More Than 20 Snacks Are About to Be Discontinued

It’s a dangerous time to be a snack – well, if you’re a PepsiCo snack that is. The company that owns Lay’s, Cheetos, Tostitos, Doritos, and virtually every other snack brand under the sun is taking an axe to its product line, and it turns out that no one’s safe. According to noted snack influencer @snachwithzach and insider intel from several Reddit threads, there are a huge number of snacks that are soon to be leaving shelves for good. Here are the ones we’ll be saying goodbye to, brand by brand. 

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Cheetos

Over in Cheetos land, its Cheese Pizza flavor is getting the chop. Its phasing out is to make room for the Flamin’ Hot Dill Pickle Puffs flavor. 

Lay’s

Lay’s is taking quite a few hits here. Its Sweet & Spicy Honey, Lightly Salted Barbecue, and Baked Salt & Vinegar (you know, the ones in the big bags?) are all to be discontinued, and its All Dressed flavor is also leaving us. 

Over in its Poppables range, we’ve also got a few casualties. Veggie Sea Salt, Veggie Ranch, Sea Salt Sweet Potato are all being discontinued. 

Popcorners

Popcorners Sweet Chili is due to be removed from production – but, crucially, only the big bags have been confirmed to be affected right now. Slightly unclear on the little bags just yet, but stay tuned. 

Funyuns

Funyuns is seeing two of its flavors leave us: Sour Cream & Onion (which didn’t last long) and Spicy Queso. Probably no massive surprises here, but there we are. 

Smartfood

Smartfood’s range is taking a hit, with its Movie Theater Butter and Brown Butter & Sea Salt Kettle Corn being discontinued. 

Jack Links

Say goodbye to the Fritos Chili Cheese meat stick, guys – it’s gone. However, lovers of the flavor will be pleased to hear that the jerky version remains in production.

Tostitos

That beloved Tostitos Nacho Cheese Dip? It’s outta here. Well, in the 16-ounce jar, at least. Its Cantina Thin N Crispy chips are also due to fade away. 

Baken-Ets

Baken-Ets’ Flamin’ Hot Limon chicarrones are toast. 

Chester’s

It may be time to start arranging your goodbyes to Chester’s. The brand’s Cheddar Jalapeño popcorn, Carolina Style BBQ fries, and Ranch fries are all being discontinued. This also represents the near-end of Chester’s in total, as its product line is now next to nothing.

Frito’s

A few blows to the Frito’s portfolio here. Its Queso Flavor Twists are being discontinued, and you can also say bye to its small Hot Bean dip can.

Rold Gold

Fan of Rold Gold’s Cheddar flavor? Well, we’ve got bad news for ya: It’s no more. 

Doritos

A bad day for lovers of the Golden Sriracha flavor from Doritos… ‘cos it’s gone. We’re sad about that; they weren’t the best in the world, but we were still fans! The brand’s Dinamita Xxtra Flamin’ Hot is also outta here. 

Several nut, cracker, and wafer options are also due to be discontinued from the PepsiCo line, alongside these bigger-ticket items. It’s a cull, folks.