Friday, August 20, 2010

Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

So here is my first foray into the world of snack review.  I asked my wife to pick me up a bag of chips at the grocery store for me to review.  She came back with these.

Opening the Bag:  The bag used for containing these chips is just about right in the difficulty in opening department.  Just a good firm pull gets the bag open. 

Appearance:   The color and appearance of these chips is very consistent and appealing.  A perfect golden brown with just a hint of a darker brown on some of the edges.  There doesn't appear to be any burnt chips in the bag.  I should also point out that these are a consistently small potato chip.  The largest chip you will find in the bag will fit easily into your mouth.

Crunch:  These are some crunchy chips.  They definitely fall into the kettle cooked genre of chip.  The crunchiness is very consistent from chip to chip.

Flavor:   We found these chips to be very tasty. They are just the right amount of oil and salt.  The salt is a tad lighter than you will find in most salted potato chips.  But the amount of salt they use allows you to actually taste a hint of potato in the chips.

Chip Quality:   Excellent.  Very few broken chips.  Even the ones left at the bottom of the bag.  Perhaps this is because of the small chip diameter.  And the thick kettle cut style.

Ingredients:   Potatoes, canola oil and salt.

Final thoughts:   Love these chips.  Some of the best unflavored chips on the market today.  I really feel like Cape Cod Potato Chips are to potato chips what Samuel Adams is to beer.  A New England upstart.  That has elbowed its way to a prominent position in the snack food aisle of the grocery store.  Not with advertising money.  But with quality ingredients and a great final product. 

Check out their website at  www.capecodchips.com .

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