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What are the best & the worst crisps?

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  • #52
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    "lays" basically fake crisps and the worst thing about being on holidays.

    The best thing you mean. Love them.


  • #53
    akelly02
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    O donnels cheese and onion


  • #54
    byronbay2
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    Sorolla wrote: »
    You cannot beat an auld Pringle - I’m awful parshalled to the sour cream and onion

    Whenever I am going up to Dublin on the train I like nothing better than a tube of sour cream and onion

    You might like them but I have to tell you: THEY ARE NOT CRISPS!! They are some kind of American reconstituted potato-based snack.

    As far as "the best" is concerned, I'm surprised that people are proposing so many options. By far the best crisp is O'Donnells cheese and onion. Delicious and addictive. When they are on special offer for €2 (big pack), fill your trolley!!


  • #55
    French Toast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 806 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Best: O'Donnells Cheese and Onion, Hunky Dory Buffalo.

    Worst: Original Hoola Hoops. A cult classic, but they're awful.


  • #56
    gmisk
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    Thai sweet chilli...walkers are good, m and s or o Donnell's all yum.

    I don't like those really synthetic puffed up corn snacks like burger bites etc at all


  • #57
    rogieop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭rogieop


    Gimme a pack or space invaders above all else any day of the week.

    Nik naks a close second.


  • #58
    MrMusician18
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    The_Dark_Lord wrote: »
    Same thing happened to Tayto Cheese & Onion. In the last few years they've completely changed the recipe. Where the Tayto C&O of 10 years ago were more full bodied and extremely moreish, the crisps that exist now are brittle and not so savoury. The flavouring is also completely different. Tayto C&O and King C&O are the same crisps, only in different packaging.

    I'm pretty sure I read the old boss of largo salt that the difference between tayto and king is that the ratio of cheese.to onion flavour is reversed in king relative to tayto.


  • #59
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    The two old reliables Tayto and King Cheese and Onion are the go to option a lot of the time. The only two to put in a crisp sandwich for me.

    I do like Bacon Fries, Manhattan Cheese and Onion and Frisps Cheese and Onion. Disco's C&O and Prawn Cocktail are good stuff, also.

    Some of those Cheese Puff's are tasty little buggers, too.

    Golden Wonder and Sam Spudz smokey bacon were top notch back in the day.

    How people eat salt and vinegar crisps i don't understand as they are possibly the worst flavour i've ever tasted. Rotten to the core.

    Overall though crisps are a fantastic treat. I ike them a little too much.


  • #60
    SineadSpears
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    Love too many crisps to have a favourite, but the worst is anything sour cream & onion flavoured.
    Or cheesy popcorn.
    Both are like smelly football team sock flavoured crisps


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  • #61
    Darc19
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    Pringles are a potato based snack with a ridiculous fat content of 38%


    Yep, 78g of that 200g tub is lard.


  • #62
    AMKC
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    Ms


    Seabrooks for the win Honestly if ye people have not tried them you should. The only reason they are not in every shop in the country is because they are far superior to all other crisps and no one should buy anything else after trying them.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #63
    rickis tache
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    O'donnell the ones with the ballymaloue relish. Oh my god just tell my taste buds to commit Hari kari cause it just won't ever be topped.


    And doritos hot spicy



    Meanies too



    I am so so sorry.


  • #64
    beerguts
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭beerguts


    God tier: Meanies (any of you potato only crisps purists can shove a barbed nettle up yer hole)

    Worst: Perri crisps any flavor . I don't see them around anymore but they were the blandest stuff ever. Back in the day a multipack of them were always accompanied by a 3L bottle of country spring. Poverty snacks


  • #65
    markc91
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    beerguts wrote: »
    God tier: Meanies (any of you potato only crisps purists can shove a barbed nettle up yer hole)

    Worst: Perri crisps any flavor . I don't see them around anymore but they were the blandest stuff ever. Back in the day a multipack of them were always accompanied by a 3L bottle of country spring. Poverty snacks

    Perri made up for it with their cheese popcorn though, sadly discontinued :(


  • #66
    Homelander
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    Ah, a bit like all alcohol is good to an alcoholic, all crisps are good. Some better than others, but I really can't say I've encountered a "bad" crisp.

    Best though - Pringles are up there, along with Doritos, especially the Chili heatwave or flaming hot cheese.


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  • #67
    Greyfox
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    Darc19 wrote: »
    Pringles are a potato based snack with a ridiculous fat content of 38%

    Yeah but Pringles and Doritos are still much nicer than Tayto or King crisps


  • #68
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Could never get into eating doritos (or any tortilla chip) by themselves. Lovely with dips and what not, but find them far to dry to eat them like a bag of regular crisps.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #69
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Short memories in here, this was literally resolved last year in the Ultimate Crisp Tournament;

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?t=2058009658


  • #70
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    Greyfox wrote: »
    Yeah but Pringles and Doritos are still much nicer than Tayto or King crisps
    The best flavour Pringles were the Extra Texas BBQ Pringles, because they were evil and would burn the mouth off you. They had to be from the Extra range, though. The texture of the actual crisps was still rotten.


  • #71
    sbsquarepants
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    I'm partial to a bag of hunky dory's or O'Donnels.

    O'Donnels have the advantage of being gluten free, my daughter is coeliac and a surprising number of crisps contain wheat!


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  • #72
    The_Honeybadger
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    Keoghs crinkle cut range or Hunky Dory Buffalo


  • #73
    ShatterAlan
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Keoghs cheese & onion.

    As close to crisp perfection as possible. :pac:


    Worst? Pringles is down there in my book - dusty and the flavors are sub-par.


    Pringles are sh1t. They are like the chicken nuggets of the crisp world. It's like they create some kind of potato slurry and then fashion oval slices out of it and cock the crisps that way. The texture is revolting. At least all the crisps mentioned in the thread, good or not so good, are genuine slices of potato.


    Anyway I'd kill right now for 2 packs of Tayto cheese and onion and a can of ice cold Club Orange to wash them down.


  • #74
    GS11
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    Lidl's hand cooked crisps, lightly salted.


  • #75
    Kilboor
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    Me reading this thread:

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  • #76
    cj maxx
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    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Pringles are sh1t. They are like the chicken nuggets of the crisp world. It's like they create some kind of potato slurry and then fashion oval slices out of it and cock the crisps that way. The texture is revolting. At least all the crisps mentioned in the thread, good or not so good, are genuine slices of potato.


    Anyway I'd kill right now for 2 packs of Tayto cheese and onion and a can of ice cold Club Orange to wash them down.

    I’m not a big crisp eater at all , but Tayo cheese and onion are shyte!
    Sorry if that’s dissing a national treasure but they are


  • #77
    Julez
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Soft prawn cocktails ones. Looked like little flowers. Loved them as a kid.

    'Skips' Is the name you're looking for btw.


  • #78
    Kilboor
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    cj maxx wrote: »
    I’m not a big crisp eater at all , but Tayo cheese and onion are shyte!
    Sorry if that’s dissing a national treasure but they are

    :eek: Mods?

    Nothing better than the taste of a bag of cheese and onion taytos from the pub 2 pints in


  • #79
    Grueller Baby
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    Bikers, waffles and the Tesco brand Onion Rings (big pack only) in a three way tie for GOAT

    Walkers are the ultimate poverty crisp.


  • #80
    up for anything
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    Tayto Cheese and Onion are the very best but O'Donnells Cheese and Onion along with Aldi own brand Cheese and Onion are a close second.

    Golden Wonder anything along with Walkers anything are rank and bottom pile.


  • #81
    enda1
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    furiousox wrote: »
    Manhattan cheese & onion.
    The crack cocaine of crisps.

    cheese-onion-crisps-buy-online-150g-manhattan-crisps-265x265_c.jpg

    Probably because of the MSG!

    https://www.planetcandy.ie/manhattan-cheese-and-onion-crisps-48-x-35g

    "Potatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Cheese and Onion Flavour (Onion Powder, Vegetarian Whey Powder (Milk), Dextrose, Salt, Salt Substitute: Potassium Chloride; Flavour Enhancers: Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5' Ribonucleotide; Vegetarian Cheese Powder (Milk), Yeast Extract, Yeast Powder, Flavouring, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Colour: Annatto)"


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  • #82
    [Deleted User]
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    enda1 wrote: »
    Probably because of the MSG!

    https://www.planetcandy.ie/manhattan-cheese-and-onion-crisps-48-x-35g

    "Potatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Cheese and Onion Flavour (Onion Powder, Vegetarian Whey Powder (Milk), Dextrose, Salt, Salt Substitute: Potassium Chloride; Flavour Enhancers: Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5' Ribonucleotide; Vegetarian Cheese Powder (Milk), Yeast Extract, Yeast Powder, Flavouring, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Colour: Annatto)"

    Probably is. It improves everything.


  • #83
    cj maxx
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    Kilboor wrote: »
    :eek: Mods?

    Nothing better than the taste of a bag of cheese and onion taytos from the pub 2 pints in

    My point exactly. With a few pints anything tastes nice, but sober nah. tatyo crisps are so thin they’re just a bag of crumbs. Loved in Ireland because they were the only ones available for years . The RTÉ of the crisp world


  • #84
    enda1
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    What's the latest on MSG, is it still a carcinogen? Where is it on the NPHET scale of terror?


  • #85
    run_Forrest_run
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    enda1 wrote: »
    What's the latest on MSG, is it still a carcinogen? Where is it on the NPHET scale of terror?

    covid19 > msg so it's OK


  • #86
    run_Forrest_run
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    Minichips salt & vinegar...unreal. Also a fan of Hunky Dory's followed by King/Tayto. All these 'gourmet' crisps are just a way to charge more money..no thanks.


  • #87
    enda1
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    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    Minichips salt & vinegar...unreal. Also a fan of Hunky Dory's followed by King/Tayto. All these 'gourmet' crisps are just a way to charge more money..no thanks.

    A lot of them are too thick and risk to cut your pallet which is no craic.


  • #88
    PsychoPete
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    There is some notions in this thread, the answer is Tayto cheese and onion or nothing


  • #89
    Seamai
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    The_Honeybadger wrote: »
    Keoghs crinkle cut range or Hunky Dory Buffalo

    I'm a big fan of Keogh's but find their crinkle cut crisps a bit too salty. O'Donnell are nipping on their heels though, had their hickory flavoured ones a few weeks back, delicious.


  • #90
    enda1
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    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    I do love the Irish crisps but I do feel like the Brits have us beat on that one. Taytos and Hunky Dory's are wonderful but they can't compete with the likes of Piper, Tyrrells and Kettle. I like my crisps and don't think I've ever had a bad pack that wasn't stale.

    They're American


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  • #91
    Ken Tucky
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    Not a fan of Walkers but...
    Jalapeno & cheese. An acquired taste but my God i am hooked. Nice bit of heat off them too!

    Wouldn't insult my taste buds by eating any of their other offerings though.


  • #92
    Jerry Atrick
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    Tayto Smokey bacon are top class


  • #93
    Jenna James
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    furiousox wrote: »
    Manhattan cheese & onion.
    The crack cocaine of crisps.

    cheese-onion-crisps-buy-online-150g-manhattan-crisps-265x265_c.jpg

    I have never seen these! Know any chains that stock them around the country? I'm in Cork. Sorry read the thread!


  • #94
    Jenna James
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    My least favourite are probably Walkers and favourite are Ruffles/Lays.

    Also any decent salted crisps on the continent - divine.


  • #95
    Icaras
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    Monster munch are poor compared to what they were like before. As someone said waffles don't get enough love.


  • #96
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    A lot of hate for Pringles on here i see. While i don't indulge very often when i do i enjoy them. The reason i try and stay away from them is once you open them it's very hard not to keep digging in and eventually emptying the box in one go. Each flavour has it's merits. But in order of preference i'd go

    1 Original
    2 Prawn
    3 BBQ
    4 Sour Cream


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  • #97
    AllForIt
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    My favourite crisps used to be Sam Spudz crinkled smokey bacon flavour. Whatever happened to that brand? McCoys version not as good imo.


  • #98
    The_Dark_Lord
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    McCoy's Thai Sweet Chicken flavour ridge cut crisps are also delicious.


  • #99
    dmc17
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    My favourite crisps used to be Sam Spudz crinkled smokey bacon flavour. Whatever happened to that brand? McCoys version not as good imo.

    Haven't seen them in years, but the smokey bacon in Lidl's mixed pack reminded me of them...

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  • #100
    dmc17
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    I'm a big fan of the SuperValu Salt & Vinegar. They'd make your eyes water :D

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  • #101
    parttime
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    Sheep Shagger wrote:
    Walkers or Lays ready salted are the business. The proof they are popular is that most shops who sell them are almost always sold out.

    Sheep Shagger wrote:
    Walkers or Lays ready salted are the business. The proof they are popular is that most shops who sell them are almost always sold out.


    Proof that marketing works!


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