If the bag shows a chip on fire, the chips better be spicy… Chip scorecard (all scores out of 10): Flavor accuracy: 3 Flavor quality: 7 Aftertaste: 8 Bag quality: 7 Overall: 6 Jalapeno is one of our favorite chip flavors, but the expectation is that when the bag shows one of the chips on Continue Reading
Review: Private Selection General Tso’s Chicken Ripple-Cut Kettle Chips
My wife told me ahead of time how horrible these chips are. She wasn’t wrong. Chip scorecard (all scores out of 10): Flavor accuracy: 5 Flavor quality: 3 Aftertaste: 2 Bag quality: 7 Overall: 3.5 Sure, maybe we shouldn’t expect much out of a store brand line of chips. But the flavor was so fascinating. Continue Reading
Review: Ruffles Jalapeno Ranch
When two perfect chip flavors combine, do we reach the heavens of what chips can be? Or has science gone too far… Chip scorecard (all scores out of 10): Flavor accuracy: 7 Flavor quality: 7 Aftertaste: 4 Bag quality: 6 Overall: 6.5 It’s hard to mess up a jalapeno chip, which sets a pretty Continue Reading
Review: Trader Joe’s Sweet & Salty Popcorn Chips
Trader Joe’s snack game is on point, do their Sweet & Salty Popcorn Chips match their high standards? Chip scorecard (all scores out of 10): Flavor accuracy: 8 Flavor quality: 8 Aftertaste: 7 Bag quality: 1 Overall: 7.5 There is a tiny grocery store near our house. It’s run by one of the big Continue Reading
REVIEW: Hawaiian Sweet Chili Potato Chips
Tim’s Cascade snacks released their Sweet Chili “Hawaiian” chips, we gave them a taste. The bright orange bag is now a staple in my cabinet. Tim’s Cascade knocked it out of the park with Hawaiian BBQ potato chips. It really is the quality of their standard potato chip crunch that Continue Reading