Junk Food Nation, I have to apologize.  Yesterday, in the comments, I predicted the Giants crushing the Cowboys.  Clearly, I was WAAAAY off.  I hope no one placed any bets based on my prediction – yikes.  I’ll be releasing the rest of my weekly picks each Saturday – hopefully I won’t embarrass myself too bad, week to week.  Last year I got to Week 16, and then sort of forgot about it.  Not this year; we’ll keep it chugging through the end.  Play along with me in the comments!

Today’s junk food: Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles!  Found at Walmart, these chips started popping up around Labor Day, which means they were clearly trying to market toward the BBQ crowd.  The question remains…if you are EATING a cheeseburger, do you need it to be paired with cheeseburger CHIPS!?

I think that concept is kind of strange.  Does anyone out there do this? Do you eat Pizza-Flavored Combos along side your Pepperoni Pizza?  Are you eating BBQ Corn Chips along side your BBQ Pulled Pork?  Salt and vinegar chips make sense next to fried fish, but what about Hot N Sour Soup Flavored Chips with your Hot N Sour Soup?

I understand that most, if not all, of these chips are marketed as standalones and are not MEANT to be eaten with their food counterpart.  Still, it makes me wonder…what do you think? Have you ever eaten this same-flavor combo before?  Let me know in the comments below.  And let’s get to the review.

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: The Money Shot

Like I said earlier, these Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles were found at Walmart.  Ok, full disclosure – this past weekend was a bonanza of a trip to Walmart.  A LOT of the things I’ll be reviewing for the next few days came from there.

Sometimes, I think Pringles is competing with Oreo as to how many new and random friggin’ flavors they can come out with in one year.  Let’s get down to the analysis.

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: For a Limited Time Only…at Walmart?

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: I must say, I think this is a brilliant image.  The drawing of a burger with a Pringle as the bun???? GENIUS. The bluish picnic tablecloth underneath is a nice touch

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: HMMM such little dietary fiber.  In case you were wondering

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: LOTS of powders going on here…and none of them garlic powder.  Interesting.

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: Plain look with some slightly brown powdering

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles: Why do most Pringles look like they’ve only been powdered on the very ends?  Weird.

Limited Edition Cheeseburger Pringles tasted good, but not wonderful.  Here’s the thing – I’ve talked before that any meat flavored chip usually only tastes like the sauce that goes on the chip and not like the meat itself.  There are exceptions: The Walkers Roast Chicken Chips TASTED LIKE ROASTED CHICKEN.  These?  Well, these fell in that unfortunate first category.

Imagine pickle relish, mustard, ketchup, and onion all mixed together.  Shouldn’t be too gross, since these are ingredients that go on my burger all the time.  Basically what you’re left with is a sour, tangy, sort of sweet tomatoey-mustardy-vinegary flavor.  And that’s what these chips tasted like.  It reminded me of the EXACT flavor of all the condiments I put on my burgers, which I liked – the flavor was dead on.  But there was no meat flavor, and no amount of liquid smoke or onion powder could make me taste otherwise.

Plus, these chips were REALLY SALTY, which was unlike the burgers I typically eat.  Sure, the meat has a little salt on it, but these were over the top salty without needing to be.  So imagine dipping a heavily salted chip into mustard, ketchup, pickle juice, etc… that’s what these tasted like.

Tasted good because the condiment flavors were on point, but not wonderful because it did not taste like a cheeseburger.

PURCHASED AT: Walmart

COST: $1.50 on sale

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy

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