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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Ravinder Bhogal

‘Best eaten with a hangover’: the best (and worst) supermarket Christmas crisps, tasted and rated

Many Potato Chips Flat Lay on Turquoise Background Directly Above View.
Spud, you like? It’s seasonal makeover time for snacks. And, yes, that includes gingerbread-flavour corn chips. Photograph: MirageC/Getty Images

Christmas is a time to concentrate on what really matters – snacks – and in my house, it’s crisps that get top billing. They are a party in a bag, ideal paired with a glass of something sparkling or a cocktail, and wonderful swiped through a dip or topped with something bougie, such as caviar.

As a self-confessed crisp addict, and as someone who would sometimes swerve a gourmet dinner for the company of a bowl filled with fried potato pleasure, I jumped at the chance to taste-test festive flavours for the Filter, examining an ever-growing market in which crisp tycoons try to outdo each other with nostalgic flavours.

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