Bugles

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Bugles

Package of Bugles

Bugles are a corn chip snack food from General Mills. They come in the following flavors: Chile Cheese, Nacho Cheese, Original, Sour Cream & Onion, Salsa, Smokin' BBQ, Churros, Southwest Ranch, Sweet and Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter, Sweet and Salty Caramel, and Hot & Spicy BBQ (Exclusively manufactured by Tom's). The name comes from their shape.

Bugles were test-marketed in 1965 and introduced nationally in early 1966 as one of a trio of new snacks, the other two being the flower-shaped Daisies and the tube-shaped Whistles, both now discontinued.

Bugles are fried in coconut oil, which contributes to their being significantly higher in saturated fat than other snack foods, which are typically fried in soybean or other vegetable oils. Original Bugles contain no hydrogenated oils, however different flavours of Bugles such as Nacho Cheese do contain hydrogenated soybean oil.

They are now also sold in the UK and Canada in barbecue and salt and vinegar flavours. General Mills also licenses the name and shape to other manufacturers of the same product. In Japan, Bugles named "Tongari Corn" manufactured by House Foods since 1978. In Sweden they are known as "Sombreros", made by Estrella.

One common practice when eating Bugles is to place them on one's fingers, giving the illusion that the wearer is a witch.

Ingredients of Original Bugles: degermed yellow corn meal, coconut oil, sugar, salt, baking soda, nonfat milk, wheat flour, freshness preserved by BHT.