{"id":17319,"date":"2014-07-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17319"},"modified":"2021-05-10T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:19:14","slug":"review-lays-cappuccino-potato-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/30\/review-lays-cappuccino-potato-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Lay\u2019s Cappuccino Potato Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lay's<\/a> <\/p>\n

There are two types of people in this world. There are those who play it safe and those who do not.<\/p>\n

The former group slows down at yellow lights, blots the grease from their pizza, and runs the ball on third and one in Madden<\/i>. The latter blows through red lights, pours grease from their buddy\u2019s slice of pizza onto theirs, and calls an Annexation of Puerto Rico<\/a> on fourth and forever.<\/p>\n

But none of these actions match up to the ultimate litmus test in living safe or dangerous: choosing which Lay\u2019s Do Us a Flavor Chips to buy.<\/p>\n

Last year, I faced danger with Lay\u2019s Chicken and Waffles Potato Chips. But, <\/a>despite my awful experience, I wasn\u2019t going to let the hacked together taste of poultry and Eggo stop me from checking out this year\u2019s finalist out of left field. We\u2019ve seen various salty and sweet chips before, but I’ve never seen potato chips that taste like coffee and milk. As for what Chad Scott was thinking when he submitted cappuccino to Lay\u2019s, well, I\u2019ll play it safe and guess he had good intentions. <\/p>\n

After strutting through Harris Teeter with a bag in hand and dropped jaws and slow claps of less intrepid snackers around me*, I opened it, which released a mellow, but prominent coffee aroma. It was stronger than coffee ice cream and only a few notches down from a college English class at 7:30 in the morning. It wasn’t unpleasant, but it definitely was unnatural. In fact, when contacted for comment, Mr. Potato Head confirmed it was certainly the most intense out-of-body experience he\u2019s had since Toy Story 3. Like I said, it\u2019s about living dangerously.<\/p>\n

\"Lay's<\/a><\/p>\n

I raised a single chip and brought it closer to my nose, taking a moment to harness my senses in that cultured thing coffee people do before they take a sip. Then I remembered I was sitting in my office with a potato chip held up to my nose, and realized how freaking ridiculous I looked. I sampled the seasoning by licking the fried exterior of the spud clean.<\/p>\n

Its flavor is maddeningly indescribable. I\u2019m taken aback at first, completely unable to harness dozens of hours of GRE verbal practice tests in assessing what<\/i> the flavor is. <\/p>\n

It’s slightly bitter with an odd sensation from the aftermath of lactic sweetness. It leaves a light roasted coffee flavor hanging on the roof of your mouth. I taste more chips and I\u2019m dumbfounded, searching for a salty-sweet affirmation of what I thought the chips would taste like. <\/p>\n

Instead, I\u2019m only left with the idea of sweetness and a memory of cream, as the way too authentic taste of light roasted coffee continues to linger even as the clashing but familiar earthiness from the potato comes around at the end. Several chips down, and I\u2019m utterly confused.<\/p>\n

\"Lay's<\/a><\/p>\n

This is not exactly living dangerously through snacks. Unencumbered, and perhaps believing that stuffing multiple chips into my mouth at once will harness some undiscovered salty-sweet synergy, I find the taste more palatable. There isn\u2019t a salty-sweet combo going on here, the salty flavor is almost nonexistent, but there is a somewhat cocoa-like effect that isn\u2019t too bad. But it\u2019s hardly bold and it\u2019s not particularly addictive or snackable.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s just no other way to say it: Chad Scott, you got your wish. These chips taste just like a cappuccino, or at least insofar as the cappuccino flavor you\u2019d expect from a Jelly Belly Jelly Bean. They’re not throw-out-the-bag horrible, but they\u2019re not something I\u2019d buy again. <\/p>\n

The flavor is just out of place on a fried tuber and ends up splitting the difference of two different sensations which match up about as gracefully as a Mormon in a Starbucks (it\u2019s okay, I\u2019m from Utah). Buying them might boost your credibility as a vanguard snacker, but enjoying them probably just means you like the taste of coffee too much.<\/p>\n

*Possibly. Or maybe not.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 oz.\/about 15 chips \u2013 160 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 40 milligrams of sodium, 330 milligrams of potassium, 16 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Lay\u2019s Do Us a Flavor Finalist Cappuccino Potato Chips
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.00 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 9.5 oz bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Harris Teeter
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Not detestable in an OH THE HUMANITY kind of way. Classic Lay\u2019s crispiness. Decently snackable when eaten in droves.
\nCons:<\/b> Cappuccino flavor is way too authentic for a potato chip. Bitterness. Out of body snacking experiences. Lacks salty-sweet synergy. Does not affirm the desire to live dangerously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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