This Ruffles flavor is suppose to be Queso Cheese, and when you open the bag it totally smells like a bowl of queso. But the problem is that is really doesn’t taste like queso. Instead you get a triad of flavors on your tongue: buttery, citric acid(yeah I know, again!),and cheesy. But the the cheesy flavor isn’t a queso cheesy flavor but instead its more of a blue cheese/cheddar flavor.
And then it hit me, these Queso Ruffles are more or less Cheddar & Sour Cream Ruffles that had some blue cheese flavoring added in to make in more “queso” like, heck they even look like Cheddar & Sour Cream Ruffles. Come on Frito-Lay, how dumb do you think I am? If they would have labeled these chips as Blue Cheese Ruffles, it would have been a more accurate description than queso. Once again another let down courtesy of the men and women of Frito-Lay.
11 responses so far ↓
1 Miranda L. Dickerson // Jul 6, 2010 at 7:11 pm
These chips, are seriously soo delicious. They’re the best chips I’ve ever had. <3 And weirdo, why are you writing potato chip reviews?
2 AuSable // Jul 8, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Because I can, that’s why I write potato chip reviews. As far as ‘weirdo’ goes, you’re a little bit of the pot calling the kettle black on that one.
3 Chris Flores // Dec 6, 2010 at 9:32 pm
These chips are awesome even though they smell really bad.
4 Trip // Feb 24, 2011 at 11:09 am
I LOVE these chips!!! I had no idea why they were called queso and could care less, they should be called Ruffles Crack, dayum they are good.
5 Mr. Gonzalez // Mar 3, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Frito Lay didnt call them Blue Cheese or whatever else you think they taste like for 1 reason I know of. They are called Queso flavor for the fact that they are the same flavor of cheese ruffles that have been sold in Mexico for decades now. These are the norm in where they do not sell Chedar and sour cream ruffles.
6 Mark // May 11, 2011 at 9:01 pm
To whoever wrote this blog and said this is a let down. You should know that this chips have been sold in Mexico since way before I was born and I’m 35. They were invented in Mexico. I have tried the US version and there’s something missing I don’t know what it is but they left something out. I think the Mexican version is smelliest haha but they have that original Ruffles con Queso distinctive smell and flavor. I live right on the border so we have the three versions, cheddar and sour cream, and the US and Mexican version of Ruffles con Queso. In fact, I just had a small bag of the Mexican version! They’re a bit more expensive since they’re imported but I’d rather have the real thing.
7 AuSable // May 12, 2011 at 10:35 am
Mark…..Since I live nowhere close to Mexico. I guess I’ll have to do some digging locally to find the Mexican version of these chips, because you’ve piqued my interest to find the “real thing.” Thanks for the tip.
8 D // Jun 13, 2011 at 4:32 am
These seriously taste like ‘O’Grady’s Au Gratin’ which was a potato chip that Frito-Lay manufactured for American Consumption in the early to mid-80’s. The seasoning seems almost the same even though it’s been years since I’ve tasted the discontinued O’Grady’s chips. The difference is that the O’Grady’s were at least 2 to 3 times thicker than Ruffles, but the flavor is very very similar. No kidding. I know that after all these years.
9 D // Jun 13, 2011 at 4:34 am
By the way, I’m glad this flavor is back in America. I still long for the thicker chips, though. They were THE BOMB.
10 AuSable // Aug 7, 2011 at 2:51 am
In all honesty, I write potato chip reviews because I’m obsessed with fat chicks.
11 debra norris // Dec 26, 2011 at 5:06 pm
These are seriously the best chips I have ever eaten. I first tasted them where I live in Louisiana about a year ago and now I can’t find them on the shelves anywhere. Made a trip to Texas and low and behold found them in a convenience store. I bought all of them. Please tell me where I can buy them in Lafayette La.
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