A documentation and review of limited time, special edition, or otherwise hard-to-find noms.
Product circa: summer 2024
In a rare move, the pizza delivery company Little Caesar's has an exclusive soft drink variety (sold right in the cooler in their locations).
While this product does actually contain pineapple juice (which is commendable), it doesn't taste like it. It tastes like Pepsi with the same artificial pineapple flavoring like something like a Life Saver candy might have. In the end, the two don't pair very well.
Product circa: 2024
With mystery flavors like these, I usually give it an honest effort to discern the flavor before looking up internet opinions. In this case, my guess seems to be correct. These are flavored like a thai coconut curry or tom kha soup. Hot chile leads the flavors, with creamy coconut milk specifically (not coconut), and even lemongrass in the mix. After some internet searches, it seems others have come to the same conclusion. I don't love these, but this is a very impressive execution. Bravo, Doritos!
Product circa: 2024
The taste of strawberry candy first, and it's a little tangy. Remarkably close to something like a pie filling. Buttery maple comes in next, like a cheap pancake syrup. Bacon fat is an ingredient here, which is commendable, but it's hard to detect; it takes a few bites before your tongue gets used to the buttery fruit in order to notice a light smokiness.
The first few chips are very off-putting, but I'm embarrassed to say that after you eat a few, these become pretty tolerable. Definitely up there as one of the most bizarre chips I've ever eaten, up there with Lay's Cappuccino and Lay's Chicken and Waffle.
Product circa: summer 2024
I've long contended that Pepsi is much better at making flavored colas than Coke. This stuff features Pepsi with a flavor that manages to taste like lime peel, and not just the fake lime flavoring that they most likely used. The lime is so subtle, however, that I'm not sure I'd be able to detect it, if you told me that it was regular Pepsi. With that said, I like how they did it here, I think it's great, and I'm so glad that they tried this in the first place.
Product circa: summer 2024
These are Doritos with "Salt & Vinegar" and "dill pickle" chip seasoning combined into one. For me, they are way too intense... they even literally hurt my tongue after only a handful of chips. A bit much.
Product circa: autumns 2012-2013
One of those instances where brands trying to use a very small amount of green apple flavoring, along with sugar, to approximate a "red apple" flavor, seeing as red apple flavoring in candy basically doesn't exist. These aren't the greatest, but I'm glad they tried. The flavor combination works well enough.
Product circa: Post-2020 seasonally
They actually have a pumpkin flavor along with the requisite spices! With that said, they are nothing special... in the bottom half of pumpkin spice-flavored junk food.
