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The odd, amazing and INSANE crisps I've discovered from around the world...

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Nik-Naks - Cheese

1/7/2020

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Found in South Africa.

Here's an interesting bit of Crisptory for you!

You can't currently buy SA Nik-Naks in the UK.

Nik Naks in South Africa have been running for nearly a decade before our Nik-Naks in the UK (owned by KP Snacks) but KP Snacks have issued a trademark dispute over it being sold in the UK.. even though they're an exact replica of the older South African brand.. !! Well that's news to me..

They are great. They are Nik-Naks in every respect. Super crunchy, nobbly crisps with maybe slightly intense flavouring. These ones are a classic cheese and it's impossible not to compare them to Cheetos - the creamy cheesy flavouring is very, very similar. The pack has gone done very nicely thankyou Simba.

9/10

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Woolworths - Chutney Naks

23/3/2020

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Found in South Africa. In a Woolworths! Which in the UK is a distant memory of penny sweets and DVDs, but in South Africa is more similar to M&S.


Here we have a packet of their own brand crisps and boy am I glad I picked them up- a chutney flavoured nik-nak is essentially heaven.


The classic Big Crunch of nik-naks that we know well in the UK is present here, and the sweet tangy chutney that is worshipped here really does hit the spot. The perfect mix of sweetness and tangyness. 


These are seriously addictive.


10/10

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Simba - Ghost Pops Original

15/4/2013

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Well i've been waiting to get my hands on these babies for a long time now. But did they live up to the expectations? Read on fearless fans...

All the way from Cape Town, my good friend Greg has been banging on about Ghost pops for years, but every time he returns home and buys me a pack - they've disappeared from his suitcase as if by magic? Sounds pretty ghostly to me...

These are a Saffa classic that all South Africans will know from their childhood.

They are very monster munch like, so I do feel a little bit of nostalgia attached to them all the same. The texture is very monster munch like, a crisp outer layer with a softer crunch as you go through the crisp, they're thicker than monster munch so takes a little longer for those gnashers to get through. The flavour is the epitome of TANGY. 
They're very tomato-ey in a very similar way to tangy toms, but have a fullsome spice underlay - which is subtle but warming. The tomato has a slightly bbq edge to it, and is a really complete flavour that can only be compared closely to tangy toms, but tangy toms are sweeter. I have to hand it to him, they are a good crisp. The packaging is old skool, the bag is big, the name is great and the flavour moreish.

Either buy a ticket to South Africa, or go to the south african shop in Liverpool Street, your choice.

9/10



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Woolworths - Prawn Cocktail

11/4/2013

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What's that? WOOLWORTHS I hear you shout?

Yes, these came all the way from Cape Town, where Woolworths not only still exists, but is a really posh shop like Marks and Sparks or Waitrose!

Weird...

Still, it's pretty obvious what these are - a Skips knockoff. But they taste a little different.

They have exactly the same texture as skips, that melts in your mouth, but the flavour is well.. more fishy. Not that the ingredients include actual seafood but I think the difference between these and skips are that they are a lot less sweet and have a lot more soy sauce. Salt is still pretty high and they have a tang to them, but they are a lot more savoury and don't come close to the Classic sweet Skips flavour. 

4/10

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