Steakhouse Onion Funyuns are back. The fan favorite Funyuns flavor (I get a bonus for excessive alliteration) launched in 2015, was discontinued in 2018, and reappeared in the chip aisle this month, which is great news for the 500 or so people who signed an online petition asking Frito-Lay to bring it back. Okay, so not exactly a groundswell on Change.org, but trust me, people love these things.
If you hadn’t already figured it out, the inspo for Funyuns Steakhouse Onion is the Bloomin’ Onion from Outback Steakhouse. If you’ve never had a Bloomin’ Onion, stop reading this. Set down your phone. Go to Outback and get one. It might be the most iconic chain restaurant appetizer ever, and part of what makes it great—along with the flaky, crispy, very well seasoned batter and the novelty of its unique construction—is the tangy, horseradish-y dipping sauce it’s served with. Funyuns set out to take all that greasy fun and flavor and make it shelf-stable. Did they pull it off? We picked up a bag of Funyuns Steakhouse Onion to find out if they’re “just right.”
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