Lotza Mozzarella

Ruffles Mozzarella 'N Marinara

I found these at the local Kroger, right next to the Flame-Grilled Cheeseburger and All Dressed Ruffles. Given how iffy pizza-flavored stuff can be, I wasn't sure what to expect - but hey, it's for science, right?

On opening the bag I was greeted by a light scent that was kind of tomato-y, along with a vague sort of pizza-dough smell ... maybe that's supposed to be the breading on the mozzarella? No idea.

Anyways, the chips were coated with a slight amount of flavor powder - mostly light orange but there were some green flecks in there too.

The surprising part was the flavor ... surprising in that it wasn't all that impressive. Mostly they tasted like typical sour cream and onion chips, with a little bit of tomato flavor and just a hint of herbs. On the whole they weren't bad, but they weren't amazing either.

On the flip side, they didn't taste like horrible-fake-pizza-flavor-things, so I guess that's a point in their favor.

Rating: 3/5

Better Burger

Ruffles Flame-Grilled Cheeseburger

Compared to the similarly-flavored Pringles, these taste like a cheeseburger from a much better restaurant. There's bacon, mayo, and tomato in there along with the cheese, and you can almost taste the grill marks.

Rating: 5/5

... and nowhere to go

Ruffles All Dressed

I wasn't sure what to expect with this flavor. They pretty much turned out to be barbecue flavored. Maybe a bit too sweet.

Wikipedia says that "All-Dressed" is "... a potato chip flavour popular in Canada. The flavour combines the potato chip flavors of barbecue, sour cream and onion, ketchup, and salt and vinegar."

The subtlety was completely lost on me.

Ruffles is the name of a brand of ruffled (crinkle-cut) potato chips owned by Frito-Lay.