The greatest flavour of crisps is...

[Asura]

I have images of you and the family gathered around the table for Christmas dinner and all smiling as you, instead of carving the turkey, pop the lid on the Pringles tube. "Hooray! Happy Christmas one and all!"

2 years ago, Pringles did a Christmas special "mint chocolate" flavour.

I bought a tube out of morbid curiosity, and they were just as bad as we expected. They tasted like a plain Pringle, dusted with cocoa powder and dipped in mouthwash. They were absolutely vile.

I wondered if it was just us, so after we ate 1 each and gave up on them, I took the tube to work and put it out in the office. Everyone hated them, but similarly, they were all eaten because everyone was curious, so that suggests ~100 people hated them just as much.

I have no idea what Pringles were thinking, unless just the sheer novelty of the idea was counted upon to sell them... But all I know was that come new years', my local Tesco had a whole shelf of them - unsold.

[QualityChimp]

I've got Richard Osman's World Cup of Everything and there's a crisp section.
I'll do an elimination thing, but people need to get involved.
If this first round doesn't go well, I won't bother!

[QualityChimp]

Round 1 of 16
Wotsits
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[QualityChimp]

Round 1 of 16
Ready Salted Hula Hoops
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[Zen Monkey]

Pringles are only about 40% potato if my memory serves.

[Jaz]

Pringles are only about 40% potato if my memory serves.

They tried to argue they were not even potato chips a couple of years back to avoid some tax.

[Asura]

They tried to argue they were not even potato chips a couple of years back to avoid some tax.

I think it was that other potato chip companies tried to get them classified as not potato chips.

Of course, both things may have happened.

[Jaz]

I think it was that other potato chip companies tried to get them classified as not potato chips.

Of course, both things may have happened.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7490346.stm

[Asura]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7490346.stm

Seems it was both:

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/30/archives/pringles-vs-the-real-thing-is-the-lowly-potato-chip-a-match-for-pg.html

There was a similar row in 1975.

[QualityChimp]

You don't seem to be getting into this, so I'll give you one more chance.
Round 1 winner: Ready Salted Hula Hoops

Round 2 of 16:
Walkers Cheese & Onion
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[QualityChimp]

Round 2 of 16:
Chipsticks
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[randombs]

I'm playing, damn you, so you just keep posting.


Chipsticks are salt and vinegar, yeah?

[QualityChimp]

Chipsticks are salt and vinegar, yeah?

Yeah, mate.

Sore finger flavour.

[Zen Monkey]

They tried to argue they were not even potato chips a couple of years back to avoid some tax.

Sounds about right.

[Jaz]

Sounds about right.

And they won!