Doritos: The Quest
After suffering the disappointment of the last promotion (being one of the few who actually liked the X-13D chips… I purchased a total of 22 bags over the course of the promotion and still look forward to the day that will never come when they fulfill an empty promise to release the X-13Ds as a regular flavor) and seeing the shiny black mystery bag week after week, I finally gave in and bought a bag.
Like so many, I too found myself asking “How bad could they be?” Well, they’re way beyond THAT bad. After one bite, I was done. It’s interesting to hear that the mystery flavor was supposed to be Mountain Dew, because I was also thinking they tasted more like the crappy fruit cereal my kids crave so much.
Whatever possessed them to think that turning a soda flavor into a chip was a good idea, I don’t know. All it’s left me with is an image of several white-coats laughing evilly, having just discovered the ultimate means to get the consumer to buy any crap they can dream up.