Chicken Salt Pringles

Have you read the headlines, everyone? They proclaim "CHICKEN SALT FLAVOUR - AUSSIE FAVOURITES" and it's followed by a whole paragraph of stream-of-consciousness like superlatives about what a wonderful world it is. Lo and behold the new variety of Pringles, Chicken Salt flavour.

Now before you hurl hateful words like 'fake news' around regarding the joy of these little tubes of chippies, I'll have you know that this paragraph is plastered all over the packaging. Most definitely not an egregious claim.

I haven't really kept an eye out on Pringles since there was a big hoo-haa about it moving production to Malaysia and I just CAN'T KEEP UP if products don't have more than 5g of sugar in a serving. They're certainly waaaaay smaller than I remember them being, but who knows - maybe I've literally tripled in size since the last year when I last had them. It's really had to get a scope of size when you're taking pictures on an iPhone, so your guess is as good as mine.

The good news is, since Chicken Salt is basically just powered chemicals and 100% not made from chicken (these have the Pringles vegetarian tick of approval btw), you literally get EXACTLY what the packet promises. They're pretty tasty and are a way less soggy alternative to popping chicken salt on hot chips, and will probably be a good hit if you enjoy that exact flavour.

HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD?

There were a couple of other flavours available in this range that we dare not try out of the sheer exhaustion of having to face another day through "chip-shaped lenses" but keep an eye out for Cheese Sambal and Meat Pie too.

Flavour Rating: 4 out of 5
Worth Trying?: Yes!

Cookies & Cream Cocopops

We'll just cover two things quickly and that's 1) if you believe this is a nutritional breakfast choice you are not healthy (#staywoke) and 2) Coco pops are delicious. 

Coco Pops (or, Cocoa Krispies, as autocorrected to when you search on Google for reasons unknown) are basically delicious and very much something you eat after dinner for a fun snack or dessert, rather than first thing in the mornings. Furthermore, if you've ever tried Coco Pops Chex you will know they are the ultimate trash food and a solid 10000000/10, so it seemed natural that these would be a great new advance on a favourite. OR WERE THEY?

Coco Pops Chex are a chocolatey variation on Crispix, the ultimate cereal, so by logic, the household were hoping that this flavour would be a good progression from Chex to Chex Cookies & Cream. Basically this is just like the normal Chex with a few (and very few) pieces covered in white chocolate.

This is a bit of a problem since when you pour milk on top, the taste is kind hard to distinguish, and you're stuck feeling the texture without reaping the benefit of the flavour. It's almost like a hardened yoghurt around a piece which feels a little funny when you're eating it since the texture is slippery . Of course for research purposes I picked out a handful and tried them without milk and they were pretty tasty, but the point is to eat with milk so I can't say it was resounding success.

That's not to say that this product isn't still delicious - the milk becomes super chocolatey (not like a milkshake though, the most EGREGIOUS CLAIM in food history), and the chex seem to melt in your mouth and are insanely moreish. It's just that the novelty of this edition is a bit non-existent.

We had high hopes, but it's best to stick with regular Chex, or better yet, fruit for breakfast if you want a sweet hit in the morning.

Flavour Rating: 4 out of 5
Worth Trying?: No - get regular Chex instead.