12/19/2023 0 Comments Seasoned pepper lattice chips![]() ![]() The potato chips are thick and twisty as a kettle chip should be, and that along with the lattice cut make them just perfect for dipping. It’s easy once you know about it, but if you don’t examine the bag closely before attempting to open, well, they might as well have come from Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s. Of course had I taken a moment, I would have figured out how to properly pull the tab on the front to open the ziplock reclosable bag. I ended up just cutting it open with a scissors. It just seems like a natural next step to me, but then I love the barbecue flavor and the lattice cut.Īs excited as I was to try them, I mucked up opening the bag. I’ve been waiting for Herr’s or Cape Cod to do barbecue for a while, but it seems Target did it first. I was attracted to the lattice cut first and then had to double down when I saw they had Sweet & Spicy Barbecue flavor lattice cut. The last time I was in Target, looking for Kettle Brand Sweet & Salty chips, because the website said mistakenly they were there, I ended up walking out with these. Archer Farms is Target, and you’ll only be able to get these chips at Target – it’s their store brand. ![]() Just to be clear, Archer Farms is really neither a potato chip maker nor distributor as we usually think of them. Or was it General Mills? Or are they the same company?Ĭheck out the video below for a TV commercial for Chipos, definitely from Betty Crocker. The back of the box detailed how they were made I recall, and I’m pretty sure they were made by Betty Crocker. They came in a red and yellow box with a foil bag inside, just like Bugles do today. If memory serves, this early seventies snack predated both the similar Munchos and the later Pringles, at least in my area, and memory. Known as Chipos New Fashioned Potato Chips, they were, as described on the box, “fashioned from dried potato granules” and “flash fried.” They had a criss-cross waffle pattern and texture and were relatively the same circular size. ![]() My recent affection for Herr’s Lattice Cut potato chips brought this memory of my 1970s youth to light, as their very design is similar. One we have previously talked about here at French Fry Diary is Tasti-Fries. I speak of things that not even Google can find. There are holes in the Internet through which sometimes things slip through and vanish, except in our memories. ![]()
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