What's all the fuss about?
The Attraction:I had a coworker recently storm into my work area and excitedly say that she just picked up a can each of White Chocolate Pringles and Cinnamon and Sugar Pringles. She offered me some to sample with her and of course I took her up as it's my obligation to report on new and interesting snacks...that and I just wanted to try the dang things.
I'll apologize in advance for the lack of photos for the review as it was all rather spur of the moment. (Even the photo above I had to steal from an Ebay auction). First when you crack open the can, you can smell the advertised flavors for both items. I was intrigued; a sweet twist on a savory item. Could this possibly work? I tried to think of any items in recent memory that was able to successfully make that transition. Maybe Snyder's Honey Wheat Braided Twist, but they also removed the salt off the "pretzel", which was a good call. Chocolate covered pretzels might be a better example. God knows I love those. I digress. The first special flavor I tried was the White chocolate flavored chip. First thought; subtle....very subtle, maybe too subtle. After the hint of white chocolate washes through your palate, the rest is familiar to Pringles eaters. The finish is maybe a tad less salty than the original flavored Pringles, but essentially the same. Hmm...that was uneventful. Next up, Cinnamon and Sugar flavored Pringles! Pick up a chip, pop a chip in....identical type of experience as the white chocolate flavored chip; a hint of the flavored advertised, then the familiarity of a original Pringle. This was like Seinfeld's last episode; a bunch of hype about it and then, for me at least, then it just went away. It was anti-climatic to say the least.
Could this Pringles offering catch on like these?
The Sweet:
I applaud Pringles for thinking outside of the box. Not the most obvious flavor combinations, but there seems to be a recent rash of oddball pairing of flavors recently like Lay's Cappuccino Flavored chips and Watermelon Flavored Oreos. I have yet to try those items, but frankly, the appeal just isn't there for me for those combinations. Umm...that's about all I can think of in terms of sweet.
The flavors are too subtle. You get a hint of sweetness of the flavor, but it fades so quickly that you barely can taste it. Even if it turned out that upping the sweetness factor of each flavor would overwhelm the saltiness of the chip, you would at least feel satisfied that you got a hit of the flavor that grabbed your attention enough to purchase the item. The best way to describe my snacking experience of these products is for you to imagine if you were eating white chocolate or a cinnamon and sugar cookie and then picked up a Pringles Original Flavored chip and ate it. You clearly would taste a Pringle, but then you also taste a remnant of the flavor of what was in your hand previously....and that's usually pretty weak, which both of these items were.
Is this just a money grab by Pringles to "sweeten" their profits by targeting snack foodies that are curious about new and unusual flavor combinations? Perhaps, but although these particular items do not come close to hitting a home run on the enjoyability scale, who knows what these experiments will yield in the future. Maybe they are just a release or two away from that game changer. We'll just have to wait until then.
Video of the Week
As frequent as I have been writing up snack reviews, health and fitness is still a concern of mine. These folks have thought of an easier way to tackle the appearance aspects of this. I'm so silly! With 2 minutes of Photoshop work, I can have my snack and eat it too. No one will ever be able to tell that those abs aren't mine, right? Apparently neither did these guys below.
Maybe I can just Photoshop my face on this picture
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