Which Potato Chips Did Our Tasting Panel Rate Highest?

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  • Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Bridget to a tasting of potato chips.
    Read the full potato chip taste test: cooks.io/2YvETdR
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  • @davidthomson7348
    @davidthomson7348 3 роки тому +200

    0:48 This guy is moved to tears by the description of chip frying technique

    • @RebeccaLMcGee
      @RebeccaLMcGee 3 роки тому +14

      Right? Why did they cut to him??

    • @HunterBidenCocaineBag
      @HunterBidenCocaineBag 3 роки тому +5

      Pretty sure he wanted to see Eric Estrada, if you know what I mean.

    • @Antaios632
      @Antaios632 3 роки тому +4

      🤣😂🤣

    • @sunnythai2709
      @sunnythai2709 3 роки тому +6

      It's a PBS product. The audience is mostly comprised of soy boys, and karens. Take a look at the 'hot sauce' episode. Hilarious.

    • @tomryan914
      @tomryan914 3 роки тому

      @@HunterBidenCocaineBag Light in the loafers?

  • @joemercury100
    @joemercury100 3 роки тому +61

    They left out my fav - Charles Chips! Delivered to you in a tin can since 1942!

    • @sohoboy506
      @sohoboy506 3 роки тому +4

      The best !!

    • @positivelastaction3957
      @positivelastaction3957 3 роки тому +4

      Loved Charles Chips! I remember the truck pulling up and delivering the tin. Regular and barbecue. Very special.

    • @donnamartin28
      @donnamartin28 3 роки тому +3

      I worked at Charles Chips when they were still made at the original factory in Lancaster County, Pa. They were best hot out of the oil.

    • @AndySaenz
      @AndySaenz 3 роки тому

      Ooh, that sounds really good! I want to try those.

    • @magrebtraveler
      @magrebtraveler 3 роки тому +3

      You can find them in Cracker Barrel, but they’re in a bag.

  • @newttella1043
    @newttella1043 3 роки тому +364

    I wish kettle vs regular chips was the only issue that divided us.

    • @Dan-vr7zs
      @Dan-vr7zs 3 роки тому +6

      if you get tree wishes from a lamp genius please make this wish

    • @DLJeeves
      @DLJeeves 3 роки тому +8

      DEATH TO THOSE WHO INSULT KETTLE CHIPS

    • @brendandever8532
      @brendandever8532 3 роки тому +2

      That would be nice.

    • @marcpeterson1092
      @marcpeterson1092 3 роки тому +3

      I agree. Instead it's all BBQ vs Salt & Vinegar. Death to the BBQ lovers!

    • @newttella1043
      @newttella1043 3 роки тому +3

      @@DLJeeves Are you the Kim Jong Un of chip eaters?

  • @patriciamorgan6545
    @patriciamorgan6545 3 роки тому +48

    I love Utz! More potato taste, less salt.
    I've yet to see the lower fat variety...will have to look around for it.

    • @Draugluin999
      @Draugluin999 2 роки тому

      your right im eating utz potato chips and very little salt more potato taste

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 2 роки тому

      @@Draugluin999 yeah they don't use a whole lot of salt.

    • @GTFBITK
      @GTFBITK 9 місяців тому

      I've just always ate Utz since I was little. Seeing that Retro bag design is comforting.

  • @v7ran
    @v7ran 3 роки тому +28

    Ok I’m gonna start buying reduced fat potato chips from now on. Good to know and it makes perfect sense since you can’t make potato chips without oil and reducing the oil won’t do anything
    UPDATE: there’s only 4 supermarkets in my city that sell reduced fat utz kettle chips. i found them and they taste exactly the same as the regular utz kettle chips.

  • @nevek3647
    @nevek3647 3 роки тому +303

    AUDIENCE: Polite smiles on faces when Bridget jokes about CHiP and Eric Estrada.
    ME: Not a single person in there under 30 understood the reference.
    And if you’re wondering why I spelled “CHiP” this way, then you didn’t get the reference either.

    • @suemcknight9051
      @suemcknight9051 3 роки тому +6

      Keven HA!..... 😉 👍

    • @myqueen9811
      @myqueen9811 3 роки тому +1

      Care to explain? Haha I'm highly curious now

    • @cstrouts
      @cstrouts 3 роки тому +21

      My Queen. CHiPs, aka California Highway Patrol, is an old TV show about motorcycle cops starring Eric Estrada

    • @Ron-iy2ez
      @Ron-iy2ez 3 роки тому +12

      Right! She said, "Eric Estrada." half of the audience, who?🤷‍♂️😣😄😄

    • @BrianLongoria
      @BrianLongoria 3 роки тому +4

      Exactly!!! I noticed the same thing.

  • @puirYorick
    @puirYorick 3 роки тому +55

    I like the Kettle brand *because* they're so crunchy. I love my tater chips to fight back a bit. The delicate ones just make a mess in my mouth by collapsing too easily into mush.

    • @puirYorick
      @puirYorick 3 роки тому +1

      @Kylem I'd love to try the brand but have never heard of it before. I once got hold of some obscure kosher specialty chips (NYC address and a Hebrew name is all I recall) for cheap at a discount store. They were quite tasty but I've never seen them again.
      The supermarkets seem to just carry brands owned by the mega food corporations plus their own store brands now where I live. I used to see Herr's at one place many years ago.

    • @swamp_rat_fla1126
      @swamp_rat_fla1126 Рік тому +1

      You ever had a knuckle sandwich

  • @thekevmeister77
    @thekevmeister77 3 роки тому +54

    Audience looking like they're about to hear the location of Atlantis

    • @kvk1960
      @kvk1960 3 роки тому +3

      Omg @ K M thank you for the Atlantis comment!! I laughed out loud for real!!! Haha!

    • @kareninalabama
      @kareninalabama 3 роки тому +1

      Me too! 🤣

  • @user-gh8sl7iu3y
    @user-gh8sl7iu3y 3 роки тому +97

    Cape Cod chips - anytime

    • @joan2449
      @joan2449 3 роки тому +5

      Sea salt vinegar Cape Cod is mine

    • @v7ran
      @v7ran 3 роки тому +3

      Especially with an overpriced Maine lobster roll

    • @blary5298
      @blary5298 3 роки тому +3

      The Dark Russet ones are the best if you can find them.

    • @Michael-zn2jc
      @Michael-zn2jc 3 роки тому +1

      The cape cod potato chips aren’t reliable. The flavor is so inconsistent. Sometimes they’re cooked properly, sometimes they’re too crispy, and sometimes they’re just too dry.

    • @michaelmakes4883
      @michaelmakes4883 3 роки тому

      Tested Cape Cod vinegar, Cape Cod vinegar light,Lay's Kettle vinegar.. my choice is overwhelmingly the Lay's... second is Cape Cod light ,which has better flavor than their regular,which is the most tasteless .. it doesn't even have recognizable potato flavor...this is only the vinegar flavors I am referring to,...I don't bother with other flavors generally..

  • @bigjoe9517
    @bigjoe9517 3 роки тому +11

    In the back row Wise potato chips, the classic.
    The chips of NYC deli days of yore.

    • @spicerack4397
      @spicerack4397 3 роки тому +2

      I miss those east coast Wise potato chips, sitting in the rack of those NY delis.
      Life sure has gone into the crapper since those wonderful days.

    • @Thommadura
      @Thommadura 5 днів тому

      They aint chip if there is no OWL on the Bag. I am 85 and am a WISE man

  • @LeftHandedAquarius
    @LeftHandedAquarius 3 роки тому +17

    Kettle brand chips are from my hometown, Salem, Oregon. Doesn’t matter that they didn’t win, they still represent. :)

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H 3 місяці тому

      Along with Tim’s Cascade. Great chips.

  • @terrencemarble5582
    @terrencemarble5582 3 роки тому +17

    THE best are "Better Made" outta Detroit! I have traveled the country, and found none better!

    • @barbarataylor1535
      @barbarataylor1535 2 роки тому +1

      Their Dark are my favorite also

    • @johnsass3343
      @johnsass3343 2 роки тому +1

      Its why Detroit was the #1 consumer of chips in the nation. I do not know if that is still the case but Yeah, Better Made!!! And Germack for pistachios.

  • @davekostka7151
    @davekostka7151 3 роки тому +26

    3 out of 4 chips are sold in the Eastern US, hard to find them out in the Western US.

    • @idriveanagerar
      @idriveanagerar 3 роки тому +3

      I have friends in California that buy Cape Cod chips all the time. You can definitely find them out by you! It’s worth it, Cape Cod makes the BEST chips.

    • @davejones5747
      @davejones5747 3 роки тому

      You should move east!

    • @dianethompson3751
      @dianethompson3751 3 роки тому +1

      Utz are my favorite. Any flavor will do..addictive..and totally worth it..just polished off their sweet and smokey flav..good to the last chippy crumb😀

    • @tnate6004
      @tnate6004 3 роки тому +3

      The Utz brand is sold under the Boulder name here in California. I believe they have other regional brands - I've only seen the Utz name on the East Coast.

    • @miriammccray5550
      @miriammccray5550 3 роки тому +2

      True, I've not heard of Utz or Herr's. Will have to look for them.

  • @ditto1958
    @ditto1958 3 роки тому +4

    Why do I keep watching these? As usual most of the brands tested are not in stores here in the Midwest

  • @andychen8683
    @andychen8683 3 роки тому +66

    Ugh. The Eric Estrada comment made me feel so old but clearly lost on most of the audience.

    • @cdjhyoung
      @cdjhyoung 3 роки тому +4

      Not this guy. But I can honestly say I never found Eric "tasty".

  • @O2life
    @O2life 3 роки тому +91

    Moral of the story: It's hard to go wrong with potato chips.

    • @wataki2
      @wataki2 3 роки тому +2

      Very true

    • @7karlheinz
      @7karlheinz 3 роки тому

      It's even harder to go right with them healthwise!

    • @O2life
      @O2life 3 роки тому

      @@7karlheinz Also true.

    • @O2life
      @O2life 3 роки тому

      @Nabor Sabor Take it from a nut?

    • @jesuswasjewish5289
      @jesuswasjewish5289 3 роки тому

      Nabor Sabor I agree. I still don't know why lays is in business. Pennsylvania is know for some of the best potato chips like Snyder of Berlin or Utz...

  • @chuckthompson4138
    @chuckthompson4138 3 роки тому +24

    Cape Cod chips are by far the best of all. I am almost 60 and have been a big chip fan since my first crunch. On a camp out I was introduced to Cape Cod and fell in love with them. CAPE COD RULES THEM ALL!

    • @pal4204
      @pal4204 3 роки тому +3

      Cape Cod Dark Russet Potato Chips are the Best!

    • @RJisBack24
      @RJisBack24 3 роки тому +2

      Truth!

    • @christopherdeguilio6375
      @christopherdeguilio6375 3 роки тому

      Amen!

    • @ritaroad
      @ritaroad 3 роки тому

      I’ll even eat their 40% reduced fat version.

    • @p-familychipreview4770
      @p-familychipreview4770 Рік тому

      Oh we need you to come join our new little channel. You're the kind of person we want!! Come join us chuck! :)

  • @GlennC789
    @GlennC789 3 роки тому +53

    That Erik Estrada joke was actually pretty good - but the audience is way too young. Amusing confused looks, however.

    • @jetnut89
      @jetnut89 3 роки тому +2

      No it wasn’t. Unlike these chips that joke was corny.

    • @edreid7872
      @edreid7872 3 роки тому

      Jack didn't get it..

    • @johncollins7044
      @johncollins7044 3 роки тому

      That joke was whoosh!!! Forget commercial airline cruising altitude..it was more like 90,000 feet. Bummer that I got it immediately 🤣☺️😭😫

    • @july8xx
      @july8xx 3 роки тому +1

      Change the joke to Larry Wilcox and you get the deer in the headlight look from 99.9% of the people.

  • @shawnhoffman9001
    @shawnhoffman9001 4 дні тому

    The close-up insert shots of the audience members in this are amazing (especially the first 2)

  • @ftswarbill
    @ftswarbill 3 роки тому +43

    Americas Test Kitchen is such a great channel. I love them so much.

    • @tommievm
      @tommievm 3 роки тому +2

      except when they act like fat in foods is bad

  • @barbarataylor1535
    @barbarataylor1535 2 роки тому +17

    From Michigan: Better Made Rainbow old fashioned Dark potato chips. I am a 80yo woman who remembers when chips came light and dark in one bag. I would pick out the dark. Now I can buy all dark in one bag. There is no other flavor for me.

    • @GoGreen1977
      @GoGreen1977 2 роки тому +2

      I love dark potato chips and dark french fries.

    • @BrightNeonFire13
      @BrightNeonFire13 2 роки тому +3

      Thank you for teaching me about these chips! I'm definitely going to buy them to try now. I read more about them and they sound unbelievably delicious 💗💗💗💗

    • @MyCleverHandle
      @MyCleverHandle 2 роки тому +1

      my chip criteria: Which brand would I use to crumble on top of tuna casserole or mac & cheese?

    • @gbirdo4718
      @gbirdo4718 2 роки тому

      that mallard reaction is fire

  • @reneemulherin2899
    @reneemulherin2899 3 роки тому +21

    The best chips ever made were Cape Cod "Robust Russet." All the chips were like the over-browned chips you may find in a regular bag of chips. They were so-o-o flavorful. For some reason, they are no longer available. A close second were Costco's Kirkland brand Tri-colored chips made from purp,le, red and regular potatoes which are also not longer available. No other chips come close to these, IMO. Sure wish they would come back on the market.

    • @kathleennorton6108
      @kathleennorton6108 3 роки тому +4

      We always go for the browns first. Yum!

    • @tony_mccourt
      @tony_mccourt 3 роки тому +1

      They still sell them in Boston! We got a bag at Wegmans a month ago along with their other summer flavors.

    • @reneemulherin2899
      @reneemulherin2899 3 роки тому +4

      @@tony_mccourt You are very lucky to be able to buy them locally. I was glad to know that these chips have made a comeback, but no grocery retailer in my area sells any brand of dark russet chips. I checked out Amazon, but cannot afford to pay that much for a bag of chips. My next move is to ask my grocer to start stocking these chips. Customers here in Texas would really love them. Wish me luck!

    • @plk5520
      @plk5520 3 роки тому +3

      I remember them. Thick and full of great potato flavor. Perfect consistency too.

    • @lindaellis2265
      @lindaellis2265 3 роки тому +1

      Renee Mulherin these “russet browns” are made with russet potatoes that have been stored for a period of time, allowing the potatoes to release their sugars, thereby causing the “browned” effect. I loved them. These are usually available only in late winter/early spring.

  • @ravenfn831
    @ravenfn831 3 роки тому +4

    Growing up in York County, Pennsylvania, we were the snack food capital of the US if not the world. So my ability to let ATC judge fairly was impaired. The original mass marketed kettle chip is from a company called Martin's. But the two very best versions are cooked in lard. The first being Gibbles. Their tag line was/is nibble with Gibbles. So amazing. Maybe not quite as thick as modern kettle, but nice and crunchy. The UTZ company decided to cash in and create the Grandma Utz line. Also cooked in lard. Absolutely amazing. Most folks in the US probably have no local vendors for these two. Please seek them out and give 'em a try. And Martin's was so very beloved by President Clinton that he had them served on Air Force One. I think his fav was the ripple bbq. I can tell you, they are ok, but get the real kettle cook'd (as the lable says.)

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 2 роки тому

      my parents grew up in Hanover, Pennsylvania and I grew up in Lancaster county. We definitely know our chips.
      tbh I'm not big on Martin's. they're not bad, but they're not what I'd call "great." I was more into Utz and Herr's.

  • @jmpmcv
    @jmpmcv 3 роки тому +15

    You havent tried Tim’s of Washington state. Yukon gold potatoes, the best.

  • @braylenndowdy3029
    @braylenndowdy3029 3 роки тому +14

    Miss Vicky’s kettle cooked are my favorite

  • @jimjonrs3932
    @jimjonrs3932 3 роки тому +21

    Tim's Cascade style potato chips. Thick crunchy and better than any of those East coast chips.

  • @lauriemorris3969
    @lauriemorris3969 3 роки тому +1

    I saw this video 2-3 weeks ago. I'm originally from NJ and grew up eating Wise potato chips. Now I'm out here in the Seattle area, Tim's Cascade Crunch chips and Kettle Chips are in my cupboard. Yum!

  • @curbsideseat9794
    @curbsideseat9794 3 роки тому

    Ok. Why are you in MY MIND! Yes I needed to know what chip is BETTER than my fav.(regular Kettle), now I MUST try this delicious, reduced fat crunchity yum, yum. THANK YOU TEST KITCHEN.

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w 3 роки тому +12

    2:49 “The good news is you can eat 40% more potato chips.”
    Well, Bridget _can_ but the _better_ news is she can eat *66%* more potato chips if she’s looking to just about equal the fat content of the non-reduced fat variety.

  • @hank9th
    @hank9th 3 роки тому +45

    This live studio audience format is weird as hell

    • @modus_operandi2508
      @modus_operandi2508 3 роки тому +3

      They been doing this for 20 years idiot !!!!

    • @hank9th
      @hank9th 3 роки тому +3

      @@modus_operandi2508 During a pandemic?

    • @samuelwilliams8560
      @samuelwilliams8560 3 роки тому +5

      Henry Firth - This taste test was conducted in August 2018.

    • @sth5033
      @sth5033 3 роки тому +8

      @@modus_operandi2508 just because something's been happening for a long time doesn't mean it's not weird. i don't mind it, but it doesn't really add anything.

    • @TitoTimTravels
      @TitoTimTravels 3 роки тому +6

      It feels like a bad late night infomercial...

  • @The_Timinator
    @The_Timinator 28 днів тому +1

    I very seldom eat Potato Chips...but when I do, I LOVE to use Cottage Cheese as a Dip, and by far the Kettle Brand stands up to the scooping up of the Cottage Cheese. I grew up in a town that had a Laura Scudder's potato chip factory, EVERYBODY would roll down the car windows when you got close to the plant, the smell was AWESOME.

  • @kathleennorton6108
    @kathleennorton6108 3 роки тому +1

    I once ate a chip that had such a wonderfully potatoey flavor. I had tossed out the bag and forgot the brand. They had been on sale. I have been trying to find them ever since.
    It's the delicious potatoey flavor that made all the difference.

  • @christophermeixell4978
    @christophermeixell4978 3 роки тому +22

    She could eat ~66% more. Example: 100 decreased by 40% = 60. 60 must be increased by ~66% to return to 100.

    • @UserHorologium
      @UserHorologium 3 роки тому +6

      Math nerds unite! I was thinking that same thing, but you got here an hour before me.🙂

    • @agbook2007
      @agbook2007 3 роки тому

      That's logical now that you describe it. Thank you!

    • @nevek3647
      @nevek3647 3 роки тому

      Great point. Same concept as the stock market. If the market drops value by half or 50%. You $100 is now worth $50. The market needs to rally 100% just to get you back to where you started.
      Though in her defense, she didn’t say 40% more of what type of chips. Maybe she meant she eats the same amount of low fat chips, but indulges on 40% of the regular chips.
      .......No?
      Ok, me neither.

    • @stevenbryant4718
      @stevenbryant4718 3 роки тому

      Chris, don't worry, we won't short change you! LOL

    • @tommievm
      @tommievm 3 роки тому

      she can eat as many as she wants 🧡🧡 i don’t believe in that

  • @adamandrews8534
    @adamandrews8534 3 роки тому +4

    Better Made chips from Michigan are awesome.

  • @douglasfrank9323
    @douglasfrank9323 3 роки тому +6

    Both Herr's and Utz are manufactured near my home in south central PA. When I was younger I preferred the thin crispy Herr's. They are however salty at 7% of recommended daily allowance for sodium. I now prefer a thicker chip and Utz makes the ones I prefer. They also have a lower sodium content. I must admit though that my favorite chip is made by a smaller local company, Good's (in the blue and white bag, there is another Good's in a red and white bag, the chip of my childhood) they fry their chips in lard which lends a whole additional flavor. They are so good. The way chips were originally made.

    • @gailroessler9726
      @gailroessler9726 3 роки тому

      My favorite are any low salt chip. More potato flavor.

    • @barbaraolinghouse71
      @barbaraolinghouse71 3 роки тому

      Most chips have gone low salt. I add more to them. The salt is what makes them delicious (particularly the regular ones which are mostly tasteless)

    • @OhJodi69
      @OhJodi69 3 роки тому +2

      Some years ago, I moved from Illinois to Pittsburgh, and promptly gained ten pounds because I discovered UTZ potato chips, LOL Rite Aid had alllll the flavors, and I couldn't help picking up a bag on my way to work almost every day. I'm back in Illinois, now, where there are no UTZ chips, although we do have the pretzels. But I check the chip aisle, anyway, looking for UTZ, almost dreading that I will find them, because I know I will buy them, and eat them, and eat them, and eat them, LOL I lost 20 pounds after I left Pittsburgh, between the lack of UTZ and Primanti Bros.

    • @douglasfrank9323
      @douglasfrank9323 3 роки тому

      @@OhJodi69 You may see them arrive before much longer. The Utz brand potato chip is I believe the official snack for the MLB. I know they recently invested in a smaller midwestern snack company but I've forgotten which one.

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 2 роки тому

      Herr's is salty, but their oil is really good.

  • @nagasakee
    @nagasakee Рік тому +1

    I live on Cape Cod and was surprised they didn't seem to be represented in the taste test. They are my second favorite chip, my favorite is Zapp's Crawtators or the Voodoo blackened, which are both incredible.

  • @DaivG
    @DaivG 3 роки тому +6

    I drive by the Better Made factory every day on my way to work. This comparison made me sad they were not included.

    • @mmc7389
      @mmc7389 3 роки тому

      Daiv,
      Sitting here on the west coast dreaming of Better Made “Rainbow Dark” chips. Think I will go online and order one or two bags.

    • @drthmik
      @drthmik 2 роки тому

      Pretty sure they are only sold regionally, if not locally so they're probably not available elsewhere

  • @threynolds2
    @threynolds2 3 роки тому +17

    Give me a bag of Ruffles. That's all I need,, and want. The Walmart* and Kroger versions are just as good as the Lays version.

    • @daisymae3883
      @daisymae3883 3 роки тому +1

      Ikr? My favorite one is Sour Cream and Cheddar whether it's Ruffles or the Walmart brand.

    • @jaytee2642
      @jaytee2642 3 роки тому +1

      Granny Goose aren't bad either.
      Not as good as Ruffles, but I find them at the dollar store and for the price, I can't complain one bit.👍🏻

    • @jaytee2642
      @jaytee2642 3 роки тому +1

      @@daisymae3883
      Oh yeah...Sour Cream and Cheddar.🙂🙂🙂🙂

    • @thedryfirehandcanon1293
      @thedryfirehandcanon1293 3 роки тому

      Bappys NEW ORLEANS KETTLE $TYLE chips are great xD

    • @stepht5
      @stepht5 3 роки тому

      I swear the Kroger brand wavy chips are the BEST wavy chips available!

  • @tipring6956
    @tipring6956 3 роки тому +1

    Tim's Cascade Potato chips in the Pacific NW is the local favorite, bursting with flavor, crispness, texture. They offer many different flavors.

  • @braddavis8822
    @braddavis8822 3 роки тому +46

    So what about the traditional bag of Lay's? Love those

    • @KenDanieli
      @KenDanieli 3 роки тому +5

      @@sandrah7512 they're disorganized and the title of video should be kettle chips ... it was stupid to display both types , talk about both, then only taste one type in the video.

    • @sth5033
      @sth5033 3 роки тому +1

      @@KenDanieli she tastes one that wasn't kettle style

    • @anchorskid
      @anchorskid 3 роки тому

      Me, too.

  • @brockreynolds870
    @brockreynolds870 3 роки тому +76

    Lay's lightly salted is the only chip to get. It's what regular Lay's USED to be in the 70's before they made them so salty you couldn't eat them.

    • @keithkarbel2000
      @keithkarbel2000 3 роки тому +7

      100% agree, especially when you first open the bag!

    • @rottierumbles9451
      @rottierumbles9451 3 роки тому +11

      Yes I like those too, I'm not a fan of Kettle chips , way too hard , I like crisp not crunch.

    • @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549
      @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 3 роки тому +5

      Lays sour cream for me

    • @jodihoplin8286
      @jodihoplin8286 3 роки тому +8

      I totally agree. Lay's low sodium chips are perfect! Love `em.

    • @errhka
      @errhka 3 роки тому +3

      I can eat a whole bag of those it's so bad 🤪

  • @LS-gv7pn
    @LS-gv7pn 3 роки тому +6

    Snyder's of Berlin , another Pennsylvania goodie , not to be confused with Snyder's of Hanover , some people's fave Wise chips ,

    • @thanaf1045
      @thanaf1045 3 роки тому

      Wise chips are the worst there always burnt

  • @marthacrawley4650
    @marthacrawley4650 3 роки тому

    Hello!!! Good to hear🥰 this . I’m a Potato lover, yummmm 😋

  • @robine916
    @robine916 3 роки тому +2

    Love the Cape Cod chips, especially since it's local for me, and I've been on their tour! LOL!

  • @stevenreichertart
    @stevenreichertart 3 роки тому +5

    Utz regular chips are my favorite! Great potato flavor, thin and delicate.

    • @Mikki220
      @Mikki220 3 роки тому +1

      I love Utz chips! Not the Kettle ones. Onion and Garlic! Yum!

    • @stevenreichertart
      @stevenreichertart 3 роки тому +2

      @@Mikki220 Have you tried the "Crab Chip" variety? It might be a regional thing here in the Washington, DC, area. So good!

    • @OhJodi69
      @OhJodi69 3 роки тому +1

      @@stevenreichertart I lived in Pittsburgh for a few years, where my almost daily diet consisted of UTZ chips........the Old Bay crab seasoned ones were my favorites! Now I'm back in Illinois, and there are NO UTZ chips, here!

    • @brucev3480
      @brucev3480 3 роки тому +1

      I live down the street from the Utz factory. Nothing like a bag of fresh chips from the Utz factory store.

    • @stevenreichertart
      @stevenreichertart 3 роки тому

      @@brucev3480 do you know if they give tours at the Utz factory? I’m down in Washington DC and always wanted to go up to the factory.

  • @incogneter
    @incogneter 3 роки тому +4

    the Kettle brand's jalapeno flavored chips are a game changer

  • @EvoRoadster
    @EvoRoadster 3 роки тому +1

    Kona brand potato chips from the Big Island of Hawaii are my favorite. As a kid growing up in New York I really liked Tommy Treat brand chips.

  • @ronpriskie6330
    @ronpriskie6330 3 роки тому

    I am impressed...by the fact that my favorite is the Utz Kettle Cooked Original too. Strangely, the supermarket near my job has a huge selection of Utz chips but NEVER the Kettle Original.

  • @ljsites
    @ljsites 3 роки тому +11

    It seems the best chips and pretzels in the U.S. originally came from south central Pennsylvania.

    • @robertl.fallin7062
      @robertl.fallin7062 3 роки тому +1

      The area has farm resources plus generations of food processing experience . They produce some highly regarded munchies.!

    • @kulisaju
      @kulisaju 3 роки тому +1

      I toured the Utz plant in Pa. years ago. I can still imagine the aromas.

    • @tommckeemckee9865
      @tommckeemckee9865 3 роки тому

      My favorite is Hartley's made in Lewistown, Pa. Middleburg would be second best.

  • @territerrific7844
    @territerrific7844 3 роки тому +42

    My favorite chips are Lays Lightly Salted Chips

    • @April.R646
      @April.R646 3 роки тому +5

      Same here because the regular Lays are so salty. And can be a bit greasy sometimes.

    • @errhka
      @errhka 3 роки тому +4

      HELL YES FINALLY I HAVE FOUND ANOTHER

    • @ronbloomberg
      @ronbloomberg 3 роки тому +2

      I buy their Unsalted chips and then lightly salt them myself with my "Real Salt" (looks like Himalayan Pink.)
      The problem is the severely unhealthy oils they're fried in.

    • @msducks7912
      @msducks7912 3 роки тому +2

      mine too, but I don't have unsalted Lay's in my town, wish I did. When I lived in Baltimore, I was introduced to Utz and they had unsalted chips. I like the unsalted version of any thin potato chip but they are hard to find.

    • @ronbloomberg
      @ronbloomberg 3 роки тому

      @@msducks7912 ... Have you tried Wal-Mart for the Wise unsalted?

  • @raconteur5195
    @raconteur5195 2 роки тому

    Dulac brand potato chips were my favorite as a kid, especially every Friday morning at the Y after swim class. That really warmed me up in winter.

  • @hollym5873
    @hollym5873 3 роки тому

    Love these taste test.

  • @mikeepler113
    @mikeepler113 3 роки тому +7

    Grandma Utz Kettle-Style, cooked in lard. The best by far.

    • @kathleennorton6108
      @kathleennorton6108 3 роки тому

      Do they still exist? Lard can certainly be the ticket, as well as fresh, sweet, delicious potato flavor.

    • @davejones5747
      @davejones5747 3 роки тому

      I remember when McDonalds fries were cooked in lard and they used to actually have some flavor

    • @mikeepler113
      @mikeepler113 3 роки тому

      @@kathleennorton6108 Yes, they are still available.

    • @fc872e1
      @fc872e1 3 роки тому

      You’re right, great chips

  • @mepat2872
    @mepat2872 3 роки тому +53

    Are some of these brands specific to the east coast? I’ve not heard of Utz or Herr’s brands.

    • @thrilhous
      @thrilhous 3 роки тому +12

      Yeah, they're an east coast thing

    • @irock550
      @irock550 3 роки тому

      Wuttttt really?

    • @NeighborofKT
      @NeighborofKT 3 роки тому +19

      We have some Utz chips available in Wisconsin, but I never heard of Herrs. One of the things that annoys me about Cook’s Country and America’s Test Kitchen is their penchant for Eastern brands that are not available elsewhere. And don’t tell me to order those brands online; I shop locally to support local businesses.

    • @acninee
      @acninee 3 роки тому +5

      Herr's are a Pennsylvania based brand. Utz are national. I get them in Washington state.

    • @russb24
      @russb24 3 роки тому +11

      Utz is from my hometown in Pennsylvania. You wouldn't believe how good they are fresh off the line in the factory!

  • @maggievp
    @maggievp 3 роки тому

    I love kettle brand chips. Maybe because it’s one of the more popular brands where I live in the PNW. Love them!

  • @pigsareit
    @pigsareit 3 роки тому

    it is super weird that there's a live audience for chip taste test panel, but then again I am actively engaged also

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx503 3 роки тому +26

    Omg, my freakin kryptonite. With a pint of sour cream, I can undo a month in the gym in a single sitting...do they put crack in the chips? 😐😉

    • @wotan10950
      @wotan10950 3 роки тому +6

      You can find crack in the cheaper brands. The best brands use crystal meth 😁

    • @miapdx503
      @miapdx503 3 роки тому +3

      @@wotan10950 No way! I get bigger, not smaller!😂

    • @EastSider48215
      @EastSider48215 3 роки тому +3

      miapdx: They put potato chips in the crack.

    • @snakeriverfisher
      @snakeriverfisher 3 роки тому

      hows things in Portland i used to work on Swan island, had a house in Milwaukie, hated every minute if it

    • @miapdx503
      @miapdx503 3 роки тому +1

      @@snakeriverfisher it's good.

  • @ddellwo
    @ddellwo 3 роки тому +10

    Not sure anyone in the audience was old enough to know who Eric Estrada was......😂

    • @baronvg
      @baronvg 3 роки тому +2

      I grew up in the 80s (and in LA , no less) so 8 definitely know the show. It’s disheartens me that some people have no idea what CHiPs is lol

    • @tinarobertsstudios
      @tinarobertsstudios 2 роки тому

      Don't know what they're missing!

  • @v12shane
    @v12shane 3 роки тому

    Your jokes make my heart melt

  • @countalucard4226
    @countalucard4226 3 роки тому +2

    Never have seen UTZ reduced fat chips in my supermarkets. I buy the Cape Cod originals. They are a smaller very crunchy chip.

  • @jessstuart7495
    @jessstuart7495 3 роки тому +3

    It's late, and I'm on a diet. Why am I watching videos about potato chips??? Damn that UA-cam algorithm!!!

  • @harrystokes1412
    @harrystokes1412 3 роки тому +5

    Living in Arkansas we usually only have 2 choices, Lay's or Great Value.

  • @GTFBITK
    @GTFBITK 9 місяців тому

    My family always bought Utz potato chips since I can remember. I like how the packaging hasn't changed.

  • @johnauner671
    @johnauner671 3 роки тому

    In Missouri, the chips available at regular supermarkets all are made with unsuitable oils which I will not consume. (Absorbed into the body but unmetabolizable). I will look for the UTZ and Herr's chips.

  • @alkatraz8163
    @alkatraz8163 3 роки тому +3

    Have never seen Herr's brand, and I've lived on both coasts. Only learned about Utz from relatives in the Midwest.

    • @bamascubaman
      @bamascubaman 3 роки тому

      Same here on the Northern Gulf Coast.

    • @chrishaines1677
      @chrishaines1677 3 роки тому +1

      Utz is from Pennsylvania.

    • @dsmith6601
      @dsmith6601 3 роки тому

      They make them down the street from me.

  • @joeybonin7691
    @joeybonin7691 2 роки тому +3

    The oil makes a HUGE difference. Some has a somewhat metallic taste.

  • @dank6514
    @dank6514 3 роки тому +1

    Boulder Canyon Salt and Vinegar cooked in Avocado oil are the best chips I've had from the supermarket.

  • @mcconn746
    @mcconn746 3 роки тому

    I worked with some people from Jamestown, NY. Most loved Schnider's potato chips which I think was a local product. Some preferred buying some of their rejects that were slightly burned. I thought that odd. I still have never seen them here in Georgia.

  • @edreid7872
    @edreid7872 3 роки тому +4

    Why display 8 bags, and only taste 4..I see Wise up there, my favorite because it sells for $2, and it taste great..

  • @janinecox256
    @janinecox256 3 роки тому +8

    Potato Chips are my weakness! The kettle cooked ones are the best!

  • @chriscromar9013
    @chriscromar9013 3 роки тому

    The Cape Cod I've picked up only when on sale and they had a good flavor profile and crunchiness.

    • @davejones5747
      @davejones5747 3 роки тому

      I feel like the Cape Cod chips are too hard.

  • @klieu90210
    @klieu90210 3 роки тому +1

    Kettle brand jalapeno chips are my go-to. Cape Cod salt and vinegar also high up on my list.

  • @traceylafontaine8893
    @traceylafontaine8893 3 роки тому +12

    Mrs. Vicky's chips are delicious

    • @tedipender
      @tedipender 3 роки тому +1

      They are made by Lays

  • @gloriameyers7079
    @gloriameyers7079 3 роки тому +6

    Lays potato chips are my favorite food in the whole wide world 🥰

  • @ToeCutter454
    @ToeCutter454 3 роки тому +2

    Utz and/or Herrs brand for me! Herrs also has some REALLY damn good flavors! they had a steak and worcestershire sauce flavor that is to absolutely die for but they only had them in the smaller bags and could only find them over the border in PA sadly...

    • @MsArtemis64
      @MsArtemis64 2 роки тому +1

      Utz smokin sweet kettle chips are my favorite.

    • @ToeCutter454
      @ToeCutter454 2 роки тому

      @@MsArtemis64 the kettle chips are pretty good as well.

  • @dustinhadley7988
    @dustinhadley7988 3 роки тому +1

    Utz and Herr’s are difficult to obtain here in Minnesota. Would you mind testing brands that more of us can find?

  • @FlyTyer1948
    @FlyTyer1948 3 роки тому +7

    Eat 40% more? Brilliant!

    • @nevek3647
      @nevek3647 3 роки тому

      See the other reply. She can eat 67% more of the low fat chips to have the same fat content.

  • @jimdevilbiss9125
    @jimdevilbiss9125 3 роки тому +4

    Living in Maryland very close to the UTZ factory we eat a lot of them and we have been to the factory several times. I really do like the Cape Cod potato chips also.

  • @janetlewis2911
    @janetlewis2911 3 роки тому +1

    Besides my own I love UTZ they go good with a hot with mustard, onions and chili.🤗😊

  • @mensaconservative7887
    @mensaconservative7887 4 місяці тому

    YES! Having lived all over the USA, I can confirm that Utz are the best chips made. I worked from Maine to Maui and nobody can beat Utz. I was not paid to say that.

  • @jeffbergstrom
    @jeffbergstrom 3 роки тому +8

    You forgot Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value, Rippled Potato Chips. Probably the best chip I have found as I continue my lifelong search for the perfect chip. I know I am not alone. They are almost always sold out during corona virus times and I can always get the others.

  • @anydae
    @anydae 3 роки тому +4

    I love Dirty potato chips although they can be salty!!! And flavoured too

  • @milesdufourny4813
    @milesdufourny4813 3 роки тому

    My two favorites are Cape Cod original and Utz Kettle Cooked Smokin' Sweet BBQ.

  • @elainelane5998
    @elainelane5998 3 роки тому

    I love the Utz brand. My favorites are the rippled sour cream and onion, barbecue and regular ripple.

    • @milesdufourny4813
      @milesdufourny4813 3 роки тому

      My favorite UTZ chips are the Kettle Cooked Smokin'Sweet BBQ, unfortunately they're not easy to find.

  • @vikingrbeerdserkr8406
    @vikingrbeerdserkr8406 3 роки тому +3

    Also, Tim's make the best kettle chips on earth.

  • @IsaidQUIETnHERE
    @IsaidQUIETnHERE 3 роки тому +9

    Nobody has a guilty pleasure for Munchos? crazy

    • @sylvia106
      @sylvia106 3 роки тому +1

      I do! Love them, so light, salty and unique.

    • @raconteur5195
      @raconteur5195 2 роки тому

      Loved them as a kid but too artificial tasting now that I'm older. I bet they changed the recipe, different kind of fat and more salt.

    • @p-familychipreview4770
      @p-familychipreview4770 Рік тому

      YES! I do! So light-- man, it's been awhile since I picked up a bag of Munchos! Thanks for the reminder, I owe you one! And we need you on our chip review community! Come over and join us!

    • @p-familychipreview4770
      @p-familychipreview4770 Рік тому

      we just launched!

  • @whiteflower5603
    @whiteflower5603 2 роки тому

    I love the chips that are folded over - I will scour thru the whole bag to get all the folded ones! I think they have more flavor (the oil gets trapped a bit and they aren't overly salted). Love them - don't matter which brand!! 😁❤💯

    • @doglover-mb6bs
      @doglover-mb6bs 2 роки тому +1

      I agree with you! I open the bag before anyone else and I dig around for the folded ones, my absolute favorite! If you can't find many in a bag, put 2 chips together and crunch away.

  • @marytheresejacksonlutz2533
    @marytheresejacksonlutz2533 3 роки тому

    My favorite will always be Utz!!! Founded and made in my town of Hanover, PA

    • @alanbeckham9093
      @alanbeckham9093 2 роки тому +1

      Utz are my favorite as well. Their regular chips I love to dip in Worcestershire sauce!!

  • @johnwalker3232
    @johnwalker3232 3 роки тому +9

    Always loved Lays but lately every chip is blemished/burned at the edges. Also a lot of the chips look like they were made with inferior potatoes with notable brown spots .Lays has lowered their quality . Check it out for yourself.

    • @sylvia106
      @sylvia106 3 роки тому +3

      Try Utz.

    • @doglover-mb6bs
      @doglover-mb6bs 2 роки тому +1

      You are absolutely right! I have been seeing the same things as you, brown spots, burnt edges, etc. I was thinking the quality of the potatoes they used for the chips must be sub-par! I almost contacted the company regarding this!

  • @allenatkins2263
    @allenatkins2263 2 роки тому +4

    Don't care for kettle chips, I like light chips not throwing stars.

  • @tint661
    @tint661 2 роки тому +1

    Dieffenbach, Middleswarth, Hartleys, Herrs, Utz, and Gibbles are all Pennsylvania made potato chips. I love Lays potato chips some times. Dieffenbach, Grandma Utz Kettle chips and Gibbles all use lard to fry their chips.

  • @sandruckd
    @sandruckd 3 роки тому

    Originally from Hanover, PA the home of Utz and also the Snack Food Capital of the World. They are the best chips, however, Martin's Chips from Thomasville, PA are also very good.

  • @nuitarik
    @nuitarik 3 роки тому +3

    Where and when is this being filmed?! I’m curious because it’s not allowed here in Canada right now 😅 also I feel like the chips were very subjective compared to normal things this channel reviews. Like best cooking pots and knives and the like.

    • @inditech_deidre
      @inditech_deidre 3 роки тому

      Not sure when it was filmed but they are filmed in Boston USA

    • @samuelwilliams8560
      @samuelwilliams8560 3 роки тому +1

      The taste test was conducted in August 2018 BC.

  • @reyemtiw
    @reyemtiw 3 роки тому +16

    If you eat Zapp’s from New Orleans, but available nationwide, you be spoiled forever. ⚜️

  • @jetsamperes5762
    @jetsamperes5762 8 днів тому

    For St. Patrick's Day I make Irish Nachos with Kettle Chips instead of tortilla chips. They hold up to the same toppings and are unexpected.

  • @brucev3480
    @brucev3480 3 роки тому +1

    Utz Potato Chips are the absolute best. I live down the street from the factory. Nothing like going to the factory and buying a fresh bag of Utz Chips.

  • @weirdshibainu
    @weirdshibainu 3 роки тому +3

    I'd like to be an audience member and feign mild excitement for potato chips

    • @kareninalabama
      @kareninalabama 3 роки тому

      ...while the camera focuses on you for an uncomfortably long time?

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 3 роки тому

      @@kareninalabama Sure. I'd feign surprise as though I'd never heard of this new invention "potato chip". What new kind of culinary wizardry is this? Are they available everywhere?

  • @rileyreynolds924
    @rileyreynolds924 3 роки тому +3

    How in the world could he say that the type of oil doesn't seem to matter?! Peanut is winner for a reason! The oil has a huge impact on the flavor of fried food.

    • @davejones5747
      @davejones5747 3 роки тому

      Maybe the tasters didn't note any differences even though they were cooked in different types of oil.

    • @edwardsmith6609
      @edwardsmith6609 3 роки тому

      I thought the same thing when he made that statement.
      There are a few potato chip brands I don't like eating, then I found the common denominator was the cottonseed oil used for cooking. It makes chips taste nasty.

    • @samuelwilliams8560
      @samuelwilliams8560 3 роки тому

      FWIW, peanut oil is also great for making homemade popcorn. 👍

  • @DEEP_STATE
    @DEEP_STATE 3 роки тому +2

    Could you show how to make thick, crunchy, kettle style chips at home? Thank you.

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 3 роки тому +2

    Up in Western Canada, Old Dutch consistently better than Lay's. That's both for regular and kettle cooked. However, Lay's corn chips are consistently better than Old Dutch.