There are many imitators, and we make it a point to try every off-brand nacho cheese chip in an effort to discover some other variation on the spice, fake cheese, tortilla, and bliss quotient offered in every bag of Doritos. But with respect to Cool Ranch, there’s only one flavor that truly matters, and that flavor is Nacho Cheese, the single greatest mass-produced snack in America. There are more than 15 different flavors of Doritos on shelves at any given time, all with their own virtues (except Bacon Cheddar Ranch). Doritos | Design by Chineme Elobuike for Thrillist We’re just glad both Oreos and Double Stuf Oreos are in our universe. On the other hand, the filling is the best part of the Oreo, and Double Stuff provides both more of it, and easier access to it (regular Oreos are much more prone to breakage when you try the twist-and-scrape maneuver). On the one hand, the regular Oreos started it all, and the heavier cookie ratio yields better results when dipped in milk, which is indisputably the best manner in which to consume Oreos. We don’t know what kind of devil alchemy happens when you combine an Oreo with milk, but I know the first time we ingested said combination my world was never the same. Regular Oreos are a giant among snack foods. Honestly, they could have stopped there and they’d still check in at No. However, all those shenanigans pale in comparison to Oreo’s greatest innovation of them all: the Double Stuf. And we’re all for it! The more kinds of Oreos the better! Well, maybe there’s an exception when Peeps are involved. The good people at Oreo have really stepped up the innovation in recent years, debuting new limited-edition flavors at a torrid pace that send food internet sites such as this one into a tizzy. Oreos | Design by Chineme Elobuike for Thrillist So it was with Jalapeño (the “worst” flavor). In fact, we’re fully willing to bet that if there were a flavor called “Grandpa’s Old Nails,” the can would be empty before I got home from the grocery store. Just delicious potato crisps that come in enough good flavors to give Baskin-Robbins a run for its money. Well, we confirmed that there’s no actual magic involved. How does a chip that isn’t even a chip that’s made with flavors forged in a lab (for real, we got a peek at how they’re made and it's mad science) get so much right? Hell, even the cheeseburger flavor is a thing of snackable beauty. True, the Original and Cheddar are standouts, but like Lays, Pringles messes with a ton of different flavors and gets most of them right. In sitting down with 19 cans, we noticed it was hard to find any flavor we disliked. Pringles makes dozens and dozens of flavors. Plus, you get to rip it apart with your hands. Whether you’re getting it in the white or dark variety, Big Kat or mini, there is no candy so adept at taking the mundane and transforming it into something amazing as the Kit Kat. This is a whole that completely transcends its parts, with little sugar crystals dancing on your tongue and the thick walls of chocolate that make it easy to break the four pieces apart melting the minute it hits your mouth, tying the whole thing together. Must be some sort of magical alchemy, because when that plain ol’ chocolate hits those milquetoast layers of cookie wafers, something clicks, and clicks loudly. And the milk chocolate is good and all, though it’s no different than the version you'd get on most candy bars. Wafers are the bane of most shelves, the treats that are doomed to the bottom of many a grandma’s cookie jar. Because, frankly, this should not be as good as it is. Though we appreciate international versions like green tea, vinegar, and corn in the international market, let’s focus on the OG version.
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