# What's your favorite brand of potato chips? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338 "2005-01-24T01:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/41 "2005-01-24T16:44:05Z")
> [@Spudo](#): > > Humpty Dumpty BBQ. As far as I know they’re only available here in Atlantic Canada. Naw, you can get Humpty Dumpty in the NE US (maybe just New England, but I have seen them.) As far as big brands go, give my Lay’s salt and vinegar. For more local flavor, I love Cape Cod Sea Salt and Vinegar. I like Herr’s BBQ, but their salt and vinegar…welll…sucks. There is almost NO vinegar (well, vinegar flavor, since most chip companies jsut use flavor and some kind of cheap acid.) At any rate, Herr’s S+V jsut taste like plain chips to me. Good by a ‘plain chip’ standard, yes, but not by any means a salt and vinegar chip. ---
**Author:** ![Miabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Miabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miabella)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/42 "2005-01-24T17:16:22Z")
I am originally from Massachusetts, and I have to agree that Cape Cod chips are the best I’ve ever had. I currently live in DC, and it’s nearly impossible to get them here because Utz has a stranglehold on the market. Utz Kettle Chips are pretty good, but they just can’t compete with Cape Cod. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/43 "2005-01-24T17:28:36Z")
I really have three favorites: Plain: Cape Cod original Flavor 1: Lays KCBarbeque Flavor 2: Lays or Pringles Sour Cream & Onion If we’re talking non “chip” snacks, crunchy Cheetos & original Doritos probably top my list, although sometimes you just _have_ to have… …Funyions. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/44 "2005-01-24T23:11:12Z")
> [@Mr Jim](#): > > Another Miss Vickie’s fan here. I can go with anything from plain to Sour Cream and Chili from them. I am in Ontario and we have Humpty Dumpty chips. BBQ is definitely their best. > > Side question: I saw an american tv show and I noticed they had Miss Vickie’s on a rack in the background. Are they sold in the states or was this just shot in canada? They are sold in the states. I see them all the time but have not tried them. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/45 "2005-01-25T00:25:50Z")
Mike Sells Ripples Potato Chips. Potatoes cooked in 100% peanut oil, then salted. As simple as it gets, but great. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/46 "2005-01-25T01:41:19Z")
**"Dirty" AT “DIRTY’S” WE DON’T WASH OUT THE NATURAL POTATO FLAVOR, SO OUR CHIPS ARE CRUNCHIER AND TASTIER.** [sub]**[link](http://www.dirtys.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.100.exe/online-store/scstore/shophome.html?E+scstore)**[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/47 "2005-01-25T02:00:13Z")
For layering on tuna sandwiches, Lays original. Thin, salty and gloriously greasy. For dipping, Ruffles original. For a change, salt & pepper Kettle chips. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/48 "2005-01-25T02:20:38Z")
**Big Bad Voodoo** Lou wrote: > [@](#): > > I love Zapp’s potato chips, which I would always stock up on in New Orleans. They are thick, crunchy kettle chips from the city that invented them, and come in great flavors like jalapeno, Cajun, honey mustard, and I vaguely remember “crawdad”! I wish I could find Zapp’s chips in Orlando. [Order and ye shall receive!](http://www.zapps.com/) I’ve sent cases of these to my Air Force daughter in Colorado. They arrive fresh and delicious! ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/49 "2005-01-25T02:30:16Z")
[Snyder’s of Berlin](http://www.chill-ripe.com/snyder/history.asp) is proof positive of a benevolent God. Especially the BBQ and kettle cooked ones. You can eat 'em straight OR they can replace lettuce on a ham sandwich, whichever. Bliss. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/50 "2005-01-25T02:47:42Z")
I second whoever said Baked Doritos. I think they’re cheesier than regular Doritos. But my ultimate favorite are the Cheddar and Sour Cream kind. Heaven in a bag, I’m telling ya. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/51 "2005-01-25T04:48:29Z")
> [@Adoptamom\_II](#): > > **Big Bad Voodoo** Lou wrote: > > [Order and ye shall receive!](http://www.zapps.com/) > > I’ve sent cases of these to my Air Force daughter in Colorado. They arrive fresh and delicious! Oh, neat, thanks! But that’s a bit expensive, once you factor in shipping and everything. I’d rather just have a local source to buy a bag every week or two. I guess I’m better off without my Zapp’s… or am I? ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338/52 "2005-01-25T05:21:20Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I love Zapp’s potato chips, which I would always stock up on in New Orleans. They are thick, crunchy kettle chips from the city that invented them, and come in great flavors like jalapeno, Cajun, honey mustard, and I vaguely remember “crawdad”! I wish I could find Zapp’s chips in Orlando. > > For non-potato chips, I’m a sucker for all kinds of Doritos (especially Cool Ranch), and Spicy Cheez Doodles. Mmmm, orange fingertips… My favs are Zapp’s Cajun Crawtator or Steak Flavor (Limited Edition). I discovered Zapp’s when I worked as an oilfield crewboat captain out of Louisiana. It was a pleasant surprise to find them in Publix Supermarket in Panama City Beach. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-brand-of-potato-chips/286338.md?page=2)