the cool ranch doritos came out in 1994.
the cool ranch doritos came out in 1994.
when did the cool ranch doritos come out?
1994
doritos are sold in many countries worldwide in assorted flavors. they launched nationally in the united states in 1966, with only one flavor: toasted corn. the product proved successful, but additional market research revealed that many consumers outside the southwest and west considered the chip to be too bland and not spicy enough for what was perceived as a mexican snack. frito-lay therefore developed taco-flavored doritos, which also became successful after they were introduced nationally in 1967. national distribution of nacho cheese-flavored doritos began in 1972, and were also a hit. for a short period in the late 1970s, sour cream and onion flavored doritos were available, but were discontinued in the early 1980s. a sesame seed flavored chip was also available for a short time in the late 1970s. in 1986, cool ranch doritos made their debut and also became popular. cool ranch doritos are sold under the name "cool original" in the uk and are called "cool american" elsewhere in europe, as ranch dressing is less common in those places.
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for super bowl xliii, doritos relaunched the fan-created commercials, with the winning vote going to the "free doritos" ad, which featured an office worker (comedian steve booth) with a snow globe (believing it to be a crystal ball) "predicting" that everyone in the office would get free doritos, then subsequently throws the snow globe into a vending machine selling nothing but nacho cheese & cool ranch doritos. the commercial was ranked by the usa today super bowl ad meter as the best ad for the year, earning the creators of the ad – joe and dave herbert – a $1 million prize. they again aired two ads during the game ads and the second place ad also placed in the top five according to usa today. this ad featured a man who discovers that each crunch from his bag of doritos causes whatever is on his mind to become reality (until he runs out of chips). another popular commercial from the group of finalist included an executive making a presentation to other executives on a new (fictional) doritos flavor called "doritos beer", which, as the name implies, is beer-flavored doritos, with each chip containing as much alcohol as an equivalent of a 16-oz. can of beer. the executive making the presentation, eating the beer-flavored chips, ends up drunk on the chips and is down to his underwear and a tie by the end of the commercial. for super bowl xliv, four ads were entered, and if three of the commercials sweep the top three positions in that year's ad meter contest, all of the creators would be awarded a total of $5 million, broken down as $1 million for first place, $600,000 for second and $400,000 for third, plus each maker would get an additional $1 million.
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