I never heard of Vinter’s before. They’re from Chicago and I lived there for a year but never noticed them, although that was in my pre-snack evaluating days. I checked out their website, and they have quite an extensive product list. I don’t know how but they managed to make it to the Dollar Tree in [...]
I both remember and forget when Cool Ranch Doritos came out. Sometime when I was in Middle School, I think (I forget), and I remember thinking Nacho Cheese is so perfectly awesome, why create another flavor? But I have to say they won me over even though I’m not a big corn chip person. I can’t [...]
I remember when Cape Cod potato chips came out. I had never had kettle cooked chips and thought they were too hard and tasteless. But I eventually grew to enjoy(?) them. I’m not too familiar with Nantucket chips but they’re the same style chip and just a ferry ride away from the Cape, so it made [...]
I wasn’t able to find any information on this, but I believe Ruffles was the first chip with ridges. I always have a soft spot in my heart for Ruffles, not because they taste better than other chips but I will never forget Halloween of 1985 when one house was giving out full-size bags of [...]
We usually go through cycles of having Sun Chips in the house; two bags in the house for while and then none for months. Like some relationships in life, sometimes you just need a break and then you find a re-kindled appreciation for it. Chips, people, it’s all the same.
Ethan likes to say Sun Chips are “healthy” because the commercial says their factory [...]
I’ve only had Funyuns in the past but there are actually quite a few versions of puffed “onion” rings (actually puffed corn) which I was totally unaware of before I started looking for them. The most similar in name was Onyums so I picked those. Tonight’s tasting was with my sister, Elaine and brother-in-law, Zac. We dug [...]
I used to love the original version of these chips that were Tato Skins but they were made by Keebler, I’m not sure when the transition was made to another company but I guess it has been some time now.
Tato Skins, which seem to only be sold at Dollar Tree, are like pringles in the [...]
I never noticed Uncle Ray products until I started this blog, but he likes to take a swing at popular products like Doritos so I thought we’d compare these two. One of the first things I noticed was the similarities in package design with a red background and two chips. Uncle Ray’s backside (wait, what?) tells [...]
I never got pub fries, they just left me craving real fries but I like the idea making a fry-like snack. Maybe for those people who want fries but just have a convenience store in walking distance of their house.
I don’t understand how Andy Capp, a wife-beating drunk, is associated with fries but some things you just don’t [...]
Pringles totally had the market cornered on stackable deydrated-potato chips until Lays came out with Stax in 2003. I never had Stax, I never see people eating Stax but I guess I don’t see people walking around with canisters of Pringles either.
Also, I’d like to note that when I went to my local grocery store [...]