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[–] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If I had to save one flavour it would probably be Cheese & Onion. However, there's so many excellent varieties out there beyond the old guard.

I've been off crisps completely for a month as part of my diet. I've lost nearly 2kg. Which is great, but fuck I miss them. I'm going cold turkey until the October holidays. Probably easier getting the jab to be honest, as crisps are my like crack to me.

Most recent fave flavour was the Walker's Jalapeno & Nacho Cheese crinkle cuts. They go amazing with beer. And therein lies the problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    monster munch are 98 calories

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  • [–] 37 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    Salt and vinegar are the king of crisps and everyone who disagrees is clearly barmy

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    You haven't had enough ketchup chips.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    True OGs just have salted.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Salt and vinegar, pickled onion, anything that makes me feel like the crisps are eating my mouth while i eat them

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    My favourite of all time were Brannigans Roast Beef and Mustard. Unbeatable.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Do Scampi-Fries fall into the crisp family? If so then I’d put fish pillows up there with S&V

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Prawn cocktail, and I will fight to the death to defend it.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Fun fact: most brands don't contain any prawn and are vegetarian

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Roast chicken for me if we're speaking generally. Salt & vinegar chipsticks however are easily the most addictive crisps.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Canadian ketchup chips. Not sold in US because it hyper--stimulates women to hysteria.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    The best potato chip I have had is the most recent Lay's promo flavor, Brazillian Garlic Sauce.

    Those suckers taste like a crispy variant of the mashed potatoes I make at home. It's even buttery! It's soooo good, and I hate that it's just a promo flavor and not something they will keep around forever.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    That's a difficult choice.

    But it's very easy to pick the worst flavour - salt and vinegar.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Miss Vickie's Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    Kettle Chips, sour cream and onion. Hardly ever see it anymore, but that's my all-timer. Everyone else is right about their pick, reason being I don't want to share.

    I had to give up Takis, too "hyper-palatable" and addictive by design.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Everyday? It has to be salt & vinegar. So many bangers to choose from, too: McCoy’s, Discos, Pringles, supermarket own-brand twirls, Chipsticks…

    If I want a special treat, though? I recently discovered Croky À L’Ancienne Sweet Paprika and let me tell you, they blow every other paprika crisp out of the water. Don’t know what they’re doing over there in Belgium but it’s truly a game changer.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    If we're taking the classic red, blue green flavours, it's cheese and onion. But the packet should be green. Salt and vinegar should be blue.

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    [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I always liked Walkers Max Paprika!

    And any flavour Kettle chips

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Walkers are utterly evil and a product of Satan's manky arse (because of their complete madness around packet colours). But, their pickled onion crisps make your mouth know you're alive.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    Discos-level salt and vinegar is top of the league

    (Thai sweet chilli sensations are also pretty elite)

    Why are others wrong? Clearly scared of their own tastebuds

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Salt and vinegar

    Skill issue

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Atomic Tomato.

    I think that people outside of Australia will not even comprehend this

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    McCoy’s Thai Sweet Chicken are top tier for me. Do they still make that?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Scampi'n'Lemon Nick Naks, but if the shop doesn't have them, Prawn Cocktail. I actually prefer how sour Prawn Cocktail is but as the Nick Naks are rarer to find, they defacto get top choice.

    Both of these are strong flavours that are really tangy and full of umami, and best of all both are vegan too. More crisps should have these qualities.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I initially thought this was about a few species of apples.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    It was the Brannigans Beef and Mustard but that's just showing my age.

    Now?

    Prolly the Tesco own brand Beef and Horseradish

    Why?

    They actually taste of something. Most of the population are basic as as fuck and can't handle flavour

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I still daydream about the Brannigans beef and mustard, nothing is ever going to touch that greatness again

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Found these wasabi flavoured bad boys in Costco once upon a time, they were insanely good. The perfect crunch and flavour. Sadly I've never been able to find them again.

    Yusaki Wasabi Crisps

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    As someone who reads Japanese, that font always makes me want to punch the designer. It's like someone writing in a foreign language with letters that kinda look like the alphabet, some exactly some not, and your brain cannot figure out WTF is going on.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    May I recommend Herr's Horseradish Cheddar? I believe they will hit the spot. Same punch of horseradish that comes & goes so fast. I have only seen them at WaWa.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to have a look around to see if I can get them.

    My partner recently bought some Tesco Finest beef and horseradish crisps, they are good but don't quite hit the same spot.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    Beef monster munch. Because I have spent over 40 years honing my crisp palette, no other crisp (technically, corn snack) comes close to the satisfaction of Beef monster munch.

    Now I know that right now, many of you are screaming "NOOOOO IT'S PICKLED ONION, YOU KNOBHEAD" and those people have a point, but they just haven't eaten enough beef.

    If you're even mentioning flaming hot, you can get to fuck.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Salt is the best one, and it's because there is no crap in those, just potatoes, oil, salt yet they taste divine.

    Runner up is Horseradish Cheddar and if you don't like those I understand, but the pungent horseradish and salty cheddar are so wonderful. And importantly, they don't have the disgusting powdered vinegar that ruins so many flavored chips.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    OLW Dill & Chives probably or Doritos Sweet sour chili

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Not the best but it seems like they discontinued it after I developed a habit of getting a bag or two each grocery trip: Cheddar Crispers. Or maybe it's just a cheese shortage like that pepper shortage caused Hoy Fong Sriracha sauce to be hard to find for a bit.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)
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    Takis Dragon Sweet Chili

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Lays “Wow” regular potato chips. Those things were the shit and no one else can argue otherwise.

    Also…from reading some rando qz article, they apparently could purge your body from some forever chemicals. What other flavor can attest to that!?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Idk forever chemicals but the "olay from olestra" oil they used to cook them was indigestible by your body so if you eat enough you would start slowly shitting yourself constantly.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Lay's Brazilian style Garlic Sauce

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