Are Sunchips Being Discontinued?

This flavor of Sun Chips launched in 2013, but it appears to have been discontinued. It’s a real shame—the combination of sweet BBQ sauce and multigrain Sun Chips really worked. Bacon-topped mac and cheese is already perfect. But when you combine those flavors with the crunch of potato chips?

Although Sun Chips have been on shelves since 1991, they were in development for at least 10 years, according to The New York Times. The impetus for their creation was Frito-Lay’s wish to keep people buying snack foods into adulthood.

There’s a lot more to Sun Chips, however, than meets the eye — or the mouth. Not only are they not nearly as healthy as you might think (or hope), they may contain some surprising ingredients that you aren’t expecting (like pork).

Despite some excitement about Pringles Ketchup coming to the U.S. market in 2017, Pringles just confirmed they have discontinued this flavor due to low demand. RELATED: We Tasted 6 Ketchups & This Is the Best One!

What is the difference between Sun chips and regular chips?

The only difference with these chips and regular chips was that Sun Chips were made from multigrains. The chips were rippled and tasted delicious and everyone thought it was a healthier snack alternative. Produced by Frito-Lay, their permanent flavors included Original, Harvest Cheddar, French Onion, and Garden Salsa.

We remember the nursery rhyme and the company logo that featured a potato tipping his hat off to ya. The Humpty Dumpty chip company was founded in 1947, in Maine by George Robinson and Norman Cole.

Ruffles is a brand of ruffled ridged potato chips made by Frito-Lay since 1961. The Frito Company acquired the rights to the Ruffles brand from its creator, Bernhardt Stahmer. The chips were named after a piece of gathered folded fabric called ruffles. With its slogan “RRRuffles Have Ridges!”, these chips were designed to create a sturdier, crunchier potato chip that wouldn’t break in the bag and is perfect with dips. Ruffles has had its share of discontinued chip flavors as well too. Some of the flavors we’ll never crunch again are; Ranch, Cajun Spice and Flavor Rush (no idea what the flavor was), and Salt & Vinegar. In Canada, there’s a whole different world of discontinued flavors such as Spicy Ketchup and Hot Wings. Canadians are known for a few food treasures like poutine, Montreal-style bagels, smoked meat, Tim Horton’s and All Dressed chips. Ruffles eventually brought All Dressed chips to a U.S. market for a limited time. For those unfamiliar with the flavor so adored by our neighbors to the north, it’s a little hard to describe how these taste. All we know is that they’re made with paprika and a mysterious All Dressed spice blend that’s secret. Basically, these chips taste a little bit like ketchup, vinegar and BBQ all mixed together. All Dressed is currently the most popular Ruffles chip flavor in Canada and has quite a cult following.

In the mid-1970s, Hostess decided to introduce three new chip flavors – Orange, Cherry, and Grape. As you can imagine, the attempt was a dismal failure, and the products disappeared from stores only a few months later.

These chips were all the rage in the ’80s. O’Grady’s Au Gratin Potato Chip was the taste of a generation and the chips became no longer available, you could just hear the sounds of thousands of children crying.

Most Canadian’s will remember this chip brand, which was founded in 1935 in Ontario Canada, by a young boy who started out by cooking them in his mother’s kitchen. Hostess monopolized the Canadian snack food industry until the early 1990s, as the number #1 leading brand.

Ruffles has had its share of discontinued chip flavors as well too. Some of the flavors we’ll never crunch again are; Ranch, Cajun Spice and Flavor Rush (no idea what the flavor was), and Salt & Vinegar. In Canada, there’s a whole different world of discontinued flavors such as Spicy Ketchup and Hot Wings.