This range from Walkers celebrates the decades past in the UK. Something to touch on the nostalgia heartstrings?

Being born in the 80s, I've started right there... with a Chicken Tikka Masala. Indian food boomed in the 80s and you'd be hard pressed to find a town in England without a classic token Indian restaurant in it. They've gone with a pretty mild curry to please the masses, Tikka Masala, a herby, tomatoey flavour that should please most taste buds. Personally I feel the sweetness that are in these could perfectly round off a spicy crisp. The mixture of both spice and sweetness is a mix made in heaven.

I have enjoyed these though, they have a sweet chutney feel to them.

6/10

New from Kettle Chips - we have a classic New York Deli sandwich. Pastrami, Dill Pickle and Mustard.

Damn these are good. One of my favourite sandwiches put into crisp form. So good that I nearly forgot to review them!!!

The Smokey, peppery pastrami, seemless intertwines with the sweet dill pickle and a musty mustard hit to deepend the flavour. These truly are crisp kings.

Kettle have done an amazing sandwich justice.

Bravo.

10/10

New from Doritos - a different take on their Roulette range! I loved the Roulette crisps they brought out last year, tangy cheese and the odd insanely hot - a great novelty.

Here we have a branded version, using Tabasco's hot pepper sauce as the surprised ingredient. I love Tabasco on most things, but especially with eggs. 

The pack says that some of these chips are ULTRA SPICY. Well I have to say that I haven't experienced that - but what I have got is a really great deep cheese flavour - the mixture of the classic tangy cheese with the peppery hot sauce is just great and while they're not supposed to of mixed up - it really does create a great combo. Definitely not a big spicy hit.

Nom nom nom.

​9/10

Last up in the new MAX STRONG range from Walkers and these are supposedly the hottest of the lot, so I have liquids to hand just incase.

Jalapeno and cheese are so regularly tasted together in Mexican food which I love so I feel like already this is a good pairing. The tang of the Jalapeno matches the creamy slightly smokey cheese really well.

These are definitely extreme in flavour - although actually pretty palatable in terms of actual spice. They're super cheesy, which makes for interesting breathe and I think they wouldn't make their way into a share sized bag.. but the flavour is good and i'm satisfied with this addition to the range.

7/10

Next up in the MAX STRONG range from Walkers, the range that's supposed to be paired with a cold beer - but is warming me up in these cold climates.

This one is the least hot of the range - but that's not to say it doesn't have a kick, it's just that the initial flavour has a sweet/sour lime tinge to it.

They have a slight indian feel to them, which is a really good thing. Mixing sweet or sour flavours with Chilli is a really good idea.

These are really good, an intense amount of flavouring - but when the flavour is this good, that's exactly what you want.

The aftermath has left a pretty hot spicy explosion in the mouth, time for a glass of milk methinks!

9/10

New from Walkers MAX range - STRONG.

It looks just a little like they're aiming towards lad culture being named strong and having a pint of beer in the text!

The MAX range has been pretty good in my opinion - a deep ridged crisp with intense flavourings, shout out to thai sweet chicken mmmmm!

This new version of the range is spicy and to be matched with a pint of geezer lager. They come in three levels of hotness. Hot Chicken Wings is the mid level hotness..

I like my American buffalo hot wings which is what I was expecting here but actually it's very much a british version oh hot wings. The flavouring definitely has the classic roast chicken walkers flavouring which could make you think on first bite that these aren't going to be too spicy.. but there's a kick!  It's essentially MAX Flamin hot mixed with roast chicken so a pretty straight forward recipe for Walkers then!

That's not to say that these aren't good - they're moreish despite the chilli kick.

Nice for a nice cold beer to cool it all off..


7/10

Holy Moly!! Fairfields farm have really blown my mind here.

A complete game-changer in the crisp world... hot crisps!
I can't actually believe it's not been done before.. and it just makes SO MUCH SENSE. I'm a crisp lover but sometimes it's just so cold and you want something to warm you up.. well here is the answer.

Sure they're your standard salted crisps, but warmed up in the microwave they become something totally different. Something I always wished would be a thing. I love chips - but I love the crispy crunchy ones that are so rare - well here they are. The tomato salsa dip is the perfect addition for sweet tomatoey goodness  but with a lil chili kick that really hits home on the 'keep me warm' treat.
A word of warning - don't overdo them as they'll end up like microwave popcorn does.. 20-30 seconds and they're the best winter warmer snack we've had in years.

10/10

Next up in the Walkers' Choose me or lose me range - Spain! Although I wouldn't immediately associate this flavour with Spain...

This is a flavour we are all way too familiar with. Paprika has been a favourite on our shelves for years. Germany and Scandinavia live off this crisp flavour and is a strong favourite.

And yes - they are right to like them. Paprika is a super smokey flavour full of aromas and spices. I think it definitely suits a thicker, more ridged crisp - like the MAX range. But it's still a gooden.

That said - these are being pitched up against the mighty prawn cocktail (sweet tomato) and we all know how much love people show for that. They will never be replaced.

7/10

Next up in Walkers' Choose me or lose me range, the US and A.

I would have thought they'd name this flavour bacon cheeseburger being American - but here we have Bacon & Cheddar. Not a flavour we're actually unfamiliar with. It's been seen before the BAKED range from Walkers.

So I already have an idea in my head of how sickly Bacon & Cheddar is, and how it will in no way match up to Smoky Bacon like they suggest. I guess this campaign is a good way to make people rediscover the neglected favourites!

And yes - they're sickly. I'm not getting the smokiness that I want from the bacon and the cheese flavouring is way too creamy.. bleugh.

1/10