Several weeks ago, we received a package that contained a selection of hot & spicy potato chips from Kettle Brand Chips. In addition to looking forward to having the chance to taste them, we had hoped to be able to crank out a few reviews on those. Unfortunately, we nibbled those chips to extinction without so much as writing a word about them. Whoops! Well, we decided to rectify that by coughing up a few bucks to get some more chips to review and in the process we also picked up a few extra varieties to try as well. This variety, the Organic Chipotle Chili Barbecue chips, were one of the “extras” we picked up, and thought it would a good review to introduce ourselves to Kettle Brand Chips.

Ingredients: organic select Russet potatoes, organic expeller pressed high monounsaturated safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic dehydrated vegetables (organic tomato, organic onion, organic garlic, organic jalapeno pepper), organic evaporated cane juice, sea salt, organic spices (organic cayenne pepper, organic chili powder, organic chipotle chili powder, organic parsley), citric acid

I really like the whole organic notion with food, but there’s something a little odd about applying the term organic to any food that’s deep-fried and snack-y like potato chips. That said, I give credit to Kettle Brand for putting this sort of product out there. Now, will the taste match up to the notion that organic is better, and where does this product rate in the whole hot & spicy foods spectrum? The proof, is in the bag:

Taste: This chip has a very distinct spicy-sweet flavor that’s certainly more barbecue than chipotle. While being somewhat reminiscent of other BBQ potato chips currently on the market, there’s just enough chipotle flavor to distinguish this chip from others like it. Make no mistake, this is NOT a spicy-hot potato chip. In fact, it barely rates a 2/10 on my heat scale with its meager amount of chipotle. However, it’s a truly taste-worthy chip in which the bag was rapidly consumed in a single sitting. The chips are decently thick, so you won’t have to worry that your bag will be full of crumbs, either.

Overall recommendation: For a barbecue-flavored potato chip, this one’s worthy of your efforts to try it. While not overly hot, it has a nice spicy-sweet flavor that will appeal to a broad amount of people. The fact that this product is made from all-organic ingredients is such a bonus, and I’d certainly pick up another bag of this flavor if I saw it on the grocery store shelves. Enjoy!