We Tried The New Lay’s Roasted Holiday Turkey Flavor

This year, Lay’s has decided to really put their full effort into their Holi-Lay’s collection with which they’re releasing five limited-edition holiday-inspired potato chips. Everything from scalloped potatoes to chocolate, Lay’s is going all in on big and unique flavors that define the holiday season. And, with their third flavor finally hitting shelves in some places this week, our curiosity toward the success of this flavor lineup was piqued.

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As the as the release of these flavors has been scattered across the holiday season as a bit of a countdown towards the new year, we aren’t able to rank all of the flavor side-by-side just yet. Although, you can rest assured that is still to come. But in the meantime, we figured we would give the star of the holiday table a bit of time in the spotlight. So without further ado, here’s our official review of the Roasted Holiday Turkey Potato Chips from Lay’s.

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Pros — I’ll be the first to admit that our expectations going into this taste test were far from high. It’s all too common to see gimmicky flavors like this rely too much on artificial flavoring elements, and whilst we’re sure these chips probably aren’t a hundred percent natural, they sure did taste like a hundred percent real turkey. I mean, it was actually kind of insane how much they locked into the turkey flavor without teetering towards the flavor of bouillon or a stock cube. It tasted legitimately like a roasted turkey to which we could not fully comprehend but thoroughly enjoyed.

Beyond the turkey flavor itself, the chips actually had more nuance to them than that. You could taste little hints of herbs and seasoning that were totally complementary to the turkey flavor, but not at all overwhelming of it. Honestly, this is one of the most effective and successful holiday chip flavors we’ve tried in quite some time. And considering that they’re literally turkey flavored, to say that we’re impressed is a dramatic understatement.

Cons — I think it’d be a bit silly to reasonably think that anyone would love this flavor so much that they would exclusively snack on these chips until the bag’s been drained. The flavor of the turkey, whilst delicious, is quite strong. And, just like a lot of dishes that are very deeply poultry flavored like chicken noodle soup, eating a lot of it can start to feel repetitive and overwhelming of this one flavor. The herbaceous quality of this chips certainly helps with that, but if it had something like an onion-y element it would be easier to really get addicted to these. That said, they were absolutely not a flawed chip and they delivered ten-fold on the flavor they promised.