Comments on: Jonesing for the taste of lime-flavored Tostitos

Question: Jonesing for the taste of lime-flavored Tostitos

MonkeyToes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:48:34 -0800

I love lime-flavored Tostitos. How can I duplicate that tongue-curling oh-so-nasty salty/lime-y taste at home? If I were making a lime-y flatbread/cracker, what would I sprinkle on it? How would I flavor it?

(I can't believe I'm using my question on this, but there it is. Darn you, ourobouros, for tempting me to thoughts of lavosh on the spicy/seedy side...)

By: Cat Pie Hurts

Cat Pie Hurts — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:56:09 -0800

Easy! I discovered this when I realized that the Lime Tostitos had MSG.
You want this. I'm able to find it in the baking section of my grocery store. 3-4 packets will do an entire bag o' chips.

By: hihowareyou

hihowareyou — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:59:47 -0800

I'm pretty sure the key ingredient you want is powdered citric acid. Here's one source. You might check the ingredients list of the Tostitos to confirm this, but I'm pretty sure I'm right.

Plus salt of course.

By: subtle_squid

subtle_squid — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:00:35 -0800

1 cut and fry tortillas
2 salt resultant chips
3 cut lime in to wedges
4 squeeze wedge over chips
5 eat top layer of chips till lime flavor runs out
6 go back to 4

By: hihowareyou

hihowareyou — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:02:59 -0800

Cat Pie Hurts' suggestion looks good too; it's basically just citric acid with lime/lemon flavoring and some stabilizers.

By: subtle_squid

subtle_squid — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:08:50 -0800

oh wait you are looking for an oh-so-nasty flavor. In that case disregard my earlier comment.

By: MonkeyToes

MonkeyToes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:19:21 -0800

Cat Pie Hurts, thank you! IT EXISTS!

DH and I were in the bulk foods aisle when we spotted a tub of "cheese-flavored" powder... you know, the florescent orange stuff on cheese puffs and other snack foods. I started looking for its lime equivalent but no joy. Now I know that it really is out there!

Subtle_squid: Yeah, nasty flavor is what I'm after. When lime-flavored Tostitos first came out, they became my guilty snacking pleasure. Lately, they've seemed... watered down. Less tingly on the tongue. Missing that nasty, lime-y oomph. I want to experiment and besides, really? Powdered lime? It's just so wrong that it must be good.

Hihowareyou: No fear. I love salt.

Thanks, all.

By: Bernt Pancreas

Bernt Pancreas — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:24:25 -0800

What you want is Lucas. They also make a hot one if you like the taste of Flamin' Hot Cheetos with Lime.

By: Bernt Pancreas

Bernt Pancreas — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:26:11 -0800

Oh, noes, you don't want Lucas. Apperently it's been discontinued due to lead in the product. Yikes.

By: fiercecupcake

fiercecupcake — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:38:43 -0800

Twang is a non-Lucas, non-lead brand of ... well, basically of Lucas. That's what you want. Mmm. Not sure how hard it is to find outside of Texas, though. Mmm, beer salt.

By: Cat Pie Hurts

Cat Pie Hurts — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:44:55 -0800

Twang looks awesome, fiercecupcake!

MonkeyToes: If you want to get really close to the Lime Tostitos flavor, to 1 bag of corn chips add 4-6 packets of the lime powder, about 1 tsp of garlic powder and 1 tsp of onion powder. Salt to taste and shake it up. If you want to make them taste AMAZING, get some Accent (MSG) and add some (damn my MSG intolerance!).

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:05:13 -0800

I love'em too, which is regrettable, because it means they will stop making them inside a couple months. Sorry. (I also killed Sesame Seed Doritos back in the 70's by developing a passion for them too.)

By: ourobouros

ourobouros — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:31:23 -0800

Just popped in to say MWAH HA HA! Also, I'm getting me some Twang. That chili-lime stuff looks like it would be delicious on some home-made lavash.

By: msamye

msamye — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:39:27 -0800

On the plus side, CatPieHurts's find might be more available than the delicious-looking Twang stuff. Thanks, all!

By: eafarris

eafarris — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:33:14 -0800

Alton Brown's got this covered.

By: grateful

grateful — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:49:51 -0800

Hmmmm. Bet that stuff would work on cashews too!

By: triggerfinger

triggerfinger — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:35:07 -0800

The salt and the lime flavoring, yes. But that extra oomph of oh-so-nasty comes from MSG. Which apparently, is not quite as bad (in small doses) as we've been told over the years.

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:57:09 -0800

Wait, they used to have sesame seed Doritos?! DAMN that sounds awesome!

/derail.

By: Jane Austen

Jane Austen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:23:23 -0800

These chips have been around forever. Maybe they just now started shipping them outside of TX. Anyway, I don't think they're going away any time soon.