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.

Herr's Sour Cream and Onion Ripples

Price:   $3.99

Weight:   10.5 oz

Color / Appearance:   Very light.  Golden colored potato chip.  A fairly heavy coating of sour cream and onion flavor powdering.  Rather large ripples here.  I may even refer to these chips as "wavy".

Crunch:  Consistent crunch but not remarkable.  These are not a strong crunching chip.  I could easily crush a chip in between my tongue and the roof of my mouth.

Flavor:   More salty than anything.  Sour cream and onion taste is present.  But it is completely dominated by the saltiness.

Chip Quality:   Lots of broken chips.  Possibly due to the lack of structural strength in these chips.

Overall:  Much too salty here.  I wish that these chips were about fifty percent less salty.  I like to taste the flavors that are advertised on the packaging.  Potatoes and Sour Cream and Onion.  All I taste here is salt.  I will give the benefit of the doubt and say that this level of saltiness appeals to a group of chip eaters.  Maybe that is "Farmer Herr's" (see picture on the back of the bag) target audience here.  But for my tongue.  And my incredibly sophisticated chip tasting powers.  These chips are not very good.

Terrel's Dinosaur Ripple Style Bar-b-cue

Price:   $3.19

Weight:   9oz

Color/Appearance:  Light golden brown ripple potato chip with a very light coating of red/orange barbecue flavor.  Medium size chips.

Crunch:  Great crunch; strong chips.

Flavor:  Tasty.  Very light barbecue flavoring.  I might even go as far as saying "just a hint of barbecue flavoring".  Just the right amount of salt.

Chip Quality:  Excellent.  Not many broken chips.

Overall:  Count me a lover of the lightly flavored chip.  Don't kill me with the flavor.  I want to taste the potato in the chip.  I can here.  The people down at Terrell's have it right with their BBQ.   Now excuse me while I finish off the rest of the bag!  Special thanks to Kari and Scott Cloutier for bringing me the bag.

PopChips Sour Cream and Onion Flavor

Most of my review of the Popchips product can be read here:

http://crunchingman.blogspot.com/2010/09/popchips-original-flavor.html

Overall:   I love eating these chips.  But I dont think that the sour cream and onion flavoring adds a whole lot to your overall snacking experience.  It is a tasty flavoring though and if you are a huge fan of the flavor type.  Then have at it.  I prefer the plain flavor

Popchips Original Flavor

Price:  $4.99


Weight:   11 oz


Appearance:   Golden colored chips.  Circular in shape.  A little bit thicker than your typical fried potato chip.


Crunch:   These chips have a different crunch tan a fried or a baked chip.  I must say though.  It is a very enjoyable texture.  And the crunch is very much there.  Just different than what I am used to.


Flavor:   Great potato flavor.  Tastes just like a normal potato chip.  They got the salt level on these chips just right.


Overall:   Two thumbs up!!!  Go and get a bag right away.  These things are as healthy for you as a baked chip.  But they may be even more pleasurable to eat than a fried chip.  They are popped.  That is how they are cooked.  I have no idea how that is done.  I don't care how that is done.  I just want to eat these chips continuously forever.

Blue Ginger Multi-Grain Brown Rice Chips Black Sesame and Sea Salt

Price:   $5.49

Weight:   14 oz

Appearance:  Round chips.  The majority of these chips is a yellow / brownish color.  There are black specks spaced throughout the chip.

Crunch:   Decent crunch.  Different than your typical snack chip crunch.

Flavor:   Very salty.  A little bit of a rice flavor.  But I am not tasting any sesame here.

Chip Quality:   Good consistency here.  Not many broken chips to speak of.

Overall:   These chips are not a stand alone snack.  They are a dip vessel.  I used hummus.  And they are great for that purpose.  But I would not buy a bag of these to munch on while I watched football.  Wish they were a bit less salty.  If I am going to be doing the whole health food thing.  I would like to keep my blood pressure within some safe parameters.

Sun Chips French Onion Flavor

Price:  $3.79

Weight:   10.5 oz

Appearance:   Golden colored with darker brown specks.  Square shaped chips with rounded waves.  Rather than ridges.

Crunch:   Good crunch.  Similar to a fried tortilla chip.  But a bit different.  Better crunch than a baked chip.

Flavor:   Sort of a multi grain flavor.  But tasty.  A hint of sour cream and onion flavoring.  Not overwhelming.  But really adds to the flavor experience

Chip Quality:   Great quality here.  Very consistent chips with very few broken chips.  Few crumbs at the bottom of the bag.

Overall:   Love them.  Not sure if they are actually any healthier than a fried tortilla chip.  But they have a healthy feel to them.  And I like that!  They are a bit of a unique product.  In that I have never had any snack chip that is really similar.  Must be mentioned that these chips come in a bag that you could put into your compost heap.  And it will break down in a couple of years.  I don't have a compost heap.  So I threw the bag in the garbage.