CopyCaturday: Phil’s Pick of the Month 😺🌮
Somewhere along the scroll-happy corners of Instagram, Saturday morphed into Caturday—a celebration of fluff, feline chaos, and that signature judgmental glare (ours deliver that on the daily, no calendar required).
But while our cats deserve the spotlight, posting about them every Saturday felt… excessive. There’s only so much variety in “loaf on blanket, now slightly rotated.”
So we’re switching it up: CopyCaturday—a monthly mischief mission where we try a copycat recipe at home, and let our long-haired mascot Philly Dupe (A.K.A. Phil, Philadelphia, and a slew of other ridiculous plays on his name) set the tone. It’s fast food flair with feline energy, and we’re here for it.
This month’s featured dupe: Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme. It’s the only thing Zach claims he’d order from Taco Bell (we don’t exactly frequent drive-thrus, so we’re taking his word for it 😆). This crunchy, cheesy, foldy creation was an obvious pick for our CopyCaturday spotlight—and with Phil’s fluffy stamp of approval, it’s officially our latest Phil’s Pick.
Ready to wrap? Here’s how we brought the crunch home.
Taco Bell's Crunchwrap Supreme
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 1 small onion, yellow chopped
- 2 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tbsp garlic minced
- 8 ounces queso cheese dip warmed
- 6 flour tortillas large, burrito size
- 6 tostada shells
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 cups lettuce shredded
- 1 tomato diced
- 1 cup mexican cheese bllend shredded
- cooking spray or olive oil
Instructions
- In a large, heated skillet, cook ground beef and onion until beef is cooked through. Drain grease. Stir in taco seasoning, water and minced garlic. Continue to cook until it starts to boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes.
- Warm the queso cheese dip in small pan on stovetop just until creamy. Warm tortillas in oven preheated to 200°.
- Lay one tortilla on a flat surface. Spread about 1/2 cup of taco meat onto the center of the tortilla. Add a few tablespoons of the warmed queso dip on top of the meat. Top meat and cheese with one tostada shell. Spread a thin layer of sour cream on top of the tostada. Top with lettuce, tomato and cheese.
- Cut a small piece of tortilla to cover layered taco. Fold the bottom tortilla over the center, folding the edge over the center as you go around.
- Repeat process with remaining tortillas and fillings. There will be a total of 6 crunchwraps.
- Spray a large, non-stick pan with cooking spray. Heat over medium heat. Place one crunchwrap, seam side down, into skillet. Cook for 2 minutes or until golden-brown. Flip over and repeat on other side.
- Serve with sour cream, queso or any additional toppings.
We made this one together—team effort! I handled the prep and got everything to the pan-frying stage, while Zach took over for the sizzle-and-seal finale. Division of dupe duties: flawless 🙂
Prepping was easy! Honestly, it’s almost identical to assembling regular tacos. I already had some homemade taco seasoning tucked away (no idea when I made it… but it held up beautifully), so I threw that in to flavor the meat.
Just like the recipe says: brown the meat and onions, then start layering it onto the tortillas.
Except… oops.
Turns out, the tortillas we reached for weren’t even close to big enough—nowhere near enough real estate to fold over the middle or the sides. Cue a mini kitchen scramble. Luckily, we had picked up a pack of actually large tortillas that morning, so we did a mid-dupe switch: scooped the filling off the tiny ones and gave the big ones their moment.
Moral of the story: when you’re shopping for this recipe, hold your tortillas up to a tostada shell. Trust me. It’s worth the tortilla face-check.
I warmed up the queso on the stove, and then spooned it over the warm beef mixture. And it pretty much disappeared! I know that Taco Bell uses Nacho Cheese Dip, but we wanted the queso dip instead, so maybe next time ~ nacho cheese!
Layers, Layers, Layers Building up the Crunchwrap, one glorious layer at a time.
Tostada shell & sour cream Tostada goes down first, sour cream joins the party. Structural crunch with creamy backup.
Lettuce & tomato topping Freshness incoming. Just enough to balance the queso chaos.
CHEESE! Because of course. This was the moment we knew we were all in.
Center tortilla cut-outs Zach saved the day with a zero-waste tortilla moment. Tiny tops prepped and ready.
Final folds before the flip The calm before the skillet storm. Wrapped, stacked, and moments from pan-fry.
🔥 Crunchwrap Supreme Perfection
Zach pan-fried these beauties like a pro! The top tortilla was doing its best to break free—some opened, some got patched with queso (which, spoiler alert: wasn’t the glue I hoped). Still, they crisped up just right!
😋 Finished Product: Crunch Test Passed
They turned out pretty tasty overall! 
What We’d Tweak Next Time
No dupe is perfect the first go-round—especially when you’re juggling queso glue strategies and runaway tortillas. A couple of quick changes are already on the radar for round two.
First up: the taco seasoning. I used a homemade blend I’d mixed a while back, and honestly… it felt like it had lost a bit of its kick. Next time I’ll whip up a fresh batch so the flavor punches through all those rich layers.
Also: where did the tomatoes go? They basically vanished into the background. I should’ve added double—maybe triple—to keep that juicy brightness in the mix.
We’re calling these tasty lessons, not failures. Crunchwrap 2.0 is gonna slap.
🍅 Nancy & Zach’s Remix
Zach tossed out the idea of Pico de Gallo instead of diced tomatoes—and you know what? We’re not Taco Bell. We’re Nancy & Zach. And I make a mean pico 🌶️
Crunchwrap Supreme CopyCat …ish, and Totally Worth It
Was it a perfect replica of Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme? Not quite—but that was mostly on me and my long-expired homemade taco seasoning. I didn’t use a store-bought packet or a proper copycat recipe… and it showed. The flavor just didn’t hit quite the same.
But everything else? Spot. On. The layering, the folding, the golden crisp on the outside—it all delivered the Crunchwrap nostalgia I was chasing.
Will we make it again? 100%.
This one’s officially a WIN—just needs a tiny spice tune-up next round. A fresh batch of seasoning should bring everything into perfect sync.
Curious What’s Next for CopyCaturday? No promises just yet—we’re letting the weekend inspiration do its thing. But whether it’s another fast-food dupe or a kitchen twist with Phil supervising from the sink, you know it’s gonna be fun.
While you wait, why not check out another CopyCaturday Recipe, or explore our new Series, A Culinary Road Trip To Unusual Towns , where quirky town names are validated and local desserts are enthusiastically consumed!
Landed here from a Crunchwrap craving? Learn more About Us and The Big Orange Bus—we’re always cooking up something good, on the stove or the blog.
