I was drawn to these Lay's Classic BLT chips because the bag was slightly larger than usual
and it was a weird brown color. Also, it had a sandwich on the front. I
love bacon so I was hoping that these would mostly just be 'bacon'
flavored rather than 'sandwich' flavored which the Classic BLT
name implies.
For such a large bag it wasn't
particularly full which was disappointing. I also was not hit in the
face with a bacon smell which was a sign of things to
come. The chips themselves
look like they're covered in all sorts of flavors and were remarkably intact considering they spent a lot of time in my bag.
But what do they taste like?
Not
like a BLT - classic or otherwise. They don't even taste like bacon,
or lettuce, or tomato. I think the downfall of these chips is that they
actually tried to make them taste like the sandwich with the bread
included and sometimes a hint of mayo. They're pretty salty and
whatever the flavor is, it gets stronger as you chew. It's sort of a
generic, but mild, 'salty meat' flavor. Maybe it was the green seasoning
on the chips, but they tasted sort of like sour cream and onion chips (though these were slightly meatier). Eating a single chip
doesn't really taste like much and eating a handful is mostly just
salt. Not too much grease at first, but it gets greasier as you go
somehow.
Overall they were pretty disappointing. I
never expected them to taste like a BLT, but I did expect them to at
least try to get it to taste like a BLT or bacon, lettuce and tomato.
They're not
bad chips. The flavor wasn't unappealing, but it
definitely wasn't BLT flavored. If you're looking for BLT flavored
chips then unfortunately your search continues. If you're looking for
generic and kind of weird tasting chips then you could probably pick up a
bag of these.
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