# What's your favorite potato chip? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268 "2008-10-10T02:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/61 "2008-10-10T20:07:37Z")
Another for Hawaiin Kettle Chips. I just discovered them thanks to the bf and I will never settle for less. I’m not sure if these count, but I also love Sun Chips. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/62 "2008-10-10T20:15:16Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > We have prawn cocktail flavour. > > My fave is just ordinary plain CRISPS with a sprinkle of salt Remember those with the little blue salt bag? I don’t see them anymore. ☹ At the moment I’m on a cheese and onion fad, but it changes fairly frequently. ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/63 "2008-10-10T20:47:36Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > Double sigh. > > There was also a steak and onion flavored chip available many years ago that I loved and dearly miss. Don’t remember the brand, though. The Wise Onion and Garlic chips are still available here in South Jersey. The quality varies though - sometimes they’re just more salty than onioney and garlicky. When you get a good bag, they’re excellent! I think Silenus might have nailed down your steak flavored chips - Herrs still makes the Steak and Worcestershire chips, according to their website. They are very very good! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/64 "2008-10-10T20:53:49Z")
Oh, yes, I’ve had the Herr’s Steak and Worchestershire chips. They are awesome, but there was a steak and grilled onion variety that I got a couple of times back around 1991 that I haven’t seen since. I miss it! The Herr’s chip is a little more tangy, slightly less savory. Still good, though. I do get the Onion and Garlic Wise chips from the Dollar Tree sometimes, I just know I shouldn’t. They taste just like Funyuns, only in potato chip form; how can I resist that? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/65 "2008-10-10T21:12:29Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > My standard is the generic Lay’s. Thin. Crisp. Salty. It’s the small black dress of potato chips. Goes with anything. > > Wavy chips are just too thick. > > Flavors are ok for variety, bit give me the basics. Yeah, my fall back would be plain Lay’s too. That, and some sour cream & green onion/chive or French onion dip reminds me of childhood. It was a rare treat, growing up. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/66 "2008-10-10T22:40:00Z")
> [@PaperBlob](#): > > Best unflavored chip: **Grandma Utz’s Kettle Cooked** - no contest! I don’t consider those unflavored. They’re cooked in lard, which gives them an edge of bacon-grease flavor. And to be really nitpicky, they’re “handcooked”, not kettle cooked. Plain Utz have long been my favorite. I was bemused to find a shop specializing in Utz chips when I first visited Baltimore; here in Philadelphia every supermarket and half the drugstores stock them, so I never thought they were anything special, just very good chips. If I lived somewhere I couldn’t get them, though, I would definitely miss them. Pennsylvania Cable Network’s “PCN Tours” show visited the Utz factory once. The quality control was nearly fanatic; there seemed to be someone stationed at every possible point where product could be sorted, weeding out second-rate potatoes, or potato slices, or finished chips (potatoes alone got culled at least three times). They also bragged of salting the chips hot from the fryer, saying it enables them to use less salt while keeping a strong salty flavor. ---
**Author:** ![SpecialAgentJem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SpecialAgentJem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpecialAgentJem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/67 "2008-10-10T22:53:30Z")
KP Discos in Salt and Vinegar flavour. I love these so much that my sis actually bought me a box as part of my birthday last year! they didnt last a month - yum! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/68 "2008-10-11T00:28:40Z")
**Wavy Lays.** With a sandwich. We used to buy two bags a week until middle age set in and the Wavy Lays began to equal fatter butts, thighs, waists, etc. Now I settle for Lay’s Light with Olestra. Second choice: **Cape Cod** kettle cooked chips. We call them “crack chips” and not because of their crispiness, but rather because of their addictiveness. (Simalarly, “crack nuts” are salted peanuts in the shell that are addictive as opposed to needing to be cracked open.) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/69 "2008-10-11T00:40:34Z")
Sometimes these are hard to find, but, without question, my favorite are [Munchos](http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=357). Wonderfully salty and airy. [Pop chips](http://www.popchips.com/) are awesome as well. Salt & Pepper, Salt & Vinegar, and plain are the best. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/70 "2008-10-11T00:46:09Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Hawaiian Sweet Maui Onion potato chips. I was on vacation in San Diego in January of 2006 and discovered them in an Albertson’s store. Bought a whole bunch of bags. Haven’t seen them since, but I sure would love to. Where I work, we sold these for about a minute 6 months ago. They were either testing them, or maybe they were so unpopular that we stopped carrying them. I liked them. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/71 "2008-10-11T00:54:21Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Shrimp flavored potato chips are also kinda good, but I haven’t seen them outside Japan. We got 'em in Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/72 "2008-10-11T01:06:48Z")
Katie’s Old Fashioned Potato Chips. The plain, lightly salted kind. Made in Hobart, Indiana, and I don’t know if they’re available outside of NW Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/73 "2008-10-11T02:45:15Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Easy: Krunchers Barbeque. After that Ruffles with french onion or green onion dip. No dip? No, thanks. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/74 "2008-10-11T03:02:31Z")
Somebody used to make Ketchup-flavored chips. I want to say it was Herr’s. Also, I remember loving sausage-pizza chips. They were real! I think. Loved them. Mom always liked dill pickle chips. Yeck. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/75 "2008-10-11T03:07:30Z")
Local brand, [Poore Brothers](http://www.inventuregroup.net/Poore-Brothers.asp) “Intensely Different” chips. They’re kettle cooked so it’s the usual thicker chip with a lot of crunch. The ‘difference’ is the flavoring – they put it on with a heavy hand, so it really smacks you in the tastebuds. So much so, I stick with the original, salt and black pepper, and sweet Maui onion flavors. They used to have a Mediterranean flavor I liked, but it seems to have disappeared. I am gladdened no one’s mentioned those Pringles abominations. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/76 "2008-10-11T03:20:21Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I am gladdened no one’s mentioned those Pringles abominations. Except in posts 3, 9, 13, 23, 37, 40, 57, and 59. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/77 "2008-10-11T03:24:27Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Where I work, we sold these for about a minute 6 months ago. They were either testing them, or maybe they were so unpopular that we stopped carrying them. I liked them. > > Joe You can get the Sweet Maui Onion chips at most Trader Joes (in Chicago at least) They are my favorite flavored chip. I also love Taytos cheese and onion. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/78 "2008-10-11T11:50:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The wife and I are in perfect agreement here: Pringles! Sour Cream 'n Onion, with Regular a very close second. > > Pringles have become the new Coca-Cola or, before them, Standard Oil barrel. A news photographer once told me: “I’ve been to deepest, darkest Africa, and they’ve got Pringles.” THAT is GOLD! I can pretty much devour a bag of Salt and Pepper Kettle Chips all by my lonesome. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/79 "2008-10-11T13:44:41Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > My favorite, though were O’Grady chips, which Lays made back in the '80s. They were like Ruffles, but about twice as thick. I thought they were wonderful, especially the cheddar cheese flavor. Oh yes. O’Grady Au Gratin. I loved those. Passionately. The new thick Ruffles are similar. Amongst the ones that are gone, I loved the short-lived cheeseburger Doritos. Ruffles Sour Cream and Cheddar: Regular, Baked, or fat free. I love them all. The market upstreet from me has pepperoni pizza chips. They are fascinating and bright red. Ooh, speaking of which, pizza Pringles are one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268/80 "2008-10-11T14:04:45Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Except in posts 3, 9, 13, 23, 37, 40, 57, and 59. Ish. How did I miss all those. My squick censor must have kicked in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-potato-chip/467268.md?page=5)