Potato Chip Aficionado

I love salty foods, especially potato chips and french fries. The best chips I've ever had were from a now-closed restaurant on Main Street in downtown Springfield, MA. Sean and I met for lunch once when I worked downtown, and this place made their own potato chips. It was the first time I had eaten a kettle chip, and I was hooked.

Now, let me say that potato chips aren't part of my regular diet. They are fun to munch on at parties but I really only buy them in the summer to go with a hot dog or burger on the grill.

My favorite is almost always a cracked black pepper kettle chip. Several brands make them. Some are better than others. I also love a good sour cream and onion kettle chip. I'm not interested in those weird flavors like chicken, thai food, etc. I hate BBQ-flavored anything, and buffalo chips are just weird.

Recently, I shopped at a different grocery store than my usual, and they did not have my favorite brand of kettle chips. But then I spotted a bag of Utz Mystic Dark Russet chips. They don't say "kettle" but the bag screamed my name and the rest is history.

OH. MY. GOD. Oh my god you guys, these are so dang good. Like my fries, I like my chips crunchy, crispy, and dark.

It gets better. The chips contain no preservatives or hydrogenated fats. Just potatoes, peanut oil and salt. Go buy yourself a bag. You'll thank me later. Or not, when you reach in and feel the bottom of the bag and realized you just ate the entire bag in one sitting. They're that good.

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