Best crisps?

[Carbomb]

Had these yesterday. Only the part of me that is driven by pure, bloody-minded FOMO motivated me to try this, despite all rational objections.

 

Not good. They weren't completely inedible, but they definitely didn't taste right. There was an uncomfortable sweetness following up the cucumber flavour, which, in itself, just does not belong on potato. After a few, they tasted sickly.

1/10. There's no need for it.

Edited August 20, 2024 by Carbomb

[HarmonicGenerator]

Looking to get a snack box full of nice crisps for my wife’s birthday - through this thread last year I found WeLoveCrisps which was great, but they’ve only got one option for their gift boxes at the moment, so wondered if any crisp experts have other suggestions?

[Dead Mike]

Shite. Didn't taste of tomato or garlic, a very bland crisp. Avoid

[Devon Malcolm]

I've been mainlining these.

Splendidly overflavoured, nice in a butty, excellent price.

[Merzbow]

I saw these in Sainsbury's today, tried the Roast Chicken and Mayo ones adn I'm really not sure how I feel about them, they're not disgusting but the addition of a fake mayo flavour is odd. I'll happily eat all 6 bags though.

[wordsfromlee]

The Aldi knock-offs of Walkers Sensations are great.

[davertfnewman]

2 hours ago, Merzbow said:

I saw these in Sainsbury's today, tried the Roast Chicken and Mayo ones adn I'm really not sure how I feel about them, they're not disgusting but the addition of a fake mayo flavour is odd. I'll happily eat all 6 bags though.

The sausage and ketchup ones were alright, but not as good as the Golden Wonder ones.

[RedTwoster]

On 8/20/2024 at 11:43 AM, Carbomb said:

Not good. They weren't completely inedible, but they definitely didn't taste right. There was an uncomfortable sweetness following up the cucumber flavour, which, in itself, just does not belong on potato. After a few, they tasted sickly.

1/10. There's no need for it.

I tried these yesterday - they were on sale at a local Asian supermarket; and, weirdly, your not-so-glowing endorsement made me want to try them. So yeah, they're horrible. 

They do taste like cucumber though, so there's that. 

Edited September 2, 2024 by RedTwoster

[Carbomb]

39 minutes ago, RedTwoster said:

I tried these yesterday - they were on sale at a local Asian supermarket; and, weirdly, your not-so-glowing endorsement made me want to try them. So yeah, they're horrible. 

They do taste like cucumber though, so there's that. 

I'm my own worst enemy. Like I say, chronic FOMO. Sounds like you might be driven by the same.

[Lorne Malvo]

BBQ flavour Pom-Bear crisps are vile.

[RedTwoster]

21 hours ago, Carbomb said:

I'm my own worst enemy. Like I say, chronic FOMO. Sounds like you might be driven by the same.

With me, it's curiosity. I couldn't even imagine what cucumber crisps would taste like...now I don't have to. But yeah, if there's a batshit flavour I'll usually buy it for that very reason! 

[TheScarlettChad]

Walkers BBQ are mint. As good as they awlays were.

 

[Dr. Alan Grant]

On 9/1/2024 at 8:09 PM, Merzbow said:

 

I’ve just had a pack of the cheese toastie ones and they’re incredibly disappointing. There’s a mild baked bean taste but not a hint of cheese. They also suffer from living in the shadow of the giant bag of salt and vinegar Chipsticks I demolished yesterday. 

[Merzbow]

Seabrook Ketchup flavour are back! They're still as tangy to the point of being sour but I like them. I think they're limited to only Home Bargains which is a little odd.

[Devon Malcolm]

31 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

Seabrook Ketchup flavour are back! They're still as tangy to the point of being sour but I like them. I think they're limited to only Home Bargains which is a little odd.

Their beef ones are.... weird. They're strong and they taste vaguely beefy but also tangy? I've got 4 bags left in a multipack and I know I'll eat my way through the rest of them just to try and figure out what's going on with them.