The Best Potato Chips We Ate in All of 2025 Are Back in Stores Now

A couple of months ago, when we were gathering up a bunch of the best snacks we taste tested in all of 2025 for our annual Sporked Awards, we were devastated to discover we could no longer get our hands on a bag of Kroger Pigs in a Blanket flavored potato chips, the best new chips we ate last year. Sorry, Kroger, but you’re not allowed to make chips that perfectly duplicate the fattiness, saltiness, and spice of cocktail wieners wrapped in crescent roll dough and then take them away from us. But we have it on good authority that they’re back in stores now, just in time for the Super Bowl.

Tell me more about these chips, plz.

They first hit stores in August of 2025, around the time NFL preseason kicked off, as part of Kroger’s “Champion Chip Collection,” which also included Mozzarella Sticks flavored potato chips and Buffalo Wing flavored potato chips. The other two flavors were perfectly good, but the Pigs in a Blanket chips were among those feats of food science we can’t help but get excited about. Well, most of us. When we first got these at the office, I made Mythical Chef Josh Scherer try them and his response to tasting them was an exasperated, “To what end?!” I mean, I get it. Did we, as a society, need potato chips that taste exactly like hot dogs? Probably not, but we do have an indomitable desire to innovate and, hey, what’s a better celebration of that human urge than a bag of hot dog potato chips?

What do they taste like?

I mean it: They taste like hot dogs, specifically that signature blend of paprika, mustard seed, onion powder, and various meat byproducts that’s made the glizzy an American institution. You get the tangy taste of mustard up front and that settles into a salty, meaty flavor that’s wildly accurate. The flavor profile doesn’t necessarily capture the hot, doughy goodness of the “blanket” part of the equation, but the greasiness of the chip itself does read as “buttery,” which makes it all work.

Okay, where and when can I get these?

According to Kroger, the full Champion Chip line is back at “select” Kroger owned grocery stores right now as part of their ramp-up to the Super Bowl. The other big deal is that you can get a 4lb bag of Kroger frozen chicken wings for $6.99 (they’re usually $13.99). Not sure if you have a Kroger-owned grocery store near you? Check their store finder. And grab those chips fast—they’ll only be around for a limited time.

About the Author

Howdy! I’m Gwynedd, Sporked’s managing editor. I live in Los Angeles and have access to the best tacos the U.S. has to offer—but I’m a sucker for a crunchy Old El Paso taco night every now and then. I’ve been at Sporked since 2022 and I’m still searching frozen mozzarella sticks that can hold a candle to restaurant sticks. Why you should trust me: I’ve been a journalist for 20 years (yikes), a consumer of food for 40-plus years, and I’m truly hard pressed to think of foods I don’t like (or that I can’t tolerate at the very least). Oh and one time I cooked my way through Guy Fieri’s cookbook and wrote about the journey through Flavortown. What I buy every week: Trader Joe’s Original Savory Thins. Fat free plain yogurt (usually Fage or Nancy’s). Honeycrisp apples. Sweet cream coffee creamer for my at-home Americanos. A frozen cauliflower crust pizza and some jarred mushrooms to top it with. Old El Paso Stand ‘N Stuff taco shells and Gardein Ground Be’f, even though I think “be’f” is a nightmarish contraction. Favorite ranking: Stouffer’s frozen dinners. I don’t own a microwave (I get my cancers the old fashioned way!), so I love taste testing things that I don’t really buy to eat at home. Least favorite ranking: Soy sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I love soy sauce—but consuming that much sodium in one sitting is probably illegal in some countries. Our frozen enchilada taste test was a close second; the smell of microwaved corn tortillas still haunts me.