I Tried the New Protein Doritos—and They’re Actually Really Good

New Doritos just dropped and it’s not the flavor that’s a big deal. No, the big deal is that the new Doritos are PROTEIN Doritos. If you’re on a GLP-1 and you like salty snacks that stain the tips of your fingers, I presume this is very good news. Here’s how they differ from regular Doritos…the carbs and protein are actually pretty different! 

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Protein Doritos (10 chips/serving): 

150 calories

8g fat

1-1.5g saturated fat

8g carbs 

10g protein

Regular Doritos (12 chips/serving):

150 calories

8g fat

1g saturated fat

18g carbs

2g protein

Question is, do they taste good? These new Protein Doritos are hitting stores this month in two flavors: Nacho Cheese (duh) and Sweet & Tangy BBQ. I got my hands on a bag of each and, since I’m the protein chips expert around here, tried them both to see how they stack up against regular Doritos AND other protein chips. 

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Protein Doritos Nacho Cheese

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Pros: These are covered in A LOT of nacho cheese flavor dust, so they have a bold cheese flavor. They’re thin and very crispy and the chips themselves have a nice fried flavor. They’re a lot like regular Doritos, but truly a little thinner and oilier and crunchier—isn’t that something? My colleague Justine Sterling said they kind of taste like chips you’d get at a taqueria because they have that nice oily quality, and that seems like a job well done for Frito-Lay if you ask moi. 

Cons: They do go to mush in your mouth a little. I’ve eaten a lot of protein chips, so I’m familiar with this phenomenon, but there’s something about the milk protein that gets a little pasty in your mouth as you chew. I do think it’s much less offensive in these than it is in other protein chips, trust me. These are actually really good.

Credit: Liv Averett / Ralphs

Rating:

9/10

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Protein Doritos Sweet & Tangy BBQ

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Pros: One thing I’ve learned during my protein chip taste tests is that tortilla-style chips generally seem to be better suited to taking on protein. The exception? Wilde’s protein chips, which are more like potato chips but they’re made with chicken and egg whites. Sounds horrible, works great. Other protein “chips” (crisps, really) have that weird pasty protein effect in your mouth. Once again, these new Protein Doritos do a good job of minimizing the mush. And if you’ve had a hankering for BBQ chips but can’t eat most BBQ chips for dietary reasons, this seasoning dust will hit the spot. 

Cons: It’s a good BBQ flavor, but all in all, these Protein Doritos pale in comparison to their Nacho Cheese counterparts. I’m slightly curious why they’d go with this oddball flavor rather than Cool Ranch, tbh!

Credit: Liv Averett / Ralphs

Rating:

7.5/10

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