Kettle Sea Salt & Black Peppercorn Crisps (Kettle Chips Sea Salt with Crushed Black Peppercorns)

Member Name: kittybuttons

Product:	Kettle Chips Sea Salt with Crushed Black Peppercorns
Date:	10/05/09 (95 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very tasty

Disadvantages: Can be a bit hard

Kettle Chips are one of my favourite types of crisps, I way prefer them over any over type i.e. the 'normal' ones such as Walkers etc. I usually buy the Sour Cream and Onion Flavour as my favourite crisp flavour is cheese and onion but they were in offer in Tesco's a few weeks ago for £1 a bag instead of £1.55 so I thought I would try a few different flavours, one of them being Sea Salt with Crushed Black Peppercorns.

Kettle Crisps are different from other crisps as they are handcooked in 'healthy' sunflower oil with no MSG, or artificial flavours or colours. The company was originally founded in 1978 in Salem, USA.

This flavour of crisps comes in a big bag - 150g, plenty for sharing though I have seen smaller 30g bags in some shops - which is black/dark blue in colour featuring the Kettle Crisps logo, the flavour, a few lines mentioning the fact that there is 'nothing artificial' and a tagline describing the flavour as 'spiky peppercorn hits.' A pretty accurate description of the flavour I think. The bag is made of thick foil for freshness.

The crisps themselves are darker in colour than other crisps but you can clearly see black peppercorns on top of the crisps. I thought this was going to be a really boring flavour as I though they were going to be like ready salted crisps but the pepper really makes a difference. They combine well with the salt (they are quite salty, maybe a bit too much for children) and they only way I can really describe the flavour is to agree with the description on the front of the packet - spiky peppercorn hits!

The only downside is that they are quite hard and crunchy. This might not be a problem for some people but I have quite sensitive gums and they can sometimes irritate them but that doesn't put me off.

I would highly recommend these for a night in, an alternative for popcorn whilst watching the movies and don't forget to try the other flavours!

Currently £1.55 for a 150g bag but they are always on offer.

Summary: Kettle Sea Salt & Black Peppercorn Crisps