Reviewed : Walkers Crisps Hoops and Crosses

There's been a little monkey living with me for a while now, his name is Walker. I was sent him and a packet of Walkers Crisps new crisp sensation 'Hoops and Crosses' and I've since been buying them every two or so weeks. It would be more but a girl can't eat too many crisps can she? Ok, that's a total lie but shhh...

Before I could take a picture of the Roast Beef flavour that I was sent, they had been eaten! Yep, all gone. I have since bought the prawn cocktail flavour ones which I wasn't overly keen on admittedly, the roast beef ones are very yummy. I haven't tried the salt and vinegar ones as I'll admit this is not my favourite flavour. I'd love to see these in a cheese flavour or pickled onion *drools*

Anyway the important thing with these is that they are wholegrain, there's no artificial flavours or preservatives and they contain 30% less fat than a regular packet of crisps! They have become my new work lunch snack but they would be perfect for kid's lunch boxes too.

P.S. I named the monkey Walker because... I wanted to!

Disclaimer - I was sent the crisps (and Walker) for an honest review, which I always do for my blog reviews.





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New! Walkers Deep Ridged Crisps

I love it when Sam from Walkers Crisps asks me if I want to review the latest crisp range, I always reply straight away and pretty much sit and wait for them to arrive. These new deep ridged ones had me very intrigued as they have ridges that are 8mm deeper than other ridge crisps available. You probably like me think of McCoys when you think of ridged crisps but can Walkers stand up to them or maybe even do better?

The crisps come in Ready Salted (only in multipacks), Salt and Malt Vinegar, Mature Cheddar and Onion and Flame Grilled Steak. I'm not a great salt and vinegar fan so they were always going to have to excel my very large expectations. That's the thing with these crisps they are deep ridged but also said to be bold in their flavour. They really are that!

I found the Salt and Malt Vinegar was very strong and overpowering but like I said I'm not a fan and won't eat them out of choice normally. The Flame Grilled Steak was as steak flavoured and smelly as the McCoys version, you really have to fumigate when you've eaten these. The smell lingers! The mature cheddar and onion were very tasty, a real kick of cheese! Again quite smelly though...

The Mature Cheddar & Onion Deep Ridged Crisps from Walkers Crisps

I found them to be crunchy at the first bite but they seem to dissolve away in my mouth. Not sure if that was the intention but it happened with each of the flavours I tried. I'm not sure if these would be a good alternative to McCoys, the dissolve crunch was a bit disappointing but the flavours are bold, if smelly!




 

Walkers Crisps - What's That Flavour?

You might have noticed a few reviews for Walkers Crisps on my site over my blog history and I'm here again telling you about some new crisps that will be hitting the shelves. Only these have a bit of mystery to them... so do we have any budding taste detectives? (Ha! see what I did there!)

New Walkers Crinkles

I was asked if I was interested in trying out some new Walkers Crisps and of course I was never going to say no. I had no idea what was coming and was excited when I received my two trial packs, both in the same flavour - Cheddar & Onion and they were crinkle cut.

Crisps for Red Nose Day!

Crisps! I love crisps, so of course I jumped (carefully) at the offer to review these new ones from Walkers Crisps. These aren't just any old crisps either, 5p from each bag sold goes to Red Nose Day!

Crisps? Oh go on then!

I posted on here last week the new Walkers Crisps Competition which has been launched as the new Extra Crunchy crisps have been released. I also got to try a free packet! Choosing a flavour was the hardest choice but I went for Sweet Chilli Chicken. Nom.

Walkers Crisps Competition - Take One, Pass It On

Now we all love a good competition don't we? Well Walkers Crisps (nom nom nom) have launched a new competition to tie in with the launch of their Extra Crunchy crisps.

The idea is simple; upload a video showing us how you share your Extra Crunchy and they will edit the best ones together so it looks like the bag is being passed from one person to the next. See the video for a demo