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For the \u201826 World Cup, Lay\u2019s is giving us traditional (but not that traditional) takes on the cuisine of three perennial futbol powerhouses. We\u2019ve got Argentinian-Style Steak with Chimichurri chips, Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce chips, and French Onion Soup chips. Sorry in advance, fans of the Uzbekistan and Cura\u00e7ao national teams.<\/p>\n
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We\u2019ll start with the Team Argentina tie-in. When you crack open a bag of steak-flavored chips you don\u2019t really<\/em> expect it to taste like steak. You might anticipate<\/em> a reasonable and respectable facsimile of steak, maybe, but you already know to dial down your expectations. But give Lay\u2019s some credit, they managed to make these things taste a LOT like a real steak. Even without the chimichurri connection (which is pretty much a preordained, tailor made potato chip flavor if there ever was one) the mixology of the herbs and spices here is just masterful<\/em>. Like, my tongue was totally fooled, and I SWEAR I felt some savory, protein-packed juiciness that couldn\u2019t possibly exist in real life while I was eating these things. Not only is it a nuanced, flavorful bag, but it\u2019s also an amazingly hearty and filling snack with way more kick than I would\u2019ve ever imagined. It\u2019s enough to make you throw your hands in the air and scream GOAAALLLL, even if the wife told you to stop doing that ten years ago.<\/p>\n The Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce chips, unfortunately, don\u2019t fare quite as well. Don\u2019t get me wrong, the chips are still pretty tasty, but they\u2019re not a very unique flavor. Imagine those old sour cream and cheddar chips from back in the day, only with a bit more tart to them, and you pretty much have these things figured out before you even pop one down your esophagus. I see what they were going for \u2014 a chip that had a light butteriness to it, but without foregoing that quasi-vinegary taste \u2014 but it\u2019s just too many competing flavors duking it out at the same time. The back packaging of the bag suggests<\/em> that the product has a zesty, citrus kick to it but I didn\u2019t really feel it. Ultimately, it\u2019s not quite as shameful as losing 7-0 to Germany, but it\u2019s the biggest disappointment of this Cup\u2019s trifecta by far. But it is kinda\u2019 cool that these chips almost match the color of Team Brazil\u2019s actual soccer uniforms, though.<\/p>\n The French Onion Soup chips are, at the same time, the most mundane<\/em> flavor AND the most intriguing of this year\u2019s line-up. On one hand there\u2019s not much innovation here at all \u2014 indeed, I\u2019m shocked that French Onion Soup chips haven\u2019t been around forever<\/em>, since it\u2019s such a simple and inoffensive taste to replicate in munch and crunch form. What does make this different from the Argentinian and Brazilian snacks, though, is the mouthfeel. This is the only chip of the three that comes in wavy form \u2014 I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s a cultural or culinary reason why Lay\u2019s went that route, but it <\/em>totally<\/em> turns these chips from just OK into borderline great. It\u2019s a relatively light and subtle flavor, but the coarseness of the chips gives everything a perfect counterweight. It\u2019s savory without feeling overpowering, muted without feeling watered down (or salted down, since these are chips and all.) I\u2019m not a big fan of French onion soup at all but I really<\/em> liked these chips. Like the \u201898 French team that won it all, Lay\u2019s played it smart, strategic, and simple \u2014 it eschews showiness and just plain nails all of the fundamentals.<\/p>\n You really can\u2019t complain about any of these three chips too much. Even the Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce chips aren\u2019t that bad<\/em> and I can see an endless bounty of complementary dip pairings for all three of these products. I guess you could argue that Lay\u2019s took too few<\/em> chances with the trio, but tasty yet somewhat predictable chips are still preferable to something that tastes wholly unique but ultimately unrewarding to the part of your soul that wants carbohydrates more than oxygen. Looks like Argentina is taking the gold in this assortment, with France settling for silver and Brazil reaping the junk food equivalent of a bronze medal.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s just hope that Cape Verde goes on the Cinderella run to end all Cinderella runs this summer. Some cachupa-flavored chips from Lay\u2019s in 2030 would be lit<\/em>.<\/p>\n Purchased Price:<\/strong> $4.29 each For the \u201826 World Cup, Lay\u2019s is giving us traditional (but not that traditional) takes on the cuisine of three perennial futbol powerhouses. We\u2019ve got Argentinian-Style Steak with Chimichurri chips, Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce chips, and French Onion Soup chips. Sorry in advance, fans of the Uzbekistan and Cura\u00e7ao national teams. We\u2019ll start with the Team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"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":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","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":[1476,1787],"class_list":["post-77415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-lays","tag-potato-chips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71089,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/16\/spotted-lays-argentinian-style-steak-potato-chips\/","url_meta":{"origin":77415,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Lay’s Argentinian Style Steak Potato Chips","author":"Marvo","date":"July 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Argentinian-style steak? 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\nSize:<\/strong> 7.75 oz bag (Argentinian-Style Steak), 7.75 oz bag (Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce), 7.5 oz bag (French Onion Soup)
\nRating:<\/strong> 9 out of 10 (Argentinian-Style Steak), 7 out of 10 (Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce), 8 out of 10 (French Onion Soup)
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 oz) Argentinian-Style Steak<\/strong> 160 calories, 10 grams of total fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 16 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, less than one gram of total sugars and 2 grams of protein. Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce<\/strong> 150 calories, 10 grams of total fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 15 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 1 gram of total sugars, and 2 grams of protein. French Onion Soup<\/strong> 160 calories, 10 grams of total fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 15 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 1 gram of total sugars, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"