# Terra exotic vegetable chips **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950 "2011-08-16T20:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/1 "2011-08-16T20:51:40Z")
What are the purple chips made from? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/2 "2011-08-16T20:53:18Z")
There are blue-purple ones made from blue potatoes. Are those the ones you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/3 "2011-08-16T20:53:47Z")
Purple sweet potato or taro? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/4 "2011-08-16T20:55:31Z")
Blue potatoes. And now I want them. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/5 "2011-08-16T20:57:05Z")
We have a choice of Sweet Potato, Parsnip, Batata (whatever that is), Taro or Yucca. I’m guessing Batata or Yucca. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/6 "2011-08-16T21:00:37Z")
[Purple sweet potatoes.](http://www.google.com/search?q=purple+sweet+potato&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&prmd=ivnse&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=OdpKTr-IDNK_tgfovJXACg&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=1503&bih=790) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/7 "2011-08-16T21:06:36Z")
Thanks, Dolores! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/8 "2011-08-16T21:08:05Z")
[According to the company, they’re blue potatoes.](http://www.terrachips.com/our-chips/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/72822901402) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/9 "2011-08-16T21:10:01Z")
**WhyNot** , [you’ve got the wrong flavor.](http://www.terrachips.com/our-chips/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/72822912375) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/10 "2011-08-16T21:12:34Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > **WhyNot** , [you’ve got the wrong flavor.](http://www.terrachips.com/our-chips/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/72822912375) The OP asks what the purple ones in the Exotic Vegetable Chips bag are, not the Original Chips. ETA: And the sweet potato chips in the Original Chips are orange, not purple/blue. Purple sweet potatoes definitely exist, but I’ve never found them in Terra chips. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/11 "2011-08-16T21:16:43Z")
Exotic vegetable chips [a la Mexicana.](http://www.brightdesign.com/portfolio/terra-chips-brand-packaging/) Dammit. [Right Link.](http://www.brightdesign.com/portfolio/terra-chips-brand-packaging/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/12 "2011-08-16T21:21:50Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/13 "2011-08-16T22:31:01Z")
Passed around like a bad penny. Sniff. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/14 "2011-08-17T01:40:53Z")
I also think those are made from blue potatoes. Those chips are TOO expensive … but very delicious. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/15 "2011-08-17T14:17:36Z")
Expensive but so worth it! And so colorful and pretty on the plate. One does not need 2 handfuls to satisfy. Even my kids like them, best food product of the new century. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/16 "2011-08-17T15:09:46Z")
> [@chela](#): > > And so colorful and pretty on the plate. I bet so, although I wouldn’t know from experience. Ours have never made it that far from the bag, usually just a couple of inches and then they’re gone. In fact sometimes I’ll stick my head into the bag and eat them that way. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/17 "2011-08-17T15:58:17Z")
Yeh, they’re too expensive but they’re delicious. We’re addicted to their taro chips at our house - they have a subtle nutty starchy sweet flavor and it’s a nice change from potato chips or tortilla chips. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/18 "2011-08-17T18:50:04Z")
The purple chips surely resemble the beets in their “Sweets & Beets”. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/19 "2011-08-17T20:56:56Z")
I love them, all the different flavors mixed in one bag =) I do wish they came in the small individual portion bags at the BJs mrAru shops at =( all they seem to have is the ginormous bags though. I have to admit, I love the individual serving bags of snacks, they are actually approved by my nutrition counsellor and so easy to fit into my nutrition profile. I actually keep several kinds in the snack drawer by my bed so I can do the closed eye grab bag thing to pick the bedtime snack. No idea why but I have never been a candy type, ever since I could remember I have always been a salty/vinegary snack type. My brother would get his allowance and run out for candy, I would lobby for potato chips, salt and vinegar being my childhood favorite that I could only get in Canada back in the day. I was thrilled when they started selling them locally in the US. [how many kids do you know that instead of raiding the cookie jar would raid the pickles…😕] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950/20 "2011-08-17T23:18:25Z")
My SO (Mrs. Plant #3 to be) says the “Sweets and Beets” fellate with great alacrity. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-exotic-vegetable-chips/592950.md?page=2)