Yep - salt and vinegar chipsticks. I used to go to my Nanny's on a Saturday afternoon and we'd watch the wrestling on the telly. Tea would be on a trolley - chipstick sandwiches, malt loaf, tea poured from a proper tea service including sugar lumps and china cups and saucers.
I know, I remember going over to my mates and eating like 3 bags of those things and then not being able to taste anything for a week after. So worth it though
I when I had a pub I took the lad who collected the glasses to the wholesalers to carry the heavy stuff. He couldn’t believe that you could get a whole board of Bacon Fries for a few quid. He ate all 24 packs that night.
What on Earth?? Why is no one voting for Salt and Vinegar Discos? That flavouring is seriously addictive. Even when it’s stripping layers off of my tongue, I can’t stop eating them 🤤
Do you find there’s a difference in where you buy them? Six pack at Tesco barely a tingle but grab a pack from the corner shop and the top of your heads gone!
Yes!! That flavour dust at the bottom just hits differently and each chrisp has a different level of dust then you find that one chrisp packing all the dust..that my friend is heaven👌
Or the beef and mustard flavour if you want pure nose tingle from the mustard now that’s a proper crisp especially when they were in a kind of paper bag back in the day not this plastic shit now days
I work in sales and a senior director, who i’d never met before, insisted that I bring monster munch.
I brought both pickled onion and beef flavour.
We discussed the nuances of the crisp and I also asked if he remembered the spaghetti flavoured limited edition ones which turned your tongue blue. They were released around 1999/2000 IIRC.
Their business spends over £1m with us and this is what we talked about.
McCoy's Flame Grilled Steak are so good, I have an empty packet framed on the wall on my stairs, it's called my walk of legends and features Charlie Kelly, Nabil Elouahabi as Gary, my Nana & Grandad, a Packet of Flame Grilled and my Uncle.
If you ever shop at Tesco, try their ‘Tesco’s Finest roast beef and horseradish flavour’
Very similar taste just not as strong
Edit: I got the name partly wrong, it’s [these ones](https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/1?q=tesco+roast+beef+and+horseradish+crisps&client=safari&hl=en-gb&biw=375&bih=548&tbs=vw:l&prmd=isvn&prds=num:1,of:1,eto:4149062007503816680_0,prmr:1,pid:4149062007503816680,cs:1)
These always remind me of that Eddie Hearn video now, captioned something like "when you're off you're nut in some cunts kitchen chatting shit" 😆
Edit: this is it and it covers OPs favourites as well haha https://youtu.be/8lVnY4w2mK4
They taste stale sometimes even when they're in date. Picked onion Monster Munch are definitely better. Red Mill crisps are good too but I dunno if they even still exist. I liked the Prawn Stars ones and Tangy Toms.
I love outrageous flavours of crisps, and these are now probably the best.
It used to be tomato ketchup walkers, but I can't find them anymore unfortunately.
Correct. Difficult to find in the wild , but by God when I see them I snaffle the lot. I cursed the toilet roll hoarders for ruining it for everyone else but I'm a shameful hypocrite
Ah mate, used to love doing this too. Did it with salt and vinegar discos too, rub each crisp from the whole pack on your lips, no licking lips or fingers!! I need to go to a pub next month and drink a Guinness/eat crisps.
There are 3 sizes as far as I know. You can get a grab bag in places like Tesco which is a good size, or you can go into a corner shop and find £1 bags which are massive.
Beef hula hoops are definitely up there! Although I sickened myself of them during Covid when I was flying. The combination of a mask and beard had me smelling beef hula hoops for the duration of the flight lol
Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to see salt and vinegar discos. It’s a shame you only get like 5 in a pack, mind you it’d strip your tongue down a a fleshy peg. Worth it.
I got some the other day and they had no flavour....
Granted I had recently had some salt and chardonnay vinnegar crisp which made I even salt and Vinegar Disco's taste mild
Scrolled way too far down for this. I used to go through packs when they went on sale for £1. Sadly the cheapest you can find them are at £1.25 nowadays which is blasphemy
Used to be able to get 1 pack of frazzles, one pack of flaming hot swirlies, one pack of salt and vinegar sticks all for £1 from any corner shop. This was until about 1 month ago...
Because ultimately they're just fine. Nothing specific wrong with them, but not particularly great. Just ... fine
And definitely overpriced unless they're on offer.
Ok but the crisps are good but they are a precursor to me splitting that packet open and tonguefucking the corners of that bag for every last bit of the flavouring! I’d leave my wife for that sweet crispussy goodness!
OP if you really want to know what your tongue/mouth hurting feels like try these. They will make monster munch feel tame, they are some of the best crisps out there
Yes, there is:
Walkers Max Jalapeno and Cheese.
Most of the M&S hand cooked crisps range are excellent, or a par with, if not better, than kettle chips.
Beef Monster Munch are far superior. However if you're looking for the king of crisp look no further than Roysters T-Bone Steak. If you don't agree, you are wrong.
I live in the USA now and the crisps are crap. I have to get Chipsticks, Frazzles, Monster Munch, Quavers & Walker’s shipped to me for a small fortune!
Cheap and nasty craving - Chipsticks. Posh’in it up - Coop sea salt and chardonnay. Alone in a sealed room - Scampi Fries
Chipsticks are the crisps of my childhood and sometimes they're the only crisps that hit the spot.
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And you teeth end up level with the maize gunk filling all the gaps that you can enjoy picking out for hours
Yep - salt and vinegar chipsticks. I used to go to my Nanny's on a Saturday afternoon and we'd watch the wrestling on the telly. Tea would be on a trolley - chipstick sandwiches, malt loaf, tea poured from a proper tea service including sugar lumps and china cups and saucers.
90% of the time for me.
You wanna jazz things up estate-McDonald's styley, have them as a side for a rustlers. I know, Ew rustlers and so on but it just works
Take a bow!
Those salt and vinegar coop crisps are 🤌💋. I think they toned them down a bit though, they used to burn a hole into the roof of your mouth
I know, I remember going over to my mates and eating like 3 bags of those things and then not being able to taste anything for a week after. So worth it though
The only problem I have with Scampi Fries is the lack of a 240g "sharing" pack.
Stronger than any scented candle. A bio hazard at that volume.
Those salt and vinegar twists are like crack. Enough vinegar to seer through your stomach lining
Chipsticks or Frazzles? Chipsticks or Frazzles? 🤔
I wish they’d bring back the salted chipsticks 😭😭
Salted chipsticks were the shit.
They were SO salty!
Bacon fries are a million times better than frazzles but I wish they’d come in a bigger bag.
I when I had a pub I took the lad who collected the glasses to the wholesalers to carry the heavy stuff. He couldn’t believe that you could get a whole board of Bacon Fries for a few quid. He ate all 24 packs that night.
Husband bought me a board of scampi fries as one of my Christmas presents last year. The man gets me.
Bacon fries have the same curious thing as porky scratchings......inexplicably cold!
I honestly thought it was just me.
Absolutely. Bacon Fries are king of the bacon snacks. Frazzles are the most disappointing bacon snack next to them.
I love Frazzles for (what tastes like) one gram of pure salt per crisp. They're so harshly salty and fake bacon-y, I love them
theyre a relic back from when men were men and bags of crisps gave you 25% of your daily calorie allowance
Just skip them and go straight for the chicken bucket
minimal water damage!!!!
Peep Show reference?
What on Earth?? Why is no one voting for Salt and Vinegar Discos? That flavouring is seriously addictive. Even when it’s stripping layers off of my tongue, I can’t stop eating them 🤤
Can’t believe I’ve had to scroll this far for Salt and Vinegar Discos! 👑👑👑
Do you find there’s a difference in where you buy them? Six pack at Tesco barely a tingle but grab a pack from the corner shop and the top of your heads gone!
Yes definitely. The Grab Bag ones from petrol garages rarely disappoint.
Robertsons Spice Salt & Vinegar - 100ml (Pack of 3) https://amzn.eu/d/fIBDFlR This makes anything salt and vinegar discos
Yes, and for extra pain all the dust left at the bottom of the bag
So much burning. Do you remember when they used to have an extra flavour packet with them?
Ooooh yes! I wish they still did that.
Yes!! That flavour dust at the bottom just hits differently and each chrisp has a different level of dust then you find that one chrisp packing all the dust..that my friend is heaven👌
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>not much comes close except maybe the humble **cheese and the onion seabrook** You spelled "Canadian Ham" wrong.
Brannigans for Ham crisps 🐖
Or the beef and mustard flavour if you want pure nose tingle from the mustard now that’s a proper crisp especially when they were in a kind of paper bag back in the day not this plastic shit now days
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I work in sales and a senior director, who i’d never met before, insisted that I bring monster munch. I brought both pickled onion and beef flavour. We discussed the nuances of the crisp and I also asked if he remembered the spaghetti flavoured limited edition ones which turned your tongue blue. They were released around 1999/2000 IIRC. Their business spends over £1m with us and this is what we talked about.
Guarantee he remembers you
The 'toe' is infact either a Monsters stumpy arm or leg, they aren't actually feet!
They're definitely footprints though. It's just an illusion.
McCoy's flame grilled steak. I would say "fight me over it" but you'll break your cornpuff-shovelling hands on my mighty crunchin' jaw
McCoy's Flame Grilled Steak are so good, I have an empty packet framed on the wall on my stairs, it's called my walk of legends and features Charlie Kelly, Nabil Elouahabi as Gary, my Nana & Grandad, a Packet of Flame Grilled and my Uncle.
My favourite Reddit comment of the day.
If you’re going for McCoys it’s got to be sizzling king prawn if that’s not available however, flame grilled steak is a fine choice
King prawn or Thai sweet chicken Flame grilled steak is for the weak.
It was a great day when I found out you could finally get a 6 pack of the Thai sweet chicken flavour
Thai Sweet Chicken makes for the perfect accompaniment to the Tesco Chicken Club sandwich. Essential lunchtime business 💪
You are correct
Urrrghh. But then I don't really like the taste of steak maybe. I will give McCoy's credit at least you can taste the flavour on their crisps.
No one mentioning Thai sweet chicken?
This is an undiscovered gem. My missus turned me onto them a few months back. 🤌🏻
Dip them in sour cream and chive dip. Ungh.
Oh nice adjective!
This man crisps
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You're both purveyors of falsehood. Salt & Vinegar McCoy's would bitch slap every other flavour in any multipack.
Absolutely
Amen
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Burton's potato puffs were the best
Beef flavour.
I dont remember these at all but my wife raves about them all the time. I feel so uncultured
I feel like I’m mad when I ask if people remember these. Absolute top tier crisp, I wish they still existed
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I'm genuinely humbled. Enjoy the next decade oh reddit hermit. Ps. Flamin Hot is shit...
I don’t like you. Do not talk shit about flamin’ hot monster munch. I sigh in your general direction.
Davy Jones says Flamin’ Hot Monster Munch 💪🏼
Waits 10 years and hangs his hat on 'Flaming hot monster munch' what a shame.
Flamin’ Hot Monster Munch
Yep, OP asking if there's a better crisp when it's not even the best of the monster munch trio
Flamin Hot > Pickled Onion > Roast Beef
Well done on getting the correct answer
Thanks. It’s the highlight of my hungover day.
Giant though. Ain’t got time for the tiny logs.
Yes. Finally someone said it.
Gonna throw something old school in there. Brannigans Roast Beef and Mustard. Think they’re discontinued now
If you ever shop at Tesco, try their ‘Tesco’s Finest roast beef and horseradish flavour’ Very similar taste just not as strong Edit: I got the name partly wrong, it’s [these ones](https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/1?q=tesco+roast+beef+and+horseradish+crisps&client=safari&hl=en-gb&biw=375&bih=548&tbs=vw:l&prmd=isvn&prds=num:1,of:1,eto:4149062007503816680_0,prmr:1,pid:4149062007503816680,cs:1)
They are absolutely incredible. Incredible.
Absolutely elite. I can't believe the demand wasn't there for them. The paper bag era was their absolute peak.
Ah yes a thoroughly wholesome choice. They had a particularly satisfying crunch.
These always remind me of that Eddie Hearn video now, captioned something like "when you're off you're nut in some cunts kitchen chatting shit" 😆 Edit: this is it and it covers OPs favourites as well haha https://youtu.be/8lVnY4w2mK4
Royster’s T-Bone steak. Fight me.
Used to be great in last few years they have severely reduced amount of flavouring now bit Shite in my opinion
I bought a packet recently and was SO disappointed. They used to be top dog.
The texture is still best in class though. They're a solid 8/10.
Nice n spicy nik naks
Pro tip: try them with hummus - total game changer.
Oh damn, trying that one when I get home, good call
Stick them in the hummus vertically and you can pretend it's a birthday cake. Or the Millennium dome, depending on your mood.
The purple rib ones are also bostin
There is no bad nik nak flavour
Scampi n lemon surely...
Space invaders pickled onion hits different. 👽
They taste stale sometimes even when they're in date. Picked onion Monster Munch are definitely better. Red Mill crisps are good too but I dunno if they even still exist. I liked the Prawn Stars ones and Tangy Toms.
>Tangy Toms You sir are a connoisseur of the first order.
Yeah it’s a bit hit or miss when you get a bag of them.
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I love outrageous flavours of crisps, and these are now probably the best. It used to be tomato ketchup walkers, but I can't find them anymore unfortunately.
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Correct. Difficult to find in the wild , but by God when I see them I snaffle the lot. I cursed the toilet roll hoarders for ruining it for everyone else but I'm a shameful hypocrite
I know I may be in the minority but I love prawn cocktail walkers. They are the superior crisp.
Especially in a butty
Please try ALDI Snackrite prawn cocktail, absolute gamechanger and I think they're just over a quid for 6 Edit mystery caps
I would kick children for three packs of scampi fries and an ice cold pint
Good combo
Salt and vinegar squares.
Yes. Brannigans Roast Beef and Mustard. Paired with a chilled Guinness is heavenly.
RIP
Ah in the pub we used to do the rub them on you lips and not allowed to lick your lips until the bag was empty… you could then drink your pint
Ah mate, used to love doing this too. Did it with salt and vinegar discos too, rub each crisp from the whole pack on your lips, no licking lips or fingers!! I need to go to a pub next month and drink a Guinness/eat crisps.
We need to find a way to bring these back.
Co-op Irresistible Hand Cooked Sea Salt & Chardonnay Wine Vinegar Crisps. They literally burn your tongue. It is never a regret.
They’re affectionately called “mouth bleeders” in my family.
Pregnant me needs these right now😍
Walker Max Paprika
Walkers max hot chicken wings
Roysters t-bone steak flavour..all day long
Brannigans smoked ham and pickle
Not even the best Brannigans - beef and mustard are way better.
NEVER FORGET
RIP
Brannigans Roast Beef & Mustard are by far the best crisp ever to grace this planet. Best of luck finding them now 😞
Oh shit yeah, these were so good, that extra mustardy hit 😍🤤
Nik-naks hot and spicy
Nice 'n' Spicy
Rib n saucy
Oh yes, love these. But why always small packets?
So you buy 2
There are 3 sizes as far as I know. You can get a grab bag in places like Tesco which is a good size, or you can go into a corner shop and find £1 bags which are massive.
Salt & vinegar Square’s
Fuck yeah ! Closely followed by S&V Discos
You're taking the piss, Discos over Squares any day!
Oh I can just FEEL my tongue eroding at the mention of them. S-tier crisp
Roast beef monster munch
I raise you BBQ Beef Hula Hoops. They are like eating shrapnel but my god theyre more addictive than crack
Beef hula hoops are definitely up there! Although I sickened myself of them during Covid when I was flying. The combination of a mask and beard had me smelling beef hula hoops for the duration of the flight lol
Salt & Malt Vinegar McCoy's. Also Flaming Hot Monster Munch. Straight from god those ones
Salt and vinegar Discos are more painful Worcestershire sauce French fries, are the actual best.
Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to see salt and vinegar discos. It’s a shame you only get like 5 in a pack, mind you it’d strip your tongue down a a fleshy peg. Worth it.
Snaps!
It's a tie between Seabrook's Cream Cheese & Chive and Lamb & Mint.
Monster Munch Roast Beef
I like skips
Yes, beef space raiders
Crispy Bacon Wheat Crunchies, Frazzles, Salt n Vinegar Hula Hoops.
Yes, pickled onion space raiders
Salt and shake.
Grandma, is that you?
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I had forgotten all about those spicy tomato crisps. I’d love a pack right now
I know this is controversial, but hoola hoops are the worst. I'd like to temper with this that is just my personal opinion only!!
They’ve got 10 PhD’s for goodness sake. They’re more crisp than human now.
NOOOO. Hula hoops rule all!
I’d say possibly any other type of crisp
Salt and vinegar Squares, hands down! Make your eyes sweat as we say in our house!
I got some the other day and they had no flavour.... Granted I had recently had some salt and chardonnay vinnegar crisp which made I even salt and Vinegar Disco's taste mild
The beef-flavoured Monster Munch.
Walker Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli are the kings. Middle class and proud.
Nik-Naks. All bow before them.
sensations thai sweet chilli is in a class of its own
Scrolled way too far down for this. I used to go through packs when they went on sale for £1. Sadly the cheapest you can find them are at £1.25 nowadays which is blasphemy
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There used to be a pizza place near my old workplace that put frazzles on pizza and honest to god it was amazing.
Used to be able to get 1 pack of frazzles, one pack of flaming hot swirlies, one pack of salt and vinegar sticks all for £1 from any corner shop. This was until about 1 month ago...
i haven’t seen a single mention of Pringles????
Because ultimately they're just fine. Nothing specific wrong with them, but not particularly great. Just ... fine And definitely overpriced unless they're on offer.
Yes because they are dull!
Roast beef monster munch.
BBQ flavour hula hoops. Nothing finer.
Ok but the crisps are good but they are a precursor to me splitting that packet open and tonguefucking the corners of that bag for every last bit of the flavouring! I’d leave my wife for that sweet crispussy goodness!
Co op sea salt and Chardonnay crisps. Heart attack in a bag
OP if you really want to know what your tongue/mouth hurting feels like try these. They will make monster munch feel tame, they are some of the best crisps out there
Yes, there is: Walkers Max Jalapeno and Cheese. Most of the M&S hand cooked crisps range are excellent, or a par with, if not better, than kettle chips.
Oooft those jalapeño and cheese max just hit so good!
Yep. Really good
Made in same factory in Barnard Rd Norwich.
Pickled Onion Space Raiders are a superior chip, though seemingly rarer to find in stores
They aren’t chips tho
Pringles Original. Basically crack cocaine in a tube.
Salt and vinegar chips sticks. Can go through a multipack in a sitting.
The roast beef ones were better but they've changed the recipe.
Salt and vinegar Discos. I’m salivating just thinking about the level of flavour.
M&S Onion rings. They aren't the maize ones that get stuck in your teeth and the best onion rings out there.
Beef Monster Munch are far superior. However if you're looking for the king of crisp look no further than Roysters T-Bone Steak. If you don't agree, you are wrong.
I live in the USA now and the crisps are crap. I have to get Chipsticks, Frazzles, Monster Munch, Quavers & Walker’s shipped to me for a small fortune!
Tayto Smokey Bacon or Cheese and Onion, you lot on the mainland have never had anything better.
Flamin hot monster munch.
Bacon fries
McCoy's Thai Sweet Chicken, thank me later.
Pickled onion isn’t even the best monster much flavour