To wit: Doritos tortilla chips.
Not to be confused with spicy, because as you’ll see, those are different.
But which flavor is the best Doritos of them all in 2024?
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On a recent evening, I gathered some friends at my local brewery to put them to the test.
There were questions, there were debates, and above all, there were Doritos for days.
So, read on to find out which Dorito took home the gold.
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The neon green bag cost me $5.99.
To increase market share, presumably.
So, Doritos added some heat to their classic nacho cheese-flavored chip.
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TheSpicy Nachovariety cost me $5.99.
The taste:We can sum these up with a resounding “meh.”
Tasters were confused that it didn’t just taste like a spicier version of the original.
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We all tasted … corn.
They weren’t very spicy and didn’t have much cheese flavor, either.
One taster thought they tasted nothing whatsoever like the original.
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ThisFlamin' Hot Nachovariety cost $5.99.
And they do blunt the palate.
I found the Blazin' Buffalo & Ranch variety on sale for $4.99.
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The chips themselves are a bit brighter than the standard Doritos orange with a consistent dusting.
The taste:A mixed bag.
One taster said they’d grab a plateful at a cookout, calling them “appealing.”
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(The same taster also acknowledged being a chicken wing and Buffalo sauce fan.)
Everyone agreed the ranch taste was subtle.
For better effect, these chips needed to be dipped in actualranch dressing.
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For that matter, another taster said there wasn’t much Buffalo taste, either.
If there were no other Doritos around, these would do, I guess?
TheSweet & Tangy BBQflavor cost $5.99.
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The taste:Through some food chemistry mystery, these chips had no discernible scent.
But once you taste them, they lived up to the name better than anything we ranked lower.
“Like I dipped a Dorito into barbecue sauce,” one taster summed up.
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These were pretty subjective.
If you like sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, you like these.
You’re out of luck.
Doritos uses stevia for the sweet part, and a little of that goes a long way.
Maybe save these for barbecue season, one taster suggested.
Doritos' Sweet & Tangy BBQ ChipsTaste-Tested!
TheSpicy Sweet Chiliflavor cost $5.99.
But my fellow tasters found the flavor weak, the dusting light, and the flavor confusing.
“Is this teriyaki?”
“I’d venture to say these are the worst selling of the group,” said another.
Even so, 98% of reviewers on Doritos.com recommend them, so I’m ranking them high.
A bag ofCool Ranchchips cost $5.99.
These chips are the palest of the bunch with only specks of dust.
It tastes like the original Doritos infused with ranch, and that’s a happy place to be.
Nothing not to love here.
The taste: These chips have some serious staying power.
At a time when we all want what’s next, the classic Doritos is where it’s at.
“Love the cheesy flavor.
It also has the perfect amount of dusting,” said one happy taster.
“It’s perfect as a nacho cheese flavor,” said another.
(Hey, did you know internet lore has it that Doritos is Spanish for little golden things?)
A bag ofFlamin' Hot Cool Ranchcost me $5.99.
Inside, garish red-orange chips are pretty heavily coated in dust.
The only complaint was that if they were slightly less spicy, you could binge them for hours.
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