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!

Pie Mate Maximus

Think of the most delicious drink flavour you can think of - was it tomato sauce? No? Oh, weird. The Maximus team were SO sure you'd be all for it, so they developed a flavour which is supposed to perfectly compliment your pie-slathered-with-tomato-sauce lunch.

All of a sudden, much like the 'Message Seen' function on Facebook, the product that no one wanted took its proud place on our shelves.

MMMM only good things will come of this.

This could go one of two ways, everyone! Do you think it's going to be:

A) Deliciously fresh and thirst quenching, bursting with the ambrosia of natural flavours

OR

B) Horrible

(Spoilers! it's B) Horrible)

When I was younger and if we went our to dinner, my siblings and I usually got bored with the icecream desert, so we'd mix in salt, sugar, pepper, water, and various other scraps on the table and then dare each other to drink it. Pie Mate Maximus tastes like a Frankenstein's monster - horribly sweet with a tang of tomato and a plentiful dash of regret.

The drink is a self proclaimed '1 litre goblet of hydration' which gives your gag reflex such a spasm when you drink a mouthful it could be considered an exorcism. The Pie Mate beverage amusingly has no trace of tomato in its ingredients (GASP), although I love the commitment to wacky flavours. I've literally never tried anything like it, and if you have the chance you simply must take a gulp.

The label recommends you "Bite. Your Pie // Swig. Maximus // Repeart. Until finished" and regrettably I couldn't comply as I had no pie. I feel like MAYBE I've missed the recommended experience of this drink so perhaps I am seriously missing out. 

But then again, I'm probably not.

KICKSHAW FLAVOUR RATING
1 out of 5

SHOULD YOU TRY?
Yes!