On the twentieth day of Chips to Christmas our true love gave to us……
#6
Late July – Buffalo Queso Tortilla Chips
Late July strikes again. Last year Late July cracked the Chips to Christmas list with their taco truck inspired Bacon Habanero Clasico Chips. This year their fantastic Buffalo Queso Chips have even cracked our Top 10. Plain and simply, Late July Snacks makes a variety of tasty tortilla chips, and we have decided that these ones are the best, so that’s that.
On the sixteenth day of Chips to Christmas our true love gave to us……
#10
International Popcorn – ‘Jersey Mix’ Taylor Ham & Cheese – and – Jersey Dog Popcorn
Original Reviews Here and Here
Sure, many of you may be a bit confused by the juxtaposition of International Popcorn, and the state of New Jersey. Last we knew, Jersey was not very international – more like inner-national. But, disregard that little fact (because International Popcorn does offer plenty of “international” flavors), and let’s just focus on two delicious meaty Jersey popcorn flavors! Sorry Chicago style, we love ya, but in the battle of the popcorn, we’re giving the win to these lip-smacking Jersey styles!
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!
On the eighth day of Chips to Christmas our true love gave to us……
#18
Cheetos – Avocado Cheese (Japan)
Chester – dude – what crazy flavor concoction are you going to think up next? Seriously, who thinks of putting avocado and cheese on Cheetos? Apparently, Japanese Chester does. Burabo Chester. Burabo!
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….
Chip Ratings Scale:
(1/4 increments)
© – return to sender
©© – tolerable
©©© – notable
©©©© – lip-smacking
©©©©© – “A” list
Rating: ©©©©-1/2 chips (lip-smacking)
By now we’re guessing – NO! We’re hoping!! – that most of you chip lovers out there are familiar with Paqui Tortilla Chips. (If you are not, we are in fact slightly judging you and letting you know that you should be flying out the door right now to try them!)
Their most recent, insanely spicy, venture has been all over the Twitter-sphere! You may have heard about it, the #OneChipChallenge?
Somehow, Paqui’s Nacho Cheese Especial chips snuck onto the chip market, and we didn’t even realize that we had never reviewed them.
And as usual, these Paqui chips are lip-smacking!
Take this next statement as you will, but these chips taste an awful lot like the classic Doritos Nacho Cheese chips, in the best ways possible.
Same deliciously cheesy seasoning, only with maybe a touch more zing.
Extremely light, crispy, airy, and flaky corn tortilla chips. But, to top it off, also with some real corn flavor depth.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Chips discovered at 7-eleven; Addison, Illinois
Chip Ratings Scale:
(1/4 increments)
© – return to sender
©© – tolerable
©©© – notable
©©©© – lip-smacking
©©©©© – “A” list
Rating: ©-3/4 chips (return to sender)
We picked up 7 Select’s Smoked Gouda Cheese Kettle Style Potato Chips on a recent stop at….. That’s right, you guessed it 7-Eleven.
What we wish we could say was that at a recent stop to 7-Eleven we happily did not pick up a bag of 7 Select’s Smoked Gouda Cheese Kettle Style Potato Chips….
Because these chips are B – A – D….. Bad!
Similar to 7 Select’s Maple Bacon Potato Chips the chips suffer, actually fail, from an extremely heavy hand of salt.
Any thoughts of smoked Gouda cheese upon tossing a chip into the chompar are quickly obliterated by the true flavor of these chips – ocean water.
Maybe, just maybe, there is a hint of smoke flavor somewhere off in the distance.
The kettle chips themselves are decent enough, and certainly do their job – that is if there job is technically salt delivery.
Medium-thick cut, Solid crunch, but no potato flavor.
As always, these are our thoughts, we would love to hear what you think. Agree or disagree, let us know.
Discovered at 7-Eleven, Burr Ridge, Illinois
Chip Ratings Scale:
(1/4 increments)
© – return to sender
©© – tolerable
©©© – notable
©©©© – lip-smacking
©©©©© – “A” list
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