Delicious baked crisps, slightly less guilt involved! (Walkers Baked Ready Salted)

Member Name: katykicker

Product:	Walkers Baked Ready Salted
Date:	13/06/09 (37 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great taste, far less calories & fat, great price

Disadvantages: None

Walkers Baked crisps are a fairly new style of crisp that is crinkled and baked instead of being fried and this makes them a fair bit lower in fat than the normal varieties available and the texture is different as well as the taste.

The crisps are a fairly average crisp size and cut from good quality potatoes, it is very rare to find a bad crisp in your bag and this is great as I don't have to particularly worry about paying much attention when delving in to the bag and wolfing down a whole packet in 2 minutes flat! I lovely the crinkle design of these crisps and there never seems to be a full packet but then they are healthier so what am I really expecting?

The crisps come in a foil bag (for freshness) with red colouring (for ready salted) and the familiar Walkers logo as well as nutritional information, ingredients and further details on cooking methods, potatoes used and information on Walkers themselves. The bag is very informative and tells you why Baked are different (lower in fat, baked not fried etc) and I am always surprised by just how much information Walkers feel they need to put on each packet and this seems to be something that they do with all brands. At least it's something to read whilst eating I guess!

Once the packet is opened there isn't much of a scent but I can tell that these are going to be a little salty already. The crisps are deliciously crunchy and do not disappoint at all, there is a fair amount of seasoning on them (salt) but not so much that my hands feel greasy and horrible. The salt covering is just enough and these do taste a little different to the usual Walkers crisps but I think that this might be something to do with the texture of the crisps rather than a different amount of salt. These may not be for everybody though as they can be a little salty for little children. My favourite way to eat crisps is to have them in a sandwich or with a salad. The crunch of these crisps goes well with sandwiches and is just delicious and because these have ridges in them it's far easier to lay them flat in a sandwich and have them stay in place.

I would definitely recommend these as a perfect accompaniment to your lunchtime. These are great as a snack and each bag contains just 98 calories and 2g of fat making these have 50 less calories compared to a standard packet and 1/4 of the fat! I am a huge fan and so far I am enjoying all of the 'Baked' varieties, I am therefore rating these crisps 5/5. These are available singly or as part of a multi-pack and I paid £1.36 for a variety of 3 different flavours and there were 2 packets of each flavour inside.

Summary: A baked bag of crisps that aren't too greasy or salted.