I love new renditions
of an old favorite. Take the Lays potato chip. You know they’re tastey because they
are so bad for you. I remember the slogan, “Betcha can’t eat just one.” And they
were right. Such a good marketing campaign too. The competitive nature of the American
public rose to the challenge and lost, buying bag after bag. Who cared if most
of the bag was air and the rest was a greasy fried unfulfilling snack full of
all the bad trans, saturated fats.
And now we have a new
gimmick with these crazy flavors and a contest to keep one. I’ve tried 2 of the
three. First, the cheesy garlic bread doesn’t match up. If I wanted to snack
that tasted like cheesy garlic bread I would in fact eat actual cheese topped
garlic bread. This one should be voided from the contest entirely, thus my
voiding it from my taste test. Second, Sriracha – you know the flavor. It’s the
“insanely hot” Chinese red sauce in clear bottle, topped with a green lid,
displaying a proud rooster on the front. This one I found intriguing prior to
sampling a few. Now, after a seasoned hot sauce sampler has burned, scorched
and flambéed her tongue on a variety of insanely hot sauces, I’m not inclined
to call this chip inflamed. It is moderately spicy, but had a good combination
of kick and crunch. It was what you would expect from a uniquely flavored yet
traditional snack.
The
third sampling was beyond comprehension. Chicken and Waffles are a pair of food
items I’ve heard of and considered much an urban legend of foods, not something
people actually ate. Then with that flavor combo in a potato chip, I wanted to
know. My boyfriend and I sat down together to experience this flight of the
imagination as a couple. It was an instant favorite. He described it (and I concur)
as the perfect breakfast chip. It has the buttery sweetness of waffles and the
complimentary seasoning of chicken. It is surprisingly delectable and
unsurprisingly addictive. His photographic reaction was also priceless.
**There were a flip-book type sequence of these, but this one is the finale.**
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