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White Cheddar Jalapeño
Rating: 9.8 / 10
Everything about this chip is phenomenal. It tastes freshly sliced, with a natural, satisfying crunch. Cheddar and jalapeño balance perfectly — salty and just spicy enough.
🇺🇸 USA
50 GREAT CHIPS
Explore the world’s best chips.
Honest reviews & ratings from someone who has eaten way too many.
Here are my 50 favorites.
(Ratings are deeply unscientific.)
The Undeniables
(1-5)
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Sour Cream N’ Onion
Rating: 9.7 / 10
THICK potato slices fried in beef tallow deliver a smoky richness. And the sour cream and onion flavor is subtle but perfectly matched. Incredible stuff.
🇺🇸 USA
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Utz
The Crab Chip
Rating: 9.5 / 10
Probably my all-time favorite chip since childhood. Thin, crisp, and loaded with crab seasoning that’s spicy, smoky — and yea, really salty. Perfect size, perfect crunch.
🇺🇸 USA
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Plain
Rating: 9.4 / 10
A classic thin, oily potato chip with a fresh potato flavor and light salt. Like a much better classic Lays. Everything about it is fantastic. Exactly what you want for a potato chip.
🇺🇸 USA
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Sweet & Spicy Jalapeñ0
Rating: 9.4 / 10
Instant sweetness sweeps into a spot-on jalapeño flavor, with spice that lingers and multiplies on your tongue as you make your way through the bag.
🇺🇸 USA
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The Underestimated
(6-16)
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Asian Style Chips: Thai Style Yellow Curry
Rating: 9.4 / 10
This chip nails yellow curry. It has a little spice at the end. Thin and large with a light crunch. It’s bold yet smooth, sweet yet spicy. Just good stuff, man.
🇯🇵 Japan
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Spicy Sweet Chili
Rating: 9.4 / 10
Great spice level that lingers in your mouth without overwhelming. Classic Doritos crunch and size do exactly what they’re supposed to. But the flavor really steals the show here.
🇺🇸 USA
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Keogh’s Irish Potato Chips
Truffle and Irish Butter
Rating: 9.4 / 10
Truffle — which I rarely like on chips — works perfectly with the sweet butter. The seasoning is rich but not overwhelming, and the thick-cut chips bring a great, sturdy crunch.
🇮🇪 Ireland
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Sea Salt
Rating: 9.4 / 10
Really great plain potato chip with light salt, strong potato flavor, and a hard crunch. The potato really shines — almost tastes homemade.
🇺🇸 USA
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Lay’s
Magic Masala
Rating: 9.3 / 10
A smoky, crispy crinkle-cut chip with a complex flavor that’s savory and a bit spicy. It features a zesty mix of spices and flavors.
🇨🇦 CANADA
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Original Flavor
Rating: 9.3 / 10
A salty and oily classic potato chip with a strong potato flavor. Crunch is light but satisfying, like a kettle chip with restraint. Kinda tastes just like 5 Guys fries?
🇺🇸 USA
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Mexican Street Corn
Rating: 9.3 / 10
Delicious Doritos-like tortilla chips with a slightly harder crunch and killer flavor. It starts off kind of plain, then a sweet rush of chili and mayo hits, followed by a nice little spice.
🇺🇸 USA
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Jacks Special Seasoned Tortilla Chips
Stone ground white corn
Rating: 9.3 / 10
Thin, dry tortilla chips with good crunch. Flavor comes in delayed and then crashes with a sweetness. I could and absolutely will eat a shitload without even thinking about it.
🇺🇸 USA
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Original Salty & Sweet
Rating: 9.3 / 10
A really good chip with a strong and satisfying salty flavor. The mild sweetness adds something interesting. I kind of wish it leaned fully salty, but it’s still a great chip.
🇺🇸 USA
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Salt & Vinegar
Rating: 9.3 / 10
The chip itself is great, and the flavor is nearly perfect: Big potato flavor with subtle salt and vinegar that still hits.
🇺🇸 USA
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Sea salt and vinegar
Rating: 9.3 / 10
The chip itself is incredible — thick, crunchy, and full of potato flavor. The salt and vinegar seasoning is solid, very similar to Cape Cod’s version, just a little less salty.
🇺🇸 USA
The Flavor Bets
(17-22)
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Carolina Kettle Chips
Thai chili
Rating: 9.2 / 10
Really good flavor that starts with Thai-style sweetness and finishes with a gentle spice. The chip size is great, and the kettle-cooked crunch is exactly what you want.
🇺🇸 USA
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Stubbys Jamaican Jerk
Rating: 9.2 / 10
Instant sweetness when you bite in, followed by a mild jerk flavor and a nice spicy kick at the end. The spice lingers just enough to keep things interesting. And the chip has a soft crunch.
🇺🇸 USA
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Torres Selecta
Mediterranean herbs
Rating: 9.2 / 10
Thin-sliced, oily potato chips with a heavy rosemary presence. The thyme, oregano, and salt are a good grouping for the rosemary. Very greasy in a good way.
🇪🇸 Spain
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Hotter ‘N Hot Jalapeño
Rating: 9.2 / 10
The heat actually hits, but there’s still flavor underneath with a slight sweetness and acidity. The kettle chip itself is excellent, like all Zapp’s, and holds up to the spice really well.
🇺🇸 USA
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Carolina Kettle Chips
Cream cheese and chive
Rating: 9.2 / 10
Very similar to a sour cream and onion chip, but richer and smoother. The flavor is outstanding, and the kettle-cooked crunch gives it a solid backbone.
🇺🇸 USA
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Wicked Hot BBQ
Rating: 9.2 / 10
Kinda delayed and subtle in flavor but a legitimately spicy chip. The bbq is light with a nice sweetness. The chip itself is fantastic. Addicting to eat, but spice is real.
🇺🇸 USA
The Crowd-Pleasers
(23-28)
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Barbeque
Rating: 9.2 / 10
The size, shape, and crunch are all top-tier. The barbecue is sweet and mild. One of the very best BBQ chip I’ve had, though I wish it had a little heat to it.
🇺🇸 USA
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Tostitos
Original Restaurant Style
Rating: 9.2 / 10
Classic. The OG big tortilla chip. Huge chips with a thin, salty crunch that makes them impossible to stop eating. Four of these together are like a full tortilla.
🇺🇸 USA
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Sea salt
Rating: 9.1 / 10
That beef tallow flavor really comes through and gives these chips a rich base. Nice thick crunch. The sea salt is pretty minimal, and I honestly wish there was a bit more seasoning.
🇺🇸 USA
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Original with Sea Salt
Rating: 9.1 / 10
A near-perfect kettle chip with a sharp crunch and strong salty potato flavor. Oily surface is great, though occasionally there’s a slight cardboard note at the end.
🇺🇸 USA
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Carolina Kettle Chips
Coastal Crab Roll
Rating: 9.1 / 10
Really good kettle chip with a solid crunch. The crab seasoning is similar to the Utz Crab Chips, but it’s less salty and a bit smokier.
🇺🇸 USA
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Barbecue
Rating: 9.1 / 10
A smoky barbecue flavor with a subtle paprika kick, finishing slightly sweet on a thin, crunchy, potato-forward chip.
🇺🇸 USA
The Unforseen
(29-39)
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San Carlo
Pesto Potato Chips
Rating: 9.1 / 10
A thin, crisp chip with a smooth pesto flavor that gradually settles in. Slightly sweet and slightly acidic, with a well-balanced seasoning that lets the potato flavor come through.
🇮🇹 ITALY
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Kettle Brand
Chili Crisp
Rating: 9.1 / 10
This limited-edition flavor is legit. Starts savory, then slowly builds heat that tingles your tongue by the end. The spice sneaks up on you. Great hard kettle crunch.
🇺🇸 USA
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Jalapeño Sriracha
Rating: 9.1 / 10
Solid chip with a smoky, oily potato base. Jalapeño acidity comes through clearly, but I don’t get much sriracha. The chips are thin with a strong natural potato taste.
🇺🇸 USA
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Torres Selecta
100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Rating: 9.1 / 10
A thin potato chip with great salty potato flavor and a very clear olive oil aftertaste. Simple and satisfying.
🇪🇸 Spain
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Herr’s
Creamy dill pickle
Rating: 9.1 / 10
I’m usually not the biggest fan of pickle chips, but these do it right. More vinegary than most, and the pickle flavor comes in late after a nice sweetness.
🇺🇸 USA
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YBC
Atsugiri Zeitaku Three Cheese Flavor
Rating: 9.0 / 10
A rollercoaster of cheese flavors on a really solid ridged chip. Sour to stinky to sweet. The crunch is strong and satisfying, and the flavor keeps changing enough to stay interesting.
🇯🇵 Japan
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Lay’s
Mexican Chicken Tomato Flavor
Rating: 9.0 / 10
With a slightly puffed crunch, these potato chips are relatively mild. The flavor is like a tomato-heavy bbq sauce that also kinda tastes like chicken broth.
🇨🇳 China
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Spicy Cajun Crawtators
Rating: 9.0 / 10
A thick kettle chip with a hard crunch and a mild crab-chip-adjacent flavor. The Cajun seasoning is restrained, which makes it easier to eat a full bag.
🇺🇸 USA
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Asian Style Chips: Unami Salt
Rating: 9.0 / 10
Part of Calbee’s fantastic Asian style chips umbrella. Think: slightly thicker Wise chips with savory and salty umami flavor. Instantly reminiscent of Japanese cooking.
🇯🇵 Japan
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Lay’s Wavy
Loaded Nachos
Rating: 9.0 / 10
Wavy chips usually aren’t my thing, but they work here. The flavor doesn’t really taste like nachos — more like a mild, zesty cheese — but it’s good. Great crunch.
🇺🇸 USA
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Evil Eye
Rating: 9.0 / 10
A solid kettle chip with a semi-hard crunch and a flavor that’s tough to pin down. Kind of like a salty BBQ with a subtle spice that opens up as you’re swallowing.
🇺🇸 USA
The Must-Mentions
(40-50)
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Late Night Loaded Taco
Rating: 9.0 / 10
Tastes shockingly close to biting into a Taco Bell taco. Mild spice, strong cumin presence, and a very accurate taco seasoning vibe. One of the best Doritos flavors out there.
🇺🇸 USA
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Jalapeño Lime
Rating: 9.0 / 10
Like a spicy Cool Ranch Doritos. Same texture, crunch, and size, but a more intense, flavorful taste. Really refreshing for a spicy chip and easy to eat a bunch of.
🇺🇸 USA
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Sea Salt & Lime
Rating: 9.0 / 10
Thin crunch and cripsy tortilla chip that encourages taking down a handful at a time. Strong lime flavor blends well with the sea salt. Really good flavor combo.
🇺🇸 USA
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Sour Cream & Onion
Rating: 9.0 / 10
A fantastic chip that tastes like fresh potato slices. Flavor is really tasteful, but I wish it was stronger.
🇺🇸 USA
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Cool Ranch
Rating: 8.9 / 10
Classic ranch flavor hits immediately. Great crunch and perfect size. Dominates the single-chip test, but the intensity makes it harder to eat a full bag.
🇺🇸 USA
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Fritos
Chili Cheese
Rating: 8.9 / 10
Flavor somehow manages to be both subtle and loud. Starts salty, moves into warm chili cheese notes, then leaves an aftertaste that actually reminds you of a bowl of chili.
🇺🇸 USA
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Blue Corn
Rating: 8.9 / 10
Flavorful blue corn tortilla chips that tastes just like biting into a fresh tortilla. Light salt but just enough to keep them interesting. A little oily and good thin crunch.
🇺🇸 USA
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Brets
Onions
Rating: 8.8 / 10
A delicious cooked onion flavor comes in right after the crunch. Good size and texture, and the onion note sticks around just long enough to make you go back for another handful.
🇫🇷 France
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Diana’s Corn Tortilla Chips
Jalapeños
Rating: 8.8 / 10
Similar to Doritos in size, crunch, and aftertaste. The flavor is pretty mild, but there is a nice jalepeño kick, which I wish was a bit more active.
🇺🇸 USA
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Herr’s
Loaded Queso
Rating: 8.8 / 10
Really solid queso-flavored chip. The cheese comes on strong, then fades out cleanly instead of lingering too long. The chip shape and crunch are perfect for carrying the flavor.
🇺🇸 USA
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Crisps: Wasabi
Rating: 8.8 / 10
Hits you with a right hook of wasabi flavor right away. Nice nose-tingling bite followed by a great aftertaste. Harder crunch and Pringle-like shape work well with the intensity.
🇯🇵 Japan
