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In 1975, Doritos took a delicious but unexpected turn when they released Sesame Seed Doritos. While they might sound like a mild chip when compared to more zesty and aggressive modern flavors, the Sesame Seed Dorito was packed with nutty sesame flavor that made for a nice change of pace.

Doritos got their start in of all places, Disneyland.

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There in the early sixties at the Casa de Fritos a salesperson saw how many tortillas were being wasted. He made a suggestion and they started cutting up and frying surplus tortillas and seasoning them. They were very successful and the restaurant’s sponsor, Frito Lay, decided to produce larger batches of the chips to test them out.

Response to them was overwhelming and by 1966, they were being sold nationwide.

While successful from the beginning, Frito Lay saw there was greater potential in their triangular snack chip and in 1968 introduced Taco flavored Doritos.

Then in 1972, Doritos reached new heights by introducing the now dominant