{"id":17547,"date":"2014-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17547"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:30:23","slug":"review-lays-cinnamon-bun-potato-chips-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/19\/review-lays-cinnamon-bun-potato-chips-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Lay’s Cinnamon Bun Potato Chips (Canada)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I guess every batch of Do Us A Flavour candidates has to have the water cooler flavour — the weird one that’ll get people talking. Last year’s batch of Canadian flavours had Maple Moose, and sticking with the sweet theme, this year there’s Cinnamon Bun.<\/p>\n

Everyone who I’ve spoken to has recoiled in horror at the thought of cinnamon bun chips, but I’m just going to come out and admit it: it’s actually pretty close to my dream chip flavour. Now, before you write me off as a complete sociopath (who dreams of cinnamon bun chips??), hear me out. My dream chip flavour? Cinnamon Sugar Doritos.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that this wouldn’t be a salty\/sweet combination; this would be a full-out dessert chip. Think about it. It would be like a churro in chip form! How is this not a thing yet??<\/p>\n

Doritos executives: please feel free to steal this idea.<\/p>\n

Alas, since Churro Doritos are not yet a thing (and may never be), Cinnamon Bun Lay’s is probably the closest that we’ll get.<\/p>\n

I’ll say two things about these chips right off the bat:<\/p>\n

1) They’re not gross. They’re edible. <\/p>\n

2) That’s probably the nicest thing I have to say about this particular flavour. These are clearly not going to satisfy my dream Doritos cravings.<\/p>\n

I had hoped that they were going to be a full-out dessert experience, but it really isn’t. It’s way too subtle. That’s not necessarily a problem, but the flavours never really come together in any meaningful way. <\/p>\n

If you were eating a bag of plain Lay’s and one fell on a Cinnabon and then you ate it, it would probably taste something like these chips. <\/p>\n

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

It’s weird. They’re slightly buttery, with a somewhat pronounced sweet cinnamony flavour — they actually do a pretty decent job of capturing the flavour of a cinnamon bun. But then there’s the plain Lay’s flavour, which is equally pronounced. Both flavours announce to your tastebuds “Yep, here I am!” but neither has any particular interest in cooperating with the other. They’re both just there; two random tastes that have seemingly been crammed together on a whim.<\/p>\n

I wish they had just gone all out with the cinnamon bun flavour and let the chip be more of a vehicle for crunch than anything else, because as it is now it’s pretty muddled. It’s neither here nor there, and it’s slightly off-putting.<\/p>\n

I was able to tolerate them, but I had a few other people try them and no one could make it past a chip or two, so I may just have a higher than average tolerance for sweet cinnamony chips. But clearly, these aren’t the chips I’ve been dreaming of. <\/p>\n

Way to kill my dreams, Lay’s. Way to kill my dreams.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 50 grams\/per 27 chips – 270 calories, 17 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 90 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams of fibre, 2 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Lay’s Cinnamon Bun Potato Chips (Canada)
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.50 CAN
\nSize:<\/b> 180 gram bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Hasty Market
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Reasonable facsimile of the flavour of a cinnamon bun.
\nCons:<\/b> Cinnamon bun and potato chip flavours are just as incongruous as you’d think. Too subtle. Killer of dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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