Potato Chips - What's your Favorite?

Mike_Evans · July 9, 2020, 4:11pm

I strongly prefer plain salted chips to pretty much any flavored chip, though I have the occasional craving for Lay’s classic BBQ chips. My current favorite is Simply Lay’s, a thicker chip with good potato flavor. I agree with those who have noted that Lay’s Kettle are surprisingly good for a mass product and I find them to have less of a greasy finish and thus more pleasant than most of the other kettle chips, including Zapp’s and Dirty. I also like Wise for their potato flavor.

I miss the Cape Cod russet chips, which were my favorite ever. The 40% reduced fat aren’t bad and I prefer them to the normal ones, but they are a far cry from the russet versions.

My least favorite chip ever were the Grandma Utz kettle chips, which left what felt and tasted like a coating of slightly rancid greasy soap on the palate. I haven’t had one in more than 25 years and still vividly remember the horrible sensory experience.

Michael_Ferris · July 10, 2020, 12:10am

Big fan of these

Bdklein · July 10, 2020, 2:07am

This is now the popular one in the house:

Robert_Ferguson · July 10, 2020, 2:15am

Route 11 Chips from rural western Virginia. Salt and Pepper and Salt and Vinegar are best.

Looking forward to a factory tour someday.

Robert_M_yers · July 10, 2020, 2:34am

I’ve recently been searching for brands that are fried in Coconut oil, it really gives them a different flavor and crunch that I really like. Jackson’s Honest and boulder make a couple that I can get around here.

Z_Scheiner · July 10, 2020, 11:44am

Martin’s Kettle Cook’s 2. Deep River

Mark_Golodetz · July 10, 2020, 2:22pm

Cape Cod Salt and Vinegar
Wise’s Onion and garlic

Robert_M_yers · July 10, 2020, 5:43pm

My college roommate’s family potatoe farm sold all their Spuds to Wise. We may have been poor, but we alwAys had French fries and Wise potato chips!

Michael_Sopher · July 11, 2020, 1:12am

Deep River Maui onion rock. Love several of the Kettle Chips too

Craig_G · July 11, 2020, 1:19am

Paging Nola…

Craig_G · July 11, 2020, 1:21am

Dan… Dan Quayle? Is that you?

Robert_M_yers · July 11, 2020, 1:24am

Come on that had to be Auto correct we do have proof that I knew how to spell it 7 years ago, so I Do have that on my side

Rick_Bollig · July 15, 2020, 10:07pm

Hands down!

Adam_Frisch · July 17, 2020, 11:45am

Sweet Maui Onion from Hawaiian. It’s like crack.

Tom_G_l_a_s_g_o_w · July 17, 2020, 8:26pm

Onion rings? Start your own thread

Nola_Palomar · July 17, 2020, 11:05pm

I wish!! Those look exquisite!

dcornutt · July 19, 2020, 7:13pm

My personal favorites also.

Albert_R · July 19, 2020, 7:15pm

Cape Cod-Aged White Cheddar & Sour Cream!!!

RichardFlack · July 19, 2020, 7:53pm

I’m bipolar as it were on this. Hardbite All Natural for proper potato flavour.

And then we have M&S Prawn Cocktail and Walkers Roast Chicken. I also recall Marmite but not who made them, probably Walkers again.

Honourable mentions to the Hardbite Avocado and lime.

Any one remember when the salt used to come in a little twisted blue paper bag inside the bag of crisps. No fancy flavours. And ready-salted was a big innovation. They work really well with roast chicken and bread sauce etc.

Gotta find those Black Truffle! I think have seen that brand at Mr McEwans emporium (a place that I have a love/hate relationship with due product quality and range but silly prices and service that ranges from excellent to worse than abysmal)

Robert_M_yers · July 20, 2020, 2:02am

1.41 ounces, I hope thats just the truffle weight.