I'm not entirely sure if these are based on the American Cheetos 'Flamin Hot' or not. They have Wotsits in the range which are a better version of the same shape crisp - but then the branding here is blatantly ripping off Takis Fuego.
I'm not used to Walkers being the imitator and not the leader in the Crisp Aisle - I guess they just got overtaken at some point.
For £1.25 you get 70g of Crisps - made with real potato too - so from a value perspective these are doing OK
And the bag is filled with magic gas to protect the cargo so you get a decent amount of whole crisps. the colour hints at magical spices, and the smell is pretty good.
The ridges are good too - holding in the flavour dust.
Unfortunately that flavour is just boring!
Yeah - it's hot - but the flavour is flat as a pancake, with none of the lovely lime depth of the Takis Feugo, or Cofresh spicy good-times. These are the whitest of white - hot for hot's sake kind of spice. If it was a sauce you'd mix it with something else to desperately try to get it to excite anything.
It's like a focus group wanted an inoffensive but very hot crisp. If that's your bag then I'd get them quick - these are not going to be around in a year or so - there are already much more exciting options on the market.
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