The Snack Series: Doritos 3D and Ruffles Double Crunch Jalapeno Cheddar

Doritos 3D chili cheese nacho

Packaging: The overly modern package with the big 3D letters isn't super aesthetic, it's a bit too much. The red and white colours are very aggressive too. The main intent was to show off how three dimensional the Doritos actually is since that's the main selling point of that new flavour. Mission accomplished, I guess. It's just ugly. Looks like a 90s sport logo or something.

Texture: The 3D Doritos are bite sized and yeah, they're hollow. They're like small triangular balloon disks. It's a fun texture to put in your mouth. It's almost adventurous, that's the kind of chips people in Star Trek would eat if they were actually unhealthy and not boring.

Taste: A mix of spicy chili and their usual nacho flavour, the taste is pretty decent while nothing out of the ordinary or special. It works. I think the size of the chips helps for some reason, probably a placebo one. If they were the size of a normal Dorito, it would had been weird.

All in all, it's a gimmick Doritos and I'd rather see them do adventurous flavours like Sonic Sour Cream or the guacamole collisions or something

6/10

Ruffles Double Crunch Jalapeno Cheddar

Packaging: the bag highlights how thicc the chips are and shows us a big chunk of cheddar and those powerful jalapeno boys. I always liked the blue Ruffles bag and the add green on the bottom is a good mix to their classic colours.

Texture: if one of your desires in life were something like "hey I'd like those Ruffles to be twice as thick and crispy" then you'll be satisffiied. They're as advertised and that's appreciated. You'll need to increase the volume of your TV though.

Taste:  Similar to the Cheetos crunchy jalapeno cheddar in taste, it doesn't reinvent the wheel. The focus was given to the texture and that's ok. It's not overly spicy but it has a nice little kick and the cheese flavour isn't overshadowed either. I'm intrigued by the double crunch ketchup Ruffles as well.

Strong effort by Ruffles

8/10

Ruffles Cheeseburger Snack Review

Ah, what's better than some new Ruffles flavours to survive the Covid-19 pandemic? Beer. Yes, probably beer but something better than Budweiser who aligned themselves with Ruffles. PBR isn't better than Budweiser but it's the cheap beer I had in the fridge. I'm not gonna waste good beer. Released alongside the Hot Wings flavour, can the Cheeseburger appease my anxiety? (the answer is no)

Packaging
Now, for the first time ever in a chips review, here's some social commentary. The whole marketing angle of Ruffles Canada for those two flavours is targeted at "men' who likes hot wings and cheeseburger with beer while watching SPORTS and it's frankly boring and retrograde. It's 2020, guys. Girls can like shit snacks too. The catchphrase on the back of the bag saying "get together with the buds" that's then translated to "rassemblez-vous entre gars" (get together with the boys) is sexist and unnecessary. The burger on the artwork looks juicy though...but putting a pint of Budweiser on the bag itself is a bit tacky.

Texture
The same as the usual Ruffles, there's some spots/spices to differentiate them from the other sorts though. The Ruffle chips is a legendary shape that you don't change.

Taste
Ok. Even if I slapped the whole bag in like fifteen minutes, I don't think they were good. The fact I'm having heartburn right now has nothing to do with it. The bag says "flame grilled, juicy authentic cheeseburger" and if they mean hints of ketchup, relish, mustard with a fake ground beef taste, it's pretty accurate. The aftertaste is not optimal either. It tastes like the idea of what a cheeseburger should taste like based on what an otherworldly but inapt being guessed. Maybe drinking both a PBR and some Arizona green tea while devouring the bag wasn't a good idea though but that's on me. Releasing those chips wasn't the best idea either. Stick to All Dressed or BBQ for Ruffles, guys.

5/10