Wise Onion and Garlic Potato Chips – Full Price, Empty Bag

Although not a global staple like Lays Potato Chips, Wise are an East Coast chip that you can find at any local store. They make some great snacks and when I got my hands on the large bag of Wise Onion and Garlic chips, I was looking forward to a tasty snack. I was shocked, however, when I opened the bag my mouth dropped at how empty it was. I’d say it was close to a third full and I even had to take a picture because it felt so empty.  Lack of chips aside though, how would the onion and garlic chips taste?

Unlike most onion chips I’ve had, Wise Onion and Garlic did not have any noticeable green “flakes” on them. In terms of the chips themselves, they are almost as thin as a Lay’s chip, but not nearly as greasy. The bag did not have any smell coming from it, which left me and some friends helping with the review skeptical as to how they would fare.

The chips themselves had a nice crunch, but there seemed to be absolutely no flavor on them whatsoever.  We’ve had our share of mild and not so mild snacks here at Munchies Blog, but these had almost zero flavor. At first you get a bit of a potato-y flavor which – when you eat multiple chips together – is followed by a hint of onion and garlic, followed by a salt & hint of onion aftertaste. Most of the group I ate these with probably wouldn’t have been able to tell the difference between these and a plain bag of chips: not a good sign for a chip that is supposed to combine two strong flavors.

With a bright green bag that has a garlic and onion right on the front, I had much higher hopes for Wise’s Onion and Garlic Chips. I can’t recommend buying these for taste, and I would feel bad telling someone to buy any snack that feels like it is severely lacking in the price to food ratio. As such, these get a boring grade and a recommendation to put your money towards some of our top rated snacks that can be found at a similar price.

Tags: bland, classic, garlic, Made in the USA, onion, thin