Bugles

Some snacks want to be crisps. Bugles at least know they’re something else. These trumpet-shaped corn cones are unapologetically weird—crunchy, airy, angular little vessels built for shovelling into your mouth by the fistful. At first bite, there’s a surprisingly mellow sweetness—like the kind you get from a sticky barbecue glaze that’s been left to caramelise. Then comes a smoky warmth: not too spicy, not too artificial. The flavour isn’t exactly layered—it’s more like a smoky syrupy wave that washes over and lingers just long enough to keep you reaching back in. Texture-wise, Bugles are all about the crunch. It’s less…

Cheese-flavoured snacks are a treacherous business. They can be glorious, or they can taste like the inside of a teenager’s school bag. Bugles: Cheese plays it fairly safe—but safe doesn’t mean boring. It just means this is the faux-cheese crunch you half-expect, dialled in for comfort rather than surprise. The shape remains iconic: those crisp, corn-based trumpets that invite immediate finger-play. It’s hard not to crown each digit before munching down, and frankly, that tactile joy is half the Bugle appeal. Flavour-wise, this is Walkers doing cheese as they’ve done a thousand times before. It leans more toward “cheesy puff”…