Junk Food Nation, Retro Cereal Week continues!  As I mentioned yesterday, this is a week-long collaboration between myself, Rodzilla Reviews, The Impulsive Buy, Foodette Reviews, and Food Junk.  Today, DAY 2, Rodzilla Reviews takes on a 12-year old classic – Cheerios MillenniOs!

There seems to be a national holiday for all foods, doesn’t there?  One day its National Sushi Day, the next its National Donut Day, and today, Junk Food Nation, is NATIONAL CHEESEBURGER DAY!  Locally, some joints are having burger eating contests to celebrate the occasion.  This news story provides a few deals happening around the country to celebrate the holiday.  Some establishments are even giving out free burgers if your last name is, indeed, “Burger.”  And this blog has already talked about the newest Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles that are in stores now.

So go forth and eat burgers, Nation!  I know *I* will. And here’s a question for the comment section below: What’s YOUR favorite fast food burger?  Me?  In N Out usually takes the cake, but I must admit I have a soft spot for a Wendy’s $1 Junior Bacon with Cheese….MMMMMM.

Moving on.  Today’s junk food: Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax!  These chips were brought to my attention by loyal reader Neil, who took some pictures of this flavor a few weeks ago and emailed them to me:

Lay’s Buffalo Wing with Ranch Stax: Neil’s Photos

He said they were at Walmart, but I couldn’t find them anywhere!  Honestly, I was planning on just doing a review based solely on Neil’s great photos. That all, changed, however, when I went to Walmart recently and BAM – there they were!  I do love buffalo wing snacks, so why not?  I’d seen buffalo wing and blue cheese snacks in the past, but I must admit – this may mark the first time I’d seen a RANCH and buffalo mixed snack.  So, let’s give these Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax a shot, shall we?

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: The Money Shot

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: I must admit – I never dip my wings in either blue cheese OR ranch…the creamy dips are reserved for my celery and carrots.

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: I wouldn’t say eating Stax is a great way to recharge…more like a great way to fall asleep in food coma for 30 minutes.

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: 140 cal per serving

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: I like that Chicken Fat is actually listed as an ingredient!

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: SO ORANGE RED!

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax: THICKLY POWDERED

Lay’s Buffalo Wings with Ranch Stax were not what I expected.  When I first crunched into them, I tasted the tang of the buffalo sauce, but more than that, I tasted…could it be CHICKEN???  For some reason, and maybe it’s the presence of chicken fat, these REALLY reminded me of the chicken flavor in Walkers Roast Chicken Potato Crisps.  The aftertaste was definitely chicken!  Big win.

The creamy ranch flavor emerged quickly and mixed in with the tang of the sauce and the chicken flavor.  The resultant flavor was, indeed, the flavor of buffalo wing mixed with ranch.  When I licked the chip’s flavor powder individually, the STRONG flavor of buffalo sauce came through – but when I chewed the chip, the buffalo flavor was much more subtle.  The strong crunch of the Stax was nice, and I appreciated the strong potato flavor.  Good burn at the end.

I was originally on the fence with these…they tasted almost more like a spicy ranch than a buffalo wing chip.  However, the more I ate them, and the more I tasted that great chicken flavor, the more I liked these.  They tasted pretty good, but just were not the flavor profile I was expecting – in a good way.  NOT your typical buffalo wing chip.  They were better.

PURCHASED AT: Walmart

COST: $1.18

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy