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When asked about chips in Las Vegas, most people think of this, and not potato chips. Since you are reading this on a site dedicated to potato chips, I hope I'm not disappointing you when we start dis

For anyone that reads Potato Chip World but doesn't follow our twitter account (@potatochipworld), you may have missed something fun that happened last month. We were interviewed for Lucky Peach, a h

Congratulations and thanks to everyone that submitted entries for this year's National Potato Chip Day greeting card contest. We had a few entries, and I've picked two to share with you all. Honorable

Saturday, March 14th will be National Potato Chip Day. In America, this day is more commonly known as "three days before St. Patrick's Day," or, in this year's case, "Saturday." As a result, your gif

Below is the final installment of our European tour. Check out our earlier installments here: part 3 | part 2 | part 1 So, Paris. People who write much better than me have said much more eloquent t

Welcome to the third part of Potato Chip World Tour 2015 - England and France. Check out part 1 and part 2 here. Part 3 starts with a trip to TESCO, one of England's largest grocery chains. The one I

Welcome to the second part of Potato Chip World Tour 2015 - England and France. Check out part 1 here. Excluding grocery stores, there's no place where you're more likely to find potato chips than a

I recently spent time in England and France. During this time, I consumed a lot of chips. I will tell you about this. Over the next several weeks I'll be sharing what I ate, what I saw, and what I le

After entering a lot of data to our Chipography, I started to notice some odd variations on barbecue, er, BBQ, er Bar-B-Q chips. Is there consistency in how chipmakers spell the word barbecue on thei

Last year we started a series called "A Flavor that Could Work," profiling what we thought could be tasty new potato chip flavors. Our first entry was Split Pea Soup. We're sharing two flavor concept

At this time last year, Potato Chip World was three words in a small notebook. Over 12 months, we've managed to build a site, build a directory of chip brands, grow our site to hundreds of monthly vi

22 dollars in potato chips arrived from Pennsylvania today, and I couldn't be happier. Look at them. The packaging! The icons! The price stamps! I am in chip heaven. The shipment is courtesy of my b

November and December put many of us on a treadmill of familiar tastes. From Thanksgiving through the new year, fortunate families, friends, and co-workers gather to gorge themselves on assorted roast

The Chipography is a salty snack food rabbit hole that grows every week. We've profiled over 90 potato chip brands, from the very large to the very small. Each page features a link to the brand's web

I'm going to dig into this box of potato chips. It just doesn't sound right, does it? A box is a package rarely thought of when pondering potato chips. Cans? sure. Tins? On special occasions, or whe

We're over 90 brands strong on our Chipography. By no means is it complete, but not a bad showing for a scrappy little site like ours! Chipography's goal is to be the world's best source for discover

Chip bags have plenty of air, and the sun rises in the east Two South Korean students built a raft out of unopened potato chip bags. The raft proved buoyant. The press coverage on this was predictabl

It's National Coffee Day, according to Twitter. How does that tie to potato chips? With difficulty. The layup is to discuss the Cappuccino chips currently on American store shelves; however, that's b

When you vote for Cappuccino in this year's Lays Do Us a Flavor contest, did you know that your vote only carries weight in the United States?  Did you that variations on the contest have been around

We're offering you a great new way to buy potato chips online. The Potato Chip World Collection is a curated set of brands, flavors, and varieties designed to appeal to the most discerning chipper. F

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah happens in late summer early fall every year. Families celebrate with large feasts commonly including apples, honey, dates, and  pomegranate. But when it comes time

Making potato chips takes time, effort, oil, potatoes, and salt. If you're looking to tackle this task, here are a few different takes online that offer step by step instructions. Each video comes fr

The next best thing to having a cookout on Labor Day is eating potato chips that emulate food you would've had at a cookout. Wait, there is something better: you could do both. Have the cookout, and

If your not following Potato Chip World on Twitter (@potatochipworld), you may have missed some of the following articles I've shared or retweeted: From Food52, some creative ways to add flare to ba

Potato Chip World wishes you and your loved ones a Happy National Potato Day, we think! Is it August 19 or October 27? Sources vary. Look - it's not the end of the world if this gets celebrated twi

A lot of opinions on Do Us a Flavor and some famous-looking chips make an appearance in the latest edition of Potato Chip News Roundup. Have any stories to share? Post to comments or sign up for the

It's time for more old potato chips commercials - this time, featuring some of your favorite celebrities, reality TV stars, and an anthropomorphic potato chip. Country Club Potato Chips (1977-78) [you

If you've ever searched for snack food news or reviews online, or if you read our post earlier this year, you've probably encountered across Taquitos.net - perhaps the most proflic snack food website

There is nothing more disappointing in the world than stale chips in the bag. Closing a bag of potato chips is a necessity to avoid the rubbery, stale discs of sadness that lost a courageous battle wi

Anticipation builds throughout Potato Chip World as Lay's prepares to release its Do Us a Flavor flavors for 2014. There will be four flavors available: Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger Wavy Mango Salsa

Watching old potato chip commercials are one of the best ways to fritter away time online. You need something to break up the time after watching all those vintage beer commercials. Here are a few no

The Chipography now includes profiles on over 75 potato chip brands - not a bad haul for four months, one man, and his old Macbook! I wanted to share a few facts about the data collected to date. The

If you haven't spent time on Google Books, I recommend doing so. Searching some old issues of Popular Mechanics from the 1930s, I came across this ad for a potato chip manufacturing machine. It ran se

A few interesting links and potato chip articles from recent weeks, some of which are in line with Independence Day. Enjoy! Courtesy of Epicurious, directions on how to make your own red, white, and

Today marks a new feature on Potato Chip World - our first profile. This installment focuses on Lee McG, a collector of Lay's memorabilia. Lee was gracious enough to participate in an interview last

Introducing a new feature to Potato Chip World: a listings section for potato chip brands. The goal of the chipography is to give you, the reader, a chance to peruse the world of potato chips in one

I'm excited to announce a new project at Potato Chip World. The chip directory will be the most thorough directory of potato chip brands. Although there are a few sites that have listings today, I th

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200"] The Pringles logo circa the Clinton administration[/caption] This is a post about the history of the Pringles logo and its alignment with branding tren

I had to travel to Wisconsin last week, which meant a trip to a Kwik Trip gas station. I couldn't help myself and had to check out the potato chip section inside the convenience store. Kwik Trip is v

I uncovered this article about a comparison of Pennsylvania's leading potato chip brands, which caused me to think: what would a March Madness bracket of potato chips look like? So I gave it a shot.

Today's potato chip news roundup canvasses the web for interesting stories on chips. Lay's introduced a lattice-cut potato chip (I guess to compete with Cape Cod). This includes a new flavor as well

Here's our first post on extinct brands: Red Dot potato chips from Madison, Wisconsin. I went to school in Madison, and consider myself a student of Americana. And I never knew there was a national p

Part of the mission of Potato Chip World is to preserve the history of potato chips, specifically in the United States. With that being said, I'm on a quest to find experts on extinct regional potato

In my quest to learn more about potato chip history, I encountered Dirk Burhan's book Crunch!. I'll be ordering this soon and devouring it like a fine bag of originals. There's little written on the

We step into the "do yourself a flavor" foray with Potato Chip World's first Lays review. Positives It's a pleasant tasting chip. The garlic flavor isn't too garlicky. Wavy potato chips have a ten

Here is a link I found with a picture of the world's largest potato chip. It's a great picture and a great page, if you're into web design from 1997. Took me a few minutes to realize it was snapped in

Today we're reviewing our first onion-flavored chip, from another boutique brand. Deep River Snacks is a Connecticut-based snacker with a bend towards "doing right in everything they do". Positives:

Today's review is for a little known chip brand in the Midwest. Route 11 was available at what we call a "finer foods" store on sale for $1.99. This is my first time hearing of the brand, so this was

If you have several dozen hours to spare, I recommend visiting taquitos.net. There's a claim that over 6000 snack foods have been reviewed (1400-ish of which are potato chips). I think my favorite are

Here it is: the first official Potato Chip World chip review! As of right now, the Cape Cod Waffle Cut Buffalo Cheddar chip is the best reviewed chip on the site. Over time, that will change. Positi

A google search for "jay's twin pack" revealed the following. Do they not sell twin packs anymore? Why Jay Cutler? Not the twin pack I expected to see.

What makes a great chip flavor? It has to be salty, savory, sweet, and somewhat unexpected. With that in mind, my first suggestion for a flavor that could work: Split Pea with Ham The saltiness and