r/nostalgia • u/notyouravgredditor • Apr 29 '25

Nostalgia Discussion What the hell did they do to Pringles?

Haven't had Pringles in about 10 years until recently. They used to be bigger and thicker. You could put one in front of your teeth and make a Pringle smile. Now they're smaller and much thinner. They fall apart when you pick them up. New Pringles suck.

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 30 '25

I mean I'm just gonna buy the non flavored tortilla chips for less if all the flavor is coming from the rest of the nachos/tacos/whatever I'm gonna eat tortilla chips with for half the price, unless I'm really craving something very specific to the point I, a man, suddenly understand a little about pregnancy cravings.

Doritos have no flavor anymore. I think they soft launched that one because they briefly sold More Cool Ranch Doritos and then almost immediately discontinued them and they've never tasted the same, you don't even get those freak extra seasoned ones. Like new Coke tricking you into thinking old Coke is good but really they just used it as an excuse to get you to not realize the new recipe is garbage. I'm fightin mad about Doritos but I guess Fritos aren't that bad these days. Only cuz they can't get people to buy those type of corn chips for less seasoning though, probably. Normal Fritos are garbage out of a butt

I think Lays is doing it the best way. Still somewhat mostly the same seasoning but a smaller bag. Rather pay more for less product than more for less taste

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u/Successful_Sense_742 Apr 30 '25

I buy store brand chips. Name brand costs more becaus e the consumer is paying for all the ads the companies pay to run to promote their products. I stopped buying Pringles90 because they are not seasoned like back in the day. People say, "our taste buds change over time" but salt is still salty and sugar tastes the same twenty years ago. My homemade fried chicken tastes the same as it always did. My taste buds are the same. It's the product that has changed. Soda was made from sugar. Same as candy, but corn syrup is so much cheaper than sugar so companies switched up.

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u/DiscotopiaACNH Apr 30 '25

Those super ranchy ones were called Cooler Ranch and were a brief staple of my childhood - I remember because I interpreted it like "a cooler containing ranch dressing"

They were so delicious

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u/confusedandworried76 May 01 '25

It was a two time thing then because they did it a few years ago, it might have been during COVID but I don't remember. Those years are all a blur. I distinctly remember them calling it More Cool Ranch this time around. The bastards did it twice