True or false: Unusual potato crisp / chip flavours

March 14th is National Potato Chip Day*¹ so to celebrate, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a look at unusual crisp*² flavours from around the world. However, as I often like to do, I've made things a bit more interesting by turning it into a true or false quiz.

*1 That's 'crisps' for the benefit of any British readers.

*2 Or 'chip' for the benefit of any American readers.

Chocolate miners digging for chocolate to be used
as flavour for chocolate flavour crisps.

Take a look at the following flavours and see if you can guess whether they're real flavours that you can actually buy, or whether they're fictitious inventions that I've totally made up!

1) Chocolate flavour crisps

I tried chocolate flavour crisps once when I was on holiday in Thailand, and although I like chocolate, and I also like crisps, I have to report that this is one example where two rights make a wrong, because they tasted absolutely disgusting.

But is it a real flavour, or have I just made it up?

True or false?

2) Blueberry flavour crisps

"Mmm! These crisps are so refreshing!"

Blueberry flavour crisps are available in China and are branded as 'cool and refreshing'. I have to admit that 'cool and refreshing' is something I don't generally associate with crisps. For example, if I was thirsy after an exercise session I wouldn't think, 'Mmm, I could just fancy some crisps to help me cool off!'

However, someone in marketing apparently disagrees with me, because that's how blueberry crisps are marketed in China. 'Cool and refreshing!'

True or false?

3) Pepsi Cola and chicken flavour crisps

Do you like coke? Do you like chicken? Do you like crisps?

Then why not combine all three with Pepsi Cola and Chicken flavoured crisps!

True or false?

4) Bubble gum flavour crisps

Bubble gum.

I quite liked bubble gum when I was a young kid, but from my memory of the taste, it's not a flavour that would go well with crisps. However, somebody from Australia obviously disagreed with me because bubble gum flavour crisps were released in Queensland back in the 90s.

Sadly, they were discontinued within a few months, so presumably they weren't very popular with the public.

True or false?

Editor's note: "Charles, you've given the game
away to people who aren't from the UK."
Charles: "It's okay. It's not as if it's part of a
university entrance exam. It's just a daft internet quiz."

5) Prawn cocktail flavour crisps

During my research for this article I noticed that quite a few American websites mentioned prawn cocktail as a weird flavour, but in England prawn cocktail flavour crisps are totally normal. They've been around for decades, and are pretty much as standard as cheese and onion or salt and vinegar.

Anyway, if you're from the UK then you will obviously know that this is a real flavour, but if you're from another part of the world where they don't sell prawn cocktail crisps then this might prove a little trickier for you.

True or false?

Dishwashing liquid.

6) Dishwashing liquid flavour crisps

Without a doubt, the most bizarre flavour crisps I discovered when researching this round-up has to be Dishwashing Liquid flavour (or Washing Up Liquid flavour, as we would say in Britain). Dishwashing Liquid crisps were released in Tanzania back in the early 2000s.

Their introduction was more of a promotional gimmick, rather than a actual serious attempt to create a popular new flavour of crisps, as they were produced by Phenol Liquid, a Zimbabwean dishwashing liquid brand. Sadly, they were only on sale for a couple of months before they were discontinued. Their introduction did however generate lots and lots of publicitiy for Phenol Liquid, and their overall sales of dishwashing liquid that year were reportedly up by over twenty percent!

True or false?

7) Haggis, neeps and tatties flavour crisps

For the benefit of any non-Scottish readers, 'neeps' are turnips, 'tatties' are potatoes, and haggis is a Scottish dish made from sheep's heart, liver and lungs encased in a sheep's stomach. Sounds horrible delicious! Anyway, apparently someone decided haggis, turnips and potatoes would make the ideal crisp flavour!

True or false?

Vodka. Is it a real crisp flavour?
Find out below.

8) Vodka flavour crisps

Finally, let's round things off with a mention of a flavour of crisps that were presumably aimed at alcoholics! Vodka flavour crisps!

Just the thought of these makes me feel sick, but I can see how the unusual novelty of them might appeal to drunk people.

True or false?


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Chocolate crisps are real. Here's the proof!
These are the actual chocolate crisps I ate
for the purposes of researching this article.

Answers:

1) Chocolate flavour crisps

True or false?

True - I can confirm that chocolate flavour crisps are indeed real, and I can also confirm that they did indeed taste just as disgusting as I described. They're definitely one to file under 'sounds interesting in theory, but doesn't quite work in practise'.

2) Blueberry flavour crisps

Refreshing!

True or false?

True - Yes, it's true. Blueberry crisps are real! Apparently, these 'cool and refreshing' crisps are indeed on sale in China.

3) Pepsi Cola and Chicken flavour crisps

True or false?

True - Seriously, whoever came up with the idea for Pepsi Cola and Chicken flavour crisps sounds like a bit of a loony, but they are actually real.

4) Bubble gum flavour crisps

True or false?

False - Bubble gum flavour crisps would be crazy! So as you might have guessed, they're just something I made up. However, if any crisp manufacters ever do decide to create bubble gum flavour crisps, remember you read it here first!

Prawn cocktail crisps are real. And here's the proof!
Prawn cocktail crisps, pictured above.

5) Prawn cocktail flavour crisps

True or false?

True - I can assure any overseas readers that prawn cocktail is a real crisp flavour, and in the UK it's also totally normal. It's not even unusual.

6) Dishwashing liquid flavour crisps

True or false?

False - Dishwashing liquid flavour crisps sound ridiculous, and that's because they are! This is another fictitious flavour that I made up.

Chemists will know that phenol is actually a toxic substance, so that should have been a clue!

Unfortunately I didn't have a photo of
'haggis, neeps and tatties' so instead
here's a photo of a dude playing the bagpipes,
another traditional part of Scottish culture.

7) Haggis, Neeps and Tatties flavour crisps

True or false?

True - I'm not a big fan of haggis, but I am a big fan of country's being proud of their culture, so top respect to Scotland, and to Mackies*, for honouring one of their famous national dishes by having haggis, neeps and tatties flavour crisps.

* Mackies were the company who made 'haggis, neeps and tatties' flavour crisps.

8) Vodka flavour crisps

True or false?

False - Alcoholics will be disappointed to learn that vodka flavoured crisps aren't actually real. I just made them up! You can however get Guinness flavour crisps which sound even worse.

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Chips,
as they're known in America.

How many did you get right? Check the table below to see how you did.

6-8  Your nickname should be Crispy McCrispface! Or Chippy McChipface if you're American!
3-5  Your knowledge of crisps is moderate, medium and middling.
0-2  You would barely recognise a crisp if someone wiggled one in your face.

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