15 of the most surprising potato chip flavors ever

Max KalnitzMar 12, 2021, 01:29 IST

Potato chips.Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Chip flavors have gone beyond salted and barbecue in recent years.
Lay's holds an annual Do Us A Flavor campaign, which has generated some unexpected flavors.
Among the more surprising flavors are Cajun squirrel and pecan pie.

In the potato chip world there are the classics: your barbecues, sour cream and onions, salt and vinegars, perhaps a lightly salted kettle chip.

And then there are the more surprising, certainly more adventurous flavors. Some are the result of Frito-Lay's Do Us A Flavor campaign, which started in 2012. Others are novelties that companies sold for limited runs.

With National Potato Chip Day on March 14, we compiled a list of 15 of the most unexpected potato chip flavors in recent history.

In 2009, someone submitted Cajun squirrel-flavored chips into Walkers' Do Us A Flavor challenge in the UK.

Cajun squirrel is one of the more adventurous flavors in recent history. Chris Jackson/Getty Images

For the fall and winter of 2013, Pringles released a cinnamon and sugar flavor.

Pringles' limited edition chip had flavors reminiscent of churros. Beata Krolikiewicz/Shutterstock

Around the same time, Pringles also released a pecan pie chip.

Pringles also released a pecan pie flavored chip. vm2002/Shutterstock

In 2013, one of the four contestants in Lay's Canada's flavor competition was creamy garlic Caesar.

Lay's Canada had the public vote whether or not creamy garlic Caesar chips were good or not. photokin/Shutterstock

Lay's has sold chicken and waffles potato chips periodically since 2013.

Lay's made chicken and waffle chips. Karen Culp/Shutterstock

In 2014, Lay's trialed a cappuccino-flavored potato chip.

Lay's made a cappuccino potato chip in 2014. Rafael Danendra Garuda/Shutterstock

A kettle cooked wasabi ginger-flavored chip ultimately won the 2014 Lay's Do Us A Flavor contest.

Voters seemed to enjoy the wasabi ginger chips. sasazawa/Shutterstock

In 2015, Southern biscuits and gravy was the Lay's Do Us A Flavor winner.

The savory Southern meal is now a chip flavor. Charles Brutlag/Shutterstock

In 2016, Lay's tried to capture the essence of Szechuan chicken in a chip.

Lay's Passport to Flavor series featured Szechuan chicken chips. Olexiy Bayev/Shutterstock

One of the 2017 Lay's Do Us A Flavor entries was everything bagel.

The public voted whether or not everything bagel was a good chip flavor. Sara Schober/Shutterstock

In 2019, Lay's partnered with singer Bebe Rexha to release a flamin' hot and dill pickle-flavored chip.

Lay's and Bebe Rexha dropped a Flamin' Hot and Dill Pickle chip in 2019. Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock

Walkers' roast chicken chip channels all the flavors of the classic entree.

Walkers in the UK sells a roast chicken crisp. Larisa Blinova/Shutter

In China, Lay's sells a cucumber-flavored chip.

You can buy cucumber-flavored potato chips. HandmadePictures/Shutterstock

There are also blueberry-flavored Lay's chips.

You can buy blueberry potato chips in Asia. EstudiosOMH/Shutterstock

In India, Lay's sells a "mint mischief" potato chip.

You can buy a mint-flavored chip in India. Oxana Denezhkina/Shutterstock

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