weird

Ruffles Ultimate in Tangy Honey Mustard - bought these suckers at a gas station at appx 1 am. This explains a lot about them.

I still thought they were weird. This also says a lot about them.

They really do taste like honey mustard, which I just learned is not a flavor I want to combine with chips. I am a fan of the Ruffles Ultimate branch of Ruffles, if just because they seem more party and I like to support the variety lines of chips.

They were very yellow and smelled really weird, but Josephine ate them. I don't think we ate the whole bag.

2.5/3 because flavor was horribly weird but chip itself is a high quality chip. Thank you Ruffles.

lays kettle cooked - applewood smoked bbq

this weekend i was having a discussion with a dear friend and my sister about bbq chips. we prefer a more smoky and subtle bbq flavor, so i thought i would give "applewood smoked bbq" kettle chips from LAY'S a try. they are 40% reduced fat, which i am usually 100% against, so i was hesitant but all of the adjectives about the bbq flavor were really pulling me in.

i mean look at that well designed bag. these are fancy chips.

flavor was well-developed, smoky with a little bit of sweet. if anything, the chips are a little dry.

nice crisp, no damage to mucus membranes (i have mentioned previously the risk of injury to oral mucosa with kettle chip varieties). my friend who enjoyed them with me deemed them "quite good."

ultimately, don't know if i would buy again because they were dry, somewhere between cracker and chip and possibly more on the cracker side. not what i want in a chip, therefore 3/5.

herr's kettle chips - jalapeno flavor

3.5-4/5

these could easily be a 4 and be a part of my regular chips selection, but i still have to spend more time with them to be confident.

these chips have a nice texture and crunch. sometimes i am hesitant on a kettle chip because it can be too crunchy and injure oral mucosa, but these were appropriately crunchy.

nice potato flavor, with a sprinkling of green jalapeno or jalapeno-simulated flakes. not too spicy, a definite flavor of jalapeno instead of the usual vinegar that the doritos and cheetos families like to utilize for "spicy" flavors. low to medium heat with great flavor.

i would definitely recommend these.

#PROBLEMATIC

just wanted to report this travesty i saw at wawa today...

LAYS DO US A FLAVOR --- CHEESY GARLIC BREAD

THE MOMENT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR....... my review of #laysdousaflavor.

first of all, what a stupid name for a chip line. not really funny or unfunny, just stupid.

thank you to karen weber-mendham from wisconsin who invented these chips. the flavor is very good. a little reminiscent of sour cream and cheddar ruffles, but slightly less of that smooth sour cream flavor.

when i opened the bag, i have to say i was really worried. they smelled vinegary and chemicaly and the first few i had were unimpressive... but then i could not stop eating them! these have a good cheese flavor, the flavor of the "cheese" is heavy, but it is not heavily powdered on if that makes any sense.

overall, i am not completely wowed by any of the do us a flavor chips i've had so far. they don't seem as well engineered by the food scientists as i would like them to be. like the sour cream and cheddar ruffles seem like they were meant to be a chip -- all of these have been chips with flavoring on them, and i don't think that's how it has to be. doritos feel natural with their flavorings. just some thoughts.

anyway i still have a few left so maybe i will remember to get a pic of the actual chip, but this is what i have so far:

smartfood selects

wow, can't believe it's taken me so long to blog about these guys -- smartfood's selects in parmesan herb.

THEY ARE DELICIOUS!

fresh, lightly cheesy, lightly herby, what a summer snack.

5/5

i have not seen them anywhere, my friend joanna who lives in NJ brought them over to my porch once. wish i could find em again...