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Simply put - Not A Real Crisp. Charlatans, posers, fakes and the worryingly healthy. Only on this website by chance or because someone slipped us a fiver.
Walkers: Squares Salt & Vinegar
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Walkers: Squares Salt & Vinegar

Walkers Squares Salt & Vinegar aren’t your average crisp — they’re a geometric intervention in a world of curls, puffs and ridges. These little pillows of fried potato starch are square in name, shape and spirit. You don’t eat them so much as crunch through them like a biscuit you weren’t supposed to find in the crisps aisle. Texture and crunch The first thing to say: these things crunch like nobody’s business. You could break a silence with them. They shatter in the mouth with a brittle, almost glass-like snap — less “crispy” than “crispened.” Compared to your average crisp,…
Walkers: Squares Cheese & Onion
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Walkers: Squares Cheese & Onion

If Salt & Vinegar Squares are the brash frontman of the Walkers Squares trio, Cheese & Onion Squares are the curious rhythm guitarist: less explosive, more mysterious, but still very much part of the band. They’re not shouting for attention, but they leave an impression. Texture and crunch As ever with Squares, you get the signature crunch — crisp, rigid, and gratifyingly loud. The shape helps: folded and puffed like tiny square pillows, they snap under pressure and collapse in the mouth with a dry, satisfying bite. A crunch-lover’s crisp, no question. Flavour profile Cheese & Onion is a mainstay…
Aldi: Snackrite BBQ Flavour Popouts

Aldi: Snackrite BBQ Flavour Popouts

There’s always a moment of hope when you open a bag of crisps with an unfamiliar shape — the sense that you might discover a new favourite. Aldi’s Snackrite BBQ Flavour Popouts certainly look the part: popped rather than fried, dusted in rusty-orange seasoning, and shaped a little like the…

Wotsits: Cheese

Let’s not pretend Wotsits are a crisp in the traditional sense. They’re not potatoes, they don’t crunch, and they leave your fingers looking like you’ve done battle with a cheese dust tornado. But they are beloved — and rightly so. Texture and structure Wotsits aren’t crisps. They’re snacks. Corn-based puffs…
Walkers: Wotsits Crispy Bacon

Walkers: Wotsits Crispy Bacon

Wotsits have always been the airy, cheesy snack that’s more about fun than substance. Adding crispy bacon flavour to the mix sounds promising, but unfortunately, it doesn’t quite land as well as you might hope. Flavour leans one-dimensional The bacon seasoning is smoky and salty enough, but it feels a…
Walkers: Wotsits Cheese Toastie

Walkers: Wotsits Cheese Toastie

If you’re not a fan of cheese snacks — especially the airy, cheesy puff style of Wotsits — then Walkers’ Cheese Toastie flavour isn’t going to win you over. It tries to channel the warmth of a toasted cheese sandwich but ends up feeling more like an artificial cheese powder…
Walkers: Wotsits Giants Flamin' Hot

Walkers: Wotsits Giants Flamin’ Hot

The name alone is a lot — Giants and Flamin’ Hot — suggesting a bold, fiery snack with plenty of presence. But as with much in the world of puffed snacks, the promise tends to outweigh the delivery. If you’re not already on board the Wotsits train, these probably won’t…
Bugles: Southern style BBQ

Bugles: Southern style BBQ

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…
Bugles: Cheese

Bugles: Cheese

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…