Crisps - can anyone remember the name of these?

dundalk cailin

yea fives, golden wonder, bikers, snaps, wheelies, onion rings, banshee bones...ah what has the world come to changin the originals???

oh i finally found a packet of salt n vinegar crisps over here in france, took me 5wks to hunt them down!!

eoinf

Deleted User wrote:

Ah yes. I'd go into a shop with 10p and buy a packet of crisps and a Woppa bar.



Ah the memories............

and you tell that to kids today and they just wont believe you .

nostalgia it aint what it used to be.

rubadub

missingtime wrote:

I remember these crisps that my friend brought over from england which I thought were the coolest ever!!

The were vinegar flavoured or plain flavoured or something but there was a sachet of salt in the packet which you sprinkled over the crisps!! How cool is that!

smiths crisps. You can get them hear the odd time. Iceland carry lots of english crips, i think their shops are all close now though.

the packet dates back to some guy who used to sell crisps in pubs in england, he used to give people salt in blue packs

Crowey10

Does anyone remember the crisps sold years ago called American Cruncho's??? They were in a red packet I think they were bacon flavour I just remember eating bags of them when I was younger and want to know if they are sold anywhere nowadays??
People think I'm making them up coz nobody has heard of them:mad: HELP!

WellyJ

This thread is almost 3 years old....

But yeh i do remember them, amazingly tasty but probably the only crisps that hurt your teeth.

Havent seen them in a long time though.

Hot Dog flavored haha

i_love_toast

his ones for you 80's kids out there!does anyone remember these crisps i think they were sold as a multi pack or something with mad flavors.they were some kind of space crisps or something i can hardly remember them at all i just remember once having a sleepover in my attic with my best friend eating packets after packets of them!anyone have any sort of idea???

Shan75

I used to love Super Hoopers but haven't seen them for years.I recently spotted French Fries and duly bought a few packets.They're not the same as they used to be.Sam Spudz smokey bacon were class.Think it was as much about the crinkles as the taste.Discos salt n vinegar--you'd have to lick the salt off first.Mr Perri onion rings were nice too but not as good as Super Hoopers.

Dyr

i_love_toast wrote: »

his ones for you 80's kids out there!does anyone remember these crisps i think they were sold as a multi pack or something with mad flavors.they were some kind of space crisps or something i can hardly remember them at all i just remember once having a sleepover in my attic with my best friend eating packets after packets of them!anyone have any sort of idea???

spacers?

Beanstalk

Heh, I remeber all these crisps as i'm a crispomaniac, but i've just recalled these corn snacks that were like chipsticks only they were a weird curry flavour and were called 'curry chips', and they had these sterotypical chinese people on the packet....think they're gone now...

the nicest crips ever the old style perri pub crisps in cheese and onion, then they changed the packet and the flavour about ten years ago and they were never the same...:(

Originally Posted by i_love_toast
his ones for you 80's kids out there!does anyone remember these crisps i think they were sold as a multi pack or something with mad flavors.they were some kind of space crisps or something i can hardly remember them at all i just remember once having a sleepover in my attic with my best friend eating packets after packets of them!anyone have any sort of idea???

Were they salt and vinegar or something? can't remember the name either....

Ruu_Old

I think they might have been called 'Space Cadets'.

Kimbot

Or Space Raiders... I think Dunnes still stock them.

IanCurtis

Crowey10 wrote: »

Does anyone remember the crisps sold years ago called American Cruncho's??? They were in a red packet I think they were bacon flavour I just remember eating bags of them when I was younger and want to know if they are sold anywhere nowadays??
People think I'm making them up coz nobody has heard of them:mad: HELP!

Yes

Crunchos were actually withdrawn as they were considered dangerous for young kids because they were so hard and may get lodged in a child's throat.

There was a move to sell them in pubs a la Bacon Fries, but this was shelved too.

So now you know!

SEPT 23 1989

i can still remember the taste of sam spudz smokey bacon nothing has come yet in the smoking bacon line that could touch them

moosejoose

This is absolutly class im only 18 and am remeberin all these 5p crisps, banshees, bikers, wheelies, old skool monster munch not that walkers bolox, its all soo good. has anybody ever seen those cheese moments for sale the ones that are advertised on the card that the bacon fries are hung on. ive been to many a rural pub over the past 18 and a half years and never seen a packet for my troubles.

DarkJager

moosejoose wrote: »

This is absolutly class im only 18 and am remeberin all these 5p crisps, banshees, bikers, wheelies, old skool monster munch not that walkers bolox, its all soo good. has anybody ever seen those cheese moments for sale the ones that are advertised on the card that the bacon fries are hung on. ive been to many a rural pub over the past 18 and a half years and never seen a packet for my troubles.

Yeah I had them once about 10 years ago...quite nice once you get over the fact they are stuffed with hard imitiation cheese...scampis ftw!!

Stokes

Crowey10 wrote: »

Does anyone remember the crisps sold years ago called American Cruncho's??? They were in a red packet I think they were bacon flavour I just remember eating bags of them when I was younger and want to know if they are sold anywhere nowadays??
People think I'm making them up coz nobody has heard of them:mad: HELP!

Pretty sure they were hot dog flavour- best crisps ever. Sadly they didnt catch on

ibeatza

does anyone remember fun yuns the are kinda large onion rings and they were ina yellow pack? please and if u do can u still get them

Ruu_Old

I don't know about Ireland but they have them in the States as well.

Catari Jaguar

WellyJ wrote: »

Yep same company,

Anyone remember FunYuns,

They were tasty.

I'll never get over FunYuns... Sometimes I'd walk home from school and spend the bus fare on 2 packs

stevire

My fav crisps used to be King Hot Dog Flavoured crisps... Think they were called Crunch-O's or something. Bit similar to NikNaks now

stevire

Found a couple of threads on them after a quick google...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=232133

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054931588

Quality crisps... Anyone want to start a petition to bring them back??

lord lucan

stevire wrote: »

Found a couple of threads on them after a quick google...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=232133

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054931588

Quality crisps... Anyone want to start a petition to bring them back??

i'm with you,i used to love them. sadly missed.:(

Ann22

Remember Sam Spudz used to have a wee cartoon strip story on the packet? Did I dream that? He was a detective mike hammer style:). People seem to be saying that the consistency of a lot of crisps has changed, I imagine it could be because a lot of manufacturers are taking the hydrogenated oil out of their products.

dSTAR

I asked about Captain America crisps in a similar thread in AH but got no response. I figured I will probably have a better chance with some of the old schoolers here. Tell me I am not imagining it and they did actually exist.

Appleblossom42

Snaps are pickled onion flavoured, still love them.

Hangdogroad

I remember Sam Spudz well and the detective guy on the packet who was always in silhouette. Here's an ad I haven't seen before with Frank Carson, aimed squarely at the Northern market.

https://youtu.be/n7R5zZd3Ux8?feature=shared

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/58721761#Comment_58721761

They did indeed.