There is nothing—and I imply nothing—that hits fairly like a potato chip. Sandwich lacking that little one thing further? Add potato chips. Your chocolate chip cookie falling flat within the taste division? Crunch up some potato chips and mix them right into the dough. Midnight munchies hanging? You do not even need to ask—my hand is already within the bag. Potato chips present an unequalled, unmitigated dose of crunchy texture and oily richness, with a hefty serving to of salt that makes them so darn irresistible; there is a cause Lay’s slogan, “Bet you may’t eat only one,” struck a chord.
But no offense to Lay’s—which some argue is still the best potato chip—I feel there are higher manufacturers on the market doing it today. Don’t get me unsuitable, Lay’s are basic and ideal, however they do not ship fairly the crunch I’m searching for. Plus, they’re vulnerable to crumbling underneath the burden of any diplimiting their use to solely snacking functions.
On my unending quest to find the best of the best the grocery store has to offerI requested my fellow meals editors and Allrecipes teammates to weigh in on the controversy: Who makes the perfect potato chip? One identify obtained dropped greater than every other, and readers, Lay’s did not even make the minimize.
The Best Potato Chip, According to Food Editors
When it got here time to choose their favourite chip, a lot of my colleagues chalked up the distinction between good and nice to at least one factor: the crunch issue. Editor Andrea Lobas put it completely: “For plain Jane potato chips, it’s onerous to beat the crispy crunch of Cape Cod with their excellent salty style.”
Yes, Cape Cod potato chips—as soon as a regional New England favourite, now a nationwide treasure—have been the clear favourite of the meals editors I polled. Known for its bag emblazoned with a seaside lighthouse, Cape Cod chips are kettle-cooked (very like one other editor’s favourite, Kettle Brand), which supplies them a wonderfully crisp texture that is onerous to beat. Even past their crunch, Cape Cod potato chips hit all the suitable notes: not too thick, however not too skinny; a balanced, not overwhelming stage of salt; real potato taste; contemporary, neutral-tasting fryer oil; and an excellent mixture of flat chips and folded chips, or “foldy boys,” as I name them.
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In our taste test of 12 popular potato chipsCape Cod was simply shy of first place with our taster noting their pure potato taste, “excellent” crunch and salt stage, and a taste that’s savory and “completely scrumptious.”
“They’re so crunchy and flavorful—but additionally not overly salty or greasy, which I feel some potato chips will be,” says Editor Bailey Fink. Cape Cod additionally counts News Editor Mary-Linh Tran and Senior Editorial Director Arie Knutson as followers, although Knutson opts for the 40% Less Fat possibility, “that are in some way extra scrumptious than the basic,” in line with her.
Editorial Director, Devon O’Brien, additionally grabs a Cape Cod varietal: “I truly love the Cape Cod Waves—I desire the ultra-crunch of a kettle chip and the ridges are the perfect for the utmost sour cream & onion scoop!”
And talking of waves, that brings me to our runner-up. The consensus was overwhelming. When it involves ridged potato chips, it is Ruffles or bust for the Allrecipes staff.
According to Allrecipes’ Senior Content Marketing Manager, Frances Crouter, Ruffles have the “excellent quantity of salt” and, after all, these signature ridges that make them any dip’s finest buddy.
“I really like Ruffles and all the time will. They’re not as thick as some potato chips, and the saltiness and finer ridges can do a quantity in your style buds, however they all the time fulfill the craving and a dose of nostalgia on the identical time,” asserts Editor Catherine Jessee. Put merely, “Ruffles are excellent for dip any time, on a regular basis,” concludes Fink.
Whether you go for crispy Cape Cod chips or ridged Ruffles, you may’t go unsuitable with both of those editor-approved potato chips.
