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TASTE
TEST
HUFFINGTON
11.03.13
The Most Flavorful Chip of All
BY KRISTEN AIKEN
F YOU’RE of the “a chip
is a chip” mindset, you
clearly haven’t eaten
enough chips. Because
we just tasted 12 brands of sour
cream and onion chips, and even
the low tasters of our bunch could
decipher some pretty distinguishable differences between the best
and the worst.
There’s a reason you buy sour
cream and onion chips — presumably, it’s because you want your
chips to taste like sour cream and
onion. Most of the time, you’re
lucky if they just taste like onion
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powder, as sour cream “flavor”
can be very elusive. Because really,
what’s sour cream except “tangy”
once you turn it into a powder and
strip it of its cool and creamy attributes? So for true sour cream
and onion perfection, what you’re
really looking for is a solid balance
of salt, onion, tang and crispiness.
Plus, it’s got to pack enough punch.
Basically, we want flavor powder
all over our fingers and faces by the
time we’re done.
We rounded up 12 popular
brands and blind-tasted them.
Check out the results below for the
ranking, and read our comments
before you head out to the
store for your next bag.
As always,
this taste test
is in no way
sponsored or
influenced
by any of
the brands
involved. Or
anyone, really.