It seems that nostalgia is not dead. I did a simple online search and all of a sudden find a zillion forums where people have expressed their love and fond memories of Sour Cream and Onion Doritos. One major problem though. Frito Lay discontinued them around 25 years ago! On one forum, someone wrote that when contacting Frito Lay, they flat out denied their existence. Yet clearly all the people on these forums remember these chips just like it was yesterday. Most comments about the chips are quite similar, as these folks keep saying that the Sour Cream and Onion flavored Doritos were their favorite. Heck, they were my favorite too! I wonder if the folks at Frito Lay ever visit these forums to find out what people think of their products. If the recipe/formula to Sour Cream and Onion Doritos still exists, then bringing back these wonderful chips would be most logical. After all, how could Frito lay argue with all these folks on deozens of forums? After doing a little research, I discovered that it seems the Sour Cream and Onion Doritos may have only been a regional product. They seem to have been sold primarily in the midwest ststes of the U.S. They came out around 1979. The TV commercials were quite memorable as well. Comedic actor Avery Schreiber was the official spokesperson of this product. His goofy antics certainly must have helped sell this flavor. Sadly though, within two or three years time, Sour Cream and Onion Doritos completely vanished. Nothing new with big companies, as they're always discontinuing products all the time. But according to these forums, it seems that this was Frito Lay's biggest goofup! There have been a couple of feeble attempts by Frito Lay to bring back this flavor including a flavor called Sonic Sour Cream. But the general consensus from true chip officionados have confirmed that this was quite inferior to the original. Others have expressed the opionion that even if they brought back Sour Cream and Onion Doritos, that they wouldn't taste the same due to different ingredients used today to make Doritos. Whether or not Frito Lay ever decides to ressurect the Sour Cream and Onion Doritos, one thing is clear and that is that dozens of people will never forget the impact this flavor had on their taste buds. Sure, it may sound silly but this very flavor inspired these folks to run to their local grocer to buy a big green bag of Sour Cream and Onion Doritos! Sadly, Avery Schreiber is now gone and so is this particular flavor but for those of us who remember, our memories will never die.

I do remember at a young age (I'm 41 now) they had sour cream and onion doritos they were the bomb! I would love to see these come back into existance, and yes frito lay they did exist. I remember when I took money out of my dads coin bank to buy these, I was addicted! I would love love for these to come back and have tried to find someone who sells them. I lived at the time in Hoopeston IL, I bought them at the A&P store and I believe at that time the bags were maybe a little more than 1.00 for a bag of them!

I can't say that I remember SC&O Doritos, but I know for sure I'd buy some if they came [back] out today. Come on Frito-Lay!

Oh gosh! I loved those! There hads got to be some place to get these! Did they sell the recipe or discontinue it completely.

I remember them and wish they'd bring them back! What a blast from the past! They were so good! I remember the green bag as well!

i'm on the east coast and i remeber sour cream and onion doritos like it was yesterday and i have been trying to find them again. they were by far the best doritos!!!!! please help bring them back ! i'm writing frito lay and asking them to put them back into circulation!!

I remember those Doritos so well. I loved the green flecks of green onion on them. I could inhale a bag in one sitting. They were so addictive. I would ask my mom to get a bag every Thursday when she went to the grocer's. I would get in trouble in my fourth grade class for sneaking them out of my lunch bag before lunch time! It was definitely worth it!

I don't know how accurate your research is about the chips only being sold in mid-west states. I am from Central Pennsylvania and remember eating sour cream and onion Doritos when I was a small lad.

I really miss these too. For some reason they dropped all but Nacho cheese until cool ranch came along.

I remember Sour Cream & Onion Doritos from when I was a kid in the late 70's, early 80's, I loved them, I bought them whenever I had a chance. It was Nacho cheese, then Taco flavor my next choices. If Frito/Lay's are denying they made Sour Cream & Onion Doritos, then the person who denied it doesn't know what they are talking about. Also it wasn't regional as what was thought, we had them in Connecticut also. If Frito/Lay's could bring back Nacho Cheese Cheetos that came out around the same time & brought it back in the 90's, they can do the same for Sour Cream & Onion Doritos.

I remember these when I was in elementary. It was a green bag that was a cellophane kind of material, it had a big green onion and a window where you could see the chips. I ask people all of the time if they remember these and they look dumbfounded all of the time. I thought maybe it was in my imagination until I saw this site. Too cool!

OMG,I'm so glad so many other people remember these! I have never been able to find one person who remembers them, thought maybe I was going crazy. I grew up in Mass, only about 25 miles outside of Boston, and we had them there. I wish they'd bring them back!

Hilarious! I just googled Sour Cream & Onion Doritos and got this link! I got stitches in my forehead because I couldn't get my Doritos out fast enough and ended up hitting a wall. Fond memories of me in the hospital getting stitced and eating my Doritos!! I am from Georgia and they were here!!

Oh my gosh! What a blast from the past. I am 42 now and I am from Austin, Texas from the west side of town. Those green bags of chips were only 25 cents at the Mini-Mart 1 block away from our house. I absolutely loved those chips and every now and then you would find a CLUMP of sour cream and onion down at the bottom of the bag. They had a very distinguishing taste and I wish to God companies would think long and hard before discontinuing every I like. You know? Like Lemon flavored jolly ranchers and banana and chocolate flavored BOMB POPS and oh let's not forget the WOW-WEE orange Harmonica sold at Halloween time. You could acutally blow it and it kept a tune and then chew on it with that ever so sweet taste til the taste left and wax became sooo hard. I tell ya....seems like the Good Ole' Days are in RETRO-LAND forever. Here's to YESTER-YEARS!! The 70's and the 80's. There will never be a decade like that one!

I am from Pennsylvania i am 18 years old and these chips havent been discontinued for 25 years when i was in 4th grade ! hmm do the math ...

I remember riding in my Mom's car and passing a Frito-Lay delivery truck in the early 1980's. On the side of the truck were pictures of three flavors: Nacho Cheese, Corn & Sour Cream & Onion. I never saw them in the supermarket, but I never forgot that truck. Ever since then I've wanted to try this mysterious flavor. From reading the other postings it's nice to know that I wasn't seeing things. - Delaware -

I can't believe other people remember that favor. I just got off the phone with a Frito-Lay Rep about the new Quest product and I asked her about the sour cream and onion favor. She was not aware of that favor. I told her they should bring that favor back. I was born in the 70's in Mississippi and I remember the chips being in a green bag. They were my favorite.

From that YouTube commercial linked above, I see that the front of the bag says "Artificially Flavored" boldly on the face of the bag. Who knows, maybe the ingredients were found to cause cancer? Maybe the ingredients ended up on an FDA ban list for having addictive drugs :D ? Leslie. Are you sure you're thinking of the right chips? I don't remember ever seeing Sour Cream & Onion Dorritos, and I grew up in the '80s and '90s. I know of Pringles Sour Cream and Onion chips. Esther. I live in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, and our local "Mini Mart" carries chocolate and bananna ice cream flavored "Bomb Sticks." I think they are what you refer to as "BOMB POPS."

I'm 27 and I remember sour cream & onion flavored doritos like it was yesterday I've always wondered What the heck happened to SC&O flavored doritos they were my favorite!!!!!