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Frito-Lay sold a mystery Doritos flavor in a black bag for six weeks in 2007, let the public guess what it was, then pulled it on schedule. Most discontinued Doritos went more quietly. Frito-Lay rarely announces an ending, so the dates below come from trademark filings, press releases and reviews written while the bags were still on shelves.
LIST OF DISCONTINUED DORITOS FLAVORS
These 18 Doritos flavors and products are gone from the regular lineup. “On sale by” means the earliest dated record, not a confirmed launch day.
| Flavor | First sold | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Sour Cream and Onion | 1970s | Gone in the 1980s; retro run in 2012 |
| Salsa Rio | 1986 | Retro run in 2011–2012 |
| Chester’s Cheese | 1995 | End unrecorded |
| Pizza Cravers | 1990s | Name reused in 2008 |
| Doritos 3D | 1998 | Gone early 2000s; 3D Crunch 2020 |
| Smokey Red BBQ | 1998 | Trademark lapsed 2007 |
| Rollitos | 2004 | Trademark lapsed 2011 |
| Black Pepper Jack | By 2004 | End unrecorded |
| Fiery Habanero | 2005 | Still on sale July 2011 |
| X-13D | 2007 | Pulled after six weeks |
| Smokin’ Cheddar BBQ | 2007 | End unrecorded |
| Hot Wings and Blue Cheese | 2007 | End unrecorded |
| The Quest | 2008 | Mystery flavor; limited run |
| Late Night Tacos at Midnight | 2009 | End unrecorded |
| All Nighter Cheeseburger | 2010 | Trademark lapsed 2017 |
| 2nd Degree Burn (Fiery Buffalo) | 2010 | End unrecorded |
| Jacked (Enchilada Supreme) | 2012 | Gone by February 2015 |
| Doritos Loaded | 2014 | Trademark lapsed 2021 |
DORITOS 3D (ORIGINAL VERSION)
Discontinued: early 2000s
Doritos 3D launched in 1998, by Frito-Lay’s own account, as hollow puffed corn snacks. Its Super Bowl ad that year, set in a laundromat, starred Ali Landry. Flavors on sale by 2001 included Jalapeño & Cheddar, Nacho Cheesier and Zesty Ranch. Frito-Lay says the line was discontinued in the early 2000s.
It came back on December 28, 2020, as Doritos 3D Crunch in Spicy Ranch and Chili Cheese Nacho. “We didn’t just bring back the original,” Frito-Lay marketing chief Rachel Ferdinando said in the announcement, “we’ve evolved it to reflect the snacking trends of a new generation.”
The revival appears to be over too. No 3D product was on the Doritos website in September 2026.
SOUR CREAM AND ONION
Discontinued: 1980s
Doritos Sour Cream and Onion dates to the 1970s. Food writers disagree on whether it ended in the early or the middle 1980s, and Frito-Lay has published no date.
It returned in January 2012 in a retro bag, alongside Salsa Rio, for a limited run.
The flavor had one more life in between. Doritos Thins, a thinner chip sold for about three years in the 1990s, came in sour cream and onion. “A chip ahead of its time,” a Frito-Lay employee told the San Diego Reader in 2005.
SALSA RIO
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Salsa Rio is the salsa Doritos people remember from the 1990s. Frito-Lay’s trademark filing dates its first sale to May 1986. It came back as a limited edition from December 2011 into early 2012.
FIERY HABANERO
Discontinued: after 2011
Fiery Habanero first sold on December 12, 2005, according to Frito-Lay’s trademark record. It outlasted the 2010 end date most lists give it: a review dated July 18, 2011 found it still on sale. No record gives the real end.
X-13D
Discontinued: 2007
X-13D reached stores in May 2007 in a black bag marked “X-13D Flavor Experiment.” Buyers were asked to name the flavor. Frito-Lay said in advance that it would pull the chips when the naming contest closed, and it did, after about six weeks.
“We wanted to just put this flavor out there and see what people had to say about it,” Frito-Lay spokesperson Jared Doherty told Chief Marketer. The flavor was cheeseburger, and the company said so. Asked a year later what it might be called if it returned, brand manager Jeremy Tucker had a pick: “My favorite is Big Mac Attack.”
Pringles tried cheeseburger without the mystery; its Restaurant Cravers version was recalled in March 2010.
THE QUEST
Discontinued: 2008
The Quest was the second Doritos mystery flavor, sold in 2008. The answer was Mountain Dew. A review from that year records the bag and the reveal.
CHESTER’S CHEESE
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Chester’s Cheese Doritos put Cheetos’ cheese flavor on a Doritos chip. Food-media accounts, including Mental Floss, date it to 1995 and say it lasted a short time. No Frito-Lay record of it has surfaced. Chester’s home brand has cut plenty of its own: see the Cheetos varieties that got axed.
DORITOS LATE NIGHT
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Doritos Late Night Tacos at Midnight went on sale in March 2009, per Frito-Lay’s trademark record. The bag carried a symbol that unlocked a virtual blink-182 concert when held up to a webcam.
A second Late Night flavor, All Nighter Cheeseburger, followed in 2010. Its trademark lapsed in 2017. The Late Night name itself is back: new flavors have carried it every year since 2023.
HOT WINGS AND BLUE CHEESE
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Hot Wings and Blue Cheese was the first Doritos Collisions bag: two flavors of chip in one package. It was on sale by July 2007, a year earlier than most lists say. Frito-Lay has revived the Collisions idea several times since 2018 with other pairings.
ROLLITOS
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Rollitos were Doritos rolled into small tubes. They reached stores in January 2004 in Nacho Cheesier, Cooler Ranch and Zesty Taco, at $1.99 for a 7.75-ounce bag, the Deseret News reported that February.
Frito-Lay let the trademark lapse in 2011. Rolled Doritos returned in early 2012 under a new name, Dinamita. Takis, the rolled chip that outlasted Rollitos, has retired a number of its own flavors.
BLACK PEPPER JACK
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Black Pepper Jack is the black bag from the early 2000s. A dated review shows it on sale by October 2004. No record gives its end.
DORITOS JACKED (ENCHILADA SUPREME)
Discontinued: by February 2015
Doritos Jacked went nationwide the week of March 26, 2012, after a debut at South by Southwest, where Frito-Lay put up a 56-foot-tall vending machine. Frito-Lay’s launch release said the chips were 40 percent bigger than regular Doritos. A serving was about six chips and 140 calories.
Enchilada Supreme was one of the two launch flavors. It was missing from the February 2015 lineup that Frito-Lay announced. The company has never said when the Jacked line as a whole ended. A fan petition to bring back another Jacked flavor, Ranch Dipped Hot Wings, had 90,749 signatures by August 2026.
2ND DEGREE BURN (FIERY BUFFALO)
Discontinued: Unrecorded
2nd Degree Burn Fiery Buffalo launched in March 2010 as the middle of three “Burn” flavors, between Blazin’ Jalapeño and Scorchin’ Habanero. The bags named a drink to put the fire out: Pepsi Max Cease Fire, a lime Pepsi.
PIZZA CRAVERS
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Pizza Cravers is the pizza Doritos of the 1990s. The only account of the original is a food-media one, which ties it to Pizza Hut, then a PepsiCo sister company. No company record of it has surfaced. The same accounts pair it with Taco Supreme, a Taco Bell flavor sold alongside it.
The name returned in 2008 as half of a Collisions bag, Pizza Cravers & Ranch. Pizza came back again in September 2025 as a limited Stranger Things flavor. “It’s one of our most requested flavors,” PepsiCo Foods marketing chief Tina Mahal said at the launch.
SMOKIN’ CHEDDAR BBQ
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Smokin’ Cheddar BBQ was on sale by March 2007 as one of two rival flavors in a public vote called Fight for the Flavor. It won, and the winner had been promised a permanent place. It did not keep one.
It was not the first barbecue Doritos. Smokey Red BBQ dates to December 1998, and its trademark lapsed in 2007. The current barbecue flavor, Sweet & Tangy BBQ, arrived in January 2023.
DORITOS LOADED
Discontinued: Unrecorded
Doritos Loaded were warm, cheese-filled triangles sold at 7-Eleven from July 2, 2014, at $1.99 for four, CBS Los Angeles reported. They moved to the grocery freezer aisle in 2015. The trademark lapsed in 2021.
WHICH DORITOS BAG WAS GREEN, BLUE OR BLACK?
Many searches for a lost Doritos flavor remember only the color of the bag. These are the matches the record supports.
| Bag | Flavor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Green | Guacamole (2003) | Limited return in 2025 |
| Green | Salsa Verde (2002) | Still sold |
| Blue | Cool Ranch (1985) | Still sold |
| Blue | Cooler Ranch (1994 name) | Renamed, not dropped |
| Black | Black Pepper Jack (2004) | Discontinued |
| Black | X-13D (2007) | Discontinued |
| Black | Jumpin’ Jack (1989) | Returns as limited runs |
The blue bag was never discontinued. Cool Ranch dates to September 1985, and Frito-Lay sold it under the name Cooler Ranch from 1994.
DORITOS FLAVORS THAT ARE NOT DISCONTINUED
Five flavors often listed as discontinued are still sold or keep coming back. A sixth, Sesame Seed, appears on many lists with the dates 1978–1979, but no company record, news report or dated review of it could be found.
DORITOS SALSA VERDE (U.S. MARKET)
Status: Still sold
Salsa Verde is a current flavor. It launched in April 2002 in a Frito-Lay line made for Hispanic shoppers, in 17 urban markets at first. The only documented gap is a production pause in 2021. It was on the Doritos website’s list of flavors in September 2026.
GUACAMOLE
Status: Limited return in 2025
Guacamole Doritos were on sale by October 2003, green chips in a green bag, and were gone by 2006. After a long absence they came back on April 28, 2025, for a limited time. They were not on the Doritos website in September 2026.
BLAZIN’ BUFFALO & RANCH
Status: Returns as limited runs
Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch first sold on August 12, 2006, per Frito-Lay’s trademark record. It was a single chip with both flavors on it. It has come back in 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 and June 2025.
JUMPIN’ JACK MONTEREY CHEESE
Status: Returns as limited runs
Jumpin’ Jack was on sale by October 1989, the first-use date Frito-Lay gave the trademark office. It left in the 1990s and has returned in 2013, 2022, 2023 and August 2025.
DORITOS INTENSE PICKLE
Status: Canadian flavor
Doritos Intense Pickle is a Canadian flavor, on sale there by October 2011. A Canadian bag containing Intense Pickle chips was reviewed as recently as April 2024. The American counterpart, Tangy Pickle, arrived in 2020 and has returned three times.
DISCONTINUED DORITOS FAQ
Are 3D Doritos discontinued?
The original Doritos 3D, launched in 1998, was discontinued in the early 2000s. Frito-Lay revived the idea as Doritos 3D Crunch on December 28, 2020. That version was no longer on the Doritos website in September 2026, and Frito-Lay has not announced an end date for it.
When were Doritos Jacked discontinued?
Frito-Lay has never announced an end date for Doritos Jacked. The line launched in March 2012, and Enchilada Supreme was gone from the lineup by February 2015. A petition to bring back the Ranch Dipped Hot Wings flavor had more than 90,000 signatures by August 2026.
Did Doritos discontinue the taco flavor?
Taco Doritos were still on the Doritos website’s list of flavors in September 2026. The flavor left for years and came back in a retro bag in December 2010. Frito-Lay has made no announcement that it is being dropped.
What is Doritos Incógnita?
Doritos Incógnita is a Mexican Doritos flavor with a dark chile seasoning. Frito-Lay registered the name in the United States with a first-use date of June 2023, which means it has been sold in the U.S. as well. It is a regular flavor, not a mystery flavor.
SOURCES
- Frito-Lay, Doritos 3D Crunch announcement, December 21, 2020
- Frito-Lay, Doritos Jacked launch release, March 2012
- Frito-Lay, Doritos Jacked 3D release, February 18, 2015
- Chief Marketer, report on the X-13D sampling campaign, June 19, 2007, and follow-up, May 1, 2008
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, Fight for the Flavor report, June 1, 2007, and Stranger Things flavors, September 18, 2025
- HispanicAd, Frito-Lay snack line launch, 2002
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records for Fiery Habanero, Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch, Jumpin’ Jack, Rollitos, Cool Ranch and Incógnita
- Taquitos.net dated reviews of Doritos 3D, Guacamole, X-13D and Incógnita
- Tasting Table, report on the Jacked petition, 2026
- The Impulsive Buy, retro Taco bag report, January 9, 2011
- Doritos, current flavors on doritos.com, archived September 21, 2026
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records for Salsa Rio and Tacos at Midnight
- Deseret News, Rollitos review, February 11, 2004
- CBS Los Angeles, Doritos Loaded launch, 2014
- The Impulsive Buy, Sour Cream and Onion and Salsa Rio return, January 3, 2012, and Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch return, June 20, 2025
- Taquitos.net dated reviews of The Quest and Black Pepper Jack
- Fat Guy Food Blog, Fiery Habanero review, July 18, 2011
- Mental Floss, discontinued Doritos flavors
- NEAROF, Intense Pickle review, October 2011
- AOL, Jumpin’ Jack return, August 2025
- San Diego Reader, reader question on Sour Cream and Onion Doritos, February 24, 2005
Updated November 2026: every date on this page was rechecked against trademark records, company releases and dated reviews. An earlier version listed Salsa Verde, Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch, Jumpin’ Jack, Guacamole and Intense Pickle as discontinued; they are still sold or return regularly. It also listed Sesame Seed, for which no record could be found.
