{"id":67225,"date":"2025-01-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=67225"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T20:33:23","slug":"doritos-golden-sriracha-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/15\/doritos-golden-sriracha-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Doritos Golden Sriracha"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few years ago \u2014 or you know, a decade or so ago (time is a construct which escapes me) \u2014 sriracha was the flavor du jour. Mad food scientists in R&D for all the big food conglomerates were busy sticking the angry chili sauce in all of their products. McDonald\u2019s did it<\/a>. Taco Bell did it<\/a>. Cheez-It<\/a> and Pringles<\/a> imbued their respective crackers and crisps with the much-beloved condiment.<\/p>\n

Heck, even Doritos traveled down this road in 2019 with its Screamin\u2019 Sriracha<\/a> offering.<\/p>\n

And so, a scant five years later and apparently running low on ideas, they\u2019re back in an attempt to reignite snackers’ passion for the spicy sauce. Is this new version any different? And in a world packed with choices hoping to capture your snacking dollar, are they worth a go?<\/p>\n

Well, the answer to the first question is a definite, \u201cI don\u2019t know, but it certainly looks that way?\u201d I didn\u2019t have the first iteration (I honestly don\u2019t even recall seeing them in my area), but looking at pictures from our very own review five years back, the initial Sriracha Doritos were, well, \u201cscreamin\u2019.\u201d Violently red and absolutely blasted with seasoning, this was a very different chip.<\/p>\n

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The 2025 variant, by comparison, is a soft yellow color with mild, minimal seasoning specks. And, truth be told, it\u2019s a pretty mild flavoring overall. If you\u2019re familiar with sriracha, you know the drill \u2014 tangy, a bit vinegary, a little garlicky background, and the heat. This chip captures the tang pretty well \u2014 a sweet, ketchup-like zing \u2014 but I\u2019m afraid it misses a lot of the nuanced undertones that make sriracha work so well. There\u2019s a bit of vinegar, sure, but it\u2019s slight. I don\u2019t notice anything of a garlic nature. The heat kicks in on the back end of the first chip and is milder than the eponymous sauce, so if you can tolerate at least the teensiest bit of heat, these should pose no problem.<\/p>\n

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In the end, I found myself wishing these chips were just more. More seasoned. More fiery. More interesting. As it stands, if you\u2019re looking for heat, you\u2019d be better served choosing from Doritos Flamin\u2019 Hot versions. And if you\u2019re looking for a Doritos with sriracha flavor, might I suggest applying actual sriracha sauce to a regular Doritos chip? Because if you\u2019ve never done that, you should.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $3.00
\nSize:<\/strong> 9.25 oz
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Walmart
\nRating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (28 g) 140 calories, 7 grams of fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 0 gram of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 150 milligrams of sodium, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few years ago \u2014 or you know, a decade or so ago (time is a construct which escapes me) \u2014 sriracha was the flavor du jour. Mad food scientists in R&D for all the big food conglomerates were busy sticking the angry chili sauce in all of their products. McDonald\u2019s did it. Taco Bell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"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":[1474,1657,1640],"class_list":["post-67225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-chips","tag-doritos","tag-sriracha"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40360,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/25\/doritos-screamin-sriracha-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":67225,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Doritos Screamin’ Sriracha","author":"Marvo","date":"October 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sriracha-flavored Doritos is something that should\u2019ve come out years ago when the hot sauce was all the culinary rage back in 2013 to 2016. 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