Maple and bacon is a combination that America gave the world and the world gratefully accepted. Sweet maple syrup, salty smoky bacon, the breakfast pairing that makes mornings worth facing.
Aldi’s Specially Selected version translates this to crisp form with surprising success.
The maple is genuinely sweet. Not hint-of-sweetness subtle, but properly, noticeably sweet in a way that British crisps usually avoid. It’s a statement. Aldi is committing to the American breakfast concept.
The bacon provides essential contrast. Smoky, salty, meaty. Without it, the maple would cloy. With it, the combination creates the push-pull dynamic that makes this pairing work on plates across North America every morning.
The hand-cooked base handles the bold flavouring well. Substantial crunch, good structure, premium texture from a budget retailer.
Unexpected excellence
Aldi shouldn’t be making crisps this interesting. They’re a budget supermarket focused on price. But Specially Selected keeps producing genuine premium products at non-premium prices.
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