We Tried Smash Kitchen’s Chips (& I’m Impressed For One Strange Reason)

Another Smash Kitchen taste test on the agenda! This time we’re trying a few flavors of their chips. Enough tortilla and potato chips to get a sense of what they’ve got going on over there in the Smash test kitchen. How’d they fair? Let’s talk about that.

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Smash Kitchen Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips

Pros: This is a mighty fine tortilla chip. It’s not going to rock your world but if you need a dependable chip and care about it being made with organic, non-GMO food (which you shouldn’t be afraid of, but I digress), then you should grab this on your next trip to Walmart. It’s beautifully salted, crisp and sturdy so you can grab any dip with it, and a big enough bag to leave you satisfied.

Cons: There’s just nothing that exciting about it. I understand that we need a dependable tortilla chip but I would have at least loved to have found one of the better tortilla chips in this bag. Give me some pizzazz. Add in some secret ingredient that’s been missing from tortilla chips all my life!

Smash Kitchen Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips

Pros: Have you ever had Trader Joe’s knockoff Doritos? Then essentially you’ve had Smash Kitchen’s version. The taste is very similar. Though it’s not the actual taste of a Dorito, it’s its own thing which I can appreciate. It’s a lighter cheddar flavor that you can really house without much inhibition. These are by far my favorite of the Smash Kitchen chips I tried today and I would absolutely buy another bag.

Cons: Not much to say here so I’ll just say this. I miss fun colors! I’m sorry. I know we’re moving away from artificial colors but damn it, I want some neon orange chips again! Oh, well.

Smash Kitchen Classic Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Pros: Just a quintessential sea salt kettle cooked potato chip. The chip itself has a crisp crunch that you’d expect from a kettle cooked chip. There’s a generous sprinkling of sea salt on each chip. The only ingredients in these chips are potatoes, sunflower oil, and sea salt and you can really tell.

Cons: Oof. The oil on these things is too much. You can borderline ring the oil out of these chips. That said, maybe that’s your ideal scenario. Even though the amount of oil was a little off-putting to see, it didn’t diminish the actual experience. They’re still an overly solid chip that could make their way onto the game day snack table.

Smash Kitchen Hot Honey BBQ Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Pros: There’s an interesting thing going on with these hot honey BBQ kettle cooked chips. They’re the daintiest kettle chips I’ve ever experienced. From the mild flavor to the crisp in each bite, they’re just tiny little things. While the BBQ flavor is yet to be found (more on that later) the spice from the honey is there but faintly so. You could eat a bowl of these and not be left in pain.

Now for the grossest thing I’ve ever said on this site. The burp after trying these was the most pleasant post-food burp I’ve ever experienced in my life. It was genuinely delicious―better tasting than the first time around, in fact. I don’t know how they did it, but that’s quite the accomplishment.

Cons: The BBQ flavor on these chips is so hazy. Honestly, there’s not much flavor in general. You really have to fight to find it, which is a new experience for me when it comes to chips. I don’t necessarily hate it but it certainly wouldn’t be one of the first BBQ chips I reach for at the store because of the fact. If you want a good chip then this is worth checking out but I really hesitate to call it a BBQ chip.

Smash Kitchen Rosemary Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Pros: What an amazing chip for the fall season ahead! Smash Kitchen’s rosemary kettle cooked chips have the same pros we’ve talked about so far―a strong and hearty crunch that delivers some strong potato flavor. The rosemary adds a great fall touch that would be ideal for putting out at a little spooky get-together.

Cons: My problem with these chips isn’t that there’s a ton of rosemary on them. Objectively, there really isn’t. It’s just that rosemary really takes things over easily so the amount that is on them is just simply too much to have a lot of chips at once. They’re great in moderation but they quickly turn into an overwhelming experience if you go too far.