Terra Red Bliss Made With Olive Oil Potato Chips

Price:  $3.95

Weight:  5oz.

Color / Appearance:  Golden, natural cut potato chips with red flakes sprinkled on the.  I assume the flakes are the remnants of the potato's red skin.

Crunch:  Excellent crunch here.  Very solid, thick cut chip.

Flavor:  Nice fried potato flavor, the fact that they were fried in olive oil is quite evident.  Very lightly salted.

Chip Quality:  Excellent quality of chip here.  Almost all fully round chips in the same shape they were in when they were cut and fried.  No burned chips.

Overall:  All right, when I tasted my first chip I really wasn't fond of the olive oil flavor that I tasted here.  It is quite noticeable and distinct, and if you are used to vegetable oil potato chips it is very different.  Also on my first chip I immediately wanted them to be saltier.  But as I kept crunching away at these chips, the taste really grew on me.  I can see where they were going when they made these chips, and I like it.  Olive oil is a healthier oil than vegetable as far as I know.  And with the great flavor of these chips (once you get used to it).  I would have to say that they are really great.  The only downside that I can see here is the price to weight ratio.  You just don't get a lot of bulk for your money.  But I dont think if you are grabbing a bag of these that that is what you are looking for anyway.

Snikiddy All Natural Baked Fries Original Seasoning

 Price:  $2.99

Weight:  4.5oz.

Color / Appearance:  Golden colored, rectangular potato puff - like snacks about an inch and a half long and abut a quarter inch square.  Shaped very much like a french fry.

Crunch:  You cant compare the crunch that these snacks have with a potato chip, because they are a puff.  But as puff go I would say that they have a decent crunch.

Flavor:  Unusual.  A bit of potato flavor, but that is mostly overpowered by a Parmesan cheese type of flavoring.

Chip Quality:  These are a puff and not a chip.  But as puffs go the quality here is quite good.  Most of the puffs in this bag were intact when I opened the bag.

Overall:  The first thing that I have to say about this snack is that I wasn't expecting them to be flavored.  For some reason when I read the label and saw the word "original" in the title I thought they would be plain salted puffs.  So when I opened the bag and smelled the cheesy smell coming out I was wondering what was going on.  I cant really tell you that I was crazy about the flavoring that they put on these.  I just felt like it didn't have that addictive type of taste that I want to find in a great salty snack.  That said, they are made with great ingredients, and they are baked which reduces their fat and grease content.  They are a great snack to send your kid to school with as they are on the healthier side of snacks.

Late July Dude Ranch Multi-Grain Snacks

Price: $2.99

Weight:  5.5oz

Color / Appearance:  Yellowish multi-grain chips.  Triangular in shape with rounded corners

Crunch:  Excellent crunch in these chips.  They are very strong chips that would be great for dipping.

Flavor:  They have a really nice flavor to them.  Not what I would describe as a "typical" ranch flavor for chips.  They have a very subtle flavoring that doesn't overpower the taste of the chips  themselves which is a really nice multi-grain type flavor.

Chip Quality:  Very good quality here.  There were very few broken chips in this bag.  And the consistency from chip to chip was excellent.

Overall:  These are a very high quality chip.  They are tasty as heck and they are made with what can only be called the best organic ingredients.  The flavor is subtle like I said before.  But I would call it excellent.  They obviously are proud of their chips at Late July and dont feel the need to overpower the great flavor that their chips have by themselves with added flavor.  The just want to accentuate the great product that they already have.  The only downside that I can see with this bag of chips is the price to weight ratio.  You just dont get a ton of chips in the bag.  I guess it is all about what you are looking for.  If you are looking for high quality look no further.  But if you are looking to binge on junk food you might head in another direction.  But if I am buying a child a bag of chips I am looking for the Late July's. 

Utz Ripple Crisp All Natural Potato chips

Price:             $4.99

Weight:        15 oz.

Color / Appearance:         Very light golden colored rippled chips.  These chips are smallish in size but not overly so.  There are just no mammoth chips in the bag.

Crunch:         These chips have a decent crunch.  However, they could be a bit sturdier in structure.  This would be important if you were going to use them for dipping.  

Flavor:           Decent fried potato flavor.  But, not a very flavorful chip if taken on merit.  They definitely need a bowl of dip in the nearby vicinity.

Chip Quality:           Decent.  But there are quite a few broken chips in the bag.   Going by my estimate at least 40% of the chips are broken in this bag. 

Overall:        These chips are okay.  I would recommend picking up a container of dip on your way out of the store.  They just aren’t a stand-alone snack.  And then if you take into account their weak structure.  They just really aren’t ideal.  I really don’t like seeing little broken crumbs of other people’s chips in the dip.  I don’t like that phenomenon.  When I think about it a little bit these chips remind me of the handful of chips that will often be put onto your plate at a lunch counter type restaurant when you have ordered a sandwich.  I am usually disappointed to see them there because I almost always prefer fries in that scenario.   

Grande Original Rounds Tortilla Chips

Price:             $2.99

Weight:        10 oz.

Color / Appearance:         Round, yellow corn chips with a few black specks scattered around the chip.  They have a pretty standard appearance for tortilla chips.

Crunch:         Very good crunch with these chips.  These chips possess a great structure and strength for dipping.  These would be a great chip for some dip, salsa or even a thick Guacamole.  The lack of corners on the chips reduces the chance of breakage during the dipping process, I believe.  As a corner would create a weak point and create the need for fishing pieces out of the dip.   This would be unwanted in a group setting.

Flavor:           These chips actually taste damn good.  Most of the time I would buy pain tortilla chips to use for dipping into something.  You could definitely eat these chips un-dipped if you were in a pinch.

 

Chip Quality:           Excellent quality.  There are mostly intact circular chips in this bag.

 

Overall:        These are good chips.  I really feel that if you are a frugal person.  And you are willing to take a little time in the snack food aisle of your supermarket.  There are great tortilla chips out there at great prices.  Most people just grab a bag of Frito-Lay and out the door they go.  But for a couple of bucks less you can get into a bag of these chips and have just as good of a time.