flame-grill these to really give you that campfire flavor, but they press them instead.

The grill press added just a touch of crispness to the tortilla's outer layer. The chocolate tortilla has a light cocoa flavor and does a good job of keeping the fingers clean if you're careful. The filing does ooze out here and there, but some quick maneuvering should keep it neat.

On the downside, there's a bit too much tortilla as you might notice from the pictures. The way it's folded leaves about 6 layers of tortilla to bite through to get to the good stuff. Maybe, they should have gone for a s'mores burrito... I also wish there were more graham crackers for both crunch and flavor; there was a lot of chocolate and marshmallow though.

Overall, I liked El Pollo Loco's Mexican S'mores. Especially for the melted chocolate (not chocolate sauce, not chocolaty syrup, but just chocolate) and marshmallows. It really delivers on the whole s'mores concept (minus the fire) without making much of a mess. If there's too much tortilla, you can also just tear it off.

Nutritional Info - El Pollo Loco Mexican S'mores (6.4 ounces)
Calories - 650 (from Fat - 200)
Fat - 22g (Saturated Fat - 12g)
Sodium - 850mg
Carbs - 104g (Sugar - 46g)
Protein - 13g