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The Absolute Best Ruffles Potato Chips Are Tangy And Delicious By Garrett Palm Oct. 31, 2025 5:39 pm EST

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When Ruffles first arrived in 1948, it changed the snack game with its ridged take on the classic potato chip. The creator, Bernhardt Stahmer, named the chips after 16th century lace collars that had a similar corrugated — or ruffled — appearance. Voilà: Ruffles. He thought his technique for cutting the potatoes to have ridges made them taste like cheese, and speculated it had to do with the potatoes bruising during cutting. However, no one knows why. It wasn't until 1985 that Ruffles cemented this association with cheese by releasing our reviewer's favorite flavor: cheddar and sour cream.

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