| brand | name | flavour | tasting-notes | pairs-with | Rating | By | Date |
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| Walkers | Max Strong | Jalapeno and cheese | Strong, good with a beer | Beer | 9 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Mackies | Salted | Shit texture, but flavour is okay | randyoutube at chris's flat | 6 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Walkers | Sensations | Thai Sweet Chilli | Great flavour, but makes you very thirsty | An evening of fine banter | 8 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Walkers | Double Crunch | KFC Zinger | Pleasantly spicey, with a nice KFC-y flavour | KFC, Beer | 8 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Doritos | Doritos | Tangy Cheese | Artificial cheese so high quality, you almost believe it's real | Intervention, Sleight of Hand Pro, Skrillex | 6 | CW | 2021-02-12 |
| Walkers | Max Strong Double Crunch | Bold BBQ Ribs | Smoky bacon flavour but a bit more complex. Ridges were too deep and detracted from the mouth-feel of the crisp | A sore mouth from the deep ridges stabbing you | 7 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Bernard Matthews | Turkey Sandwich | Turkey | Very juicy + tender though not a crisp. | Red Pepper Jelly | 7.5 | AB | 2021-02-12 |
| Jacob's | Mini Cheddars | Lime and Chilli | Juxtaposed cheese and lime that leaves you wanting more of either and less of both | a light beer | 6 | SM | 2021-02-12 |
| Jacob's | Mini Cheddars | Nacho Cheese and Jalapeno | Pungent fake "queso" flavour is elevated by the addition of the jalaps, striking a nice balance between spice and cheese | no beverage, enjoyed as is | 7 | SM | 2021-02-12 |
| Jacob's | Mini Cheddars | Chipotle Chicken Wings | flavour offers nothing other than mediocre heat. There are far nicer crisps that have a stronger spice | anything to get the taste out | 4 | SM | 2021-02-12 |
| McCoy's | Ridge Cut | Sizzling King Prawn | Quite literally the best crisps I have eaten. Prawn cocktail is a hard flavour to get right, as you must hit a number of difficult notes. Firstly they must have a high Tang-factor, that here comes from a high citric acid content so high it must be moderated with a strong acidity regulator. Quite literally too much flavour for the average consumer to bear without the Tang-factor approaching dangerous levels (!). Second, the crisps need a strong savoury backbone. Without this foundation you run the risk of having too light or unsubstantial a flavour as can be seen in the Walkers Pickled Onion Crips (high Tang-factor, low umami quotient). The key here is a moderate amount of salt, and the use of smoke flavouring, something i have not observed in any other Prawn Cocktail flavoured crisps that really grounds the incredible taste. The third factor is one that is often taken for granted: a delicate fishy balance. What do I mean by this? It is commonly observed in lesser crisps such as skips that feature a pronounced fishy aftertaste. While some is required for an authentic prawn cocktail experience it is the delicate interplay of fishy undertones that lurk mysteriously below the solid, earthy, umami flavour of the crisps that provide an adequate, nay, exceptional stage for the delightful, electrifying, dance of tanginess that plays upon the tastebuds of the crisp enjoyer. Without a single one of these elements this snack would be incalculably worse. In addition to a transcendental flavour, these crisps boast thick, chunky ridges that give a hefty mouthfeel and satisying crunch. They also have the secondary effect of increasing the surface area. This enables the crisp-vessel to more adeptly deliver enough Sizzly flavour to leave your tongue almost completely saturated in the incredible prawn flavour. In conclusion, I really believe these crisps to be the apex of potato snack invention, for I cannot think of a single way to improve them, bar selling them in packets big enough to quell the crisp-lust brought on by these aptly named King of Crisps. | Adaptable. Can be paired with any beverage, but best when savoured in isolation | 10 | SM | 2021-02-12 |
| Walkers | Max | Kentucky Fried Chicken | Strong Umami flavour with building pepper notes on the tongue. Paired with Beer, the pepperyness is complimented nicely by the cooling action of the beer. Moreish | A nice hoppy beer | 8.5 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Sainsbury's | Prawn Cocktail flavour Tapioca Snacks | Prawn Cocktail | Pretty ok, standard prawn cocktail flavour in a nice and crunchy shape | Probably anything | 5 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Walkers | Walkers | Cheese & Onion | While the crisps are by no means bad, they are uncharacteristically disappointing by Walkers' standards. Obtained originally from a "Meat" multipack (despite neither cheese nor onion being a meat), all six packets were left in the bag to be eaten last. When I had worked my way round to eating them, I discovered that they were bland, with the flavours entirely lacking in any excitement. | coffee, surprisingly | 3 | CW | 2021-02-18 |
| Sensations | Lime and Coriander Poppadoms | Lime and COriander | \\\\\\very citrusy good if u like that sort of thing | prodecco | 10 | BS | 2021-02-12 |
| Space Raiders | Space Raiders | Space Raiders | Great. 30p. | Anime, Beer | 7 | CW | 2021-02-20 |
| Walkers | Max Strong | Hot Chicken Wings | meaty notes, similar to walkers roast chicken flavour crisps, but with a notable heat build up of spice, it tends to overshadow the flavour however | Tennents | 7 | WH | 2021-02-22 |
| Snaktastic | Pringles Knock-off | Original | Intense salt taste. Very cheap compared to the real deal. Interestingly, the crisps have much less of a defined shape than pringles. The crisp is otherwise identical in flavour to real pringles | Destiny Fails Us: A New Life by Strawberry Dagger Studio | 9 | WH | 2021-02-27 |
| Pringles | Sizzl'n | Cheese and Chilli | Whilst a great crisp it is inferior in every way to the Max Strong Jalapeno and Cheese crisp. So while this does score highly you're much better off taking this only when you have no access to the aformentioned Max Strong crisps. | lust for Max Strong | 8 | ML | 2021-03-01 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Ridge Cut | Paprika | Fairly sweet, certainly taste like Mackies with paprika on them | Strange European Tastes | 7 | CS | 2021-03-01 |
| Co Op | Irresistable | Sea Salt and Chardonnay wine vinegar | Intense vinegar taste. So intense it will actually hurt your mouth and leave it a bit sore and numb if you get a big bag of these puppies, a small bag is enough. The texture is crisp and crunchy, moreso than other "real" crisps such as kettle. Very very nice in small doses | Anything | 10 | WH | 2021-03-08 |
| McCoy's | Ridge Cut | Salted | The delicate salt flavouring is nicely balanced against the potato and oil flavours of the crisps. As with other ridge cut crisps, the ridges provide a large surface area for the salt to be delivered. | Not doing work that you should be doing. | 7 | CW | 2021-03-12 |
| Walkers | Wotsits Giants | Flaming hot | Nice flavour, but really let down by the texture. It gets stuck in your teeth too easily. Nice subtle heat build up, with a pleasant tanginess. Texture still bad | Randanime | 5 | WH | 2021-03-13 |
| McCoy's | Ridge Cut | Cheddar and Onion | Perhaps the only cheese and onion crisps to be named "Cheddar", but they are named so for a good reason. The cheese flavouring has the unmistakable richness of cheddar, while the onion flavouring is subtle and understated. These may be the best cheese and onion crisps on the market - a must try! | Honestly, just try them on their own. | 7.1 | CW | 2021-03-13 |
| Penn State | Baked Pretzels | Original Sea Salted | They certainly are pretzels. Nice and salty, but not overwhelmingly so, and there isnt a huge pile of salt when you've finished the bag, unlike other, lesser pretzels. | Anything that goes well with Salt | 5 | CS | 2021-03-14 |
| Walkers | Salt and Vinegar | Salt and Vinegar | The base line for salt and vinegar crisps in the UK. Nothing special. More vinegar than salt. | Drinking | 4 | CS | 2021-03-17 |
| Walkers | Quavers | Cheese | The crisps leave a pleasant cheesy aftertaste for quite some time after eating, and each "Quaver" has a very satisfying crunch. This is a very light snack, so avoid if you are looking for something filling. | Sitting in the Meadows with your good buddies - awwwwwwww | 5 | CW | 2021-03-18 |
| Walkers | EL | Cheese and Onion | Absolute trash, why would this be included in a meat selection pack? It's not even a meat and all the meat flavours are vegetarian anyway. Absolute waste of space in a multipack and a waste of shop shelving. | Disappointment. | 0 | EL | 2021-03-22 |
| Walkers | Mix-Ups | Spicy | A perfect crisp for when you want a lot of variety. Has a crisp for every mood in this wonderful grab-bag. Not too spicy. | Depends on which crisp | 9 | CS | 2021-03-26 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Mackies | Sea Salt | Ignore the other review, done by someone who wouldn't know a good crisp if it fuckin slapped him on the head, this is the single best Salted Crisp experience you can have. A brilliant texture with a lovely salty taste, this is everything the true genius would expect from a packet of crisps. | Everything. Truely the finest. | 10 | CS | 2021-04-03 |
| Manomasa | Tortillas with spirit | Serrano Chilli & Yucatan Honey | The packaging for this crisp is certainly posh. You really get the sense with the graphic and feel of the packaging that you are getting a premium crisp. Every element of the crisp's being is described in flowery words on the back, from the flavour to the mouth-feel. Opening the back you're greeted with a rich nose of spiciness and sweetness. The tortillas are Hexagonal, they say its because that is a better shape for stacking things on top, but I don't know if I'm sold. The crisp tastes quite dry, although the flavour is very moreish. The spice builds up nicely, but is never overpowering. I don't think i could place the "Yucatan honey" in the flavour mix, but the flavour is certainly complex and is not just overwhelming spice. | A nice dip, I think its almost required due to the dry texture | 8 | WH | 2021-04-03 |
| McCoy's | Fire Pit | Flame Scorched BBQ Rib | Perhaps a case of expecting too much, this crisp is somewhat let down by its unwillingness to commit to either the Fire Pit spicey or the BBQ Rib sweet/meatyness. Overall, an alright crisp, but when compared to the other fantastic meat crisps by The Real McCoys, it's somewhat of a letdown. | Your usual lager beer | 6 | CS | 2021-04-09 |
| Walkers | Max | Fiercly Flaming Hot | Spicy, but not a lot of else. Not actually that spicy but doesnt taste of much else. I feel like theyre going for the pure spiciness aspect with the flavour and branding, but it doesnt even hold up. | Anything pure spice pairs with | 7 | WH | 2021-04-09 |
| Co-op | Irresistible | Aberdeen Angus Steak & Peppercorn Sauce Crinkle Cut Crisps | Fantastic meaty flavour, complemented by a strong, but not overpowering, note of pepper | Prosecco or a tasty beer | 9 | EL | 2021-04-11 |
| Jacob's | Mini Cheddars | Original | While I can't say I was particularly overwhelmed by the flavour, I can say that I can see why these "Cheese snack biscuits" have been around so long. There's just something about the strong (albeit processed) cheesey flavour that will always have me coming back. One thing is inevitable - I will be buying these again, maybe in a week, maybe in a year. On a side note the new mini cheddars advert is one to watch, it lays out a pretty dire life for the natives of cheddar town who are constantly being hunted and killed... really makes you think | Any drink to help wash out the biscuit remnants from your teeth. (Water works well; other drinks untested) | 8 | ML | 2021-04-12 |
| Golden Wonder | Transform-A-Snack | Saucy BBQ | Transform-A-Snack. The illustration on the packet shows how these crisps can be assembled together to make a car. When I tried this, however, the wheels would not stay on. The flavour isn't anything to write home about either | not really anything tbh | 2 | CW | 2021-04-13 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Lentil Wave | Barbeque | Another very nice crisp from Mackies of Scotland. As nice and crunchy as the Sea salt potato crisps, but with a nice lentil twist. BBQ is flavour isnt overpowering, and enough salt to give them a nice twist. Well done, Mackies! | Anything Lentils would go with. Or BBQ. | 9 | CS | 2021-04-13 |
| McCoy's | Fire Pit | Flame smoked chorizo | Basically just takes like smoky bacon but with spice. Not bad but any means but the packaging and branding indicated a new flavour experience. It loses points for lack of originality | Marvel products latest episode | 7 | WH | 2021-04-17 |
| McCoy's | Fire Pit | Flame Roasted Peri Peri | Unlike the other entry into the McCoy's Fire Pit range which I have tried, the Flame Roasted Peri Peri was a pleasant surprise. A nice persistent heat, as to be expected, but the spice had a nice fruity flavour to it. | Coding | 9 | WH | 2021-04-18 |
| Sainsburys | Rings | Onion | I flew too close to the sun and let my curiousity get the best of me. They taste like the base-line for onion rings. Very crunchy, very strong flavour but that flavour is not necessarily great. Another poor show from Sainsburys | Hubris and Grim Facination | 4 | CS | 2021-04-18 |
| Walkers | 100% Great British Potatoes | Tomato Ketchup | Did Walkers not have a partnership with Heinz at some point? These crisps are not branded with Heinz, and taste more like the watery stuff you get from fish and chip shops. Very similar to the taste of Prawn Cocktail, but with a slight tomato twist. | think i just need a glass of water | 6.2 | CW | 2021-04-19 |
| McCoy's | Fire Pit | Flame Roasted Peri Peri | a delicate, zesty mix of spices, these crisps are a breath of fresh air for tanginess fans. While the flavour is lovely there is not nearly enough on even the most laden crisps to justify giving this a higher score. A tasty crisp let down by a diluted flavour | fresh, crisp lager | 6 | SM | 2021-04-22 |
| Golden Wonder | Spicy Bikers | Spicy flavour | Surprisingly sweet. A bit of an odd taste, but not unpleasant. I don't know why they're wheels.
Alright for a £1 corner shop crisp | Something nicer | 5 | CS | 2021-04-22 |
| McCoy's | Fire Pit | Flame Scorched BBQ Rib | One of the only meat flavoured crisps to really wow me. Most are just variations of salt, smoke, and umami, these crisps have a good depth of flavour while still having enough interesting tastes to keep it enjoyable. Expected much less, pleasantly surprised | something sweet to offset the salt | 7 | SM | 2021-04-23 |
| McCoy's | Fire Pit | Flame Smoked Chorizo | Disappointing. lacking in any kind of flavour past paprika these crisps aren't even exceptionally bad, just boring. They taste like a somehow worse quality BBQ saucer with half the flavour removed. A reminder of the mediocrity of the failed fire pit crisp line | just don't | 4 | SM | 2021-04-23 |
| Walkers | Wotsits | Sizzling Steak | A measley attempt at meat flavour crisps. Barely any flavour combined with the barely any texture composition of wotsits leads to a miserable affair, akin to chewing through a big bag of packing foam. Avoid | Don't | 0 | WH | 2021-04-24 |
| Hula Hoops | Flava Rings | Tangy Cheese | "Flava Rings", in contrast to the regular Hula Hoops that we all know and love, are large and puffy. The cheese flavouring pairs very nicely with the airiness of the crisps, resulting in a very pleasant -though not particularly original- eating experience. These crisps are uncannily similar to Wotsits in both taste and texture, and are well worth a look into. | 2 BLTs | 6.5 | CW | 2021-04-28 |
| Sainsburys | Crispies | Bacon | They're ok. They aren't that bacony, but they are crispy in that familiar corn way. | A nice pizza to offset the mediocrity | 4 | CS | 2021-04-28 |
| Pom-Bear | Potato Snacks | Original | Don't rate these at all. flavour is very bland. Individual crisps are too crunchy to be enjoyable. Any positives? They're shaped like bears, I guess... | being 26 years old | 2 | CW | 2021-04-30 |
| Lorenz Snack-World | Crunchips X-CUT | Salted | The first thing you notice with these crisps is that they are very clearly foreign. Dark Blue packet means Salted? Pah, not on our continent!
The second thing you notice is that they claim "Where there is Crunchips, there is PARTY". Unfortunately, there is no party. There is only some alright ready salted crisps in a decent crunchy and ridged pattern. Overall, just fine. Foreign can be normal | Anything good old british crisps with pair with | 5 | CS | 2021-05-08 |
| Golden Wonder | Spicy Bikers | Spicy flavour | As Barry has already mentioned in his review, the crisps are sweet in flavour, not spicy. The flavouring of these crisps is too chemical for me to enjoy, but the wheels in the bag are a fun shape to eat. Do not be fooled, however, the wheels are NOT FUNCTIONAL. They are too wide in the middle to be gyroscopically stable, and they will topple before they have even reached a few centimetres. The crisps are described on the packaging as "wheely great". Although I do appreciate a good pun, I cannot agree with this statement. | Golden Wonder Barbecue Saucers | 4 | CW | 2021-05-09 |
| Golden Wonder | Saucers | Barbeque | A very high quality product. The crisps have a deliciously rich barbeque flavour, especially enjoyable when combined with the airy, crunchy shapes that make up the bag. I believe that Golden Wonder is finally living up to its name. | Golden Wonder Spicy flavour Spicy Bikers - for contrast | 7.9 | CW | 2021-05-09 |
| Eat Real | Hummus Chips | Sour Cream & Chives | So many conflicting flavours that seem to come one after another. The initial taste is somewhat like Quavers (not bad for hummus squeezed into shell shapes), but this flavour vanishes almost instantly to make way for a series of truly unpleasant aftertastes. Avoid. | don't | 2 | CW | 2021-05-10 |
| Walkers | Walkers | Flamin' Hot | I was surprised with these - they're not too bad. They taste nice and smoky. They have a little kick to them, but aren't too hot. Probably won't be getting them again, but I enjoyed them more than I thought I would. | a mild lunch | 3.8 | CW | 2021-05-12 |
| Smiths | Chipsticks | Salt 'n' Vinegar | The salt and vinegar taste is slightly on the bland side, but the lack of intense flavour makes them very moreish. The crisps are nice enough for 39p, but you're not eating crisps on a budget, are you? Probably best to shell out for something better. | tuna wraps | 6 | CW | 2021-05-14 |
| Walkers | French Fries | Salt & vinegar | A tasty crisp, different to the standard potato crisp in both its shape and texture. It has a solid snap to it initially, with a good crunch after. It's easier to eat a single "fry" than with usual crisps, thus making each "fry" feel more significant. I would say that this is the most important asset of the French Fry, but my opinion has been affected by other factors which I will outline below.
flavouring is evenly distributed along the "fry" itself and also across the packet of "fries" as a whole, with little flavouring lost by way of sticking to the bag. There is also minimal loss through the "fries" breaking up into bits, unlike standard crisps, which is also a positive. The flavouring itself is quite basic but enjoyable.
Portion-wise, one bag was perfect, although that would be affected by external factors like hunger.
Overall, although it is a solid crisp, and I did enjoy them, I would not want to eat "French Fries" as my only type of crisp as I feel that the novelty would wane over time. | Anything really, it's not strong enough to clash much. | 6 | EL | 2021-05-16 |
| The Curators | Pork Puffs | Original Salted | With the name "pork puffs", I expected something grander than a regular packet of pork scratchings. These taste exactly like any other pork scratchings you have ever had. If you have never had pork scratchings before, they taste of fluffy salt. | the gym, the pub, everything in between, handmade in the uk | 3 | CW | 2021-05-19 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Potato Crisps | Pickled Onion | Wonderful, full bodied flavour. Most pickled onion crisps go hard on the vinegar and light on the onion, but not these. A good mix of tangy and savoury that is only let down by Mackies uniformly awful "mashed potato" texture | water to wash the flavourless funk from your mouth afterwards | 6 | SM | 2021-05-20 |
| Jacob | Wee Cheddars | Strathdon B|lue Cheese | cheesier than your average mini cheddar, these "wee" crisps have a stronger flavour than one would've thought. The flavour seems to 50% mini-CHEDDAR, and 50% a not entirely disgusting blue cheese seasoning. The more i eat the more i like the flavour. Wins points for novelty | really nothing i can think of that would work with these | 7 | SM | 2021-05-20 |
| Golden Wonder | Saucers | Sour Cream & Onion | The crisps have a pleasant tangy flavour -almost zesty- that builds up as the bag is eaten. The onion that is supposedly in the crisps does not really come through, but the sour cream is there in enough quantity for the crisps to be enjoyable. Once again, the shape of the saucers is perfect for making the crisps feel substantial without being too filling. Unfortunately, this variety of Saucers cannot compare to the vastly superior Barbecue flavour, but it is still a fairly good snack in its own right. | lunch at 2:48 | 5 | CW | 2021-05-25 |
| Co-op | Irresistible | Hand Cooked Korean Style Fried Chicken | I can't say how much these taste like Korean Style Fried Chicken, as i've never had any before, but these crisps are a nice twist on the typical formula. Some good spices and nice and crispy. | Anything Korean Style Fried Chicken would pair with | 7 | CS | 2021-06-02 |
| Snyder's | Pretzel Pieces | Jalapeño | The pieces in the bag are smashed into a variety of different sizes, giving a unique shape and weight to each one that you eat. Unfortunately, however, the crisps are let down by their taste. As far as I can tell, the pieces have no flavour outside of salt and spice. There may be a tiny undertone of jalap somewhere, but if I have to look for it, it isn't enough. | BRING BACK THE BUFALLO ONES PLEASE, SNYDERS | 3.5 | CW | 2021-06-02 |
| Snyder's | Pretzel Pieces | Jalapeño | Ignore the other reviewer, these are sublime in texture and taste, a pleasant warmth and salty flavour, with an exceptional crunch. The flavour isn't pure spice, there is a strong and fresh Jalapeno flavour. In addition, the naturally jagged nature of the pretzel lends itself to capture little nuggets of seasoning | Anything | 9 | WH | 2021-06-05 |
| Yushoi | Oven Baked Pea Snaps | Sweet Chilli with lemon | A very interesting crisp-like. Nicely balanced flavour, not too spicey, not too sweet. Lemon isn't overpowering.
The fact they're made from peas ia a bit weird, but there isnt an intense pea flavour, so its quite a nice change. | Divinity Original Sin 2 | 7 | CS | 2021-06-07 |
| Walkers | Limited Edition Footy Favourites | Hot Shot! Hot Dog | May have to give out my first 1/10 for this one. Emma ate one and had to spit it out. I didn't finish the bag. | Football | 1 | CW | 2021-06-08 |
| Walkers | Limited Edition Footy Favourites | Hot Shot! Hot Dog | I've quite happily eaten snails, frogs' legs, and offal, but was actually retching after tasting a crumb of this. 0/10 literally could not consume. | Poor taste (so football) | 0 | EL | 2021-06-08 |
| Cheetos | Cheetos | Football (Cheese) | They were nice enough. Very similar to regular cheetos (for obvious reason) but overall better, as they didnt get powder everywhere and were less of a pain to eat. | Gaming, Films, Everything Cheetos would, Not Sports | 5 | CS | 2021-06-14 |
| Bobby's | Sticky BBQ Ribs | BBQ | They're like slightly more solid wotsits but with a lovely BBQ taste. Quite sweet, but not overpowering. Would recommend for anyone looking for something a bit different | A disappointing lunch | 7 | CS | 2021-06-15 |
| Hula Hoops | Big Hoops | Salted | Remember when you were a kid and you used to put Hula Hoops on your fingers? Remember as you got older, and your hands got bigger, that they would no longer fit? Remember how sad it made you thinking that you would never put a Hula Hoop on your finger again? That you had put the last one on your finger, and you never knew it? Hula Hoops' Big Hoops allow you to revisit that part of your childhood, but this time with your grown-up hands. They fit on my fingers anyway. | Adult Sized Hands | 8 | CW | 2021-06-15 |
| Awfully Posh | Pork Crackling | Sea Salt | A good solid pork scratching product. A nice salt flavour, but not too much to be overpowering, however in texture they are delightfully consistent. A lesser quality pork scratching product would have a wide variety of thick and thin bits, with some beats very crispy and dry and some with a revolting wet gooey interior. These however all hit a pleasant middle ground. | Rum and Coke, any pub environment, darts, footie | 8 | WH | 2021-06-15 |
| Bobby's | Snack Mix | BBQ Sauce | With a nice, strong barbecue flavour, and rigid, crispy pieces, this snack mix is a delight to eat. The four different shapes in the bag provide enough variety to keep the snack interesting well into the bag. | the relentless scottish sun | 7.1 | CW | 2021-06-24 |
| Bobby | Snax | Beefy | The "snax" in the bag seem to be the exact same shape as the "Saucers" line by Golden Wonder, except that half of the shapes were smashed in the packet. In this reviewer's opinion, this is one of the most satisfying shapes to eat in the current crisp market. The flavouring of these crisps is deliciously salty and meaty. I would definitely recommend giving them a go if you happen to come across a packet. | something light - maybe a soup? | 7.8 | CW | 2021-07-05 |
| Walkers | Bugles | Cheese | The first few bugles seem ok, but after about a handful, the unpleasantness of the cheese powder starts to become unbearable. | a bin | 2.4 | CW | 2021-07-16 |
| Golden Wonder | Ringos | Salt & Vinegar | Low on salt, and low on vinegar, the flavour of the Ringos is far from overpowering. Rather than making the crisps bland, however, the muted flavours actually make the crisps really moreish. The Ringos in the bag are flatter than you would expect, and do not come in uniform shapes. This makes the packet fun and enjoyable. | a familiar film perhaps | 5.9 | CW | 2021-07-20 |
| Walkers | Football Favourites | Sour Cream & Sweet Chilli Kicker! | very unusual but very moreish. The only thing that brings to mind a "sweet" chilli is the first bite of these crisps. The sweet opener is ephemeral, disappearing as quickly as england's hopes at a world cup. The underlying flavour, however, is simply excellent, a savoury, spicy taste that is notably different from other similar crisps. Dry heat and savoury flavour make these crisps uniquely delicious. | being hungover | 7 | SM | 2021-07-25 |
| Walkers | Football Favourites | Hot Shot! Hot Dog | a surprising taste that is strangely dissimilar to an actual hot dog. To me it tastes like a fine ketchup crisp with added notes of smoky bacon, reminiscent of hotel breakfasts as a child. A delightful blend of sweet and savoury, I was genuinely surprised by how nice they were. Would buy again | coffee (surprisingly?) | 7.5 | SM | 2021-07-25 |
| KP | Peanuts | Dry Roasted | Feeling rather delicate today, I surveyed my living room for a convenient and easily consumed snack. Imagine my delight upon spotting a sealed pack of KP Dry Roasted Peanuts, Reseal for Freshness, The Nut Nut's Nut. Although they have not healed me completely, the subtle flavours, crunchy texture, and above all, salt, have improved my situation somewhat. I thank whatever kind deities that must be smiling upon me, for how else would these tasty snacks have appeared in my time of need? | ASDA Fair trade Colombian Ground Coffee, phsyical/mental anguish after drinking 2 bottles of wine | 9 | EL | 2021-07-25 |
| Walkers | Football Favourites | Chicken Tackle! Masala | In all my years of crisp tasting i have never tasted anything like this. Walkers, despite everyone and everything telling them not to, have invented a crisp with the flavour of cucumber. Fresh, crisp, and watery, the first thing you take while biting into a Tackle! masala crisp is legitimately the flavour of cucumber. the initial flavour passes rapidly, in what is turning out to be a hallmark of the Football Favourites line. The masala flavour afterwards is slightly spicy, but wholly mediocre. All in all only try these crisps if you want to be astounded at the state of modern science | hendrix and tonic | 4 | SM | 2021-07-29 |
| Walkers | Football Favourites | Steak Pie-nalty | A dissapointing end to the shockingly diverse football favourites line. These crisps taste like any other steak crisp on the market, and offer nothing of the novelty value of the other flavours. Just quite dissapointing. | just dont | 2 | SM | 2021-07-29 |
| Tyrells | Posh Prawn Cocktail | Prawn Cocktail | Not bad. I wouldn't say these were especially posh, but I'm not sure how you make crisps posh.
flavours a bit weak, and the crisps themself have a nice crunch. | a nice lager | 6 | CS | 2021-08-07 |
| Jacob | Mini Cheddars Sticks | Grilled Cheese & Sizzling Steak | flavour is a bit bland. They're just Mini Cheddars but longer. | | 3 | CS | 2021-08-16 |
| Discos | Discos | Salt & Vinegar | Not the worst crisps I have ever eaten (Hot Shot! Hot Dog!), but also not the best. There is an uneven distribution of flavouring among the discos in the bag. Some taste so strongly of vinegar that they are difficult to eat. | day smoking | 4 | CW | 2021-08-18 |
| Seabrook | Loaded Fries | Chilli Heat | Texture is very similiar to Yushoi's Oven Baked Pea Snaps, so i'm a fan. flavour is nice and spicy, could be compared to Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Very nice overall. | a nice refreshing lager beer | 8 | CS | 2021-09-03 |
| Walkers | Monster Munch GIANTS | Roast Beef | They certainly are giant. I dropped one on my desk and there was a lot of debris. They're alright, but with all crisps like these, eating too many in a short period gets a little unpleasant. | Nostalgia | 6 | CS | 2021-09-07 |
| Walkers | Monster Munch GIANTS | Pickled Onion | Not much to say about these. The pickled onion flavour isnt too overpowering, so they're pleasant enough. | Pepsi | 5 | CS | 2021-09-19 |
| Golden Wonder | Fully flavoured | Cheese & Onion | "Fully flavoured" is a bit of an odd thing to list on your packaging, but to their credit none of the crisps in the bag are lacking in flavour. The cheese & onion is nicely meaty in that weird way that cheese & onion often is. My only complaint is that the bags are quite lightly filled - you don't feel completely satisfied after eating the entire packet. | another one of the same | 6 | CW | 2021-09-23 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Potato Crisps | Flamegrilled Aberdeen Angus | So why is it always Aberdeen Angus beef? Is Aberdeen Angus particularly impressive? None-the-less, these are some very nice crisps. Up to the usual Mackies high standard | Maybe a real cow | 8 | CS | 2021-09-24 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Potato Crisps | Tangy Tomato | I'm not overly attached to Tomato crisps, but these are pretty alright. Tangy is a good descriptor. | Other tangy things | 6 | CS | 2021-09-28 |
| Walkers | Walkers | Thai Green Curry | An interesting crisp indeed. While it does manage to offer a surprisingly realistic green thai curry taste, it's simply not got something with a deeper flavour to anchor it. The fragrant lime and floral thai basil come across well, as do the coconut milk and curry spices. The pitfall here has been the exclusion of any "meaty" flavour. Look at other similar crisps, McCoy's Sweet Thai Sweet CHICKEN, Walker's Kickin' CHICKEN Tikka. Other curry based crisps have something more to offer, this one is sorely lacking. While the curry flavour is shockingly good, it really feels like a crisp incomplete. | fruity beer | 7 | SM | 2021-09-29 |
| Seabrook | Seabrook | Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce | I bought these crisps because they are officially sponsored by Lea & Perrins, making them the OFFICIAL worcestershire sauce crisp, at least in this reviewers eyes. The flavour is nice but lacking. I am a big fan of tangy crisps but light, tangy tasting notes are all they offer. They also seem to have quite a bit of sugar added judging by how sweet the flavour is. "Bags of flavour" yeah right. "Made with Pride" only if the crispmakers were gay because there is nothing to be proud of here. Walker's version is better. | strong drinks to wash the taste out | 4 | SM | 2021-09-30 |
| Asda | Potato Sticks | Beefy | The crisps are much longer and thinner than I expected them to be - more or less the size and shape of safety matches. This is not in line at all with what is shown on the packaging, but the unique shape really works in the crisps' favour. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the flavour. The "beefy" flavouring is entirely generic, with a slight soapy note that taints every bite. I would recommend giving these crisps a go, but only to experience the odd shape. | to be experienced on their own | 5 | CW | 2021-10-01 |
| Walkers | Max | Sizzling Flame Grilled Steak | Pretty good, nothing too special. Walkers seem to be onto something with these ridged crisps, but there isn't a huge amount of flavour to make these that recommendable. | | 5 | CS | 2021-10-13 |
| Tyrells | Hand-cooked English Crisps | Mature Chedder and Chives | I wonder if theres some sort of joke with the name and the image on the bag, which is of some old women holding a big block of cheese. Crisps are very nice though. Not lacking in the cheese and chive flavour, and have a nice texture. | A nice Pasta dish | 7 | CS | 2021-10-13 |
| Waitrose | Christmas Tree Shaped Tortilla Chips | Turkey & Stuffing | Quite nice, Turkey isnt a crisp flavour i've had before. The shape is a fun novelty, but it's a bit early to be eating christmas trees. Not really worth £2 or the trip to Waitrose | Christmas | 7 | CS | 2021-10-17 |
| KP Snacks/Tayto | NiK NAKS | NICE 'N' SPICY | The first thing you notice about these crisps are their strange lack of uniformity - The crazy shapes truely boggle the mind. They certainly have a spicy flavour, but its hard to tell exactly what the spice is. The back of the packet doesnt really shed any light, listing only paprika extract and spice extract. Even immediatly after opening, they taste a bit like a packet thats been left open for a while. Alright overall | A nice crisp beverage | 6 | CS | 2021-10-20 |
| Well & Truly | Crunchies | Really Cheesy | These taste exactly like macaroni and cheese, but are fairly nice once you've gotten over the shock. The undertones are quite pleasing, but the only overtone is floury cheese. | bed | 3 | CW | 2021-10-28 |
| ÜFIT | CRÜNCHERS POPPED PROTEIN CHIPS | Smokehouse BBQ | Very nice BBQ flavour makes these a pretty good contender to brands like Popchips. These claim to be high in fibre and protein, but i'm not sure how. Have a bit of a weird after taste, but not enough to ruin the experience | Excerise, apparently, but im not gonna find out | 6 | CS | 2021-11-02 |
| Walkers | Quavers | Salt & Vinegar | Incredibly misguided - Quavers excel at being Quavers, a simple cheesy gimmick crisp. Slapping another incredibly basic flavour onto a Quaver just feels lazy. The bag boasts they "They're Back!" but honestly, they should just stay wherever they went to. Disappointing. | Nothing | 2 | CS | 2021-11-07 |
| KP | Peanuts | Salt & Vinegar | It's the classic Salt and Vinegar taste we all know and love but simply on peanuts instead of crisps. The peanuts are all of reasonable size, no dud ones, and the flavour is good. The highlight of the bag comes at the end when you can empty all the powder onto a spoon and cause your mouth sheer pain with the vinegar powder. 10/10 | Anything | 10 | WH | 2021-11-10 |
| Asda | Onion Rings | N/A | These onion rings look, feel, and taste exactly as you would expect - like onion rings. The flavour is maybe a bit milder than the standard, but other than that, there's not much to comment on. Sorry. | The Orkney Brewery "Corncrake" Golden Ale - Fruity, Irresistible, Crisp | 3 | CW | 2021-11-12 |
| Seabrook | Loaded Bites | BBQ Beef | Imagine biting into a packaging peanut. Imagine that packaging peanut tasted very convincingly of BBQ Beef. But at the end of the day, you swallowed a packaging peanut. These crisps are just like that. | Moving fragile, yet beefy, household goods | 6 | CS | 2021-11-13 |
| Cheetos | Cheetos | Cheese | Very nice. The cheese flavouring is delicious, and stays with you for a long time after eating. The crisps in the bag are pleasantly soft, without being too squishy. Overall, the bag is filling, but still leaves you wanting more. High quality crisp. | big tidy | 7 | CW | 2021-11-16 |
| Popchips | Popped not fried | Thai Sweet Chilli | Pretty nice. They have a texture and aftertaste similar to Quavers. Could do with more Thai Sweet chilli flavouring. Reminds me of all the popchip flavours that we have lost. | Crisp related Melancholy | 5 | CS | 2021-11-20 |
| Popchips | Popped not fried | Barbeque | Better than the Thai Sweet chilli flavour, they didn't skimp on the flavouring for the Barbeque version. | More crisp related Melancholy | 6 | CS | 2021-11-21 |
| Pringles | Sizzl'n EXTRA HOT | Cheese & Chilli | Shockingly, Pringles have delivered a crisp-like that is actually spicy. They taste mostly like spice with a hint of cheese, but honestly, they're perfect with a nice refreshing lager beer. The tubes are still stupid though, how can anyone actually fit their hand in these. | A cold lager beer | 8 | CS | 2021-11-25 |
| Sainsbury | Taste the Difference | Roast Turkey & Herb Stuffing | Excellent. Tastes like 30% of a good christmas dinner in one handy bag. | The other 70% of a traditional christmas dinner | 8 | CS | 2021-11-27 |
| Co Op | Dirty Fries | N/A | When I bought the bag, I thought that these were chip shaped wedges of potato, fried into crisps. I should have looked closer at the bag, though, as they are in fact square-shaped hollow tubes. The crisps have an intensely fake cheese flavour that makes them unpleasant to eat. Not worth getting. | N/A | 2 | CW | 2021-12-01 |
| Space Raiders | Space Raiders | Beef flavour Cosmic Corn Snakcs | These taste totally galactic. Fun shape, with a taste that starts off relatively unpleasant artificial, but grows on you as you get through the bag. Taste the cosmos | Water that is sourced from the milky way | 4 | CS | 2021-12-04 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Mackies | boxing day curry (festive flavour) | These crisps taste like chinese curry sauce. not sure if a boxing day curry is traditional. Quite an aromatic flavour builds up after a few of these, which is not unpleasant, and actually quite moreish | Coming inside from the cold | 7 | WH | 2021-12-05 |
| Tyrells | Hand-cooked English Crisps | Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper | Incredible. Strong flavour, Nice spice with a great sweetness. Great texture. This is everything a crisp should want to be. | Anything that goes well with Spice | 9 | CS | 2021-12-14 |
| Taki's | Fuego | Chilli and Lime Artificial | They certainly do taste like Lime. Just an intense burst of bitter lime and spice, then thats followed by a horrible oily taste with every bite. They're made by Bimbo Donuts in Spain and imported by Colour Bramd, and honestly, i wish they'd just let Bimbo Donuts keep them. Only redeeming factor is the spice, but you can get better tasting things. | No | 2 | CS | 2021-12-15 |
| Seabrook | The Original Crinkle Cut | Beefy | The brown Shimapan pattern on these crisps serve as a warning sign to warn you that these crisps taste shit and pants. | Fortnite Crowned Victory Royales | 2 | CS | 2021-12-23 |
| Tesco | Finest | Lightly sea salted | Nice | Beer | 9 | WH | 2021-12-25 |
| Walkers | Taste Icons | Madras Curry | These crisps boast to support local restaurants through using flavours inspired by local restuarants. "Ha," I thought "I bet these arent from anywhere near here", Forgetting i live in the capital. Turns out they're inspired by a restaurant in Loanhead.
Interesting origin aside, these are alright. It's interesting to have a curry crisp with so much going on. A solid new flavour, I can see myself getting these again. | A nice cold Lager | 7 | CS | 2022-01-04 |
| Waitrose | Waitrose | Sea Salt | Good texture with good crunch. However it is almost indistinguishable to a kettle crisp | Waiting for the exodia deck to finish | 7 | WH | 2022-01-06 |
| Doritos | Corn Chips | Chilli Heatwave | Despite being a staple of gaming and the sesh for many years, Doritos are shockingly underreviewed. Chilli Heatwave manages to stand the test of time and remains a perfectly viable crisp. Sweet and Spicy in a nice easy to handle shape. Perhaps a little dusty? | The Sesh and The Gaming | 7 | CS | 2022-01-08 |
| Walkers | Giant Wotsits | Really Cheesy | I'm not sure i understand this new thing that Walkers is doing - Why not just have a bag full of more normal sized crisps? Why do they have to be so big? Gimmick aside, they're just Wotsits. Do you like Wotsits? Then you'll probably like these. If you don't, then don't bother. I like Wotsits, but these just don't really have a reason to exist. i'd rather have a big bag of regular sized crisps. | Regular Sized Wotsits | 5 | CS | 2022-01-10 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Potato Crisps | Lorne Sausage & Brown Sauce | These are an interesting flavour, but they're mostly just Brown sauce with a tiny hint of sausage. Lorne sausages don't really taste any different to regular sausages. I'd only really recommend these if you really like Brown sauce. | A meaty meal | 5 | CS | 2022-01-12 |
| Hula Hoops | Hula Hoops | BBQ Beef | I've just eaten 6 packets of Hula Hoops in a row, so they must be good, right? Even the weakest flavour in the multipack - beef - was superb. Everything from the meaty taste to the loud crunch in your ears is enjoyable, but I'm pretty sure this is news to no one. | King Weed - Conquerors of the Light, Collection Part IV | 7 | CW | 2022-01-13 |
| Walkers | Max | Kentucky Fried Chicken | They're quite nice. Have a taste similar to KFC Poppers. Not as good as the Double Crunch Zingers. Pretty good in their own right. | Soggy chips and a hangover | 6 | CS | 2022-01-14 |
| Sainsbury's | Tortilla Chips | Lightly Salted | Lighty Salted is a lie. These things are saltier than (Insert joke here)! Good when used for Nachos, as i imagine they were intended, not so great on their own. Overall, very very standard, but for 90p, I didn't expect much else. | Bolognese, Chilli, Cheese, Salsa, Your usual Nacho ensemble | 3 | CS | 2022-01-14 |
| Sainsbury's | Crunchy Sticks | Salt & Vinegar | I need to stop trying these cheap Sainsburys crisps. There's no salt in these horrid little sticks, just vinegar and corn. Not inedible, but christ, just spend an extra 20p and get something much much nicer | Anything to wash away the vinegar | 2 | CS | 2022-01-15 |
| Mackies of Scotland | Mackies | Tangy Tomato | Disappointing. The usual texture problems Mackies suffer from aside (which I am aware is controversial) the tomato taste on these is very mild, and in fact they taste mostly of worcestershire sauce and salt. The flavour never seems to build up though.
Emptying the dense flavour crumbs at the end of the bag into my mouth invoked a flavour hit which I was hoping the rest of the bag would invoke | A BLT | 4 | WH | 2022-01-19 |
| Happy Shopper | Burger Bites | Beef | Do you remember those flash games where you were tasked with following customer orders to build burgers and you could stack stuff as high as you wanted? This tastes like one burger patty and 10+ dollops of mayonnaise. I don't like mayonnaise. Disgusting. | Mayonnaise, informally mayo, is a French loanword for a thick, creamy sauce or dressing commonly used on sandwiches, hamburgers, composed salads, and French fries. It also forms the base for various other sauces, such as tartar sauce, fry sauce, remoulade, salsa golf, and rouill | 1 | CS | 2022-01-19 |
| Walkers | Legendary | Ready Salted | "Legendary" ready salted? What's that? Is that some kind of new line by Walkers? No. It's just regular ready salted. I don't know why they put "legendary" on the packet. I would consider these to be the baseline for all other crisps to be measured. They are very enjoyable, but there's not a whole lot going on. | to be used as a snack while you're making lunch | 5 | CW | 2022-01-20 |
| Doritos | Corn Chips | Tangy Cheese | American's legitimately believe that cheese tastes like this. This is the sort of thing you'd squirt out of a can. It's like cheese if it was HYPER CHARGED. Cheese rants aside, these are nice. Not the best dorito flavour, and get a bit sickly after a while, but still a valid purchase. Your fingers will get extremely dusty. | Some nice soap to wash away the dust | 6 | CS | 2022-01-20 |
| Walkers | Sensations | Thai Sweet Chilli | Lovely. Very sharp sweet chilli flavour. Like biting a big crispy chilli. | Anything probably | 8 | CS | 2022-01-23 |
| The Reak McCoys | Ridge Cut | Thai Sweet Chicken | An extreme misstep from the usually great McCoys. Horribly sweet with a very odd not quite right spice flavour. Would not recommend in any capacity. | Anything to distract from the flavour | 2 | CS | 2022-01-26 |
| Manomasa | Tortillas with spirit | Chipotle & Lime | Pretty nice. Bit too limey. Tortillas themselves are good. | Water | 5 | CS | 2022-01-30 |
| Przysnacki - Dobre Bo Nasze | Pranzynki | O Smaku Bekon | Just to clarify, I have absolutely no idea if the details I have provided for brand, name or flavour are correct, mostly due to the fact I can't read Polish.
Regarding the actual crisp, these are lovely. Unlike similar kinda of Bacon Crisps, these are big, crunchy and very Bacon-y. You get a lot in the bag for the relatively low asking price, even despite the fact that this is an imported product. I would highly recommend giving these a shot if you can find them | Zubar, Tyskie, Karpackie, Perla Pils | 8 | CS | 2022-02-02 |
| Hula Hoops | Big Hoops | Iconic Barbecue Beef | I'm not exactly sure what they mean by "Iconic", as they taste very very similar if not identical to the Ridged McCoys flame grilled steak flavour so those are the obvious comparison.
Compared to the McCoys greasiness, the hula hoops are dry, and have the classic hula hoops reconstituted potato mouthfeel. This actually adds to the dry-rub steak taste, and are preferrable to the McCoys.
Interestingly this bag contained a misfabrication hoop, which was misshapen and came with around 3x the amount of flavour coating on it. This was a very nice crisp, and actually much nicer than the proper-shaped ones.
I wouldnt want to consume a full bag of the 3x flavoured type, but it does imply that the rest of the hoops could have used at least a little bit more flavour-dust.
Good and solid, not exceptional, but enjoyable nonetheless | Adult sized hands who like some flavour | 7 | WH | 2022-02-04 |
| Well & Truly | Crunchies | Sour Cream & Onion | These claim to be a naughty new flavour, and i can see why. They're so soury creamy and oniony. They are also well and truly crunchy. Might be a bit much for one sitting, but a nice change to the standard crisp. | being by yourself so nobody else is subjected to these crisps smell | 6 | CS | 2022-02-09 |
| Well & Truly | Crunchies | Really Cheesy | The knobbly, nik-nak looking shapes would probably be really nice if they weren't coated in horrible cheese. They have the same problem as all corn-based crisps, that your teeth get coated in starch, but this is not too big of an issue. What is too big of an issue, however, is the terrible fake cheese flavour. It is fake enough to make the whole experience unpleasant, but not so bad that the bag is inedible. I could not in good conscience recommend these crisps to anybody, but I did manage to eat the whole bag myself. Ultimately, it is my own fault for picking the cheese bag. | nah | 3 | CW | 2022-02-10 |
| Cheetos | Twisted | Flamin' Hot | Very standard corn puffs twisted into impossible and mad shapes. Very nice spicy flavouring. Lots of verys. Overall, great. Maybe a bit expenive at £1 a bag, but worth the cost. | Final Fantasy 7 - Disc 2 | 8 | CS | 2022-02-14 |
| Walkers | Max | Fiercly Flaming Hot | These are not flaming hot. There are Tomato and Paprika with maybe a bit of chilli? Not particularly bad, but I just wish crisps would stop advertising themselves as hot when they're slightly spicey. Disappointing. | Spicier Crisps | 5 | CS | 2022-02-18 |
| Pipers | Made by Farmers | Cider Vinegar & Sea Salt | Like with most Salt and Vinegar crisps, theres more vinegar here than anything else. However, this works well in this crisps favour, as this cider vinegar is lovely. If you want something a little different to your standard walkers crisp, these come highly recommended. Give them a go. | Pizza | 7 | CS | 2022-02-21 |
| Pipers | Made by Farmers | Anglesey Sea Salt | These are contenders for the best Salted crisps. I really feel like I need to go back and have a bag of Mackies to see which is better. Maybe a blind taste test. Incredible Salted Crisps. | Mackies of Scotland Sea Salt | 9 | CS | 2022-02-24 |
| Cheetos | Spirals | cheese with ketchup | Perhaps the strangest crisp I have ever eaten. The name "Crisps" suggests that a "Crisp" must be crisp. You should feel a bite. Cheetos Spirals defy that. These feel like biting into a cotton bud, almost become more like a powder with every bite. I sincerely feel that these have to be tasted to be believed.
The combination of cheese and ketchup isn't as strange as it might sound, creating an oddly sweet cheesy flavour. | Curiousity | 7 | CS | 2022-03-06 |
| JüBI - Your Yummy Buddy | Corn Puffs | Pizza | These are like bigger, softer Wotsits. Not quite as soft as Cheetos Spirals, but they don't really have a crunch like other corn puff style crisps. These taste very much like a very cheap, salty and maybe over-seasoned pizza, like the sort of mini pizza you might have in Happy (or maybe it was Harry) Hippos in Mintlaw 20 years ago. Not enough flavour to fully cover the puffs, which makes it feel like eating slightly pizza'd packaging peanuts. | Those weird little smily face potato things that probably dont exist anymore | 5 | CS | 2022-03-16 |
| Proper Chips | LENTiL CHiPS | Barbequeue | Very tasty barbequeue flavouring, but very few crisps in the bag. The small number and airiness of the crisps combines to make the snack quite unfilling. In the entire bag there are only 97 kilocalories, which is not enough for my 12 o'clock snack. | bread, bacon, tomato, lettuce, mayonaise, bread - in that order | 6 | CW | 2022-03-18 |
| N/A (I can't read chinese) | 3mm something (Can't read chinese) | Intensely sweet but still incredibly spicy | I have absolutely no idea what these crisps are. They might contain something illegal in the EU. Theyre a little soft. All of these negatives mean absolutely nothing. My life is now dedicated to tracking these crisps down. | Lager and odd chinese medication | 10 | CS | 2022-03-21 |
| CoFresh | flavoured Potato Snack | Jalapeno Grills | These are very interesting. They taste like denser Quavers. Not much in the way of complex flavouring, as these taste of Jalapeno and Jalapeno only. For 50p, these were incredibly worthwhile. | A curry | 7 | CS | 2022-03-23 |
| Koikeya | Original Premium Japanese Potato Crisps | Teriyaki | The back of the bag tells me that the Japanese call crisps "Potechi". These taste like Teriyaki. Nice and crispy. Nothing hugely special, but I like Teriyaki, so I like these. | Education and Fun Facts | 8 | CS | 2022-03-25 |
| Walkers | Wotsits Max Crunch | Flamin | These are just nik naks but way nicer | aneem | 10 | WH | 2022-03-26 |
| McCoy | Ridge Cut | Flame Grilled Steak | Nice. Very standard steak flavoured crisp. As always, the ridge cut McCoys are excellent. | Funny Pranks and Tricks | 7 | CS | 2022-04-01 |
| M&S -FOOD- | Hand Cooked Crisps | Lightly Sea Salted | There's an episode of Red Dwarf with a machine that duplicates objects- one using the best aspects, and one using all the worst. These are like if you shoved walkers into the duplicator, but the output are slightly above and slightly below average. They're nice. But they're just salted crisps | Star Trek | 5.5 | CS | 2022-04-03 |
| Wotsits | Crunchy | Really Cheesy | They're like Nik-naks, but not like Wotsits at all. I don't think the cheese flavour fits things that aren't Wotsits. Generally ok, but the spicy ones are much much better | Lunch | 6 | CS | 2022-04-04 |
| Salty Dog | The hand-cooked crisps that bite back | Sea Salt | Pretty good. Given the name, I expected something much crunchier. Very clearly made with Sunflower Oil. Can't really taste the dog though. | Being locked out | 6 | CS | 2022-04-11 |
| Salty Dog | The hand-cooked crisps that bite back | Ham and Wholegrain Mustard | Imagine salt and vinegar crisps, but replace salt with ham, and vinegar with mustard. Overpowering, in my opinion. Not the best, but a real departure from your standard bag of walkers. | Anything that can wash away the Mustard | 5 | CS | 2022-04-12 |
| Ikea | Festligt | Potato Chips With Salt | Much like everything in Ikea, this is good value for a somewhat generic product. I'd say a bit too (salty) for my liking, but they do have a nice (crunch). About halfway through the (bag), the (oily taste) gets a bit much for me. Overall though, I got what I paid for. This review can be applied to basically every Ikea product by switching the words in brackets | Spending 10 minutes trying to screw in a screw that hasnt been aligned correctly and then getting really mad | 5 | CS | 2022-04-17 |
| Walkers | Max | Crispy Chicken | Much like all the other Max lines of Walkers, the crisps themselves are very nice. I wouldn't describe the flavour as crispy, but they have certainly got the chicken part right (although it is that weird chicken flavour that doesn't really taste like chicken). These are alright, but I found them a little lacking. I think they would have been a bit better with even just a touch of spice. | Spice | 6 | CS | 2022-04-21 |
| Tesco Finest | Crinkle Cut | Lightly Sea Salted | Another incredibly strong contender for the crown of best Salted crisps. These crisps are so incredibly crunchy, easily rivaling Walkers Double Crunch. £1 for a pretty big bag, and no crisp goes unsalted. Supermarket crisps are usually disappointing, but Tesco have come out with a surprising dark horse. | Dark Hay | 9 | CS | 2022-04-23 |
| Co Op | Irresistible | Margherita Pizza | Surprisingly basil-forward. These actually taste more like pesto than pizza, with some cheese notes coming through. cant taste much of the supposed tomato | Revising SQL | 7 | WH | 2022-05-01 |
| Ikea | Festligt | Pickled Mushroom | I bought these at Ikea because I was certain that I would never see this flavour again. Very much avoided eating these, because i was also certain they'd be fuckin weird. Surprisingly, they're actually very nice. Not really sure how to describe the flavour, but i'd say to give these a shot next time you're buying a GRUPPSPEL, a VITPYROLA or if you're just browsing to find your new favourite LIKSIDIG and ANLEDNING set. Recommended for the crisp fan who has tried everything | VÅFFLOR and AHLGRENS BILAR | 7 | CS | 2022-05-02 |
| Kettle | Hand Cooked Potato Chips | Sweet Chilli & Sour Cream | These taste like sour cream and sweet chilli. Kettle crisps are nice. Good combo. I wish big shops sold more weird flavours. | Crisps | 6 | CS | 2022-05-08 |
| Golden Cross | Johnny's Onion Rings | Onion | I haven't eaten these yet. This is a pre-review section, solely to point out that instead of a little blurb about the crisps, Golden Cross instead opt to have information on how to complain and return their product on the back of the bag, which doesn't give me much confidence that these will be any good. We now move onto the real review. These crisps are quite soft and incredibly salty, which seems odd for onion rings. I can't comment on how oniony they are, as its hard to taste anything other than salt, and there is nobody nearby to smell them. Overall, Golden Cross have disappointed, from the moment I looked at the bag to finishing the bag. These are cheap, and they act it. If you like onion rings, pay a little more and get something better. | Cash, English, Depp and flipping it inside out and using it again | 4 | CS | 2022-05-19 |
| Seabrook | The Original Crinkle Cut | Ham | Pretty nice, but I'm not entirely convinced they taste of ham - which is maybe for the best? Flavour is pretty weak, but these crisps claim to be "The Original Crinkle Cut". It's not exactly clear if they are making the claim that they invented the crinkle cut, but if they did, crispmakers around the world owe them a tremendous debt. | Early morning ambition | 4 | CW | 2022-05-19 |
| Pringles | Sizzl'n SPICY | Spicy Chorizo | These are indeed Spicy and Chorizo. The tube is very accurate. But the tube is also very thin. Please take this into consideration when you are purchasing your Savoury Snack. | Banishing two to summon Shenshen | 8 | CS | 2022-05-21 |
| Walkers | Wotsits Giants | Prawn Cocktail | These are nice. The prawn cocktail flavour slowly builds up and is very pleasant with the light texture. They still get stuck in your teeth though, -3 | Ten nents la g erbe er | 6 | Wh | 2022-05-21 |
| Tesco Finest | Hand Cooked Crisps | Mature Chedder & Red Onion | Very nice. Neither the chedder or onion flavours are overpowering. Very crunchy too, which is a plus. | Lager | 8 | CS | 2022-05-27 |
| Walkers | Sizzling | Smoky Bacon | I don't think people are fair on the flavour of smoky bacon. It's one of the classics, yet nobody ever seems to get it. For what it's worth, this packet is exactly what I needed right now. Nice smoky and salty taste with a meaty edge that makes them quite filling. I would like to thank Emma for hotspotting me so that I could write this review. Kirkwall Airport won't let me on the WiFi unless I respond to a verification email - an email I am unable to access without WiFi. Fucking joke. EDITOR'S NOTE: The hotspot did not allow me to upload this review, so there is actually nobody that I would like to thank. | Hangover (I would not recommend this pairing) | 7 | CW | 2022-05-30 |
| Walkers | Sensations | Baked Cheese and Honey | A new entry to the Walkers Sensations range, limited time only apparently.
As for the flavour of these, cheese is the main thing you taste. They are very cheesy and it tastes like the type of cheese that would really smell if it was real cheese and in fact I struggle to notice any sort of honey in them. There might be a slightly sweet after taste buried in that strong cheese flavour, but it certainly doesnt taste like honey | Morning gaming after a bit of a hangover | 4 | WH | 2022-05-30 |
| Walkers | Sensations | Baked Cheese and Honey | I will disagree with the above review on only one note - I would say you can taste the honey, but it certainly doesn't improve things. I'm not a big fan of whatever cheese flavour they're trying to emulate. Not the worst thing I've ever eaten, and I do appreciate the effort to try something new with flavours, but crisps being this sweet is a dark and dangerous path. | Not being hungover, Cheers for the invite Lads | 4 | CS | 2022-05-30 |
| Walkers | Monster Munch | Flamin' Hot | Monster Munch are much better at this size. The giant ones are a little much. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there aren't very "flamin' hot" - They taste like a splash of very mild hot sauce with a lot of sweetness to dilute the already mild flavour. This is to be expected from crisps aimed at children, i suppose, but at least don't pretend that they're hot with a name like that. These are much better in the fantastic spicy Mix Ups, but on their own, they're fine. Nothing special. | The other crisps in a bag of Mix Ups | 5 | CS | 2022-06-01 |
| Walkers | Sensations | Roast Pork and Apple | The partner to the "Baked Honey and Cheese" new sensations flavours. These are quite possibly the worst crisps I've ever eaten. Pork flavour is barely not there, and they mostly taste like apple. As you can imagine, apple tasting crisps are an abomination. First bag of crisps in a long time which I actually cannot finish. | walking home after dueling then trying some more the next day which was a grave mistake | 0 | WH | 2022-06-04 |
| Lorenz | Pom Sticks | Paprika | Now I've never eaten a match stick before, but these are exactly what I imagine their texture would be if they were edible. Replacing the taste of wood is potato and paprika, and it really works in this instance. Like match sticks, they're a little bit of a bastard to pick up. If they were a bit longer then they might be a bit more user friendly. I would not want these to be thicker though. | Starting a fire | 6 | CS | 2022-06-04 |
| Jacob | Mini Cheddars | Bangin' Cheese Burger | very interesting, the "banging cheese" they seem to be referring to tastes remarkably like parmesan, which as far as i know isn't a traditional burger cheese. the classic burger flavour trademark of pickle is here but subdued. in general these chippies are smoky, savoury, and with a slight tang from the parmesan and pickle.
give it a go I guess, but there are far better burger crisps out there | Fuckin' French Fries mini cheddars | 5 | SM | 2022-06-05 |
| Walkers | Quavers | Prawn Cocktail | Taste is really disappointing in this one. There almost isn't any. While a muted flavour might be the best choice for a cheese flavoured crisp, it really doesn't work well with prawn cocktail. I bought these expecting them to be horrible, but to my surprise they were ok. Wouldn't recommend these to a friend, but if it's your only option they aren't that bad. | something with more taste | 3 | CW | 2022-06-09 |
| Walkers | Max | Punchy Paprika | These taste like Paprika. Suits the Walkers Max crunch and flavour. I think I would have liked them more if they had a little bit of other spice to deliver the promised punch. Nothing hugely special, probably worth a try if you like the Max range. | Listening to Sans Undertale noises for 6 hours | 6 | CS | 2022-06-11 |
| Golden Wonder | Transform-A-Snack | Spicy | Incredibly disappointing - Unlike my fellow reviewer, I didn't even manage to assemble the crisps into a car shape, as not a single "body" crisp in the bag was whole. Every attempt ended with a car missing a wheel. Not only that, but every piece has been baked, meaning that everything is a different size, as they have puffed up differently. This is very very unprofessional - How am i supposed to use my 39p crisps to make a toy car if these idiots cant even bake them right? How else am i supposed to pass my long work hours? These aren't really spicy, they're what i'd call "British Spicy", where they have a hit of spice related flavour that is completely overwhelmed with sweetness. Golden Wonder? More like Golden These Are Shit | Steamed Carrots, as these are a bit spicy for me | 2 | CS | 2022-06-13 |
| Darling Spuds | Hand Cooked Potato Chips | Sea Salt & Moderna Balsamic Vinegar | These crisps are very tasty. They have a texture half way between a Mackies and a Kettle chip, but they are neither as floury as mackies or greasy as a kettle. The flavour was a bit less subtle than other "hand cooked style" salt and vinegars which can tend to hit you in the face with sharp vinegar flavour (looking at you Co-op). This means you can safely enjoy plenty of these without mouth burn. Very nice, and imo the new benchmark for "hand cooked" crisps. | I cant believe tearalaments beat splights 3/3 duels | 9 | WH | 2022-06-15 |
| Jacob | Mini Cheddars | Classic Cheese Pizza | lovely! enjoyers of pizza flavoured snacks rejoice there is a new delectable on the market. Slightly cheesy, slightly tomatoey, and with a vauge smokey taste that reminds me of pepperoni, these crisps imitate some of the better pizza flavoured snacks of the past. Unfortunately, imitate is all they do. While aping the flavours of texturally and flavourally superior pizza snacks like Shapes and Combos, these crisps neglect to do anything new. Hampered by the (now quickly growing oversaturated) medium of mini cheddars it feels that there is a natural limit on what can be achieved with the next generation of Cheddars flavours. While they have tried to circumvent this with the new Nibblets and Sticks, they have written themselves into a corner trying to manage both inventiveness and consistent branding. the mini cheddars varieties are still made from the same wheat flour base baked in exactly the same way, the only difference is the shape of the protocrisps prior to cooking.
When I say reaching the natural limits of the medium Im talking about the difficulty of creating a new taste experience on what is essentially 30 different flavours of the same crisp. While they are lovely, and I will continue to look forward to new releases, I feel the cheddars formula needs some experimentation to really drive home the initiative the boys at jacobs are displaying.
Quite simply, the flavour creators at Jacobs are visionary. While not every flavour is incredible, some are outright awful (looking at you cheese ploughmans mini cheddars), they are CONSISTENTLY bringing out new flavours, the vast majority of which are lovely and interesting. Take the new cheese pizza flavour for example, It is nice, tasty, but nothing new. For this reason its one of the worst mini cheddars flavours after original, but still lovely from the strength of the flavour profile imagineered by the Jacobs team.
My point is that with a very strong team working on flavour I would expect some diversion of resources to texture. Something has to change because at the minute the delicious flavour of the new flavours of mini cheddars (since the 2nd wave "Strathdon Blue Cheese" era) is THOROUGHLY let down by the failed or incomplete innovations in the way of crisp technology. Perhaps embrace the "mini" and simply make a bag of tiny cheddars that you can drink like the flavourful melange at the end of a package of potato crisps. I don't know, but there are clearly many avenues to be explored vis a vis size, shape, texture, cooking style, that clearly aren't and it is, in my opinion a waste of talent. | overthinking | 7.5 | SM | 2022-06-15 |
| Darling Spuds | Hand Cooked Potato Chips | Mediterranean Sea Salt | An incredibly nice Salted Crisp from Darling Spuds. The crisps themselves are very light and not excessively oiling, making them very pleasant for casual snacking, but there's enough salt to satisfy even competitive snacking. I've often been surprised by the general high quality of the common or garden salted crisps, and Darling Spuds have also managed to make a fantastic crisp. However, these do have a rather hefty £2 price tag - Not a huge investment, but it could mean the difference between one bag or two bags of crisps. Forces difficult decisions regarding your feelings on quality vs quantity. | Crunching the Numbers | 9 | CS | 2022-06-15 |
| McCoy's | Ridge Cut | Sizzling King Prawn | Many people say these are the best crisps around. Are they? Yes. | lounging about | 10 | CW | 2022-06-16 |
| Savoursmiths | Luxurious hand cooked british snacks with style | Bubbly and Serrano Chilli | Yeah that Bubbly refers to Champagne flavour crisps. These crisps join the exclusive prestigious rank of crisps I actually can't finish. The "Bubbly" component consists entirely of a sharp carbonation taste, and nothing of the taste of actual champagne. Christ maybe "Bubbly" does just mean carbonation? I've only just realised this while writing this, I should probably start again, anyway I digress, these crisps are a war crime, avoid | Nothing | 0 | WH | 2022-06-18 |
| Frit Ravich | Chips Mediterraneo | Mediterranean | Well balanced taste, tomato-y but not too tomato-y initially then the herbs kick in. Flavour could maybe be 5-10% stronger but I like how light they are. Doesn't feel like they're trying too hard. | Being on holiday somewhere hot | 8.5 | CM | 2022-06-19 |
| Darling Spuds | Hand Cooked Potato Chips | Thai Sweet Chilli | I wrote an entire review of these, but then I clicked close instead of submit. Oops. To summarise the points, Nice crisp, Nice flavour. Tastes like Thai Sweet Chilli Sensations, but less spice build up. I miss the spice, but I'd recommend these to people who like the flavour but aren't so fond of spice. | The Wrong Button | 7 | CS | 2022-06-19 |
| Jacob | Mini Cheddars | Ploughman's Cheshire Cheese (revisited) | being slightly drunk, and at a corner shop that sold discontinued crisps, a familiar face caught my eye. Apparently they were still selling the flavour of mini cheddars that constitutes my benchmark for some of the worst crisps ever. My understanding of the mini cheddars mythos can be essentialised to the pre- and post-ploughmans world, so ingrained was it with my understanding of Jacob's artistic direction. "Wouldn't it be a good time, considering the new Cheddars
product line, to revisit a crisp you consider fundamental to the crisp rating scale?" I asked myself in the midnight queue of the scotsman. maybe it was the inebriation, maybe the inspiration given from on high, but I went with my impulse, and sit here now with a large bag of ploughmans mini cheddars. The experience has left me questioning my tastes, and lamenting the deleterious effect of the impermanence of human memory.
To be blunt, these crisps are perfectly serviceable, enjoyable even. Like a fine five-alarm chili here are stages to the flavour development. The first (and least enjoyable) is the taste of nothing. Much like noise cancellation, the initial "hit" is akin to the absence of flavour; where a flavourless mini cheddar would still impart the taste of its starchy biscuit, this flavour seems engineered to cancel out the intrinsic taste of the crisp, leaving the tester with only the tang of water. A marvelous technological development by itself. The second hit is the eponymous cheshire cheese. Soft, delicate, yet fruity and full, the flavour does a remarkable job of emulating the real. Unwarranted, undeserved, and unwanted however is the flavour of bread. I mentioned this in my original review, but the distilled flavour of bread is hardly something I think should be applied to crisps. The curious mix of flavours is only complexified by the final undertone: branston pickle (yes i mean the brand, it is uncanny). Branston as a whole can be defined by the presence of the individual flavours. Other sandwich pickles can be lovely, but ultimately taste of a combination of their parts. Branston pickle is unique due to the pronounced flavour of its constituents (carrots, pickle, turnips etc). it is remarkable to see this here, and slightly bewildering to the 'buds. While each of these flavours could individually pique the interest, the result of their mixing is a cacophony upon the tongue. Quite why these crisps were made is a mystery, and their flavour balance is at best questionable and at worst deranged. But still, they aren't BAD. and here i want to talk about the impermanence and fluidity of human memory. The impression these gave me the first time was enough for me to define my judgement system for years. I had championed these crisps as failures, an antiparagon of the "never miss" style of jacobs innovation. How could I have believed this so vehemently in light of the abject mediocrity of these crisps? Have we not all remembered so clearly an event that others have seen in such a different light so as to be two competing realities? the mechanism of memory is one fraught with doubt, and supported by the twin pillars of ego and adherence. memory is but a present belief whose significance and veracity is verified by our own repeated insistence of the fact. Indeed, our memory is malleable in so much as it supports or rejects our internal biases, as our past fades the mythologizing of our history fails to capture the verisimilitude of the stimuli we encounter. These crisps, to me, represent a truman show-esque shattering of my perceived reality wherein previously upheld constructs are shown to be as illusory as the nature of my consciousness itself. The bready flavour that is apparent here lodged itself in my mind; I read "ploughmans" and my connotations of the sandwich filled in the gaps in my perception. My expectations and preconceptions acted as a filter, influencing my impression of the chaotic taste sensation. As the sands of time bore down my memory like the waves upon the white cliffs of dover, what was left was a pure, crystallised version of the flavour that suited my internal biases and expectations. What then is our memory? a collective lie we tell ourselves? a loose association of events, feelings, and desires? Science does not yet know. Until this point, it is important to be aware of the fallability of our memory. Our view of the world is built upon the patterns and relations we establish as normal through our life's development, things we see, understand, and assimilate to aid us in understanding both our immediate world and the unknown events that besiege us as our lives move on. One view of the nature of humanity is of us as advanced automatons, our memories but electrical signals writ large on the sprawling network of individualised cells that we consist of. Like the data stored on a computer, our memory can be corrupted or altered, albeit with less immediate consequences due to our extended evolutionary development. As they say, to err is human. In todays world where the line between man and machine is becoming blurred, the only thing you can be sure of is that both myself and the creators of the ploughman's mini cheddars are, undoubtedly, human. | very high percentage gin i got from work | 4 | SM | 2022-06-21 |
| Walkers | Squares | Salt & Vinegar | Very crunchy, tastes a bit like the last few crunchy chips at the end of a Chippy takeaway. I would be interested in trying a similar crisp with a different flavour, or a more interesting shape, but apparently these only exist in Salt and Vinegar - Arguably the worst flavour of the walkers standard trio. If you like Salt and Vinegar, these are good enough. Fine with a meal deal, but probably wouldn't go for these in other contexts. | Salt, to try and mask the Vinegar | 5 | CS | 2022-06-22 |
| Golden Wonder | Tangy Toms | Tangy Toms | These are surprisingly good, like the texture of a quaver, but the outer surface was a bit crispier so it leads to the crisps having more bite than a quaver. The taste is pretty unique, and I've not had crisps that taste like them before, it's an acid forward punch with a sweet tomatoey finish. They still get stuck in your teeth pretty badly though which is a negative | Friday | 7 | WH | 2022-06-24 |
| Golden Wonder | N/A | Beef & Onion | A fairly nice crisp. Good meaty / salty flavour throughout, with that distinctive crunch of Golden Wonder. Unfortunately the bag is let down by the very small portion size. Although this packet contains 15% of your recommended daily intake of fat, very few crisps come in the bag. So few in fact that I actually considered counting out the number of crisps before eating them. I didn't in the end because I was hungry. | 85% of your recommended daily intake of fat | 6 | CW | 2022-06-24 |
| Wicked Kitchen | Pretzel Thins | Sea Salt & Pepper | I love Pretzels. In Pollock, I survived on Dr Pepper and those Sour Cream Pretzels. I have attempted to cook my own Pretzels. Like many others, I mourn the loss of Synders Pretzel Pieces. These are Preztels as I have never had them before. These thin, almost Banana chip-like slices of Pretzel are a very intresting take on the formula. Unfortunately, I think I chose the least interesting flavour. While salt on Pretzels is a classic combination and is by no means a bad thing, I would have loved to try these with a less traditional flavour. However, it's unfair to judge these on that basis. The salt and pepper is nicely balanced, but they do end up drying out your mouth as you go through them. That can be remedied with a drink of course, but still worth noting. Overall, give these a shot if you are a fellow Pretzel fan. | An ice cold lager | 7 | CS | 2022-06-24 |
| Wicked Kitchen | Salt and Vinegar Squares | Salt and Vinegar | These odd little squares are a combination of Lentil and Potato, and are like if Walkers crossbred Squares with Quavers. Can be oddly sweet at times, but mostly just Vinegar. These are fine. They're different in some ways, and a bit too familiar in others. Not quite wicked enough to be interesting. | A general lack of interest | 5 | CS | 2022-06-26 |
| Seabrook | The Original Crinkle Cut | Prawn Cocktail | Nice texture, which comes with the territory for crinkle cut crisps, softer than some crinkle cuts (walkers double ridged) but still retains a good bite. The flavour is a bit strange though, unlike regular prawn cocktail these actually taste remarkably fishy, with a fishy aftertaste. This takes away from the overall taste, which other than the fishy tang, is textbook prawn cocktail. Something a little bit different, but still familiar. Like a marvel film. | Lunch and watching captain america the first avenger | 6 | WH | 2022-06-27 |
| Asda | Extra Special | Korean Style BBQ | These Crisps are like someone mixed the BBQ flavours and the Smoky Bacon flavours together and then added a hint of spice, and that's it. Not terrible, but doesn't live up to the promise of it's stated flavour which sounds more exotic. | Yugioh | 7 | WH | 2022-06-27 |
| Real | Hand Cooked Crisps | Sea Salt | These crisps are very crunchy. Might be the crunchiest of the "hand/kettle" style crisps I've had. The salt is very coarse for crisps too, meaning big bursts of salty flavour instead of a homogenous salt level. The crispiness is nice, though they've achieved this with excess oil so prepare for greasy fingers. This may divide audiences but me personally, I love these crisps. I think this is one the best of this style of crisp I've tried in a while, and I'll be looking out for them again. It's no wonder they won a great taste award 2021. They came free unexpectedly with a snax cafe delivery so I dont know where to buy them. | Python | 9 | WH | 2022-07-01 |
| Tesco Finest | Hand Cooked Crisps | Prawn Marie Rose | I'm not sure who Marie Rose is, but her crisps are quite nice. They're like prawn cocktail except a bit more fancy. While I was writing this a thought popped into my mind - they taste like Prawn Ketchup crisps. I am unable to seperate this thought from the memory of the flavour. Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe it isn't. Like most hand cooked crisps, these have a nice texture. Unfortunately the thought of Prawn Ketchup consumes all. Give these a shot if you like Prawn Ketchup. I looked up Ketchup and google said that it's a "Yourmomdiment (synonym of condiment)" - This entire review has been a disaster. | Shrimp table condiment with a sweet and tangy flavor | 7 | CS | 2022-07-04 |
| Co Op | Irresistible | Sea Salt and Chardonnay wine vinegar | Some may think these too strong, however, in this age of drab, dull crisps, should this not be a good thing? This crisp is unapologetic in its flavouring, which is of note in a couple of ways.
Firstly, although the flavour components themselves (Sea salt and Chardonnay wine vinegar) are "very co op," as a shop mainly for the elderly and infirm, akin to M&S, I would expect their crisps to be very bland, so as not to harm or offend.
Secondly, in a more physical sense, it is a wonder that they can get so much flavouring to stick to these crisps. Flavoursome crisps tend to have a vehicle for the flavour, either macro (like ridged crisps, such as McCoy's Sizzly King Prawn) or micro (like pretzel crisps with porous surfaces, such as Snyders Buffalo Pretzel Bites.) These crisps, however, are very flat. Just how do they do it?
Mysteries aside, the result is an incredibly moreish snack that I would highly recommend to any fans of Chardonnay wine vinegar and/or strong flavours. If you don't like Chardonnay wine vinegar (or indeed, strong flavours of Chardonnay wine vinegar) then this is not the crisp for you. | Zelda speed runs, Henry Weston Medium Dry Vintage Cider | 8 | EL | 2022-07-05 |
| Tayto | Rough Cuts | Sweet 'N' Sticky BBQ | Ah, the Irish. So proud of their Taytos. For a long time, I've heard tales of how Tayto crisps are better than the crisps you get in the UK. And do you know what. I would agree, if you had only ever eaten Walkers. These are really nothing special. These feel more like a random crisp you'd get in a corner shop than a stape of Irish Cuisine, a mere cross between Bobbys and Golden Wonder. The flavour is very nice, i will give them that, but it's definitely on the lower end of ridged crisps, a little too soft and thin to offer any crunch befitting of ridges. I have once again been mislead by our treacherous neighbours. They're good, but little more. | Things that people hype up but then turn out to be just ok | 5 | CS | 2022-07-05 |
| Asda | Cheeky Monkeys | Original Flavour | Quite an enjoyable crisp, but would I buy them if they weren't named for and shaped like cheeky monkeys? Probably not. | Yet more seltzer | 5 | EL | 2022-07-14 |
| Doritos | Corn Chips | Flamin' Hot Tangy Cheese | These are Doritos. A lot spicier than I expected, to the point of it almost completely overpowering the alleged Tangy Cheese. I'd recommend to the elite gamer who needs an extra kick in their daily Dorite. | Gaming | 6 | CS | 2022-07-14 |
| Asda | Cheeky Monkeys | Original | These are a clear ripoff of Pom Bears, even right down to the colour of the packaging. Like Pom Bears, these crisps are shaped like lovely little animals, but this time the animal is the Cheeky Monkey. Unlike Pom Bears, however, the shapes are missing their bodies, leaving you eating 20 or so detached heads - frightening. Also like Pom Bears, these are made from that sort of bubbly hard substance, listed on the back (I think) as "Tapioca Starch". This material works quite well at giving the crisps texture, but it could have been a little bit softer. The flavour is salt, but you may not know it given how plain the crisps taste. | CW | 3 | CW | 2022-07-15 |
| Walkers | Giant Wotsits | Prawn Cocktail | Wotsits not being cheesy feels like it should be wrong, but Prawn Cocktail lends itself to Wotsits quite well. Around half-way through the bag the flavour build up starts to get a bit much. Or maybe it was the guilt of betraying the trust of the friend who left their favourite bag of crisps here. Were these crisps nice enough to mask the sense of betrayal and loss of trust? Yes. | Irn Bru | 6 | CS | 2022-07-24 |
| Wotsits | Wotsits Giants | Flamin' Hot | An alright level of spice that just gets too hard to get through. Not sure Wotsits being bigger is a good thing overall. They feel like a worse version of spicy cheetos. Walkers, try making giant French Frys next, that could be interesting | Leftover Pizza | 6 | CS | 2022-07-31 |
| KP Snacks/Tayto | NiK NAKS | NICE 'N' SPICY | What happened to the Nik Naks of my childhood? Once upon a time, these crisps would make you the envy of the playground. They used to be one of the best crisps around, well loved for their unique shape and powerful flavour. Now it seems Nik Naks have slipped down the tier list to far below average. While the crisps still have their original shape, they are about the blandest a crisp can be without actively being unpleasant. Under normal circumstances, the shape would be enough to carry it up a few points. However, the sheer mediocrity of the modern Nik Nak taste prevents me from giving these crisps a score higher than three. | a single packet of crisps for lunch - c’est la vie | 3 | CW | 2022-08-03 |
| McCoy | Ridge Cut | Salt & Malt Vinegar | To date, there hasnt been a review of these mccoys, the final of the standard three flavours. They're okay, I dont know why they specify Malt Vinegar on the packaging. Theyre salt and vinegar ridged crisps. Not particularly good but not particularly bad. There's certainly a worse choice out of the three (rhymes with wee's and cumyum) | Lunchtime | 5 | WH | 2022-08-03 |
| Asda | Giant Wiggles | Cheesy | Yet another rip off from Asda's virtual bargain bin, and this time the subject being copied is Wotsits. Wiggles absolutely nails the shape, but falls so far flat emulating the flavour. The taste is your bog-standard false cheese that you, the reader, has probably had a hundred times before. There is nothing unique about this crisp, and there is nothing enjoyable about this crisp. I will probably not be finishing these, so if anyone wants the other 9/10ths of the bag let me know. As a quick aside, the first one I tasted had a flavour that I associated with a very specific memory. I was, however, unable to put my finger on what it was, and was not able to recapture this sensation. This led to me eating far more that I otherwise would have. | NiK NAKS a few hours ago | 1.5 | CW | 2022-08-03 |
| Walkers | Max Strong | Fiery Prawn Cocktail | Spicy and prawn cocktail are my two favourite crisp genres so I thought I would go hogwild for these. Unfortunately they leave a lot to be desired in the flavour department. The prawn cocktail is just a really shitty, fishy skips flavour that I would not recommend. The spice just seems like an odd, it doesnt really gel with the other flavours and I can't even tell where the spice comes from. In the other ones its jalapenos, or peri peri spice, this is just, generic spice added to already shit crisps.
Not a buy, quite disappointed. Walkers already has great prawn cocktail crisps, and I can see why rereleasing them but spicy could be a bad idea, they woud be a whole lot better than these. | Do not consume | 3 | SM | 2022-08-07 |
| Popworks | Popped Crisps | Sweet & Salty | What defines a crisp? Must a crisp be savoury? Is it a crisp purely due to its components? Popworks has made me consider many questions with these bizarre parallel world crisps - And while some may consider these not crisps, Popworks boldy refute this by putting "crisps" all over the packet. They're like Doritos if they made a few different decisions in childhood and turned popped and sweet instead of baked and spicy. They're like if pop-corn didn't have the boom boom boom and chose a life of being triangle instead. While these may be crisps legally, are they spiritually crisps? Do i like crisps, or do i simply like the flavours? Would i be this torn if you handed me spicy popcorn? Crisis aside, these are a very unique crisp - a good balance between the salt and sweet with a nice texture, as mentioned above, similar to flat pop-corn. Give them a shot - Allow your boundries to be tested once in a while. | Anything to relieve the stress these crisps present you | 6 | CS | 2022-08-07 |
| KP | Hula Hoops | BBQ Beef | Everyone knows these are good - I'm only reviewing these now because I never realised how small regular hula hoops are - Even the widest hoop was too small to fit on my hand. Stunning. I suppose what's really shocking is that i've been having Big Hoops all this time and never noticed. | Confusion and Crisp Related Stress | 7 | CS | 2022-08-08 |
| Popworks | Popped Crisps | Sweet Chipotle Chilli | These are ok. Not quite as of an enigma as the sweet and salty flavour. Quite nice, with a good level of spice, but have a pretty unpleasant sweetness build up which makes them a bit hard to get through. Not dissimilar to Pop Chips. I'd like to try a flavour of these crisps with less of a focus on sweet flavours. Keep it up, Popworks. | Meetings | 6 | CS | 2022-08-09 |
| KP | Discos | Salt & Vinegar | These odd little crisps have the taste and texture of unpopped Poppadoms. Quite to Very Vinegary, which doesn't really compliment the texture very well. Like a School Disco of the past, you just kinda have to accept that you're stuck with them until you get picked up, so you may as well try and enjoy it as best you can. At least you can get some Kwenchy Kup or Moray Cup. Christ, I'll even take some MacB. | Vague memorys of having a bad time | 4 | CS | 2022-08-11 |
| Walkers | Max Strong | Fiery Prawn Cocktail | Not a bad crisp, and I respect that the Max Strong team is trying out new things, but the flavour of this one doesn't quite land with me. These crisps are an attempt at a spicy twist on an old classic, but the prawn cocktail doesn't really come through. The primary flavour I get from these crisps is tomato - so much so that if they were called "Fiery Salsa" I probably would not have noticed. As is common with the Max Strong brand, the crisps have a slow heat that builds up as they are eaten. I would not recommend these crisps to a friend, but I do not regret picking up a bag to try. | your largest pouch of tobacco, please | 4 | CW | 2022-08-17 |
| Golden Wonder | Fully flavoured | Smoky Bacon | Despite being called Golden Wonder, I'd say these aren't quite the gold standard for Bacon crisps. The flavour is very nice, if a little light compared to similar offerings from other brands. A good build up of flavour as you get through the bag, but just not quite enough. All things said, these are a good mid budget crisp for your lunch time meal deal and they still deliver a good crisp eating experience. | Sausage Roll | 7 | CS | 2022-08-19 |
| Smiths | Chipsticks | Salt 'n' Vinegar | Surprisingly alright for 39p - Not really anything special. A little crumbly, which makes them a bit of a pain to eat. As always, Salt and Vinegar may as well just be Vinegar, and that's just a bit boring. | Going home at 10pm | 4 | CS | 2022-08-21 |
| San Nicasio | Potato chips with extra virgin olive oil and himalayan pink salt | Smoked Paprika | First and foremost, these crisps are £3. For 3 british pound coins, you get a 150g bag. These crisps are incredibly, incredibly thin. Usually one might exaggerate for comic effect, but I honestly question if there are potato in these crisps. Held up to some light, they would be near transparent, if not for the fact they're coated in red substance that the bag claims is Smoked Paprika, but in reality tastes of Smoked. The alleged Himalayan Pink Salt is applied incredibly sparingly, leading to the crisps themselves tasting of little more than crunchy smoked oil. These crisps, possibly imported from Spain, are dreadful. Incredibly little taste on an unpleasantly thin crisp AND an asking price of 3 of my hard earned Pounds. Truely insult to injury. Avoid, don't even bloody bother. | The Bin, but sadly they're on strike right now | 0 | CS | 2022-08-25 |
| Wiejskie Ziemniaczki | Naturalnie z Polskiej Wsi | Cebulka | Fairly nice cebulka crisps hailing from Poland / Scotmid. The crisps are large, quite thin, and slightly more cooked than your average crisp. This gives them a rigid and brittle feel. The cebulka flavour is quite pleasant, but cebulka without ser is a little bit strange. Maybe that's just how they do it in Poland? | Ser | 4.5 | CW | 2022-08-26 |
| Capo | Chips | Sabor Chili | I think it's rare to see a crisp that promises a just chilli flavour, mostly having been relegated to the likes of Thai sweet, chilli and lime, or jalapeño and cheese, but it really works. They is only a hint of spice, and they just taste like actual chillies, very genuine flavour. Very morish. Texture is nothing remarkable but nothing bad either, a thinner crisp than your kettle varieties, but crunchier than your walkers standard range. Very enjoyable | Day by the pool | 8 | WH | 2022-08-31 |
| Long Chips | Long Chips | Sea salt and vinegar | Have you ever really wanted a pringle but it's roughly the size and shape of a bookmark? If so you'll love these. If not, it's exactly the same as a pringle but in a different wacky shape. If nothing else you're picking up a crisp roughly 4x less frequently then you'd have to pick up a regular pringle due to the large size. That's the kind of laid back Spanish way I suppose. I can't say I've ever desired a crisp this shape, so it's basically the same as a salt and vinegar pringle but losing a few points due to mild disappointment | Sitting | 5 | WH | 2022-09-01 |
| Takis | Takis | Queso TNT | Nice spicy cheese flavour, as if doritoes tangy cheese were spicy. Not as spicy as the max strong jalapeño and cheese ones though. They're in a rolled up shape but with the texture of a dorito which makes a dense crunchy mouth feel | San Miguel | 7 | WH | 2022-09-03 |
| Walkers | Max Strong | Hot Sauce Blaze | Like all Max Strong crisps, these are genuinely spicy. The hot sauce in question is quite tomato-y, and i'm not able to point at one brand or flavour and say "it's like this one". This is a bit of a shame, as I can see these being some special if they had just a little bit of extra oomph somehow. Max Strong claim they are "perfect with beer", and to test this, I have a Heverlee Pilsner Lager. And they are certainly good with beer - A cold lager beer compliments the spice nicely. However, I do think that the spice mutes the flavour of the lager a little, which makes it quite easy to drink. I'm unsure if this is a positive or a negative. Overall, a good crisp for a sesh, a little lacking in some regards, but you certainly get what you pay for. Another strong entry in the Max Strong range | Heverlee Premium Pilsner Lager Beer | 8 | CS | 2022-09-03 |
| Walkers | Max Strong | Hot Sauce Blaze | A very unique flavour, initially I thought it was a sriracha flavour, then some sort of spicy ketchup, but I think it's genuinely a new flavour. Light and tangy, these crisps have a garlic and chili tang that reminds me of sriracha, yet with a sweetness and smokiness that differentiates it. Actually quite spicy, these puppies aren't lacking heat. They are a very unique flavour, I'm at the end of a big bag now, and I still can't tell if i really like them or what the flavour is. I think I like them because i would certainly buy them again. | kopparberg strawbberries and lime | 7 | SM | 2022-09-05 |
| Bobby's | Spirals | Salt and Vinegar | Fairly tasty, but the spiral shape prevents you from getting the full flavour of the salt and vinegar. Despite this, the flavour is still nice, and the crisp-material is firm and crunchy. | Have to not be last out of the office otherwise I have to set the alarm | 4 | CW | 2022-09-05 |
| Walkers | Max Strong | Fiery Prawn Cocktail | These are prawn cocktail crisps except this time they are spicy. They're fine. Yea. They're Prawn Cocktail but spicy alright. If you like the sound of Prawn Cocktail but this time with spicy, then they will do you just fine. Yeah. Probably up your alley. | Depends if you take your Prawn Cocktailed Spiced or your Spice Prawn-Cocktailed | 5 | CS | 2022-09-05 |
| Cheetos | Pandilla | Sabor/Goût/Flavour/Gusto | *Review copy of crisps received for free - Thank you to the anonymous donator.* These crisps feature a very large Chester Cheetah cosplaying as a Christopher Lee classic, Vampire. I don't know what flavour these are, but from the lore presented, as well as the fact the crisps are all ghost or bat shaped, you can infer that these are Blood or Ectoplasm flavour. However, my finely attuned taste has allowed me to determine that these are cheesey. They might even be a little tomato-y. These are quite nice. I'd say that I probably wouldn't go all the way to Spain to get though. I'd probably have to get at least one more bag for it to be worthwhile. If they appeared on British shelves, then i'd say give these a try. | Being invited in | 7 | CS | 2022-09-08 |
| Well & Truly | Crunchies | Smokey Paprika | Part one of a series of crisp reviews (sponsored by TK Maxx) and we're off to a good start. Crunchy, paprika-y and moreish, this crisp is a good snack, not too filling but enjoyable with a bev and the newest television series of your choice. | Game of Thrones 2: House of the Dragon | 8 | EL | 2022-09-08 |
| Well & Truly | Crunchies | Smokey Paprika | So much better than the cheese variety, unsurprisingly. The nik nak shaped, knobbly pieces really are great fun to eat. The paprika is a little dry, but very moreish. I would recommend picking up a bag to try for yourself, and I will be seeking out more from this brand in the future. | House of the dragon s01e02, pressing close instead of submit - sort this interface out | 6 | Smokey Paprika | 2022-09-08 |
| Doritos | Corn Chips | Loaded Pepperoni Pizza | These crisps boast "NEW MORE CORN PERFECT CRUNCH" on the bag. Did Doritos need more corn? Who can say. These are legitimately quite pizza-y, a feat i wasnt sure how they would accomplish. These now-even-more-corny little triangles hit you with a complex wave of tomato, cheese and pepperoni. A very interesting combination of flavours that really remind me of those £1-2 frozen supermarket own brand Pepparoni pizzas. Maybe a little too similar to Tangy Cheese Doritos at times, and personally, I feel like the flavour is missing just a little something, but these certainly deserve a try. Please note that these are not a substitute for regular pepperoni pizza, and that these little daggers of corn should come with a health and safety warning, because they've cut my mouth. | Dark and twisted thoughts of making Nachos with them | 7 | CS | 2022-09-17 |
| Doritos | Corn Chips | Triple Cheese Pizza | These are Tangy Cheese but if they tasted more like real cheese. Pretty good. No meat on this review this time. They're cheesy doritos. | Trying to think of a better review | 5 | CS | 2022-09-20 |
| Walkers | Squares | Cheese & Onion | Despite my firm belief that Squares only come in one flavour (Salt & Vinegar), I was surprised to see these on the shelf of my local shop. However, my firm belief that Squares are perhaps the most lackluster of all the Walkers brands holds true. These crisps have very little flavour, and taste a bit like a plain, flavourless and bland poppadom. And to add insult to injury, most of crisps in the bag aren't even squares. I'm not going to pretend that these are the worst crisps on the market, they aren't that bad, I just can't even fathom why you'd bother when you can get a better version of the same flavour for the same price. | Anything with flavour to make up for the deficit | 3 | CS | 2022-09-22 |
| Sainsburys | Taste the Difference | Coronation Chicken | (Review copy recieved from a BoysBoysBoysBoys admin) I've never really had Coronation Chicken. I've only ever really seen it in sandwiches and something about how bright yellow it is kinda put me off. I've got vague memories of trying it before, and I think it was ok. According to Sainsburys, Coronation Chicken is regular roast chicken absolutely drenched in the cheapest curry powder you can find (and a quick google search basically confirmed that's what it is anyway. Very Post-War). Infact, these kinda taste like someone tried to make their own OC (original Crisp) by taking a bag of Roast Chicken Crisps and dumping a tub of Curry Powder into it. Not good, but not inedible. They're a bit too much for me. Too much of something that makes them not appeal to me. Maybe it's the patriotism associated with the dish. | Summer, apparently | 4 | CS | 2022-09-29 |
| No Brand | Made For Consumer | Purple Sweet Potato Chips | Everything on this Pringles-like tube is correct - These are Purple, Sweet, Potato and Chips. These deep purple crisps may seem like they would have an unfamiliar and bizarre taste, but instead they only have a familiar and bizarre taste - These taste a lot like those Hovis Biscuits you get in big Cracker boxes. Incredibly nice, although there is quite a build up of Sweet Potato flavour. Maybe you'd like it, maybe you wouldn't, but none the less these are a very unique crisp. | Maybe some cheese? | 8 | CS | 2022-10-04 |
| Tesco Finest | Crinkle Cut | Pigs in Blankets | Tesco Finest crisps have a pretty good track record for me, but these aren't anything special. They're nice and crunchy, but a bit sharp, and have a pretty weak flavour that basically amounts to your standard bag of bacon crisps. Not very impressive, unfortunately. | Water | 4 | CS | 2022-10-09 |
| Tesco | Rings | Onion | These started simple enough. 300g for just over One British Pound. They tasted ok, fulfilled the role of a cheap bag of Onion Rings, would have been happy to give them a 5 there and call it a night. But then something happened. 300g is a lot of crisps, so I didn't finish them in one sitting. So the next night, i sit down to watch some Michael Dorn Show, and decide to get the rest of the onion rings. When i went to pour some in a bowl, something was wrong. They looked too shiny. They looked almost wet. So i looked into the bag. And pooled at the bottom, sliding down the side, was Oil. Oil all over the bag, the crisps, the bowl. Absolutely Disgusting. Completely ruined the experience, even retroactively. | A better review had I done it before the Oil | 1 | CS | 2022-10-17 |
| Tesco Finest | Crinkle Cut | Glazed Ham Flavour | I certainly ate these with a cold so they didn't taste of much | Couldn't tell you | 5 | WH | 2022-11-04 |
| Walkers | Sensations Naan Chips | Lime Pickle | Really quite nice. The Naan chips taste great, theres a nice spice build up, very lime pickle-y. I'd love to see this range have some more flavours, there's probably real mileage with this idea. Good stuff, Walkers, maybe you aren't so boring after all. | Something to counter (or enhance) the spice | 8 | CS | 2022-11-04 |
| brand | name | flavour | tasting-notes | pairs-with | Rating | By | Date |
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| Red Bull | Red Bull | Red Bull flavour | What can be said? It's the classic energy drink. | Jaegermeister, videogames | 8 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Pipeline Punch | Pink | Tastes like someone tried to recreate the taste of fruit having never tasted fruit before. Very sweet | Not sleeping until 4am | 8 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Coca Cola | Energy Drink | Coca Cola | A sad excuse for an energy drink - tastes like a coke bottle sweet that someone has already sucked on | Regret | 4 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Punch Energy | Pacific Punch | very pleasant berry flavour, sits on the tongue for a while, but in a good way. One of the better flavours | Anything really. Gaming, business lunch | 10 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Rockstar | Juiced Energy - Mango | Mango | Pleasantly fruity - Still a slightly artificial taste however it lacks the infamous 'energy drink' flavouring. To me this is a positive in the context of the mango flavour as it allows one to fully experience the juice aspect of the drink. Not your average energy drink but great to mix things up. | Probably best experienced by itself or as a mixer to vodka if you're feeling radical. | 7 | ML | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Classic | Gamer | While the colour in a glass is very unappealing, the not too aggressive 'energy drink' flavour is always welcome. This is a timeless classic I will always come back to due to it's inclusion in the Tesco meal deal. The only thing letting this drink down is it's lack of adventure in the taste which is filled by the non-classic Monster Energy drinks. I think it's safe to say I'll be cranking those 90s and 1 tapping some noobs after this one!! | A Tesco Meal Deal | 7 | ML | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Ultra Black | Bad | Quite possibly one of the most disgusting things i've ever drank. A strong taste that i can't even describe. Wasn't even able to finish the can | A corner shop that doesnt have anything better | 1 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Lidl | Kong Strong | Wild Power | very artificial tasting, worse than red bull. It was only 27p | Nothing | 3 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Ultra Blue | Ultra Blue | Tastes a bit like if they turned water into a gamer flavour. Also like a watered down white monster | Waking up an hour late for work | 4 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Ultra Paradise | Apple | Do you like artificial apple flavour? Could describe this flavour as Gamer Appletiser. | What Do Apples Go Well With? Produce: apricots, cabbage, onions, celery, beets, blackberries, celery root, cranberries, figs, jicama, pears, oranges, plums, and parsnips Herbs & Spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, lemon, vanilla, mint Dairy: cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese Other: caramel, custard, honey, oatmeal, raisins, sugar, rum, brandy, maple syrup, pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanut butter, pork, farro, kasha, millet, or oats | 6 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Juiced | Mango Loco | Intense fruity aroma. Very tasty. One of the better energy drinks | Anything | 10 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | The Doctor | MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi | If you ignore the fact that this is an energy drink that is supposed to taste like a presumably italian man, it is actually quite nice. Citrusy, but not overpoweringly so. Has that typical monster flavour we all know | Registered Trademarks | 7 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Reign | Reign | Melon Mania | Very artificial tasting, tastes like a maoam. Not pleasant to drink, might be nice as a mixer | Alcohol, probably | 5 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Juiced | Monarch | Monster have once again produced a surprisingly pleasant and drinkable energy drink. Lovely and peachy, with hints of nectarine. Despite the butterflies on the can, this does not taste like bugs. | Energy | 9 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Reign | Reign | Razzle Berry | Artificial, shit. | dont drink | 1 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Monster | Ultra Fiesta | tastes fruity, but with a zingy kick, almost like a sherbet zing on the lips. Actually very pleasant, and zero sugar | Gaming | 9 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Moose Juice | Extreme Energy | Berry | The art on the can has a flexing moose with a vaguely human face. Very distressing. Tastes a bit like berry refreshers. Incredibly sweet, maybe to the point of being sickening. | Best enjoyed on its own, as further stimulation might cause you to be very ill | 4 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| BANG | Potent Brain and Body Fuel | Sour Heads | Tastes a little like sour apple meets those toxic waste sweets. As an american imported energy drink, it has that horrible sickly aftertaste that those strange creatures seem to like. Very Expensive for what it was - just sort of not nice. Sure to be leaps and bounds better than the ominous "Birthday Cake Bash" flavour though | Stars, Stripes and a collapsing country | 4 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| BANG | Potent Brain and Body Fuel | Birthday Cake Bash | Americans do not get to discuss anything culinary or flavour related anymore. This absolute abomination of an energy drink tastes like vanilla icing with extra sugar. Absolutely one of the most vile drinks i have had, if only for how incredibly offputting the flavour is. | An Early Grave | 2 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Monster "Super Dry" | Energy Nitro | Well well well. You cannot say that Monster doesn't innovate when it comes to their energy drinks. The can makes the extraordinary claim that this drink is "Super Dry" when it clearly is a liquid.
It also claims that the drink is infused with Nitrous Oxide in addition to Carbon Dioxide, which is supposed to give the drink a "smooth, creamy texture which is better experienced than explained". Frankly I wish they had explained it, because I can't tell any difference in texture.
Taste wise, this is an interesting one. It tastes very very strongly of sweet sherbert, but this is swiftly followed by the classic energy drink tang, so it is quite run of the mill
I can't say it wasn't nice, and the interesting gas infusion was certainly a pull factor in my purchase choice. Perhaps they will expand this Super Dry range to include more flavours which highlight the Nitrous Oxide infusion more. | A road trip | 6 | WH | 2021-02-12 |
| Rockstar | Juiced | Tropical Orange Passion Fruit | The first sip of this can instantly lets you know that this energy drink is not lying about its flavours. Intensely tropical, like that crap stuff you used to get from Holiday Inn's and such. If you like that, its a hit. Otherwise, i feel it might be a bit too intense and sweet. | Your dad complaining about the quality of the coffee at this hotel | 8 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Rubicon | Raw Energy | Cherry & Pomegranate | Very nice. The best thing i can say about this drink is that it didn't taste like an energy drink at all. Was very much like drinking a genuinely very nice soft drink | Pretty much anything you'd have a fruity soft drink with | 9 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Monster | Energy | Assault | The obvious joke would be to say "haha this is like an assault on the taste" or something, but honestly, it isn't that bad. It tastes a bit like flat coke if coke was made by Monster. Turns out assault isnt all that bad, dunno what everyones been complaining about all these years | The typical sentance that goes along with Assault is a Community Payback Order (CPO) | 5 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Matrix | Energy Drink | Matrix | I got two of these for 99p from Poundland. That alone should be an indication of quality. These are absolutely massive, easily the size of a big bottle of shampoo or other shower product. This could be a positive, but unfortunately this tastes like a watered down red bull. Very good if you really need a big fix of energy drink and you have exactly one pound coin on you. I'd say to avoid this drink, but I honestly doubt anyone will ever see this product ever again. | Discarding for Super Poly | 3 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Rockstar | Juiced | El Mango | The most Mangoest energy drink i've every had. You can practically taste the pulp. Absolutely lovely. | Working | 10 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Tiger | UFO | Dariusz Michalczewski | According to google, Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski (born 5 May 1968) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes. I'm not sure if this is the flavour, his brand, or the name of the drink, so I went with what seemed most sensible. This one was nice - The +20% Soku really impacted the Sokuness. What's Sokuness you ask? | Soku-ness dick | 7 | CS | 2021-02-12 |
| Frugo | Wild Punch | Energy Blue Mango | Tastes like a Rockstar Juiced El Mango if you already drank it 80%, then decided to extend it by filling the rest of the can with sparkling water. Quite bland. Wouldn't recommend | Rockstar Juiced El Mango | 4 | CS | 2022-04-24 |
| Rockstar | XDURANCE | Blueberry Pomegranate Acai | I really like this one - It's an odd combination of flavours, but i think it works. It doesnt make me XD though, because i can only get them from margiotta. If you can get it cheap, its a very nice energy drink. If it isnt cheap, its a slightly crappy yet decadent treat. | New printed T-shirt Vinegar Smell | 7 | CS | 2022-05-05 |
| Monster | Energy | Ultra Gold | Nice. Tastes like pineapple diluting juice. Not too Monster-y | Crisps | 8 | CS | 2022-05-23 |
| Sneak | Generations | Bubblegum millions | I bought the Sneak starter pack and was honestly a bit apprehensive. A flat energy drink sounded a bit mank. But a little bit of sparkling water goes a hell of a long way. Incredibly nice, tastes exactly like bubblegum millions. Perhaps a little too sweet, but an overall success. I'm looking forward to trying the other flavours. | Going first | 7 | CS | 2022-05-25 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Cherrybomb | Once again, very nice with sparkling water. It certainly tastes like cherry. Very nice. There was a bit of powder that I couldn't get rid of at the bottom of my Sneak branded baby bottle which was a bit weird. | Absolute bloody nonsense | 8 | CS | 2022-05-26 |
| Sneak | Sneak | Neon Punch | This doesn't have any discernible flavour. The colour looks like a weird off green - going for a coloured and semi-transparent bottle may have been a mistake, cos this looks manky. It kinda tastes alright, in a "no idea what its supposed to be" kinda way. Of all the sample packs I've recieved, I'm prediciting this one will be the weakest. Don't think I'll be getting this one again in the future. | Leftover GDK Spring Rolls | 5 | CS | 2022-05-26 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | TropiKILLA | A very violent name for a very pleasant flavour. Not much else to say. We've all had a tropical drink before. This one is good. | Equally Clever Wordplay | 7 | CS | 2022-05-26 |
| Sneak | Generations | Strawberry Millions | I'll begin this review by saying that I'm not huge on the taste of strawberry sweets, they're a little too artificial for me. But that aside, this drink is good. It does taste just like Strawberry Millions. Not quite as sweet as the Bubblegum Millions drink, but me personally, I preferred the Bubblegum. Honestly, I don't think I've ever had a Strawberry energy drink, so this is new. I would definitely recommend for anyone who likes Strawberry Sweets. | A little less than a Millions | 7 | CS | 2022-05-27 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Purple Storm | What is Purple flavour anyway? I imagine it's some form of berry. Either way, this one is really quite nice. I don't know where the storm flavour is supposed to come in though. | Let's go around again. Ha. | 8 | CS | 2022-05-28 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Sour Apple | The best so far. Not as Sour as they might advertise. Very sweet and apple-y. Definitely going to pick a tub of this up. | Cutting out | 9 | CS | 2022-05-28 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Strawberry Watermelon | I have very little memory of drinking this, for no real reason. I was watching a video and it just didn't register in my memory. The leftover powder smells and tastes good, but the watermelon doesn't come through at all. Maybe I'll try it again someday. | No Idea | 6 | CS | 2022-05-29 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Blue Raspberry | Classic blue raspberry flavour, which is an odd thing to think about really, cos it's not really a real flavour. I did a bit of reading while writing this, and found out some neat stuff about the flavour - It was essentially a marketting gimmick because the red dye used in some raspberry ice "pops" was banned by the FDA as a possible carcinogen. This energy drink is not a carcinogen, so it's pretty good. | There is no such thing in nature as a blue raspberry. Even if you find a blue raspberry product with natural flavors it probably doesn’t have any actual raspberry flavor. | 8 | CS | 2022-05-30 |
| Frucor | V | Guarana | First time I've seen this australian energy drink in the uk, haven't drunk this since I was 16 and very excited to try it again.
Very syrupy and chemical flavoured, i would liken it to the liquid remnants of a tango ice blast at the end of a cinema screening. Very front loaded taste, with not much depth, but im down with that. Its a sweet and fruity drink with a unique flavour that isnt too strong. probably why they put it in such small cans | unlocked memories of childhood, takis | 7 | SM | 2022-05-31 |
| Fluxx Gaming | Energy Powder | Original Orange | Tastes like Orange Lucozade - Not awful, but me personally, I don't think this would be my first choice of flavours. If you really like Lucozade, then this is a great way to save money. | Light morning gaming | 5 | CS | 2022-06-28 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Mighty Melon | I saw a lot of incredibly low and harsh reviews for LOOT - So obviously i had to order their starter pack, which came with 7 flavours and 1 bonus. First up is Mighty Melon, the watermelon flavour. It might not come as much of a surprise that this one isn't anything very special or offensive, given that watermelon isn't exactly the strongest flavour in the world. While it smells strongly of watermelon sweeties, it tastes like sparkling water with only a bit of melon. Not what I would call Mighty, but as it lacks the standard energy drink flavour, it's surprisingly nice and refreshing. Solidly OK. Hopefully the other flavours will be more interesting. | Rhythm Games and Trying again tomorrow | 6 | CS | 2022-06-29 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Sour Shock | Well, it's sour, sort of. It tastes like a sour bursting sweet, but with the sweetness removed. Maybe like having sparkling water that has had a few tangfastics sitting in it for a while. Not the most satisfying flavour in the world. It's too early to draw any conclusions about LOOT, but I'm beginning to worry that all of the flavours are gonna be a bit lacking. | Cola Bottles and Cherries | 4 | CS | 2022-06-30 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Sour Shock | Well, it's sour, sort of. It tastes like a sour bursting sweet, but with the sweetness removed. Maybe like having sparkling water that has had a few tangfastics sitting in it for a while. Not the most satisfying flavour in the world. It's too early to draw any conclusions about LOOT, but I'm beginning to worry that all of the flavours are gonna be a bit lacking. | Cola Bottles and Cherries | 4 | CS | 2022-06-30 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Legendary Lemonade | Weak. All 3 of these LOOT samples have been incredibly weak. Very little flavour, tasting more like lemon flavoured sparkling water than lemonade. Far from legendary. No idea what the reviews were about, these flavours dont even come close to being strong enough to be bad. I can only hope the remaining 4 flavours are better. | Something with flavour | 5 | CS | 2022-06-30 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Silver Storm | This doesn't really taste of anything I can identify - Vaguely sweet. Not terrible, the flavour isn't as ridiculously weak as the other LOOT offerings. According the back of the packet, this one is actually Pineberry flavour. According to google, a Pineberry is a white Strawberry hybrid that tastes like Strawberry and Pineapple. With this newly aquired knowledge, the taste now has some context, and I agree, it does taste a bit like Strawberry and Pineapple. I was worried about this one, due to its stupid name, but it's actually the nicest one of the lot so far. Still a little weak, but a real improvement. | Silver Linings | 6 | CS | 2022-07-01 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Rare Raspberry | This is a raspberry flavoured energy drink. Notice the use of the word "flavoured". Unlike other LOOT drinks, this one has an actual pronounced flavour. And it's quite nice. Tastes a little like a blue slushie you let melt a bit. You can really taste the sweetner though, which makes it a little less pleasant as you go on. The packet has both a regular old red raspberry and an impossible fictional blue raspberry on it, which does look quite good, but I'm not sure why it's pretending blue raspberrys aren't just a conspiracy. | Carcinogens | 6 | CS | 2022-07-02 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Invincible Icetea | I'm not hugely familiar with Ice Tea (or sure that i've even tried it before), but my understanding is that it's usually Peach flavoured and not anything to do with Tea at all. Well, this is certainly Peach flavoured. It'll come as no surprise that the flavour isn't particularly strong, but i think it works in this drinks favour, as a very strong peach taste would probably be a bit overwhelming. It's nice. I'd be interested to know if this flavour actually tastes like ice tea, but I think that's best left to someone else. As I only have one LOOT flavour left to review, it's probably about time I mentioned how strongly these powders smell. All of them have a truely overpowering caramel smell when they are in the packets (almost to the point of it being sickly, which is certainly an odd feeling coming from a sweet smell), but somehow that smell disppears and is replaced with a new smell when they are dissolved in water. Truely mysterious. | Training in The Hyperbolic Time Chamber to prepare for the last flavour | 6 | CS | 2022-07-03 |
| LOOT | Game Booster | Ultra Instinct | This is the main reason I got the Loot starter pack. This packet features a "legally distinct" silhouette of Goku Dragonball and the name is directly from Dragon ball. How could I resist Goku Juice, pure distilled anime flavour? As it turns out, Easily. The flavour is surprisingly good. Apparently, it is Chica Morada, which is a drink from Peru that rivals even Coca-Cola in its home country. I have absolutely no idea what the connection is between this and Dragon Ball. I know that Mexico absolutely loves Dragon Ball, but does this extend to Peru? I was really not looking forward to trying this one, because as we all know, anything made for anime fans (especially ones that are big in the west) has a high chance of being rubbish, but this one was really quite nice and worthwhile. It showed me a flavour I never would have tried otherwise. Maybe i'll look for Chica Morada in the future. Dragon Ball still sucks though. I will never buy LOOT again, and neither should you. | Going even further beyond | 6 | CS | 2022-07-13 |
| Sneak | Sneak | Grape Crush | This flavour has made me realise that I don't think I've ever actually had a Grape drink. It's not bad. Tastes like a big solid red grape. Perhaps a Grape drink connoisseur would have a different opinion, but I think it's fine. Going back to Sneak after all that Loot really makes you appreciate how nice one is compared to the other, and perhaps all my review weightings are off now. Oh well. | I'm not gonna say it | 7 | CS | 2022-07-21 |
| Red Bull | The Red Edition | Watermelon | Good, for a Red Bull. Normally, i avoid Red Bull on account of it tasting crap, but apparently this flavour was not going to be restocked at my local tesco, so i decided to give it a go. Tastes like a watermelon sweety. Kinda wish i'd tried one of these sooner. A nice change. | Wages | 7 | CS | 2022-07-29 |
| Red Bull | The Tropical Edition | Tropical Fruits | As I drink this, a memory that i'd forgotten about surfaces - Of buying and having this exact flavour in the tropical land of Amsterdam, on a hot day. I don't remember my thoughts, feelings, or what happened surrounding buying this drink. But i do remember the flavour. It was fine then, it is fine now. How things have changed, from willingly buying red bull, as an energy drink peasant, to being a true gamer. Incredible. Somehow, the watermelon one was nicer. I wish i'd bought a foreign energy drink while i had the chance. | Vague memorys of heat and trams | 6 | CS | 2022-07-30 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Raspberry Lemonade | This tastes like raspberry lemonade. Very nice. Probably the best flavour yet. | Lemon Raspberrade | 9 | CS | 2022-08-02 |
| Sneak | IN game energy | Origins Option B | Christ, what a mistep - This is apparently one of the test or launch flavours for Sneak, and I can see why they didn't really pursue it. Tastes incredbly sweet with little to no other flavour - Like if you dissolved Candy Floss in some water. Actually, it tastes a lot like LOOT. Sadly, I have 5 satchets of this flavour. | Meetings about Meetings to prepare you for a Meeting | 3 | CS | 2022-08-10 |
| Monster | Ultra Rosá | Ultra Rosá | I've bought this 3 times with the intention of reviewing it, but several Michael Dorn laden conversations distracted me from actually reviewing it. This one is quite nice. If Pipeline Punch tastes Pink, this tastes like a light Purple. The can doesn't offer any information as to what the flavour actually is. It's good though, overall. Not something I've mentioned yet, but Monster Zero Sugar cans have this really weird texturing to them that I actually quite like. Dunno why they bother, and it's probably a bit of a waste, but it's cool i guess. | Michael Dorn | 8 | CS | 2022-10-01 |
| HELL | HELL ENERGY DRINK | CLASSIC | I don't think i've ever seen a more conflicting name to flavour mismatch across all energy drinks. This is a red can with a devil on it and has HELL all over the can, so i expected some sort of really strong, red bull-like caffinated nightmare, intended only for hardcore people who need an X-treme dose of caffine. Instead you're met with a refreshing Tutti Frutti flavour. Not the best energy drink in the world, but for 50p, you could do a lot worse. | 100 Purple Coins | 6 | CS | 2022-11-02 |
