The Best Aldi Potato Chips, Ranked

The best Aldi potato chips should be cheaper versions of brand-name potato chips. They should taste just as delicious and have an equally crisp crunch. Luckily, we found four Aldi brand potato chips that could go toe-to-toe with Lay’s any day.

The next time you’re grocery shopping and need potato chips, save money by purchasing Clancy’s potato chips from Aldi. Follow this guide and your snack cravings will be satiated in no time! Then, you can take your extra cash and book a vacation or something.


Best Kettle

Kettle Sea Salt & Vinegar Clancy’s Potato Chips

To be honest, this is the only kettle-style potato chip I’d buy from Aldi. I found the regular Aldi brand potato chips to be much better in terms of flavor than their kettle chips, in general. These sea salt and vinegar Clancy’s potato chips are great, though! They’re super salty and plenty vinegary (aka the perfect salt and vinegar potato chips). The chip, itself, has the perfect crunch. My mouth is actually salivating just thinking about them.

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Rating:

8/10

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Best BBQ

Barbecue Clancy’s Potato Chips

I am in shock and awe of these barbecue Aldi brand potato chips. It’s the only time in my entire life when I preferred a regular barbecue potato chip to a kettle cooked barbecue potato chip. Kettle cooked barbecue potato chips are my favorite type of chip! These are much more smoky, sweet, and salty than Aldi’s kettle cooked barbecue potato chips. Plus, these are plenty crispy! You really don’t miss the kettle-cooking.

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Rating:

8.5/10

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Best Plain

Original Clancy’s Potato Chips

I don’t just mean best plain potato chips at Aldi —these are some of the best plain potato chips I’ve ever had. I’m not typically a plain potato chip consumer because I think they’re boring. These plain Aldi potato chips aren’t boring in any way. They have a wonderful greasy, salty, potato-y flavor. They’re also sturdy! These would be great with a dip or delicious enjoyed on their own. I really can’t say enough good things about these Aldi potato chips.

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Rating:

10/10

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Best of the Best

Sour Cream & Onion Flavored Clancy’s Potato Chips

These sour cream and onion flavored Clancy’s potato chips are truly stellar chips. Not only are they the best Aldi potato chips, they are some of my favorite sour cream and onion potato chips you can buy at the grocery store. They’re crunchy, salty, and have a distinct creaminess to them. They’re onion-y without tasting exclusively like onion powder. They’re so balanced. What are you waiting for? Go buy these right now!

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Rating:

10/10

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Other Aldi chips flavors we tried: Clancy’s Kettle Chips Mesquite Barbecue, Clancy’s Jalapeno Kettle Chips, Clancy’s Cheddar & Sour Cream Ridged Potato Chips, Clancy’s Wavy Potato Chips, Clancy’s Original Crisps, Clandy’s BBQ Baked Potato Crisps


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Jordan Myrick

Jordan is an L.A.-based writer and comedian who believes all food should come with extra sauce. When they're not writing for Sporked, Jordan is at the movies or sharing an order of french fries with their elderly chihuahua.