Boulder Canyon

Kettle cooked chips that are amazing!
So I’ve never written a review on Kettle cooked chips before but «Boulder Canyon», a new comer to the big leagues, deserves one in my opinion as a stand out player.
Be warned; the chips come in a bag that is adult proof. Yes, «adult proof» Good luck getting these bags open. You really have to want them badly to succeed. I’ve resorted to breaking out the scissors the last two bags.
The chips in general are a relatively thick cut premium potatoes that are slow cooked in small kettles using sunflower and/​or safflower oil. A great start!
IN ORDER OF WHAT I LIKED BEST ===
SEA SALT CRACKED PEPPER (Rating 4.75) So far, these are my favorite by Boulder Canyon and Rachel Ray’s evidently as she voted it America’s #1 chip in the US. The sea salt makes a difference. It’s not a salty residue like on so many other chips, it a salt with texture IMO that emboldens the flavor. And then comes the cracked pepper. At first bite, the pepper is not overwhelming nor overly spicy. The combination of the kettle taste, the sea salt and cracked pepper draws you into the next chip… and the next… and the next. Once the bag is gone, the spicy cracked pepper taste stays for a short bit just letting you know how bad you really were.
HICKORY BARBECUE (Rating 4.25) So I just tried these today for the first time.
They definitely have a deep smokey, hickory flavor that isn’t just sprinkled on by the makers. So many BBQ chips lean too far on spices added after the fact. These are the real deal with the garlic and onion balancing the flavor perfectly. Yum.
So I found my box and Costco. Hope they continue to offer them because they’re my new favorite! I’ll update this review when I’ve tasted more of them.