Review - Goldbaum's Snap Stix

Brand:  Goldbaum’s

Flavor:  Tangy Ketchup Snap Stix

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                I discovered ketchup potato chips on a trip to Canada when I was 19. My love for those chips continues to burn, especially since they aren’t readily available here in Washington where I live. I found these Stix and it’s very possible that I squealed aloud. While they aren’t quite the same as a greasy bag of “ketchips,” they’re pretty dang good, and a lot better for you to boot. They’re the “puffy-hollow-straw” variety of shape, which really isn’t my favorite. I tend to think this particular shape of reduced-calorie potato snack is less flavorful and harder to eat, but I appreciate that Goldbaum’s is straying from the usual flavor suspects. Maybe they’ll make me a sweet potato ketchip someday!          

                 

               

Tastes like:  Puffy ketchips   

Taste rating:  7/10

Qualities:  Gluten free, Non-GMO

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Review: Goldbaum's Pop Potato Chips

Brand:  Goldbaum’s

Flavor:  Pop Potato Onion & Garlic

Where to get it: here @ Amazon.com

                Goldbaum’s has so many “chip alternative” products…I’m becoming kind of fascinated with them all. Great packaging, great natural-ness, and I feel like the serving sizes are really good for the small amount of calories. These dudes have 70 calories in a bag, whereas we’d be looking at over 150 for any of the mass-market “o’s” chips for the same amount. I can dig it like a grave. (Don’t.) Plus, the amount of flavor in these little guys is off the charts! I hate it when flavored chips have a “hint” of something. If I didn’t want flavor, I’d buy plain. You get these, you’re all about that onion.

               

Tastes like:  Sour cream & onion Pringles without the oil

Taste rating:  8/10

Qualities:  Kosher, Gluten free

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Review: Goldbaum's Kale Chips

Brand:  Goldbaums

Flavor:  Kale Chips

Where to get it: here @ Amazon.com

                I’m not entirely sure what angle I want to take with this review, because on one hand, these are a little nutritionally misleading, but on the other hand, they taste delicious. Maybe we’ll just stick with the facts. They are called “kale chips,” but there are A LOT of ingredients in here before kale makes an appearance – including sugar. So…calling them kale chips is kind of a marketing ploy, I feel. That being said, for a chip-esque snack, these aren’t all bad. 100 calories in the single-serving bag, and you get a good amount of chips. Not a lot to speak of nutritionally except for the things listed below in the “qualities”. That being said, they are really tasty. They have a fair amount of salt, which I am a fan of. And they don’t have that straight-up, air puffed potato flavor, which I am not a fan of. Long story short, if you want a salty chip snack, these taste great. If you’re thinking of buying them because of the kale, you might be disappointed.

               

Tastes like:  Salty chips without the blerch

Taste rating:  10/10

Qualities:  Gluten-free, Non-GMO

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