French onion soup might be my favorite food. (If you recall me saying something else was my favorite food, hush—it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.) I love trying it at different restaurants. I love a wet crouton suspended in savory, beefy broth. I love carefully portioning the melty cheese so I can have a perfect last bite. I love it at nice French restaurants where they make sure it’s perfectly seasoned with thyme and a glug of red wine or sherry for depth, but I love it just as much at my local Outback Steakhouse, where the prevalent flavor component is “salty.”

I was REALLY excited when I found out that Lay’s was releasing French Onion Soup flavored Wavy Lay’s as part of their World Cup lineup, along with Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce Lay’s and Argentinian-Style Steak and Chimichurri Lay’s. Funyun Onion Wavy Lay’s are probably my favorite chips of all time, so I couldn’t wait to see how they’d translate the flavor of caramelized onions, beef bouillon, and melty gruyere. Welp, I’m sorry to report that they kinda blew it!