Chips? Crisps?
Let’s get this out of the way first: I call them crisps. I grew up calling them crisps, buying crisps, arguing about crisps. I’ve muttered “they’re not chips, mate” under my breath more times than I care to count. I’m born Australian, but grown up English. I know the rules. But when it came time to name this website — a sprawling, salty archive of everything snackable, snackish, and unreasonably crinkly — “Crispopedia” just didn’t resonate. Don’t get me wrong, “crisp” is a fine word. It does what it says on the packet: sharp, clean, unambiguous. But “Chipopedia”? It has……
Aldi: Snackrite Ridged Cheese & Onion
The Aldi Snackrite range has always straddled the line between familiar and faintly uncanny — crisps that look like the ones you grew up with, but with branding that feels like it’s had the serial numbers filed off.…
M&S: Hand Cooked Mature Cheddar & Spring Onion Crisps
First impressions were strong — from the moment the bag opened, there was a rich, cheesy aroma that actually smelled like real mature cheddar, not the usual artificial smell. The crisps themselves looked the part too: golden, with a dusting of seasoning that promised flavour in every bite.…
M&S: Lightly Salted Tortillas
M&S tortilla chips have always felt like they’re trying to be the sophisticated cousin of the corn chip family. These lightly salted ones position themselves as the refined option—but do they deliver on that promise? A proper corn chip The first thing you notice is the satisfying snap when you…
M&S: Hand Cooked Sweet Chill Crisps
M&S has a mixed track record with their hand-cooked range, so I approached these sweet chilli crisps with some trepedation. They’re positioned as a premium offering, and at M&S prices, they better deliver. Texture The hand-cooked process gives these crisps a satisfying thickness and that characteristic irregular shape that suggests…
M&S: Hand Cooked Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar Crisps
No shy splash of vinegar here, but a full-on balsamic wallop with all the tangy drama of the sour and sweet balsamic (in the best way). When you open them, you can smell the difference. Not the acidic, nostril-flaring tang you get from cheaper vinegars, but something more rounded, almost…
M&S: Collection Extra Virgin Olive Oil Serrano Ham Crisps
Sometimes you stumble across a crisp that doesn’t shout for your attention, but rather clears its throat politely and gestures toward something a little more refined.…
M&S: Extreme Ridge Four Cheese and Onion Potato Crisps
How to describe it? My first thought was it was just burnt. A bitter, acrid flavour, But it wasn't one rogue crisp that was bit overcooked. The whole batch tasted somewhere between burnt onions and licking an armpit.…
M&S: Extreme Ridge Salt and Double Vinegar Potato Crisps
Extreme. The least extreme hard rock band of the 90s. My sister was a huge fan, although I think that was more down to having a crush on the guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. Extreme Ridge. The least extreme crisp, from a supermarket that would think having not having your shirt tucked…
