Of crisps and chocolate
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my site using a feedreader or email. Thanks for visiting - Damien.
In a discussion on Sunday night with some of the folks from Salesfoce and Coda and other companies, I mentioned the notion of eating chocolate with crisps. It seems the non-Irish (everyone there except me) were a little disconcerted at the idea of having a pack of crisps and eating a chocolate bar at the same time or just after. It appears to be a foreign concept in many parts of the (not so apparently) civilised world.
Questions were flying at me like the time between eating the crisps and then having the chocolate or was it at same time, the flavour of the crisps (when I said cheese and onion there was uproar!) and I was also asked would white chocolate be used. Vile. No.
Who else likes having their crisps and choccies at the same time?
These:
Photo owned by kissmygrandmother (cc)
plus these:
Photo owned by ChezDeniseetLaudalino (cc)
= yumm.
Digg it! |
Reddit |
Del.icio.us |
Stumble Upon |
Google
July 1st, 2008 at 9:59 am
Yes Yes Yes!
But it has to be King cheese & onion with an Aero.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:00 am
Oh lord, YES!
Packet of King, throw in some malteesers, minstrels or a smushed up kitkat and you are in heaven!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:02 am
fecks sake damien crisps and chocolate? is that all you have to say about your eve/day with salesforce?
i was looking forward to starry predictions of the future in cloudworld.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:14 am
Sweet and salty always a good combo. This is what makes Reeses Peanut butter cups so popular. They are sweet and chocolaty on the outside and salty on the inside. I have also been known to dip a McDonalds chip into their chocolate milkshake. But I will deny it vehemently if asked!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:18 am
Reeses peanut butter cups on special in Aldi.Scarily delicious. They only come in three packs which is good on the finances but treacherous for the waist.No one seems to like them so their hanging around the gaff…
July 1st, 2008 at 10:23 am
Nothing beats Kings Cheese and Onion with a bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk… ummm…. Popcorn and Malteasers is a great one too.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:29 am
Crisps first, chocolate after - not at the same time.
I had chocolate covered potato chips once and they were very nice. No prizes for guessing where they came from: America
July 1st, 2008 at 10:31 am
yes..yes…yes…
King or Tayto + Cadburys Buttons / Minstrels..
ALSO:
Cinema Popcorn + Minstrels
July 1st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Pretzels and dark chocolate. mmmmmmm.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:39 am
…. aw for Gods sake?!!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Chocolate and salt is well known - look at chocolate covered pretzels for a perfect example of future ill health in a tasty vacuum sealed treat.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:46 am
Hell yeah! Crisps first, then chocolate.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:51 am
I am more than disconcerted at the prospect of combining crisps and chocolate. Euughh
July 1st, 2008 at 11:02 am
[...] - I’m liking my new phone and no I can’t do without it Declan! PPS - Mulley on crisps and chocolate makes me want to undo my good curves work. Damn it. It’s so true. Hits the [...]
July 1st, 2008 at 11:05 am
So this thing about the Irish having potatoes with everything isn’t just a stereotype then?
July 1st, 2008 at 11:16 am
I have to seperate literally everything I eat, I done a blog about how I eat a Snickers bar(which has a few thousand different ingedients, and sorry!) a while back.
Genuinely getting sick thinking of crisps and chocolate.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:20 am
Hunky Dory’s in a sambo followed a crunchie Yum Yum Yum
July 1st, 2008 at 11:21 am
Popcorn and Minstrels is a personal favourite when I go to the cinema. Yum.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Yuk yuk no. Crisps and chocolate are incompatible in my book. I much prefer to enjoy chocolate with a nice coffee, or on it’s own.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pm
1 packet of Monster Much and Maltesers Heaven combination give it a shake before munching!Yum
July 1st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
@Tim Completely true, not a stereotype.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
You’re all freaks, every last man and woman of you.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Galaxy + Walkers S&V. Yeah, baby.
Sweey + salty is so part of our national palate that eircom even used it in one of their ads. Remember that chick who “likes when things go together” shown sitting in the cinema and tipping a bag of Maltesers into her popcorn?
July 1st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Eugh! God NO! What’s wrong with you people?
July 1st, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Completely. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk and Tayto S&V.
I think it came from my days of needing amusement while my auld pair watched various sports in a pub, as they’d say themselves, “of a Sunday”.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Nom nom, snickers and cheese and onion king crisps, one bite each in rotation!
July 1st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I’d post a longer reply, but I have to rush to the nearest shop to satisfy a sudden, inexplicable craving.
Good day to you.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Has to be Taytos and a crushed Flake. Another good option is peanuts & Taytos.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
mmmmmmmgorgeous,
Chocolate and Popcorn is delightful too.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
nothing nicer than tayto and a dairy milk…yummmmmmmmm. I dont get the maltesers and popcorn combo though…seperate yes..but together…eeek!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Best Hangover Cure…
Popcorn, Crisps of chice (Meanies/Monster Munch), and Rolo’s
Mixed in a bowl, cold can of coke on the side…
July 1st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Mmmmmmm - salt and vinegar crisps along with a hot chocolate drink… That solves most hangovers or ailments
July 1st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I have never tried this before. In my opinion, chocolote is tasteful and good for the health whereas crisps are too salty and fat. So it cannot be eaten together … it is a culinary paradox.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:04 am
It’s not just me then!
Tayto salt & vinegar, and then a Cadbury’s Mini Roll.
(Drools in Homer Simpson Style)
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 am
oh sweet jebus, yum! Taytos and chocolate and a big muga cha, heaven
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
Oh baby, yes!
Crisps chocolate crisps- in that order.
The crisps must be cheese and onion for it to work. Chocolate must be milk. Aero is good.
I think it’s something to do with salt and sugar.
My favourite moment is when you start on crisps after chocolate. Something chemical happens and the sum ends up being greater than the individual parts.
I’m sure that some scientist somewhere has an equation for crisps/chocolate perfection- wow, just think of that lab!
Been reading this blog for a long time but it’s the first time I’ve had the nerve to comment- this being one of my specialist subjects!
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:10 am
Thanks for the comment Jane, please leave more!
@trinity Choc and crisps and tea? Dunno could I do that… has to be can of Diet Coke.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Diet coke? Just when I thought you can’t get a more unhealthy snack - aspartame!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy
July 16th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Yes. ThankYou!!! I’ve been telling all my mates this and they look at me like i’m wierd. The best combo is walkers cheese and onion and twix!!
mmm
October 11th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Oh wow a forum dedicated to chocolate and crisps! Whenever I have chocolate I get cravings for cheese and onion crisps right after - sometimes I eat them at the same time mmmm… I’m looking forward to the day Walkers bring out chocolate covered cheese and onion crisps. There is a competition running at the moment to find a new flavour, so I might just enter…