{"id":40175,"date":"2019-10-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=40175"},"modified":"2019-10-18T10:40:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:40:36","slug":"lays-grilled-cheese-and-tomato-soup-potato-chips-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/22\/lays-grilled-cheese-and-tomato-soup-potato-chips-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Lay\u2019s Grilled Cheese &#038; Tomato Soup Potato Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lay%E2%80%99s-Grilled-Cheese-Tomato-Soup-Potato-Chips.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lay s Grilled Cheese  Tomato Soup Potato Chips\" title=\"Lay\u2019s Grilled Cheese &#038; Tomato Soup Potato Chips.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are some of you who are looking at Lay\u2019s new Grilled Cheese &#038; Tomato Soup Potato Chips and thinking to yourself, \u201cDammit! That was MY Lay\u2019s Do Us a Flavor submission! Frito-Lay stole my idea!\u201d or \u201cDammit! Lay\u2019s ripped that flavor idea out of my head! This tinfoil hat I made doesn\u2019t work!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you have no ill will towards Lay\u2019s, I\u2019d recommend purchasing a bag of this limited time flavor if you\u2019re interested in experiencing the comfort food combination of tomato soup and grilled cheese without having to worry about burning your mouth with savory liquid or getting your fingers greasy with buttered bread.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d also recommend this new variety if you like pizza. I\u2019ll get to that in a few moments.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lay%E2%80%99s-Grilled-Cheese-Tomato-Soup-Potato-Chips-Closeup.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lay s Grilled Cheese  Tomato Soup Potato Chips Closeup\" title=\"Lay\u2019s Grilled Cheese &#038; Tomato Soup Potato Chips Closeup.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crunchy fried potato slices look like they might taste either super cheesy or a little spicy, but they are neither. They smell more cheesy than tomato soup-y, but that flips when being eaten. The tomato is sweet, slightly acidic, and at the forefront from the first chomp. <\/p>\n<p>The cheese is still around but in the background of the chip\u2019s flavor. Also, like with Lay\u2019s previous sandwich-flavored chips, it tastes as if the food scientists were able to add a little bread flavoring, or maybe that\u2019s my imagination. But what I do know is real is that Lay\u2019s Grilled Cheese &#038; Tomato Soup Potato Chips are delightful.<\/p>\n<p>The flavor profile is easily recognizable. However, as someone who has dipped his hands into many bag-shaped universes of chips, the combination of tomato and cheese, at times, reminds me of pizza-flavored snacks. But if you think about it, it does make sense since pizza is a few food chromosomes away from tomato soup and grilled cheese.<\/p>\n<p>These chips aren\u2019t as comforting or warming as a grilled cheese sandwich dipped into hot tomato soup. But, since chips go well with sandwiches, this crunchy snack would make an appropriate and tasty side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLOSURE:<\/strong> I received a free sample of the product from Lay\u2019s PR team. Well, actually, I received two bags and ate half of one within 30 minutes for, um, testing purposes. Getting free samples did not influence my review. Although I can totally see how some might think so. But I assure you it did not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> FREE<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> 7 3\/4 oz. bag<br \/>\n<strong>Purchased at:<\/strong> Received from Lay\u2019s PR<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 8 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> (about 15 chips) 160 calories, 10 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 180 milligrams of sodium, 15 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some of you who are looking at Lay\u2019s new Grilled Cheese &#038; Tomato Soup Potato Chips and thinking to yourself, \u201cDammit! That was MY Lay\u2019s Do Us a Flavor submission! Frito-Lay stole my idea!\u201d or \u201cDammit! Lay\u2019s ripped that flavor idea out of my head! This tinfoil hat I made doesn\u2019t work!\u201d If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1474,1476],"class_list":["post-40175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-chips","tag-lays"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69413,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/17\/spotted-lays-do-us-a-flavor-2025-potato-chips\/","url_meta":{"origin":40175,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Lay&#8217;s Do Us a Flavor 2025 Potato Chips","author":"Marvo","date":"April 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"If this ends up like previous Do Us a Flavor contests, the safe one will win. 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