We tried Lay's Thanksgiving-inspired chips. See our takes

Can't wait for a taste of Thanksgiving? Lay's has you covered with its spread of limited-time holiday flavored potato chips. The snack giant has released a lineup of Thanksgiving-inspired "Holi-LAYS" chips ahead of the holiday season. The newest flavor to hit store shelves (Nov. 8) is Lay’s Maple Ba

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Can't wait for a taste of Thanksgiving? Lay's has you covered with its spread of limited-time holiday flavored potato chips.

The snack giant has released a lineup of Thanksgiving-inspired "Holi-LAYS" chips ahead of the holiday season. The newest flavor to hit store shelves (Nov. 8) is Lay’s Maple Bacon, described as providing "the perfect balance of sweet maple flavor and smoky bacon taste in every crunchy bite," according to the news release.

That new flavor joins the Holiday Turkey chips and Cheddar Scalloped-Style Potatoes chips, which arrived in stores in late October.

USA TODAY taste testers found each of the chips delivered different degrees of savory goodness.

Lay's is releasing new chips with flavors inspired by the holidays, including Cheddar Scalloped-Style Potatoes, Holiday Turkey and Maple Bacon.

For the record, Lay's isn't the first to dip their chips into the Thanksgiving

Day feast territory. Back in 2017, Pringles released a limited run of Thanksgiving Dinner chips with turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie flavors. The next year, the brand released an entire limited-edition Friendsgiving Feast Turducken Kit, complete with turkey, duck, chicken, cranberry sauce, stuffing and pumpkin pie flavored chips.

Lay's has dessert chips on the way, too

While there's no cranberry sauce Thanksgiving chips planned, there are some sweet snacks still on the way.

Beginning Dec. 1 and into 2027, new Lay's Wavy Milk Chocolate and Wavy Dubai-Style Dark Chocolate chips will be available at certain retailers, the brand said.

"With this year's Holi-LAY'S lineup, we're bringing fans flavors inspired by courses on the holiday table, so they can taste the joy of the holiday season before the table has been set and after it's been cleared," Denise Truelove, PepsiCo Foods senior vice president of marketing, said in a statement.

Lay's is bringing dessert options to select retailers.

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Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads (mikegsnider), Bluesky (@mikegsnider.bsky.social), X (@mikesnider) and email him msnider@usatoday.com.

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