So those new Walker’s Crisps flavours finally made it to Didcot, and I’ve picked up 2 bags of each to try.
Cajun Squirrel Flavour
These taste familiar at first bite. It reminded me of either their Roast Chicken or possibly some variant they’ve done in the past. However it has a strong hot after-taste and checking the ingredients list it’s loaded with spices and herbs in the flavouring.
Of course having never tasted Squirrel I can’t say if the flavour’s particularly accurate. It is however, suitable for vegetarians.
Not as exciting as the name suggests, I felt a bit let down by this crisp.
Chilli & Chocolate
This however, was great.
First off – yes, the flavourings contain cocoa powder! In fact it’s the main ingredient. The second is Chilli. It’s a straight forward flavouring that works surprisingly well. You first get the hit of chocolate flavour, then the chilli heat afterwards.
Two flavours in, and I’m not sure I can see anything beating this one. There’s definitely something to be said for flavours being what they are rather than trying to fake something.