Review of the new Walkers sandwich crisps
Walkers crisps have brought out some wacky new sandwich flavours and I was delighted to be nominated (by myself) to taste all six of them – all in the name of science of course.
Now I LOVE both sandwiches and crisps, so rather than recoil at the strangeness I was really quite excited. Rather than do the right thing and sell all six bags in one multi-pack, Walkers are making us buy two six pack selections in order to try each flavour.
So Bag One contains:
2 x Roast Chicken & Mayonnaise
2 x Bacon & Tomato Ketchup
2 x Cheese Toastie & Worcester Sauce
Whilst Bag Two contains:
2 x Cheese, Cucumber & Salad Cream
2 x Sausage & Brown Sauce
2 x Ham & Mustard
Twelve bags in total. All in the name of science.
I’m a big mayo fan so went straight for Bag One and the Roast Chicken and Mayonnaise. I was most excited about these but the reality was disappointing. Yeah they were nice but they mainly tasted like standard Roast Chicken. There was certainly a hint of something ‘different’ but for a connoisseur of fatty condiments (like me) it didn’t taste that much like mayonnaise.
Next Bacon and Tomato Ketchup which didn’t sound great. I dislike ketchup and bacon doesn’t always work well as a crisp flavour (excluding Frazzles of course which are so amazing I could eat disgusting amounts until my tongue bled). Anyway. This flavour just reminded me of the ketchup flavour Walkers brought out years ago when pulling another publicity stunt and it overpowered the bacon somewhat. Not my cup of tea.
The last flavour of Bag One, which excited me due to cheese content – Cheese Toastie and Worcester Sauce. Similarly to the ketchup there was an overpowering taste of Worcester Sauce which gave the crisps a spicy, tangy taste. Definitely preferable to eating something healthy and nicer than the bacon and ketchup but a poor substitute for other, nicer crisps on the market.
Bag One verdict: 2.5/5
Bag Two and again straight to the most appealing flavour – Cheese, Cucumber and Salad Cream (yes I’m a freak). But this time I was impressed! This was the first bag that actually tasted somewhat like it claimed. I could definitely taste both cucumber and salad cream, along with a pretty prominent and cheese flavour. Definitely my favourite so far.
Next I went with Sausage and Brown Sauce which were enjoyable enough and a fair effort at tasting as their name suggests. In the grand tradition so far, the sauce outweighed its meat counterpart but it was better than the bacon and in this more instance I at least like brown sauce. However not the crisps I’d choose personally, given all the wonderful flavours we are blessed with in our supermarket aisles.
Ham and Mustard last but not least – and I love mustard. It’s worth noting (for my own satisfaction) that Brannigans do the most incredible thick-cut Roast Beef and Mustard crisps which are honestly soooo good they cost NINETY PENCE for a small bag in my local corner shop which is absolutely extortionate but that’s beside the point. They’re worth it. Sorry, I’m going way off topic, what about this Walkers effort. They were nice actually and probably my second favourite. Not a patch on Brannigans (obviously) but with a nice mustard kick and strong, adequate flavour.
Bag Two verdict: 4/5
So there you have it. If you’re going to treat yourself to one multi-pack, you know which one to make it. And I want to say thanks for reading this. Not my finest moment I agree but it gave me a guilt free excuse to eat twelve bags of crisps and I enjoyed that a lot.
emmakwall (explains it all) 
I did like the Hedgehog flavoured crisps available in the early 80s
Yes it is true, and they did taste good
http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/01/15/hedgehog-flavoured-crisps/
Disclaimer
Only a few Hedgehogs were injured in the making of these snacks
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HAHA! I feel bad about the hedgehogs 🙂 but that did make me laugh!
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I bet people wouldn’t be as keen on rat flavour crisps lol!
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You make me laugh so much. I like your contribution to science. And you should nominate yourself more often for things.
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I should do! Thanks Alex 🙂 how are you?
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On a day off today 🙂 Listening to The Cure as we speak. Close to Me and sort of humming and singing along at the same time.
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Emma, you are hilarious. This post was a sheer delight! So fortunate you were nominated for this taste test (even if it was by your own self).
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Haha, thank you so much!!! Your comment really made me smile 🙂
I should nominate myself for more taste tests! It does count nominating yourself right? 🙂
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Absolutely!
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Excellent! I now nominate myself to………………….the options are so endless I can’t actually think of anything…argh!!! Haha 🙂
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Thought the Walkers logo looked sue-ingly like the Lays logo. Looked it up and it turns out that they’re the same thing. Is that a dig at Americans, calling them Lays instead of Walkers? What, like we can’t walk? 😉
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I know EXACTLY what you mean! They sell Lays crisps in Spain as well and every time I go I always eat loads of (very large) Lays crisps. I have no idea why they’re called different names 😦 do you have sandwich flavours too?! There’s a chive flavour I really like, a green packet I think!
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Never really had any weird Lays (unless you consider sour cream and onion weird), but Pringles has some weird flavors. Like pizza, pickle, etc. They do put out weird (and most likely disgusting) Lays flavors, but I’ve never tried them. Maybe I should, they’ve started putting out “world cuisine” flavors I think fairly recently.
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I had some crazy hot Pringles a little while ago. They were from their ‘EXTREME!’ range but I didn’t actually expect them to be that hot..! Jalepeno and cheese flavour, but the ratio of jalepeno to cheese was heavily outweighed by jalepeno 🙂
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Some of those sound absolutely revolting. Kudos on trying all the flavours. I definitely would not.
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Hee hee! I took one for the team 🙂 any at all take your fancy?
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Actually, no. None whatsoever. lol And I like trying new kinds of chips. Maybe if they were right in front of me I might. But until then… no. 🙂
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I don’t blame you lol 🙂
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Oh dear. Not looking to promising, as I only tried bag 2 and thought they were fairly awful!
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Haha, oh no! Come on then…onto bag one! 🙂
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I’ve been watching The Walking Dead lately. The company should tie in the product. Walkers and Brown Sauce (whatever that is) seem to tie in with the show.
After reading this article, I found out there are more kinds of ketchup than just tomato.
I remember as a kid going to the USA on trips. if we asked for vinegar for our fries, we would always get weird looks, and replies such as “Why do you want glass cleaner?”
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HA! I don’t think they have vinegar in Australia either, they’re all bloody mad! How are you enjoying The Walking Dead? I always had a crush on Daryl lol.
I love the idea of tying in Walkers to the show and we’re all sick of the Gary Linekar adverts, bring on some zombies!
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I’m practically fainting over these weird flavours. And what the heck is brown sauce? How are any of these a thing???
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HAHA!! Love it 🙂
Brown sauce is kinda like BBQ sauce but less BBQ…and more brown lol. Do ANY of them appeal to you Jay? I could send you some! Lol 🙂
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I just tried the salad cream flavour after I saw this post – it tasted like a Big Mac! Loved it. And I love the post!
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OMG I know exactly what you mean!! (and I so want to eat a Big Mac now…)
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I like the word crisps: I regret it is not used here, not without some confusion.
These flavors sound quite radical. I wonder who dreams these things up.
On the other hand, I would really like to have the Sausage and Brown Sauce. This sounds so British it makes me squirm.
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Haha, I’m sure you’d enjoy them! 🙂 I don’t think the flavours will stay, the crisp company (crisp IS a great word!) does this kind of thing every now and then to market themselves. They did it a few years ago and I remember cheese and baked beans on toast was a flavour!
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