Chip Dip Chip

Pringles French Onion Dip

This chip uncovered a generational gap when Celeste looked at the can and asked if French onions were different from American ones. I had to explain how back in the 70s it was a big thing to make dip by mixing powdered French onion soup mix into sour cream, and how that became something you could buy ready-made.

Which is all kind of weird now that I think back on it.

Anyway, the chips had a nice, onion-y smell and tasted exactly like French onion dip. Caramelized onions, sour cream, and chip all in one. It probably was nostalgia or something but I think I liked them a lot more than Celeste did.

Rating: 4/5

Feel the burn!

Pringles Jalapeño

With a couple exceptions I've been pretty impressed with the various flavors of Pringles, and this one turned out to be with the majority.

On opening the package I was greeted with a strong, but not unpleasant, vinegar scent similar to what you get with most salt & vinegar chips. That was promising, but I've learned that sometimes a good smell doesn't end up matched with a good taste, so I proceeded with caution.

The first chip had a good, recognizable jalapeño flavor mixed with vinegar - pickled peppers then, no problem. I like pickled jalapeños. There was also a mild amount of heat.  After the third or fourth chip I realized that the burn was steadily building. The jalapeño flavor was still there but zowie!

I kept eating them.

The level of heat never quite got to the point of painful and never overwhelmed the other flavors. This is one of those chips that I can easily scarf down the whole package.

Rating: 4/5

Not as Buffalo as the last Buffalo

Pringles XTRA-ordinary flavor Tangy Buffalo Wing

Given how awesome their Buffalo Ranch chips were, I had high expectations for these. Sadly, they didn't reach the mark. The scent on opening the package was pretty low-key, and the flavor wasn't all that impressive. There was a touch of vinegar and maybe a hint of greasy chicken, but mostly it was a very mild spice potato chip. Not bad per se, but kind of boring.

I guess the hyphen in the name was intentional. Instead of being extraordinary they're extra-ordinary.

Rating: 3/5

Pringles Misfire

Pringles Loaded Baked Potato

I've liked some of the other varieties of Pringles so I thought these would be worth a shot. Sadly, they missed the mark with this one.

They didn't have much of a noticeable smell and the color was almost like that of unflavored Pringles. That's not too much of a problem in itself, but they really failed in the flavor department.

Other than being overly salty, there wasn't much else to taste. A hint of bacon and maybe a tiny bit of cheese or sour cream ... hard to tell really.  If they were a "loaded" baked potato at a restaurant I'd expect I'd see maybe a couple imitation bacon bits, a dab of butter, and a single lonely shred of cheddar.

Everyone else in the family agreed, these were a disappointment.

Rating: 3/5

Buffalo Chips Doesn't Sound Quite Right

Pringles Buffalo Ranch

I've had these before but hadn't posted about them here. Like their Cheese Burger chips, Pringles does a good job of getting this flavor right. There's a nice, sharp taste of buffalo sauce and even a bit of an afterburn. I'm not at all surprised to see this flavor has stuck around.

Rating: 5/5

Disturbingly Accurate

Pringles Food Truck Flavors Cheese Burger

These tasted exactly like a McDonald's cheeseburger, right down to the diced onions and pickles. Actually, I kind of like them.

Pringles is a brand of potato and wheat-based stackable snack chips owned by Kellogg's.