Snack Review

Lay's Wavy Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper

Taste test: This flavor sounded like one of the boldest among the 12 Tastes of America flavors for 2018, and as an admirer of both bacon and jalapeño poppers — can't say I've ever had them combined — I was eager to try.

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The chips had wide ripples and gently curving overall shapes, with a bright yellow color and some areas of browning, plus lots of green bits spread evenly over the surfaces. I crunched in to find a nice light crunch and a flavor that initially seemed a lot like the promised a jalapeño popper with bacon added, delivering cheese, peppers and little smokiness. But then I realized that there wasn't any heat at all. So much for the jalapeño part. They had the potential for something really good here, and with a little more bacon and some actual jalapeño heat, they might have really had it, but this one ended up falling far short.

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Smell test: Mild smoky baon smell.

From the package: “Inspired by a Southwest favorite and now nationally loved, here's a taste of jalapeño peppers, cream cheese and bacon. Let's spice up snack time!”

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Company: Frito-Lay

Categories for this snack:

All Lay's Potato Chips (225 snacks)
Potato Chips (1998 snacks)
Hot Snacks (1037 snacks)
Limited Editions (411 snacks)
Jalapeno Chips (241 snacks)
Bacon Flavor Snacks (138 snacks)

This snack was discovered by Jeremy at Star Market (formerly Shaws, and Star Market again before that), Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Review published .

Lay's Wavy Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper

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