# Really Horrible Experimental Flavors
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 2, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104 "2008-07-02T21:45:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/1 "2008-07-02T21:45:20Z")
So, I ended up having to run to the gas station over my lunch break. I was wandering the aisles, looking for the soda I needed to get, when, lo, but my eyes alight on something awe-inspiring:
Bacon, Egg and Cheese Combos.
Now, Combos are kind of a guilty pleasure food for me. I don’t really like them. I hardly ever have them. I hadn’t for years, and, when I tried them lately, it was the salsa tortilla one, which really wasn’t horrific. But when I was a kid and young teenager. . ._man_, but I loved those little fuckers.
I also like bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. Especially the ones from Panera. Yum. So. . .I kind of figure I’m honor-bound to buy this product.
I open it, and I immediately regret my decision. Oh. My. God. The _stench_. It smells like vomit. Like smokey, rancid vomit.
So, of course, I try one.
It tastes of grease and salt. That’s about all I can say. Very bland. And I can’t help but wonder. . .who the HELL thought this was a good idea? I mean, seriously. Bacon? Sure. Cheese? Yay! Egg?
Who wants an EGG flavored snack? Yucko.
Anyone else try these, or have a similarly bleh experience?
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/2 "2008-07-02T21:53:24Z")
BLoody Mary flavored Jelly Bellies
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/3 "2008-07-02T21:57:25Z")
Ginger flavored Altoids. Are they still in production? Pretty sure I haven’t seen any around lately.
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### Author:  [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/4 "2008-07-02T22:22:18Z")
Anything that is white and requires you to guess the flavor. Nothing in this genre of sugary snacks has ever tasted remotely like anything I would be able to identify.
…unless all artificially flavored candies would be totally unidentifiable and icky without a color to sway us towards whatever it claims to be. Hm…
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### Author:  [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/5 "2008-07-02T22:23:32Z")
One day I’m going to make mushroom ice cream.
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### Author:  [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/6 "2008-07-02T22:32:13Z")
Everyone at work is still pissed at me for making them try Mountain-Dew-flavored Doritos (posted about that here a few weeks ago).
And, it’s not really experimental since it seems to be a common flavor combination in Mexico, but my friends and I all are disgusted by Rockaleta, a chile-powder flavored sucker manufactured by PepsiCo. Disgusted enough that we keep buying it, making others eat them, and we have begun distributing it to family and friends at holidays.
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### Author:  [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/7 "2008-07-02T22:41:46Z")
I sort of want to try [this.](http://www.cookeatfret.com/dessert/2008/03/31/candied-bacon-coffee-ice-cream/#more-827)
But I dunno…
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/8 "2008-07-02T22:42:22Z")
They seem to be okay in Australia.
How would Honey Glazed Ham Potato Chips go over in North America?
> **[Kettle Honey Baked Ham Potato Chips](https://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=802)**
>
> Kettle Chip Company snack - one of 2281 potato chips and 25 ham or pork flavored snacks reviewed by Taquitos.net's snackers.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/9 "2008-07-02T22:44:05Z")
[QUOTE=Student Driver]
Everyone at work is still pissed at me for making them try Mountain-Dew-flavored Doritos (posted about that here a few weeks ago).
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Speaking of Doritos, I recently stopped into my local deli to get a sammich. And no sammich is complete without a $0.50 bag of Doritos, right? But they were out of my favorite Cool Ranch Doritos. Surely they had the ever-present backup, classic Nacho Cheese Doritos? Nope. All they had left was “Spicy Sweet Chili.”
Let me tell you something about Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos. First, it comes in a purple bag. Cool Ranch comes a nice, soothing blue bag. Because they’re cool, get it? And classic Doritos come in orange, to reflect the fake ultra-orange “cheese” flavored stuff they’re made from. What the hell does purple mean? I’m pretty sure it means “this is the color of swollen donkey balls, because that’s what these Doritos are made out of.”
Well fuck that noise. I ate one of these things and nearly lost my lunch. Holy Jimi Hendrix On A Bicycle, those things are narsty.
Doesn’t Frito-Lay hire people to actually taste things before they sell them? Yeesh.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/10 "2008-07-02T23:10:29Z")
[QUOTE=Fish]
One day I’m going to make mushroom ice cream.
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Have you ever watched Iron Chef? You’re WAY behind the curve on that one…
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### Author:  [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/11 "2008-07-02T23:14:21Z")
Seen recently at a convenience store: “Burger King Ketchup & Fries” and “Burger King Flame-Broiled Burger” flavored potato chips.
[YYYYep](http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-07-26-burger-chips_N.htm).
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### Author:  [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/12 "2008-07-02T23:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay]
Have you ever watched Iron Chef? You’re WAY behind the curve on that one…
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I have seen some strange ice creams on TV, yeah. But it’s not the same unless you get to eat 'em.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/13 "2008-07-02T23:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo]
Seen recently at a convenience store: “Burger King Ketchup & Fries” and “Burger King Flame-Broiled Burger” flavored potato chips.
[YYYYep](http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-07-26-burger-chips_N.htm).
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EwEwEw! Those are in our vending machine at work. I never harbored half a thought that they might be good…
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/14 "2008-07-02T23:31:15Z")
I’ve eaten “Steak and Grilled Onion” potato chips. That was exactly what they tasted like. Oddly enough, the Onion newspaper later wrote about these chips, finding it creepy how authentic they tasted.
Asian grocery stores often have soft drinks in flavors that would be quite unusual in American culture. I could not finish the artichoke soda.
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/15 "2008-07-02T23:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=Fish]
One day I’m going to make mushroom ice cream.
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Do yourself a f(l)avor. Make Marsala wine ice cream and just _imagine_ the mushrooms.
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### Author:  [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/16 "2008-07-03T01:11:32Z")
Mountain Dew flavored Doritos.
Aka: The Quest.
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### Author:  [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/17 "2008-07-03T01:19:58Z")
[QUOTE=friedo]
Well fuck that noise. I ate one of these things and nearly lost my lunch. Holy Jimi Hendrix On A Bicycle, those things are narsty.
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Sez you; I like them. They remind me of the Szechuan “barbeque” flavored “semi Pringles” things\* that were LIKE CRACK TO ME but I thankfully can’t find anymore.
Where it’s a poofy bag of thin crispy rice chips strongly flavored. I think there’s parmesan and garlic and some sundried tomato one or whatever.
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### Author:  [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/18 "2008-07-03T01:59:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone]
Ginger flavored Altoids. Are they still in production? Pretty sure I haven’t seen any around lately.
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Some places have them; usually not the regular stores, but, like, Trader Joe’s and Cost Plus World Market.
Personally, I liked the chocolate-covered ginger Altoids. OMG, to die for. . .
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### Author:  [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/19 "2008-07-03T02:31:54Z")
I once drank pine-flavored beer. The barmaid warned me that it was flavored wth pine, and I still bought it. Not a wise choice.
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### Author:  [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/20 "2008-07-03T02:59:45Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo]
Seen recently at a convenience store: “Burger King Ketchup & Fries” and “Burger King Flame-Broiled Burger” flavored potato chips.
[YYYYep](http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-07-26-burger-chips_N.htm).
[/QUOTE]
Ketchup flavoured chips (minus the Burger King addition) have been standardly available in Canada for decades. We do have a wide variety of flavours of potato chips here, including even flavours such as roasted chicken, pizza or curry. Chip flavours that I remember from one summer as a child that did not last were fruit flavours. Yep, grape potato chips. They were even covered in a purple dusty-like coating. They tasted about as awful as you might imagine.
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