From Voodoo chips to the new pretzel sticks, which Louisiana-inspired flavor is the best?
I ’m always on the hunt for the best boiler chip out there and a serious contender for the title are Zapp ’s chips . For the uninitiated , Zapp ’s hails fromLouisianaand is inspired by the plangency ofCajuncuisine . The french fries are wangle in peanut oil until satisfyingly crunchy and are dressed with flavour like Spicy Cajun Crawtators and a mysterious combination know only as Voodoo . The mark even latterly also unveil a unexampled category of snack : seasoned pretzel sticks .
With all of this in head , I decided to try all of the Zapp ’s product to see which chips are reminiscent of aNew Orleansparty and which could be take for forgettable . Here ’s how they stacked up .
10. Regular Flavor
The rating is all in the name . These are reasonably even . They ’re plainchips , seasoned only with salt . You really value the crunch of the timpani - cooked chips more when there ’s no other genius to battle with it . But Zapps is well - known for more large flavor , so a sheer chip unfortunately can not rate any higher .
9. Spicy Cajun Crawtators
This was actually a disappointing bag because with a name like Spicy Cajun Crawtators , you ’re setting up an expectation for freehanded flavour alongside sizeable heating plant . This had neither of those things ! It ’s a modest chip — paprika is the only flavoring in the ingredient that has any sort of spice , and even then it ’s next to nothing on the Scoville ordered series . The reference of crawtators made me hunger a seafood flavor , like shrimp chip , but that was lack too . This sample like abarbecue saucewithout the sweetness ; it ’s mostly smoky and slightly garlicky .
8. Mesquite Bar-B-Que
Here is my chip bias : I ’m not really a barbecue devotee . It is plausibly the last chip I will achieve for among the classic flavors of chips , but compared toLays , these are way better . There ’s no syrupy , sugary sensation that ’s found in a flock of barbecue - flavored chips . Yes , these own a mild bouquet , but it ’s also equilibrize out with love apple seasoning and onion plant and garlic gunpowder . I do wish it had some of the smokiness Spicy Cajun Crawtators have , especially because Mesquite is in the name , but overall this is a solid barbecue chip .
7. Hotter ‘N Hot Jalapeño
Although these Zapp ’s chips are sure enough hotter than most of the offerings , I would n’t necessarily describe them as “ hot . ” They put up a easy tickle on the clapper from thejalapeño powder , but are more salty than they are spicy . That being said , they ’re still enjoyable to eat ! I do care there was a touch of sugar like to Kettle Brand ’s jalapeño microchip , which really round out the salt and heat , or a dusting of whey that Ms. Vickie ’s adds which put up a level of dimension outside of salt and fat .
6. Salt & Vinegar
Felt my eyebrows scorch and my tongue shrivel when I opened this bag of chips , but the vinegar nip is actually not as aggressive as it smells , which I favor ! Sometimes salt and vinegar chip can be so scratchy on the clapper that the flavor — paired with jagged edges of kettle chips — ends up being unpleasant after the fifth chip . That ’s not the case for these , which start off mouth - wateringly acidic and mellow out quickly .
5. Jazzy Honey Mustard Pretzel Stix
Honey mustard pretzel are my go - to road trip snack and I may want to change allegiance from my usual brand to Zapp ’s . These are divine — sweet and salty with a hit of mustard greens flavor that is just tangy enough . What really makes these pretzel stand out is n’t the twisty shape ( though I do favor that to bore matchstick shapes or crunchy mustard greens pillows ) . It ’s the fact that every bite is dead coated in honey mustard junk ; it really delivers on tang .
4. Voodoo Pretzel Stix
And if you ’re not a dear table mustard fan but still require to try out Zapp ’s pretzels , they , of course , created a Voodoo flavor too . You get all the thaumaturgy of the OG Voodoo chips but inpretzel form , with a generous coating of flavor on each . It ’s gratifying and tart and difficult to put down — though the chip version still reigns supreme in my philia .
3. Evil Eye
The reddish chromaticity of the Evil Eye makes it seem like they ’ll be super spicy , but rather they try out like the best cetchup chips you ’ve ever had ( and you do n’t even have to cross the border into Canada ) . They ’re sweet and piquant and have the slightest lingering smack , thanks to tamarind found in Worcestershire sauce . There ’s nothing really evil about these , except perhaps the purse is too small .
2. Cajun Dill Gator-Tators
After digging through bagful after base of Zapp ’s , these were the first crisp that made me hum my approving after the initial bite . They have everything I ’m depend for : sharp tang from vinegar melt out by a sparge of sugar , herbaceous flavour from dill and parsley , and garlic and onion powder ( which I ’m now instruct is pretty consistent across Zapp ’s chip ) . The whiz flavor is certainlydill , which all thepickle fanaticsout there will love , but the other constituent work in tandem to see to it the chip is n’t too barbed or anise seed - forward .
1. Voodoo
Zapp ’s Voodoo microprocessor chip are iconic for good reason . From the coloured bag decorate with pin - strike voodoo skirt to the sweet - and - off flavor to the shattering compaction , it ’s impossible not to eat the entire bag in one posing . The flavor is hard to trap down . Still , it has all the best timbre of all the other chips : tangy , but not too much vinegar ; smoky , but not overpowered by barbecue smack ; mellisonant without an surplusage of sugar . Even as I ’m typing this , having consumed every smell of chip in the Zapp ’s lineup , I ca n’t stop absentmindedly reaching for another . Whatever trick they ’re throwing into the Voodoo flavor , it ’s work out .
Zapp’s hails from Louisiana with flavors inspired by Cajun cuisine.|Design by Maitane Romagosa for Thrillist
