Introduction
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched television events of the year, and Doritos has been a part of the festivities for many years. Doritos has created some of the most memorable and hilarious Super Bowl commercials over the years. From the classic “Crash the Super Bowl” campaign to the more recent “Doritos Blaze vs. Mountain Dew Ice” battle, Doritos has consistently delivered some of the most entertaining and creative Super Bowl commercials. In this article, we will take a look at some of the best Doritos Super Bowl commercials of all time.
8 Best Doritos Super Bowl Commercials
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched television events of the year, and Doritos has been a part of it for many years. Doritos has created some of the most memorable and hilarious commercials that have aired during the big game. Here are 8 of the best Doritos Super Bowl commercials.
1. “Crash the Super Bowl” (2009)
This commercial was part of Doritos’ “Crash the Super Bowl” campaign, which allowed fans to submit their own commercials for a chance to have it air during the Super Bowl. This commercial featured a man in a library who was trying to get the attention of a woman by throwing Doritos at her. It was a hilarious and creative commercial that was a hit with viewers.
2. “Free Doritos” (2010)
This commercial featured a man who was trying to get free Doritos from a vending machine. He was so desperate for the chips that he resorted to using a slingshot to launch a coin into the machine. The commercial was funny and memorable, and it was a great way to show how much people love Doritos.
3. “Man’s Best Friend” (2011)
This commercial featured a man who was trying to get his dog to fetch him a bag of Doritos. The dog was more interested in playing with the bag than actually getting it for his owner. The commercial was funny and showed the bond between a man and his dog.
4. “Time Machine” (2012)
This commercial featured a man who built a time machine out of a cardboard box in order to get a bag of Doritos from the future. The commercial was funny and creative, and it showed how far people will go for their favorite snack.
5. “Goat 4 Sale” (2013)
This commercial featured a man who was trying to sell his goat in order to get a bag of Doritos. The commercial was funny and showed how much people love Doritos. It was also a great way to show the lengths people will go to get their favorite snack.
6. “Finger Cleaner” (2014)
This commercial featured a man who was trying to get the Doritos dust off of his fingers with a tiny vacuum cleaner. The commercial was funny and showed how much people love Doritos. It was also a great way to show how messy eating Doritos can be.
7. “Ultrasound” (2015)
This commercial featured a couple who were getting an ultrasound and the baby was reaching for a bag of Doritos. The commercial was funny and showed how much people love Doritos. It was also a great way to show the bond between a parent and their child.
8. “Doritos Dogs” (2016)
This commercial featured a group of dogs who were trying to get a bag of Doritos from a vending machine. The commercial was funny and showed how much people love Doritos. It was also a great way to show the bond between humans and their pets.
These 8 Doritos Super Bowl commercials are some of the best and most memorable commercials that have aired during the big game. They are funny, creative, and show how much people love Doritos. So the next time you’re watching the Super Bowl, be sure to keep an eye out for these classic Doritos commercials.
At the time of this writing, we don’t know who will be victorious in 2023’s Super Bowl LVII. We don’t know if it will be a great game, or a blowout, or a snore fest out there on the gridiron. But we do know one thing: off the field, there will be some pretty great Super Bowl commercials.
One brand to watch for is Doritos, making its 23rd appearance at the Big Game this year. We know this year’s ad will feature its newest flavor of chips, Doritos Sweet & Tangy BBQ, and pop stars Missy Elliott and Jack Harlow. With a couple of personalities that big, we’re confident it will be a solid spot.
Will the 2023 Doritos Big Game ad live up to some of the most memorable spots from the past? That remains to be seen. Especially because some of the best-ever Doritos Super Bowl commercials didn’t feature big names or huge budgets, but rather contest-winning amateur filmmakers who submitted their own spots. We’ve included several of those here because they really were every bit as good as the higher production value ads like we’ll see this year.
Check out these and some of Doritos’ other greatest hits from Super Bowl Sundays past.
“Push It”
2022’s Doritos Super Bowl ad was as much about the music as it was about the visuals. The spot features a wilderness explorer dropping her bags of Flamin’ Hot Doritos and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The snacks immediately attract myriad animals. The animals, in reaction to tasting the spice, each make various noises that become a chorus of beatboxing. But behind the animals, the voices were those of Megan Thee Stallion and Charlie Puth, according to USA Today’s Ad Meter. And the song they were covering was Salt-n-Pepa’s 1986 hit “Push It.”
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“The Cool Ranch”
This Doritos Big Game spot was one that featured two mega stars from different walks of life: Lil Nas X and Sam Elliott. But it brought the talents of the two together, with both the young rapper and the veteran cowboy actor both dancing off and striking tough guy stances. They duel it out—dance duel, no gunplay—over a bag of chips, and despite Elliott’s dancing mustache, the younger man wins.
“Ultrasound”
A surprisingly large number of people were offended by this Crash the Super Bowl finalist spot, though even more found it hilarious, based on hundreds of YouTube comments left on one posting of the video. In the ad, a child in utero comically chases around a Dorito the expectant father is holding near his wife’s belly. When he moves the chip too quickly downward, well… you can guess the outcome.
“Laundromat”
Right in the last couple of years of the 20th century, Doritos pressed ahead into the future with a “3D” shaped chip, and they debuted it during the 1998 Super Bowl in a racy ad called “Laundromat” that starred model and actress Ali Landry eating chips in acrobatic and comical ways. It’s a perfect time capsule of the 1990s in so many ways.
“Time Machine”
Speaking of time capsules, remember this official winner of a Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest called “Time Machine?” It’s an elegantly simple setup of a joke: a kid tricks a man into handing over his Doritos for use as time machine fuel, but the lead actor gets so into his performance that it was a total success.
“Middle Seat”
Another official Crash contest winner, “Middle Seat” managed to cram seven jokes into 30 seconds. First, a man with an aisle seat trying to ward off people from the open middle seat beside him fakes an illness, awkwardly plays a recorder, clips his toenails, flosses his teeth, and reads a book about dealing with an unpleasant medical condition. Then he uses a bag of Doritos to lure in a pretty woman, only to realize she is a mom with a baby. And finally, as the mom slumbers in that middle seat, the man asks the baby to put in a word for him.
“When Pigs Fly”
You see the punchline coming early enough in this Doritos spot called “When Pigs Fly,” which is that a boy determined to get some Doritos is going to make a pig fly. But the execution of the ad is so over-the-top comical that it’s still a great ad.
“Doritos Dogs”
The winner of the last official Crash the Super Bowl contest, this spot used something we see all the time in Big Game ads: dogs. In this case, it’s a charming trio of pups who will stop at nothing to sneak into a store to get some Doritos, finally turning to the classic on-the-shoulders-in-a-trench-coat gag.
Steven John