El Sabroso Guacachips
I’m not a hipster or anything (as far as I know) but I can appreciate a good avocado. Such a tasty fruit (yes it’s a fruit) that makes for a nice compliment to various foods or salads. I’m hard pressed to think of a situation where avocado would detract from the dish or ruin it, and I’m drawing a blank. Worst case scenario is you have too much avocado and you end up with an accidental guacamole. Not such a bad situation if you ask me.
A while back I did a review on the Salsitas and I enjoyed it quite a bit, so I figured I’d give their other interesting product a try. Similar to the Salsitas, these chips are marketed as chips with guacamole flavour in the chip itself. I love guacamole as much as the next person, but to me guac is more about the texture than the flavour. Anyone whose had guac can tell you what it tastes like, but it’s generally so mild it’s more about what it’s being eaten with, and enhances through texture. Thinking about that, I am very curious how they manage to capture the essence of guac in a chip through flavour alone.
The packaging certainly doesn’t exaggerate how green these things are. They look like any typical triangular tortilla chip, but these are super green. It doesn’t look like green colour is simply in the seasoning. It appears the green is part of the chip itself, similar to the Salsitas. That’s kind of impressive and scary at the same time. How are these so green?!
So I’ll start with the taste. As expected, the flavour is very mild. A lot of this has to do with guac itself. It’s more a texture than a flavour. I get a slight salty, onion flavour from the seasoning, but for the most part it’s like a lightly salted tortilla chip. Because these are so mild, they make for a better chip for dipping, and most of it’s contribution to the edible experience will be from the texture. After a couple handfuls of them, I begin to feel the onion powder flavour building in my mouth. Other than that though, these actually make for a nice light snack on it’s own.
Texturally, these are pretty standard fare for tortilla chips. They are just the right level of crunch and thickness; not thick or hard enough to risk cutting your mouth, but not so soft that it just crumbles as you pick it up. While I prefer my tortilla chips very thick and hard, these are like the Goldilocks level – just right. They certainly seem tough enough to hold their own when dipping in salsa or queso.
These are pretty much what I expected. Actually, they are a bit more mild in flavour than I was expecting, which is actually appreciated. My prior experience with guac flavoured snacks tend to crank up the saltiness because the flavour is more subtle. These are just right and don’t leave an intrusive taste in the mouth which is appreciated. I guess my verdict is, unless you really like green, I don’t see a good reason to get these over other plain tortilla chips. They are pretty typical in texture, and unless you can find these at a better price, it’s probably not worth more than a single try.
