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Pringles rarely explains why a flavor disappears. Most of the 26 discontinued Pringles flavors below left with a one-line reply on social media, or with nothing at all. The fuller record sits in a 2010 salmonella recall notice, lapsed trademark filings, and the occasional marketing statement. Dates below come from those records, and the table says plainly where none exists.
LIST OF DISCONTINUED PRINGLES FLAVORS
| Flavor | Sold | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Corn Pringles | 1989–early 1990s | Trademark lapsed 1996 |
| Rice Infusions (UK) | From 2007 | Gone before Rice Fusion, 2019 |
| Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger | Late 2000s–2010 | Recalled March 2010 |
| Family Faves Taco Night | About 2010 | Recalled March 2010 |
| Memphis BBQ | Early 2010s–2021 | Dropped, no reason given |
| Jalapeño | About 2005–2022 | Confirmed gone in 2023 |
| Loaded Baked Potato | Until at least 2020 | Quietly dropped |
| Wavy Fire Roasted Jalapeño | 2019–2022 | Discontinued December 2022 |
| Honey Mustard | Until 2022 | Back for good, 2024 |
| Hot Ones | 2022–2026 | Reportedly discontinued |
| Screamin’ Dill Pickle | 2008, 2018–2022 | ”Low demand,” later revived |
| Pringles Stix | 2008–about 2019 | Trademark cancelled 2019 |
| Pringles Tortilla | 2013–2016 | Dropped before Pringles Loud |
| Wendy’s Baconator | 2020 | Limited edition |
| Wendy’s Spicy Chicken | 2021 | Limited edition |
| Pumpkin Pie Spice | 2012 | Walmart-only holiday run |
| White Chocolate Peppermint | 2012 | Holiday one-off |
| Pecan Pie | 2013 | Not popular enough |
| Milk Chocolate | 2014 | Holiday one-off |
| Fat Free (olestra) | From 1996 | Faded with olestra |
| Pringles Prints | 2004 | Trivia crisps, end unrecorded |
| Ketchup (US) | 2017–2020 | Lower demand, July 2020 |
| Fried Onion Ring | 2019–2021 | Low demand |
| Parmesan & Roasted Garlic | Until 2022 | Lower demand |
| Original Hot Sauce trio | 2011 | Limited edition |
| Cheeze Ums | 1980s | Trademark lapsed 2006 |
CORN PRINGLES
Discontinued: early-to-mid 1990s
You might be asking: “What if Pringles weren’t made of potatoes?”
Corn Pringles were Procter & Gamble’s corn chip in a Pringles can. P&G registered the PRINGLES name for “snack food derived from ground corn” in July 1989, and the black canister with cartoon corn cobs was on shelves in the early 1990s.
Regular Pringles are only about 42% potato, a figure P&G once used in a British tax case to argue they weren’t potato crisps at all. Lord Justice Jacob ruled in 2009 that there “is more than enough potato content” for them to count as made from potato. Corn Pringles skipped the argument: they were made of corn and ate more like tortilla chips than potato crisps.
Corn Pringles never got a farewell. The closest thing to an obituary is the trademark record: P&G let the corn-snack registration lapse in January 1996 rather than file the declaration that keeps a mark alive.
RICE PRINGLES
Discontinued: before 2019
The UK-exclusive experiment that you probably never heard about.
Rice Infusions were Pringles made with rice, launched in Britain in summer 2007 in flavors including Sour Cream & Onion and Sweet BBQ Spare Rib. They promised a lighter crunch than the potato original.
Rice Infusions faded out without an announcement, and the matching US trademark, by then Kellogg’s, was cancelled in 2016. Pringles tried rice again in February 2019 with Rice Fusion, which it called its biggest innovation in four years. Those are the cans pictured above, in a French ad that boasts a 2020 product-of-the-year award.
RESTAURANT CRAVERS CHEESEBURGER
Discontinued: recalled March 2010
The ambitious flavor that met an unexpected end through a food safety nightmare.
Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger tried to fit a diner order into a stackable crisp. Its seasoning got its savory, meaty note from hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or HVP.
That ingredient sank it. On March 8, 2010, Procter & Gamble voluntarily recalled Cheeseburger and Taco Night. Its HVP supplier, Basic Food Flavors, had recalled lots of the ingredient over possible salmonella, and the FDA had asked food makers to pull products made with it. No illnesses were reported.
FAMILY FAVES TACO NIGHT
Discontinued: recalled March 2010
The companion flavor that shared Cheeseburger’s fate.
Designed to evoke cozy family dinner moments, Taco Night captured Mexican-inspired seasonings in Pringles’ signature stack. The name took on not only “taco flavor,” but “Taco Night.” Doritos mined the same craving with Late Night Tacos at Midnight, gone since 2012. Taco Night was one of three Family Faves flavors on shelves in early 2010, alongside Cheddar BBQ and White Cheddar Pop.
When the salmonella recall hit, Taco Night was pulled alongside Cheeseburger. P&G said the two flavors made up “one half of one percent of Pringles’ U.S. volume,” and no other Pringles were affected.
MEMPHIS BBQ
Discontinued: 2021
The barbecue flavor that left without an explanation.
While regular BBQ Pringles were fine, Memphis BBQ was extraordinary. These Pringles featured a sweet flavor with earthy undertones, hints of tomato, and a notable smokiness that made them addictive.
Memphis BBQ was on shelves by the early 2010s, and Pringles dropped it in 2021. No reason was ever given.
BBQ heartbreak is a snack-aisle tradition — Honey BBQ Cheetos Puffs vanished back in 2015 with just as little ceremony.
JALAPEÑO
Discontinued: 2022 (confirmed in 2023)
The limited edition that became permanent… then disappeared forever.
Starting as a tentative limited edition in 2005, Jalapeño Pringles was a big hit with consumers. The punchy, sour-spicy taste created such demand that Pringles made it a permanent offering.
For nearly two decades, Jalapeño satisfied spice lovers with its unique heat profile. Much different than other spicy snacks on the market.
Jalapeño Pringles started vanishing from shelves in 2022. On March 30, 2023, Pringles answered a fan on Twitter: “That flavor has been discontinued. We’re really sorry for the inconvenience.”
Pringles never said why. “While Pringles Jalapeño has been discontinued, snacking fans can continue to enjoy our expansive Scorchin’ lineup,” Mauricio Jenkins, the brand’s U.S. marketing lead, told TODAY in June 2023. The thicker Wavy Fire Roasted Jalapeño went too.
LOADED BAKED POTATO
Discontinued: after 2020
The flavor that actually delivered on its ambitious promise.
Creating a “loaded baked potato” chip sounds impossible. How do you capture the flavors of fluffy potatoes, crispy bacon, sharp cheese, and fresh chives in a single bite?
Amazingly, Pringles did it. The onion and bacon notes came through clearly, the cheese provided the right amount of pop, and it was flavorful yet not overwhelming.
Loaded Baked Potato was still on shelves in October 2017, when “Man v. Food” host Adam Richman ran the Pringles Stack Shack, a three-day Times Square pop-up where fans stacked flavors into combinations.
Loaded Baked Potato outlived the pop-up by years, then disappeared without an announcement. Even Lay’s, the king of the potato gimmick, has shelved plenty of its own chip flavors.
WAVY PRINGLES
Discontinued: Fire Roasted Jalapeño, December 2022
Wavy Pringles were the brand’s thicker, ridged crisp, first sold in early 2019. Only one Wavy death is on the record: a Pringles representative confirmed that Wavy Fire Roasted Jalapeño was discontinued in December 2022.
The rest of the line thinned out without a word. Searchers still ask why Wavy Sweet & Spicy BBQ disappeared, and Pringles has never answered that one publicly.
Honey Mustard shows a dead Pringle can come back. Pringles dropped it in 2022, fans begged online, and it returned on February 27, 2024, back for good.
HOT ONES PRINGLES
Discontinued: reportedly 2026
Hot Ones Pringles were a 2022 tie-in with the hot-sauce interview show, a trio of heat-forward flavors. They came back in October 2024 alongside a new Los Calientes Barbacoa, pitched as chipotle and smoky jalapeño.
By March 2026 fans couldn’t find any of them. Sporked reported that a Reddit user emailed Pringles and was told they were “100% for sure discontinued.” Pringles has made no public announcement, so treat that as likely rather than official.
SCREAMIN’ DILL PICKLE
Discontinued: 2022 (“low demand”)
Screamin’ Dill Pickle was one of three Pringles Xtreme flavors in 2008, alongside Kickin’ Cheddar and Blazin’ Buffalo Wing. It returned in 2018, then Pringles told a fan on Twitter in 2022 that it was gone for low demand.
The pickle crowd took it personally. “Low demand where?” one fan replied, as Tasting Table recorded. “Egypt? Antarctica?” Pringles brought dill pickle back nationwide in October 2024.
PRINGLES STIX
Discontinued: around 2019
Pringles Stix weren’t chips at all. They were baked-wheat cracker sticks, 90 calories a pack, rolled out nationwide on January 7, 2008 in Crunchy Wheat, Vanilla, Honey Butter and Pizza.
“People really do enjoy a convenient, portion-controlled snack,” said Bryan Hamilton, Pringles’ North America brand manager, at launch. No one announced the ending. The PRINGLES STIX registration was cancelled in October 2019 after its owner stopped filing to keep it in use.
PRINGLES TORTILLA
Discontinued: 2016
Pringles Tortilla Crisps debuted at Walmart at the end of 2013, then went nationwide in Truly Original, Nacho Cheese and Southwestern Ranch, with Zesty Salsa as a Walmart exclusive.
They lasted about three years. When Pringles launched its corn-and-grain Loud line in January 2017, PotatoPro noted the tortilla chips “were discontinued last year.” It was the brand’s second tortilla miss: P&G’s Torengos, a Pringles-style tortilla chip from December 2001, was pulled in less than five years.
WENDY’S PRINGLES
Discontinued: both limited editions, 2020 and 2021
Wendy’s Pringles came in two runs. Baconator Pringles arrived in 2020, and in 2021 Pringles told a fan they would not return “until we perfect time travel or bring Baconator Pringles back.”
Wendy’s Spicy Chicken followed in 2021, aimed at the chicken-sandwich wars. Gareth Maguire, Pringles’ senior director of marketing, called the pairing “a match made in flavor-heaven.” Both were limited editions, and neither came back.
HOLIDAY PRINGLES
Discontinued: each after one season
Holiday Pringles began in November 2012 with three limited editions: Cinnamon & Sugar, White Chocolate Peppermint, and a Walmart-only Pumpkin Pie Spice. Pecan Pie followed in 2013 and Milk Chocolate in 2014. When a fan asked in 2018 for Pecan Pie to return, Pringles said it simply wasn’t popular enough.
Britain now gets the holiday guessing game. Santa’s Secret Flavour, a mystery tube first sold in September 2025, was eventually revealed as Truffle & Butter. A new tube reached Tesco in September 2026, and Pringles says only that it goes in “a totally different direction.”
FAT-FREE PRINGLES
Discontinued: faded with olestra
Fat Free Pringles were P&G’s bet on olestra, a fat substitute the body doesn’t absorb. Market testing began in late 1996, and the FDA required a warning about abdominal cramping and loose stools. Fat-free Pringles still sold about $100 million in 1998.
P&G compared the side effects to eating beans or broccoli. Shoppers moved on anyway, and olestra all but vanished from American snack aisles; the olestra story has the rest.
PRINGLES PRINTS
Discontinued: no end date on record
Pringles Prints put trivia on the crisps themselves. In summer 2004, P&G printed 2,400 questions and answers from Hasbro’s Trivial Pursuit Junior onto Original Pringles in red or blue food coloring that didn’t change the taste.
“Pringles is the leader and founder of the stacked crisp category and now we’re taking it to a whole new level,” said Jamie Egasti, a vice president of P&G’s North America snacks division, at the launch. The printed crisps went nationwide that August and later disappeared without a farewell.
SEASONAL & LIMITED EDITION CASUALTIES
Discontinued: Various dates
Pizzalicious/Pizza
Pizza Pringles never actually left. Pizza-licious was an older name on the pizza can, shown above in a claymation TV commercial, but Walmart still listed a 5.5-ounce can of Pringles Pizza in 2026.
Ketchup
Ketchup Pringles sold in Canada and Europe before reaching American drugstores in April 2017. In July 2020, Pringles told a fan on Twitter that it had dropped the US version due to lower demand.
The Low-Demand Casualties
Pringles’ social team has written the same epitaph many times: low demand. Fried Onion Ring arrived in 2019 and was confirmed gone in 2021. Parmesan & Roasted Garlic got the same answer in 2022. A 2011 limited run of Original, Chipotle and Roasted Garlic Hot Sauce Pringles never returned.
Cheeze Ums, a 1980s flavor, left a paper trail instead. P&G registered PRINGLE’S CHEEZ-UMS as a trademark in 1985 and let it lapse in 2006.
DISCONTINUED PRINGLES FLAVORS FAQ
Are Pearl Pringles real?
No. “Pearl Pringles,” the pearl-white can that spread online in early 2026, is not a real Pringles flavor. Fact Crescendo traced the images to uksnackattack, an Instagram account that posts invented snacks and calls the practice “snackfishing.” No official Pringles listing includes a Pearl flavor.
Which discontinued Pringles flavors came back?
Honey Mustard is the clearest comeback: discontinued in 2022, it returned permanently on February 27, 2024. Dill pickle came back nationwide in October 2024, two years after Pringles cut Screamin’ Dill Pickle for low demand. Hot Ones returned the same month with a new Barbacoa flavor, though fans now report that line discontinued.
How many Pringles flavors are there?
No official all-time count exists. The Daily Meal counted 34 US flavors in 2016, and Kellogg cited “more than 80 varieties” worldwide when it launched its 2012 holiday flavors. The snack-review site Taquitos.net has catalogued more than 220 Pringles flavors from around the world.
What were the original Pringles flavors?
Pringles launched with one flavor. Procter & Gamble introduced them in 1968 as “Pringle’s Newfangled Potato Chips,” a plain salted crisp sold in the can, and added flavors in the 1980s. P&G sold the brand to Kellogg in 2012, and Pringles now belongs to Mars, which closed its Kellanova purchase in December 2025.
