Review: Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos & Buh Bye Monopoly Iron, Hello Whiskers
So Junk Food Nation, what;s the biggest news today? Is it that the US Postal Service will no longer be delivering mail on Saturdays? WHAAAA??? That SHOULD be bigger news, but no. The big news for today is the RESULTS OF THE MONOPOLY PIECE ELECTION.
For the uninitiated execs over at Hasbro took a look at one of the most iconic and boring board games ever, Monopoly, and said, “Hey, this game is boring. And people have stopped buying it. How can we generate some buzz, without changing how boring the game is?” And so they came up with: LET THE PUBLIC VOTE ON GAME PIECESZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Anyways, the voting is done, and it’s official: The IRON is out, and the CAT is in! Not surprising. People go nuts over their cats; at least one new cat picture appears on my Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds every hour. And iron’s aren’t cool, especially when most irons these days are lightweight, plastic, and make a cool puffing sound when you press the button – they aren’t the hard piece of hot metal that looks like it came from a prison that Monopoly modeled its token after.
Could we have had a cool toy robot as the new token? OF COURSE WE COULD HAVE. IT HAS A MUSTACHE, FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD. SO COOL. But noooooooooooooooo all you crazy cat people had to make the Cat the new token. Well fine, then. FINE. Have fun playing your boring game, cat people.
Today’s junk food: Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos!
Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos: The Money Shot
I saw these Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos in my local Harris Teeter before I left for Mexico back in December…and then promptly forgot about them until now. I even bought a bag of them and then left them somewhere, unopened and now probably lost. It wasn’t until my friend Rob brought these over for the Super Bowl that I thought, “Oh yeah! Those.”
So…these were a thing back in the day?
Apparently, Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos are a re-issue of previous Doritos. My friends over at Food Junk do a good job recapping the history of these chips. These were released in the 90’s? I don’t remember them. Thanks to a review of these by the Impulsive Buy, I am flooded with memories OF the 90’s, however. Jay Leno was a rising star at one point? Wha?
150 calories per serving
Wait…CHEDDAR CHEESE?
Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos have cheddar cheese as an ingredient in higher percentage than the monterey jack cheese. Because THAT makes sense.
Barely any powder showing
Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos had a general chip smell – nothing overwhelming. They seemed to not have much powder on them either. At least, not visibly. Was I duped into thinking these would be good?
Up close, you can see big specks
I munched on a handful of these Limited Edition Jumpin’ Jack Doritos, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. Wary of the way the chips looked, I had low hopes for the taste. Despite not having much visible powder, however, these Doritos had GREAT flavor.
These Doritos started out with a general cheesy taste (cheddar? nacho? Unsure), but then as I chewed, the pepper and jalapeno taste emerged which forced my mind into thinking these tasted like pepperjack cheese. Did it ACTUALLY taste like pepperjack cheese? Maybe not. But the combo of general cheese flavor and pepper-vegetable flavor pushed the taste in that general direction.
The flavor was surprisingly strong despite the low visible powder ratio, and the great corn flavor of the Dorito chip itself came through nicely. Honestly, I REALLY liked these because they reminded me of how Cool Ranch Doritos USED to be before they started caking that sh*t on. These had a great ratio of cheesy-jack flavor to corn flavor.
All in all, a big thumbs up. Liked these a lot.
PURCHASED AT: Given by a friend (but have seen them EVERYWHERE)
COST: $3.89 at Giant Food
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Discuss - 12 Comments
Yeah these surprised me too. The lady of the house and myself figured out that they’re basically a spicy combination of Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch. When I get around to reviewing them, they’re going to get high marks.
Where have you seen them everywhere? We nabbed them at Shoppers in Potomac Yard and haven’t seen any since (and we really want some more).
@E.Noms: I’ve seen these in my local Giant and Safeway stores here in DC. I dunno…it seems like when I’m NOT looking for them – there they are! 🙂
There have been a few retro Doritos lately. Plus I saw in Wal-Mart that Pringles has put out cans with the original labeling for a few flavors.
@Elisa: Yeah, I’ve seen those retro pringles too! Very cool…
It just shows that Doritos needs to name more of their chips after Rolling Stones songs.
@Kahn: Or that Jay Leno needs to do more commercials?
I found these in Giant about a month ago and actually DID remember them, promptly crossing my fingers that they hadn’t messed with the recipe and buying several bags. I actually almost msged you about them but then decided that you probably already knew. But I concur, they’re quite delicious, and to my recollection they tasted like this back in the day too.
@Kel: Glad to know they are true to their predecessor!
We thought these were decent enough….but do you remember Black Pepper Jack from the late 90’s / early 00’s??? Very, very similar, but just more pungently black peppery…..who knows for certain – maybe it was the same flavor, and our pallets were just different!!
Either way, definitely better than Doritos other current throwback – Sour Cream & Onion!!!!
@CHipReview: OOOOO BLACK PEPPER JACK. Now THAT sounds awesome.
More bogus, shoddily-motivated, quality-of-life eroding shyt from the pinheads in corporate America’s boardrooms. Change the pieces of the Monopoly board game? What? Fer cryin out loud! Oh boo-hoo, Hasbro execs, board games aren’t selling quite-as-well as you always hoped, since the advent of computers? Your profit-margin just a shade ‘off’ from what what you expect them to be? Tough tittie! Where were you guys when Steve Jobs and Bill Gates could’ve been reined in? Did you speak up? Probably not. Hasbro has a full line of handheld computer-toys, I reckon. So go cry me a river Hasbro. Leave stuff alone. Stay authentic.
These are back this year! They now come in a normal Doritos styled bag and the bag is white and says “Vote for your favorite flavor and win”