Lay's Potato Chips: 6 of the Weirdest Flavors Ever
Southern Biscuit and Gravy
I buy weird bags of chips whenever I see them, fully expecting them to be terrible. Lay’s Southern Biscuits and Gravy were actually pretty nice. The combination of sausage spices with strong, peppery, sawmill gravy notes worked well as a chip. pic.twitter.com/DiSTkNgj1z
— Michael Hill (@wildparadox) April 27, 2021
Southern Biscuit and Gravy was one of four flavors made available for the 2015 "Do Us a Flavor" contest. The flavor was created by Hailey Green of Noblesville, Indiana and it beat out New York Reuben, Kettle Cooked Greektown Gyro, and Wavy West Coast Truffle Fries. The "gravy" flavor came from the sea salt and black pepper added to the chips. They probably aren't a great substitute for real biscuits and gravy though.
prevnextEverything Bagel with Cream Cheese
Lay’s Kettle Cooked Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese (2017-2017): Thick-cut chips meant to taste like an everything bagel--onion, garlic, poppy & sesame seeds--with a hint of cream cheese. Had a brief 2021 revival exclusively at Sam's Club pic.twitter.com/v7TVNz951f
— Discontinued Foods! (@Snack_Memories) December 7, 2022
If you get up in the morning and want a bagel and cream cheese, but just can't wait a few minutes for your bagel to be toasted, Lay's came up with the Kettle Cooked Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese flavor. This was briefly revived at Sam's Club locations only in September 2021.
prevnextFried Green Tomato
Lay's Crispy Taco and Lay's Wavy Fried Green Tomato chips are returning to shelves as part of a partnership with The Voice! From March 2 – April 17, you can visit https://t.co/rxrHF78hp4 for a chance to win "exclusive prizes," including a trip to see a l… https://t.co/6MRfzRE6pe pic.twitter.com/sIV6jRiZy1
— Candy Hunting (@CandyHunting) February 24, 2020
Fried Green Tomato was an entrant in the 2017 "Do Us a Flavor" contest. It lost out to another weird flavor, Crispy Taco. However, Fried Green Tomato is definitely a stranger choice for a potato chip flavor. There were many fans of Fried Green Tomato, based on how many were heartbroken that it lost. The flavor was also available in 2020.
prevnextLay's Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle Potato Chips
Celebrity food collaborations don't always result in the best ideas. In 2019, Lay's teamed up with Bebe Rexha for a "Turn Up the Flavor" promotion. The flavors were "remixes" that took two flavors and smashed them together. One of them was Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle chips, which tested just how far Flamin' Hot fans would go. The other two music-inspired flavors were Wavy Electric Lime and Sea Salt and Kettle Cooked Classic Beer Cheese.
prevnextChicken & Waffles
LAY’S HAS BROUGHT BACK ITS CHICKEN & WAFFLES CHIPS, SO CONSIDER THE ENTIRE BAG GONE
It's a whole meal in a chip! pic.twitter.com/TcdtioNUmZ
— Food Talk (@FoodTalk21) December 29, 2022
Lay's really loves experimenting with Southern flavors. Chicken & Waffles potato chips didn't really taste like chicken or waffles, which feel like really difficult flavors to recreate. Instead, it was a mix of paprika, spicy, and maple syrup flavors. The flavor is periodically brought back for limited-time opportunities.
prevnextCrossover Combos
Omg they got the Lays Cheetos cheese flavored Cheetos and the lays kettle cooked fritos chili cheese flavored Fritos, but unfortunately no lays wavy Funyuns onion flavored Funyuns onion flavored rings pic.twitter.com/R0GJkwBT22
— Flexible Blue Dog (@SyberXenon) September 15, 2022
In August 2022, Lay's launched a collection of flavors that they surprisingly hadn't thought of yet. They did flavor mash-ups. The Fritos Chili Cheese flavor was brought to Kettle Cooked chips, while Cheetos dust was sprinkled on Lay's potato chips. Doritos' Cool Ranch flavor also came to Lay's chips. Funyons' onion flavor met Wavy chips.
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