Mmmm...potato chips

This past weekend, a friend came home from a week-long vacation to visit her boyfriend's family in Canada. Being the awesome friend that she is, she brought me back food, because she knows what a gavone I am.

Canada maybe be extremely similar to America in the fact that we speak the same language (for the most part), watch the same television shows, and eat the same foods. So what, you might ask, was the big deal about getting food from Canada if it's no different from the food here in America??"

Answer: Canada has a far superior flavor of potato chip than we have here in America...Ruffles All Dressed Potato Chips.

These amazing chips have the same ridges and crunchy goodness of regular Ruffles potato chips, except they're "dressed" with every kind of potato chip spice imaginable - onion, garlic, ketchup, dill pickle, etc.
But the sad thing is that they have yet to bring these fantastic chips to the USA...even though it would probably be the only really good import from Canada (next to maple syrup and "You Can't Do That On Television").

Trying and enjoying these chips got me thinking: If chips come in a flavor like this, and I didn't even know about it, what other great chip flavors am I missing out on?!? I decided to hit Google and investigate. It turns out that there are TONS of flavored chips not available in this country that sound AWESOME...luckily though, some are available in America...just not where I live. So I've compiled a little list:


*Kettle Chips Cheddar Beer Flavored Potato Chips
The one kind of potato chip that can actually be found in my area. I tried these recently. AMAZING.

* Golden Flake Cheeseburger Flavored Potato Chips
Although they sound really gross, apparently these chips taste like a McDonald's cheeseburger (Mmmm). Unfortunately, they're only found in southern states like Tennessee and Alabama.

* Poore Brothers Steak and Onion Potato Chips
These are also only found in the southern United States.

* Dutch Crunch Kettle Cooked Roasted Pepper and Cream Cheese Chips
Only found in Canada

* Lays Smokey Bacon Potato Chips
Bacon is probably my favorite food. Ever. This might qualify as the greatest snack ever invented. But they only have it in Canada (damnit!).

* Humpty Dumpty Ball Park Hotdog Chips
It's probably gross. But I'd still like to try it. Another fantastic Canadian invention.

* Tayto Chips
From the United Kingdom. Boasts flavors such as Pickled Onion, Prawn Cocktail, and Roast Chicken

* Walker's Lamb and Mint Chips
From the UK. Gross.

*Brannigan's Roast Beef and Mustard Flavor Thick Cut Potato Crisps
Again, from the UK. Doesn't sound as bad as lamb and mint.


Asia had the strangest chip flavors:

* Cuttlefish Flavored Chips
* Hot Garlic Shrimp Flavored Chips
* Curry Flavored Potato Chips
* Crab Flavored Chips
* Onion Soup Chips
* Anchovy Flavored Chips
* Squid Flavored Chips
* Seaweed Tom Yom Goong Flavor Potato Chips


I don't know about squid or anchovy chips, but onion soup chips sound pretty good to me. I know Utz makes crab potato chips, but the kind listed above probably tastes fishy (the Utz kind is only sprinkled with Old Bay seasoning).

And as for Canada...well...next time they plan on importing something stupid to the US (like Celine Dion), they should definitely reconsider and just send over the bacon chips instead.