Let’s spend a minute with our hero, the man who invented the Choco Taco

So let’s celebrate the Choco Taco by meeting the man behind it, Alan Drazen. As Eater’s “First Person” video series interview with him demonstrates, he’s everything you’d want him to be—which is to say, a massive nerd. Along with giving the less exciting history of how he came up with it (essentially sitting in an office and wondering, “Hey, what if you…”) and the minutiae of getting his product into Taco Bells nationwide, he sings the “official” Choco Taco theme song, which to the surprise of absolutely no one, is just “La Cucaracha” repurposed for his ice cream treat. Although we’re not sure he gave the lyrics the kind of vetting they maybe deserve, because lines like, “crunchy nuts beyond compare” are just way too ripe for double entendre potential.

Still, we doff our hats to you, Alan Drazen. Your invention has brought us joy, and presumable early-onset diabetes, which we will honor by eating another Choco Taco.