On the fifteenth day of Chips to Christmas our true love gave to us……
#11
Popchips Potato Ridges – Cheddar & Sour Cream
Popchips really took us off the traditional popped path with their new Ridges line of popped potato chips. The cheddar & sour cream flavor was the first we tried of the lot, and they have easily remained the best. If you like sour cream & cheddar flavored chips, then you should do yourself a favor and try these out.
On the thirteenth day of Chips to Christmas our true love gave to us……
#13
Spicy Chex Mix and Bugles Snack Mix – Cheddar Hot Buffalo
The only way that this powerhouse combination of two of General Mills greatest savory snacks of all-time could possibly get any better, is if GM decided to make this duo a trio, and also include Gardetto’s classic snack mix. But hey, we are not complaining this spicy cheddar and hot buffalo mix will do the trick until that day comes!
Rating: ©©©-3/4 chips (notable)
We crossed paths with this popcorn while visiting St. Louis a couple of weeks back.
That’s right, just some random bag of white cheddar cheese popcorn named after a famous prison…. we kid. Named after a bay in California (we assume).
Honestly, we can’t find anything about this popcorn on the internet…
The popcorn itself was pretty good.
Full sturdy body to the popcorn. Not your super light and crispy. These kernels had some meat and chew to them.
The white cheddar cheese seasoning was both white, and tasted sufficiently like cheddar cheese powder; so, win-win.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Popcorn discovered at Quik Trip; Clayton, Missouri
Cannot determine an official website….
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Rating: ©©©©-1/4 chips (lip-smacking)
We are all familiar with the occasional school fundraiser. Either the local kid stops by the Chip Review headquarters and asks us to buy a wreath, or a candle, to help pay for his trip to Mount Rushmore, or a coworker brings their kid’s fundraiser pamphlet into the office and simply plunks it on your desk to avoid the awkwardness of them asking you to buy some of their kid’s crappy treats to help their school afford the new football field.
Well, as you have probably guessed it, we scored this popcorn through a local fundraiser, and believe it or not, it was almost worth its over-inflated fundraiser price!
Now, we are fairly certain that this is no Non-GMO popcorn (NNGMO). As the popcorn itself is HUGE!
As for the Texas Cheddar Habanero seasoning, well that is definitely the star of the show.
Ultra cheesy! A tangy and salty cheddar cheese powder liberally coated every single kernel.
Poppin Popcorn was not joking about the habanero aspect, as this stuff did in fact bring the heat on the tail end. We couldn’t actually taste any habanero, but we could feel it.
Most tasters agreed that this stuff was lip-smacking, and overall it tasted like an extra spicy cheddar buffalo seasoning – which paired very well with popcorn.
So, the next time your co-worker approaches you with their kid’s fundraiser packet let this be known that inside those pages there may in fact be a hidden gem that is practically worth the price!
Popcorn purchased from a school fundraiser
Poppin Popcorn Official Website
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Rating: ©©©-3/4 chips (notable)
We certainly would not consider ourselves pessimists here at Chip Review, but upon opening G.H.’s bag of popcorn to the left, we would also certainly call this bag more than half empty with popcorn, or should we say not nearly half full.
In G.H. Cretors’ defense , we’re sure that there is some sort of logistical transport reasoning behind their bag-to-popcorn-to-air ratio, but quite frankly we found this bag’s fill level pretty disappointing.
Luckily the bag was filled with some pretty tasty popcorn!
Large white fluffy popcorn kernels, coated in a savory, slightly funky, white cheddar cheese powder.
Despite the mention of two types of spicy ingredients – both generic “chile pepper”, in addition to jalapeño – we really didn’t get very much chile flavor, or heat from the popcorn.
The white cheddar cheese seasoning did a fairly good job of making up for the lack of heat. A rich, and creamy, and tangy white cheese powder that sufficiently coated the popcorn.
Is this the greatest popcorn? No. Is it more than adequately eatable? Yes.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Popcorn discovered at Whole Foods; Elmhurst, Illinois
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Rating: ©©©©-1/4 chips (lip-smacking)
Buck Wild just continues going buck wild with their new Buck Wild chips!
Buck Wild’s Chipotle Cheddar Popcorn was the first snack of theirs we ever tasted and reviewed. And now, Buck Wild has done what every smart snack company does, and utilized this same flavoring onto another one of their snacks!
Buck Wild’s corn tortilla chips are really very good.
Light, airy and crispy, along with delivering a hearty body to them.
The chips include a decent scattering of flax and chia seeds throughout.
Chipotle and cheese has become a fairly typical flavor combination in the crunchy snack industry.
Buck Wild’s Chipotle Cheddar is quite tasty, but much more reminiscent of a nacho cheese seasoning than anything resembling chipotle flavored.
A very salty seasoning combination packed full of bright orange cheese dust, as well as, a good melange of other zesty, complimentary ingredients.
If you are a chipotle connoisseur than you may not be impressed by these, but if you are a fan of lip-smacking cheese dusted tortilla chips, than we’re sure you are going to enjoy these!
Buck Wild’s new tortilla chips are available (we believe exclusively) at Walmarts nationwide now, or at least very soon.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Buck Wild chips provided to Chip Review by Buck Wild for review
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Rating: ©©©-1/2 chips (notable)
First, there was Gladcorn. The original corn trail blazer!
Next, came Pop’d Kerns with “a corn crunch like no other!”
Heck, even Trader Joe’s tried their hand at a couple of ‘Partially Popped Popcorns’.
And now, Kernel Season’s Crunchin’ Kernels are joining the “half-popped popcorn” club!
Typically white cheddar cheese and popcorn is one of those flavor matches made in heaven.
Unfortunately, Kernel Season’s white cheddar seasoning is not the best cheese powder variation we have tasted.
To further complicate things, the cheddar seasoning does not jive right with the Crunchin’ Kernels. What exactly doesn’t work, we can’t seem to pinpoint, but we just don’t love it.
These are our least favorite from Kernel Season’s flavor line-up.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Crunchin’ Kernels provided to Chip Review by Kernel Season’s for review
Kernel Season’s Official Website
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