Food of the Seventies, Prontos
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Yummy multigrain chips much like today's Frito Lay's Sunchips, they even looked like them.
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My cousin worked for Frito Lay back then. Unfortunately the only way I remember Prontos is I fed them to my grandmother’s dog who swallowed them and promptly vomited them back up!
I loved Prontos! My ex-girlfriend's cat vomits Sun Chips!
Man Prontos where Awesome! they where kinda like a cross between a sun chip and freetos, they where wavey squares, very salty
If memory serves me correctly, Prontos are the same as Sun Chips today. I used to crave them when I was pregnant.
Wow, I was told I was on crack or something for the last 20 years when I asked other people if they remember Prontos. Man alive, those were good. Crunchier than Sun Chips, but I guess Sun Chips will have to do in a pinch.
Wow! I thought I was the only one that remembered eating Prontos in high school!!
I used to love those chips! and they were very crunchy, much crunchier than sun chips. I remember hating the weeks I had to go to the orthodontist and they would tighten the wires and I ended up having to suck on them to soften them up enough to chew them. it was worth it though!
I printed checks at that time of my life. I have fond memories of Prontos as I ate them at least 3 times a week with my sandwich at lunch time. Great to know others remember how good they were and how close Sun Chips are the crunch and flavor!
I remember buying Prontos on the way home from Middle School in the 70's. I would save my last 25 or 30 cents for a bag. I was fond of the salty, peppery taste and was disappointed when they stopped selling them. Never tried Sun Chips but I will try them today.
PRONTOS ROCKED! EXPERIENCED DEJA VU AFTER EATING SUNCHIPS. NOBODY REMEMBERED THE ORANGE BAG WITH A CLEAR WINDOW TO VIEW THE YUMMY, CRUNCHY SNACK INSIDE:}
I used to love dipping them in bean dip!!! They are exactly like SunChips!
I remember the Prontos, but I remember them looking like a square piece of bacon and having a bacon flavor, am I the only one who remembers this?
Yes! I remember Prontos. I love Sun Chips, but they are not quite the same. I wish they were still available
I thought I was going crazy, no one knew what I was talking about when I said Prontos. I use to buy tham all the time in the PX. Sun Chips are close, but not the same
Yah, we need to get a pi up of the bag. I think it was red! I remember them being just like regular Sun Chips only saltier!
I always wondered why they quit selling Prontos, yet happy to have Sun Chips as a replacement.
We loved Prontos as kids. My sister doesn't remember them. I think they're similar to SunChips.
they def. tasted like bacon. they had markings on them like. bacon. God I loved them. SunChips are good too.
Oh man. I just rememberd the tag line for the comercials. "KNOW WHY THEY CALL THEM PRONTOS??????? BECAUSE PEOPLE EAT THEM UP SO FAST!!!!!!!!
It's really great that many people remember ''pronto's'', but people must have forgotten that they looked alot like and tasted alot like BACON as well.
Yep! Everytime I eat a modern day Sun Chip, the taste/smell/etc gives me a flashback to the old Prontos chips that I used to wash down with a can of "Rondo - The Thirst Crusher", the citrus soda. Remember the commercial with the "macho hand" that crushed the can?! Ha.
Wow, great to see other people appreciated my favorite chips. We used to have them with Tab. I don't think Sun Chips are nearly as good. Prontos were thicker and had less of an aftertaste. Let's start a crusade to bring back Prontos!!!! Viva El Prontos!!! :)
Should have written Viva Los Prontos...I don't know Spanish, but it sounded good.
?You know why they call them Prontos??? Folks eat em up so fast!!! lol
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