blog #2  Where did Doritos come from?




I am about to inform you all on where your favourite crunchy snacks come from. Doritos actually originated from Disneyland! However they were not the first nacho/crisp to ever be invented so they were not originally called "Doritos". Elmer Doolin convinced Walt Disney to let him open up a Tex-Mex stand in 1955. The company was very successful anyway and had lots of restaurants all over California. One day the head chef was told to make use of some tortillas that were going to be discarded so he made tortilla chips aka nachos thus creating the best nachos ever made: Doritos.


Lots of people think they originated from South America or more specifically Mexico because we all associate nachos with Mexican food. Yes, nachos originated from Mexico but the brand Doritos didn't. I think it's quite interesting that without that chef deciding to make use of the discarded tortillas that day, my life wouldn't be the same as I wouldn't have doritos!


They may not have been made in Mexico but the creators did manage to keep a bit of Mexican heritage in the snack with the name.  According to Wikipedia "the word Doradito is a Mexican Spanish word meaning golden brown." I think they changed it to Dorito because I think when an American person says that word I feel like the word Dorito just popped out and the name was born!







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xoxo Molly