Some snacks don't just have fans—they have zealots willing to fight to the death over proper preparation methods and flavor superiority. From the Great Oreo Twist Debate to the LaCroix schism that tore offices apart, we're ranking the snacks that turned coworkers into mortal enemies and spawned the most passionate food cults in modern history.

Richard Montañez became a corporate legend with his rags-to-riches tale of inventing Flamin' Hot Cheetos as a Frito-Lay janitor. But when journalists started digging, the story began to fall apart. We investigate how one snack spawned a modern American mythology—and why we were so desperate to believe it.