What are Doritos Mountain Dew?
Mountain-Dew-flavored Doritos from Australia – the land of megabats, and well, mega everything. Now they’re doing America in a big way, rolling an iconic snack combo into one product best enjoyed wearing a sleeveless flannel and cutoff shorts, in a monster truck speeding down a 2-lane road surrounded by wheat fields.
How are they?
These were far better than I expected. I figured the citrus would work – there’s already lime-flavored chips in stores that are excellent. The sweetness was the question mark – Mountain Dew is SO sweet – could they pull off the right sweet/savory combo?
It ended up working really well because of the lemon-lime, I think. It gives it the tang and mouth-puckering quality that keeps it from being ALL sweet. It also gave it a bit of the sparkle of a carbonated beverage. Not exactly the bubbly sensation, but the light, bright citric acid that’s in nearly every soda.
These were just as addictive as any chip, but the novelty of the sweet are tart flavors was extra and I loved it.
Anything else you need to know?
I’ve been told these chips DID exist in the US, back in 2008 as “Doritos Quest” mystery flavor. I completely missed those, but I would’ve paid more attention if they were called Doritos Mountain Dew. My head whipped right around this time, but “Doritos Quest” does nothing for me.
Apparently, there was also Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew called DEWitos in 2014 – tested in select colleges in the country. Comment below if you tried it!
WHY has no one here in the US of A thought to release a combo pack of Doritos Mountain Dew AND Dewitos? COME ON, AMERICA! Let’s get our heads in the junk food game here!
Conclusion:
Try them! They’re fun, they’re weird, they taste good, and they’re AMERICA. Frito-Lay, we need these in every store here in the US!
Purchased Price: $25.00 plus shipping
Size: 80g bag
Purchased at: Desert Drinks & Exotics
Rating: 10 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (27g) 139 calories, 6.9 grams of fat, 0.7grams of saturated fat, 0.1 gram of trans fat, 41 milligrams of sodium, 16.9 grams of carbohydrates, 2.1 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.
Hmmm, yeah! At first glace i thought “wtf” but then realized the flavour could work, as i always go for the lime tortilla chips and squeeze lime juice on chips at mexican restaurants.
The word order of this product matters. By “Doritos Mountain Dew”, I thought this would be a new Mountain Dew flavor that tasted like Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch…. which I would definitely be interested in trying.
Ross I’m totally intrigued that you’d want a ranch flavored Mountain Dew. Can we achieve this greatness without standing too close to the sun?
There was a Mountain Dew Doritos out a few years ago. It only came in family size bags and was disgusting. Immediate regret. Everybody is blocking it out apparently.
I enjoy your candour. And you are the only person so far, to have actually tasted them, besides the blogger…