Burger King Ketchup & Fries chips...
 

http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...er-chips_N.htm

So I was walking along at my local grocery store, minding my own business, when a logo catches my eye as being out of place.

"Burger King?", I wonder aloud.

Yes, Burger King has released potato crisps that taste EXACTLY like french fries with ketchup. And they're addictive.
http://i.usatoday.net/money/_photos/...rgerchipsx.gif
I'm a health-conscious guy, but I'm having trouble getting these things off my mind. I'm now using them like other, normal people use croutons; in my salad. Still, this stuff is dangerously addictive, and I feel a moral obligation to warn everyone.

BEWARE!

They sound amazing. I like the ketchup-packet styling too...

umm.. does the ketchup come seperate?

Do you particularly like BK ketchup?

Nope, it's built right in.

OMG...these look AMAZING.

I love ketchup flavored potato chips, but they're really hard to find. Probably a good thing, as I'd eat too many.

Oh, Sweet.

this new habbit im about to form will probably outweigh most junkies meth addictions.

What?!

http://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/...urger_king.jpg

There's a flame-broiled burger flavour too?! :eek:

omg!

I can see myself now. 3 months down the road, obese and hanging on to life all because of these chips from hell.

I BEG YOU! Heed my warnings, fellow Tilts! These are delicious snack foods of DOOM!!

I have met the enemy, and it is me, or rather my appetite!

I'm glad that I don't have a weakness for snack foods.

You've been eating tuna every day for like 2 years and this wouldn't tempt you? Jesus man. You're like a machine.

FEED ME A STRAY CHIP

Meh. I'm only part machine. It's my ticket to heaven, bro.

Staying away from crap food also keeps the muscles above the crungle visible.

New word for me. What does it mean?

The muscles that he's referring to his abdominal muscles. You can extrapolate from there. ;)

On topic - I must find and try these chips.

But... Burger King fries suck!

I'd have to take a pass on this, not liking ketchup, but this packet from Scotland remains the epitome of potato chip flavour for me:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ediumSmall.jpg

The lamb and mint is nice - but my favourite has to be salt and vinegar... divine. Other interesting flavours we get here include beef and mustard, Thai sweet chili and Marmite!

http://www.taquitos.net/im/sn/kettle-honey.jpg

These would be one of my favourite flavours

lol whatever the fook next.I bet theyd make me hovel.lolbut i understand the appeal.

I'll be on the lookout for these. So far no chip has been able to sway me away from TGI Friday's Baked Potato Skins. If this does it, then I will truly be amazed at its potency. Until then, it's just another wannabe in my eyes.

WHOA! You try the new flavor, Will?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13...ungleChips.gif

Oh for fuck's sake. http://planetsmilies.net/vomit-smiley-31.gif

I think we need an expert's opinion - Where's Giant Hamburger?

thats my thought....do these things actually taste like BK fries? They have to be the worst fries IMO of any fast food place around

You guys are such professional consumers ... where are the culture jammers when you need 'em? :p

I just jammed it with a mouthful of pubes... what more do you want?

Sigh. I guess one will have to do. :surprised:

Blasphemer!

I'll be on the look out for those next time I go grocery shopping. I fuckin' love BK fries.

I tried to find them in the local convenience store. Didn't have them, but there were about 5 varieties of TGIFriday's chips, clearly made by the same company.

edit: T.G.I. Friday's® Salted Snacks, in Mozzarella Snack Sticks, Onion Rings, Chili & Cheese Potato Skins, Cheddar & Bacon Potato Skins, and Sour Cream & Onion Potato Skins.

cromp.. have u tasted your chips?

what they taste like with mayo?

They are the same company, Inventure. Inventure also owns the old Keebler brand "Tato Skins", Poor Brothers, among other brands of snack foods and frozen berries.

For those who invest and are looking for something on the cheap with a good chance to move up, Inventure seems to be a decent shot.

Here's their link: http://www.inventuregroup.net/index.asp

Why not just go to Burger King and get some fries?

Cause potato chips typically cost less per serving compared to fries, and I can't keep hot greasy fries hot and greasy for long. They don't store well. Potato chips do, though.

Oh my gosh, I've just developed a craving and I've never even tastes them.

Are these available in Canada?

Probably not yet, but since we have the RIAA/MPAA I'll call it even.

I got them out of a vending machine at work the other day actually, so yes.

IMO they were okay. I actually would have liked them better without the "ketchup" flavouring.

Hmm, I looked around for these at the local grocery store the other day, they didn't have them. I guess they haven't made it down to Florida yet.

not in georgia either. flavored chips is always a little strange to me, cuz there's nothing 'natural' about potato chips tasting like ketchup is already in them... but i guess it's no different than BBQ chips, which i do like, so maybe i should just accept the artificial world we live in

Ketchup doesn't grow on trees.

What if I made you a dish where I cooked potatoes with onion, vinegar, salt and pepper, cloves, allspice, and tomatoes? That's basically the whole thing, other than preservatives. Oh, and sugar and cinnamon, which are usually ingredients in a decent ketchup.

You forgot garlic, will, which is also frequently found in a good ketchup.

Ah, of course! I must have been just waking up to forget garlic.

Damn MPAA\RIAA, hate those bastards. I'll have to take a gander for these chips tonight at the grocery store, need to try something different.

I have to agree with Will. I noticed these in a vending machine at school a few weeks ago, and they're damned good.

/me makes a note to buy these BK thingys and see why they are driving Will insane

This reminds me of a sad event in my life.

My school vending area installed a 'fry machine'.

It would cook the fries right there when you hit the button, as in frozen ones fell in hot oil and you got fresh fries every time.

It was awesome, it was heaven, it made a 2 hour lecture seem like a happy place.

It....made the entire school smell like french fries. About two weeks later it was gone due to some administrator complaint.

They gave us a glimpse of nirvana and snatched it from us.

Life, has not been the same.

These things are nasty. Now, if they were Wendy's fries, that would be alright. But, BK fries are the worst in the industry by a long shot.

Why have I never seen one of those around here!!

This was like 10 years ago.

I'm going to guess someone figured out that 'really hot oil', 'unsupervised' and 'vending machine' didn't work out so well.

maybe, but they got these:
http://www.hanna-vending.com/tastyfries.htm

http://www.hanna-vending.com/frenchfryvendor.htm

http://www.patatachef.com/patatachef.html

Looked a lot like the tastyfries one.

Air-cooked fries. Sounds like turbocharged convection baking. I want one.

I still haven't found any BK chips around here. The TGIFridays chips are good, though. Especially the mozzarella stix chips.

Edit: I found them today at a Plaid Pantry. The Fries/Ketchup aren't bad. But the Flame Broiled ones are pretty good.

Haha, crazy American grocery stores and their lack of ketchup flavours! This is one of the most common flavours here in the great north. lol

: pout:

We actually designed those at my office. (the packaging graphics)
I thought they were pretty nasty smelling and couldn't bring myself to taste one.

100% agreement.

In the UK, BK put some sort of wanky varnish on their fries. Yeurch! :no:

You're not missing anything. Don't worry.

They're actually not bad. My daughter found them today, of all the places, in a Walgreens. Even the cashier asked where we found them and couldn't wait to get herself a bag.

I give it a thumbs up. Better than most of the regular potato chips out there.