{"id":61032,"date":"2024-03-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=61032"},"modified":"2024-03-11T10:50:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:50:59","slug":"lays-sweet-spicy-honey-potato-chips-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2024\/03\/12\/lays-sweet-spicy-honey-potato-chips-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Lay’s Sweet & Spicy Honey Potato Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hot honey is taking over.<\/p>\n

We’ve got hot honey chicken, hot honey pizza, hot honey pretzels, and hot honey buns. Actually, I don’t know about that one. Do hot honey buns exist? Has Little Debbie ventured into the world of hot honey buns yet? I wanna Google, “Little Debbie’s Hot Honey Buns,” but I’m afraid I’ll get put on a list.<\/p>\n

Ya know what? I’m just gonna drop this train of thought and \u2026 oh hot honey chips! Those exist too. Herr’s makes ’em. Utz makes ’em. Pringles had some delicious hot honey crisps, so it’s no shocker that Lay’s has joined the fray with Sweet & Spicy Honey Chips.<\/p>\n

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The bag boasts, “Sweet. Spicy. Golden. Crunch,” and I’m not one to argue with a bag.<\/p>\n

I’ll get to the first three words, but first, I wanna highlight the fourth word because the crunch might be the standout. By all accounts, they’re standard Lay’s chips, but I swear they’re crunchier. They’re not kettle, but if a chip could exist somewhere between regular and kettle, that’s these, and I love it. I don’t think it was a freshness issue. These felt like Lay’s tweaked its iconic recipe.<\/p>\n

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As for the flavor \u2013 I say this as a culinary inept American dude \u2013 I think it leans into a Chinese-inspired territory. Something about the combination of the spicy pepper and vague sweetness instantly made me think of Chinese flavors.<\/p>\n

Even the red, scaly bag design made me think along those lines. If you told me these chips were limited edition “Year of the Dragon: Spicy Szechwan” flavored Lay’s, I wouldn’t argue.<\/p>\n

The chips hit you with a mildly sweet honey flavor on the nose, then quickly chase that with a tolerable heat ideal for sustained snacking. I always rate spicy snacks on the “Flamin’ Hot” scale, and these probably reach about 80% of that.<\/p>\n

I’ll say this, while they don’t exactly taste the same, all I thought about were Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos. In fact, I was bummed I wasn’t eating said Doritos, the G.D.O.A.T. Purple bag supremacy, no other flavor stacks up. Don’t @ me.<\/p>\n

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Using my confusing percentages again, I’d say the flavor here lands at about 63.7% on the Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili scale I just made up that will now be used to rate all food from now on.<\/p>\n

Lay’s Sweet & Spicy Honey Potato Chips are solid but should’ve been sweeter. I’d actually probably like a bit more heat as well. They taste like a “lite” version of what the flavors should’ve been.<\/p>\n

The ingredients list Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Swiss Cheese, but they aren’t cheesy. I tried to force a cheese flavor to manifest but to no avail. I still remain a little stumped by the ingredients.<\/p>\n

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So yeah, these aren’t bad. I got a little indigestion, but I loved the texture and liked the flavor. For all I know, I just had a weird bag, but they’re good overall. They’d probably go great crunched up inside a sandwich.<\/p>\n

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m\u2026 I’m gonna Google it. Curiosity killed the fat.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $4.29
\nSize:<\/strong> 7 3\/4 oz bag
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Shop Rite
\nRating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (15 Chips) 150 calories, 10 grams of fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 mg of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 16 grams of total carbohydrates, 2 grams of total sugars, 1 gram of fiber, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hot honey is taking over. We’ve got hot honey chicken, hot honey pizza, hot honey pretzels, and hot honey buns. Actually, I don’t know about that one. Do hot honey buns exist? Has Little Debbie ventured into the world of hot honey buns yet? 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