{"id":13510,"date":"2012-09-25T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13510"},"modified":"2023-03-04T19:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T05:09:57","slug":"review-popchips-ranch-tortilla-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/25\/review-popchips-ranch-tortilla-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Popchips Ranch Tortilla Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Popchips<\/a><\/p>\n

The Egyptians loved triangles.<\/p>\n

I mean, they preserved their dead leaders in them, trusting that this big 5.9-million-ton, three-dimensional triangle would protect the soul of their worldly demi-gods and unleash curses onto unsuspecting grave robbers. That\u2019s faith, people.<\/p>\n

Call me a sucker for massive archaeological structures, but I think those ancient Egyptians had something going with their devoted adoration of triangles. Triangles do great things for the world. They inspired cinnamon scones and chiming musical instruments and, now, these Ranch Tortilla Popchips.<\/p>\n

Without question, I dig these modest little chips. Crispy and a tad crunchy. The texture\u2019s slightly less dense than a Dorito, but definitely more dense than a Cheeto (a Chorito??).<\/p>\n

I like my flavored chips with lots of flavor dust on each chip and those Popchip folk made sure they didn\u2019t skimp on this bag. If this chip were a geological formation, the ranch dusting on these suckers forms the entire crust while the stone-ground corn base serves as the tortilla planet\u2019s core. (Wouldn\u2019t that be cool: if the world\u2019s core was made of tortilla chips?)<\/p>\n

\"Popchips<\/a><\/p>\n

Just imagine: all that ranch-y, tortilla goodness in the Earth\u2019s core\u2026<\/p>\n

The corn is a great foundation, tossing around texture and a dash of sweetness all willy-nilly. And, just when you think you\u2019re done, you get that little nostalgic hint of ranch dust that gets left on your fingers, which is perfect for consumption upon your completion of said crunchy snack.<\/p>\n

Plus, they\u2019re ranch! Ranch is the culinary embodiment of fun. It calls forth hammocks and lemonade and trampolines. Alchemists accidentally discovered it in their search for gold and uncovered that it made broccoli especially tasty. Without question, ranch, done well, is great, and it\u2019s definitely been treated with the love and care it deserves here.<\/p>\n

\"Popchips<\/a><\/p>\n

With only 4 grams of fat and 120 calories for sixteen chips, these are pretty dad-gum good for you. They\u2019re trans-fat free, void of red dye #5, and have 10% of your daily needs for calcium. If King Tut had been buried with a stash of these babies, I\u2019ve no doubt his calcium-fortified spirit would\u2019ve punched out the Egyptians\u2019 half-jackal, half-human god of Death (that\u2019s Anubis, for all you Jeopardy fans out there\u2026).<\/p>\n

The biggest conundrum? These buggers are hard to find. I discovered these sitting between the Flintstone vitamins and overpriced nail polish while I was pandering about at a Duane Reade pharmacy, but have yet to witness them appearing in the groceries. Perhaps it\u2019s because they\u2019re in the test-market phase of their life or perhaps it is because I live on a sinking rock in the Atlantic Ocean, but, either way, they\u2019re so good that I hold on with hope that they will appear more often in the future.<\/p>\n

Triangles are simple, which is beautiful, for it is with this simplicity that triangles create especially cool things. There’s the Flatiron building<\/a>, cherry turnovers, mysterious voids in Bermuda and, now, Popchips in Tortilla form. No question. The ancient Egyptians had it right all along: triangles are<\/i> amazing.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts \u2013 16 chips per serving\/28 grams \u2013 120 calories, 35 calories from fat, 4 grams of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 180 milligrams of sodium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Popchips Ranch Tortilla Chips
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.99
\nSize:<\/b> 3.5 ounce bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Duane Reade
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Crunchy. Low fat. No artificial dyes. Ranch dust. Calcium. Triangles. Trampolines. King Tut\u2019s mummy punching the Ancient Egyptian god of Death in the nose.
\nCons:<\/b> Difficult to find. Not yet available in plain. Kooky grave robbers. Overpriced nail polish. The world\u2019s core is not made of tortilla chips. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Egyptians loved triangles. I mean, they preserved their dead leaders in them, trusting that this big 5.9-million-ton, three-dimensional triangle would protect the soul of their worldly demi-gods and unleash curses onto unsuspecting grave robbers. That\u2019s faith, people. Call me a sucker for massive archaeological structures, but I think those ancient Egyptians had something going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1474,1667],"class_list":["post-13510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-chips","tag-popchips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13116,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/02\/news-buying-new-tortilla-popchips-may-make-katy-perry-happy\/","url_meta":{"origin":13510,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: Buying New Tortilla Popchips May Make Katy Perry Happy","author":"Marvo","date":"August 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"You know how some people say they were into a band before they got popular? 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