Rating: ©©©-1/4 chips (notable)
Potato grills?!? Yes, potato grills!
A Potato Grill is =
a) A grill that is kept outside used only for cooking potatoes
b) A restaurant chain that focuses on all things potato
c) A crunchy, puffed, potato snack shaped like a radiator
If you said ‘C’, then you are correct (you didn’t cheat did you?)! Despite their “puffed” sort of texture, the potato grills are not very similar to what we typically think of as puffed snacks, ie. corn puffs. Where as everyone’s favorite puffed cheesy snacks are light, and melty, instead these potato grills are actually quite dense, a bit hefty or hearty, very crunchy, not crispy, and certainly did not melt in our mouths! Their texture was unique and really unlike any other snacks that we have tried. Pretty much all Chip Reviewers found the grills fun and easy to crunch on!
Cofresh Potato Grills, according to their own packaging, are “Britain’s Favourite Indian Snacks!” If any of you Brits out there can concur or deny this, feel free to chime in! What we can chime in on is their flavor. When we think of jalapeno we think fresh, vegetal pepper notes, and a good amount of heat! Well, it appears that when Cofresh thinks about jalapeno they think about lots of onions, lots of salt, and only a little bit of heat!! There is nothing particularly wrong with Cofresh’s seasoning recipe, it’s just not what we think of as jalapeno flavored anything. Luckily, with the more potato grills that we devoured, the more the flavors developed, and we slowly began to taste a little more heat, and a little more chapping of our lips. Holy, these grills are salty!
In the end, if you are looking for a snack with an unusual texture and shape, but don’t care if they taste like what they claim to taste like, then give the grills a try.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Discovered at Brookhaven Marketplace; Burr Ridge, Illinois
Chip Ratings Scale:
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© – return to sender
©© – tolerable
©©© – notable
©©©© – lip-smacking
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