Snacktaku Judges Lays 2. Chip Flavor Contest Finalists. On paper, all three finalist flavors in Lays 2. Do Us A Flavor potato chip contestCrispy Taco, Fried Green Tomato and Everything Bagelsound pretty delicious. But until science makes words edible, were forced to eat actual potato chips in order to determine this years winner. Its the fifth year of Lays annual potato chip competition, in which regular people with no formal snackology training are asked to come up with their own unique flavor combination. After a lengthy submission process, which involves a lot of me snickering and submitting flavors like Ground Glass and Mice, Lays sifts through the entries, putting three or four of the best into production. Once the chips hit store shelves, its time for the snacking public to vote to determine which flavor reigns supreme. The winner gets a million dollars, which they will doubtlessly use to purchase a monkey havent you always wanted a monkeyPast Do Us A Flavor competitions have been pretty close. This years, not so much. Check out the video atop the post to see the judging process in action, or just keep on reading. Lays Kettle Cooked Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese Poppy and sesame seeds, onion, garlic and salt make for a really tasty bagel, especially when its warm and sandwiching a substantial smear of cool cream cheese. How can a potato chip, kettle cooked or otherwise, hope to evoke that experienceIt cant. There is no cool cream cheese or warm bagel here. Theres the traditional blend of spices and seeds, but it creates a dull, uniform experience. Biting into an actual everything bagel is an adventure. Maybe you get a whole lot of onion, or a big hit of salt, or an extra dense patch of poppy seeds. That doesnt happen here. As for the cream cheese, the effect is more on the sour cream side. There are plenty of sour cream and spice chips out there. This is another one. Lays Wavy Fried Green Tomato. The heart is in the right place here. As an Atlanta resident, I am intimately familiar with breaded and fried green tomatoes. The crunch, the tang. I like mine with a little goat cheese crumbled on top props to the Flying Biscuit. Its a glorious combination of tastes and textures. A combination Lays potato chip version doesnt quite get. The chips taste fine. Theres a nice savory fried thing going on, and the hint of tomato that is present is quite pleasant. But if you gave me these chips without telling me what they were, theres no way Id guess fried green tomato. Lays Crispy Taco. Heres the no brainer of the bunch. Companies have been making taco flavored chips for ages. Just sprinkle a packet of taco seasoning in the bag and youre done, right Not in this case. Beef. I was not prepared for a potato chip that so accurately recreated the taste of taco seasoned meat. Not just the seasonings themselves, but the meat, a hint of lettuce, a little cheese and tomato and a dash of sour cream. I was not ready for Lays Crispy Taco chips. Universal Pictures Filmography. Join IMDb Pro for more detailsGroudon Japanese Guraadon is a Groundtype Legendary Pokmon introduced in Generation. Just look at my face. That is not the face of a man disgusted. It is the face of expecting one thing in your mouth and getting a different thing. After my initial shockonce I expected the meat tastethese chips are actually very tasty. See the in bag images back there Note that you can only see the bottom of one of the bags. Download 50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die Movie Tumblr. Thats the power of Lays Crispy Taco. Also very glad they didnt go with soft tacos. That would have been weird. Heres the official contest submission of Crispy Taco creator Ellen Sarem of San Antonio, Texas. My fianc loves crunchy beef tacos more than anything. I actually made them for one of our first dates, and after three years, I can now finally say that Ive mastered cooking his favorite dishHeres hoping the voting public tastes the same way as I do, so Ellen never has to spend nearly a third of a decade mastering putting meat and cheese in a shell again.