do you know what this snack food item is called?

in the past two weeks, this beloved snack food item of my youth came up in two separate conversations and two of the three people involved had never heard of it.

are you serious? smh; the combo is an american snack food treasure.

i have never seen this before in my life, and if someone mentioned it by name i would give them a blank look

maybe they were some snooty oakland farm-to-table types who ate nothing but tabouli in their homeschooled upbringings.

unless it is called a cheese pretzel, then I would be like yeah I want one

Needs a "i have never seen this before in my life, but it is pretzel and cheese, so I would eat it" option. Never heard of it, but it seems like a reasonable snack.

I'm not sure I've ever purchased Combos but if they're around I'll have a couple. I seem to not be running in Combos-eating crowds anymore though.

omg i love combos

xxp - one was my ex-bf, who will eat doritos w/ranch dip as a meal.

i rep hard for the pizza varieties:

http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/07/ode-to-combos-pizzeria-pretzel-pepperoni-pizza-cracker.html

*rep hard = eat maybe once every five years, but enjoy a lot

COM BOS

<2 in 1, imo>

i know what this is and i might drive to 7-11 to buy some right now

i have never seen this before in my life, and if someone mentioned it by name i would give them a blank look

sarahell you just made my day, eating some right now cuz i went to my corner store when i saw the image. (no joke) (i live next to a corner store)

i was just talking about combos with someone last weekend! haven't had them in years. iirc i ate them a bunch w/o really being crazy about them?

nb goldfish are forever the snack food of my heart and i basically buy like two bags of them a week :(

Never seen it, but I'm not American.

lol

i'm not american and nb. these are the worst thing in the world

I could get with pretzels + cheese but the US idea of pretzels filled with cheese has got to be some hell level weird.

i think the reason why a lot of ppl may have never heard of them is b/c somewhere along the way they became sort of a second tier snack-- something you'd find towards the rear of the snack aisle at rite aid, rather than something occupying premium shelf space at the supermarket

back in the day (the eighies) they were heavily marketed and enjoyed much greater visibility. these days your paris hiltons are not going to be snacking on combos. maybe your christine aguileras or your don novellos, but not paris. she is the "it girl" of this decade for pete's sake!

I love the combination of pretzels and cheese, but i have always been terrified of combos and would never let one cross my lips.

they are so delicious that you don't realize you've had too many until it's far too late

I've seen them before but I've never had one and don't know their name

have heard the term 'combo' but never seen one irl. maybe I've seen a bag or something.

combos were for sure one of my junk food gotos back in the day

pizza flavor 2nded

classic road trip food. something you only eat in the car on a road trip.

know 'em, used to eat 'em

http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/Rodney-Rush-325.jpg

I associate them w/this discount food store:

http://greenbabyguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/grocery-outlet-carries-cheap-organic-food.jpg

Love Combos. I've eaten them for breakfast. The jalapeno ones are hard to find, probably because they fuckin' rule.

Opening a bag of Combos is like, I eat one and then suddenly the bag is empty and no time appears to have passed.

these are the ultimate "these are DELICIOUS!" (30 seconds pass) "THESE ARE DISGUSTING" junk food

i know what combos are but have rarely ever eaten them. for some reason they never appealed to me as a kid because the bags they came in were really small compared to other junk food. i wanted quantity over quality

most otm thing youve ever said xp

these are made out of magic and if you have never had one and are american you have never truly lived (or been up way too late boozing it up and stopped by a super-america with a car full of drunken buddies)

also in this ^^^ arena - weird gas station food on that infinite roller thing, the legendary chuckwagon sandwich

i totally want a bag of combos now. i don't think they have them at my local 7-11 (which has a pitifully small snack food inventory).

might i suggest buying some off-brand pretzel nuggets and dipping them into pre-masticated non-extreme flavored doritos?

capital idea!

have we already talked about gardetto's in another thread? because i feel those are of similar cultural signifigance

def never heard of gardetto's

wtf is a chuckwagon sandwich

I mean, I hope it isn't a dog food sandwich, but that's basically what I'm assuming

it's makes me so happy that you can now get a bag of gardetto's containing ONLY THE RYE CHIPS. corporate america heard my cry.

def never heard of gardetto's

― iatee, Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:26 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whaaaaat

altho going to cities where they have UTZ is like, ok what decade slash country am i in now

maybe it's a midwest thing?

there's a great episode of "mike and tom eat snacks" where they review popchips. they were the first product they had been sent by a company and they spend half the episode mocking the chirpy letter the marketing guy sent with the samples. iirc they were into the salt-and-pepper popchips but not the rest of them.

chips companies need to step up their game re: innovative and new flavors imo

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:42 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

you need to move to asia

iirc they were into the salt-and-pepper popchips

Which aren't bad, actually. The bbq are acceptable and the rest uninteresting.

I want squid ink flavored chips, like nero di seppia flavor - that would be awesome

someone please explain "all dressed" crisps

i am in awe at the idea of a baked potato flavour crisp, that's basically a crisp flavour crisp

haha right there with you, thomp

that's basically a crisp flavour crisp

Actually, I believe it's sour cream, chive and cheddar. It's really just a cheesed up sour cream and onion chip.

i think the british crisp market has taken a turn downhill in recent years, to be honest. the ridiculous extent to which the faux-artisan crisp sector has taken over. these fall into the problem of there only being about five basic flavours that the g.b.p. is really comfortable with, on a crisp (vinegar, cheese powder, onion powder, salt, flavour enchancer), and any other flavour being either difficult technically or (i suspect) softballed by the manufacturers so as not to miss the comfort zone -- the recent walkers attempt at a 'chipotle' flavour just tasted purely of onion

the real problem, though, is the great difficulty in locating good tortilla chips

or, as we like to call them, "maize crisps"

I love Combos but DJP and Tracer OTM about there being a very thin line between being happy you are eating Combos and wishing you were dead.

Also, it is super fun to bite the pretzel in half and eat the cheese out of the middle.

XP POPCHIPS ARE THE WORST. I have said this elsewhere on ILX.

Also, it is super fun to bite the pretzel in half and eat the cheese out of the middle.

... "resulting paste"

... "flavour enhancer"? does this end up coming across like a super-intense potato?

No resulting paste. The whole resulting paste meme makes me want to puke.

I think all dressed are more supposed to be a little but of every flavor.

what the shit is a popchip

Never heard of Zapp's. Do they use the slogan "More crunch to the munch"?

chips companies need to step up their game re: innovative and new flavors imo

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:42 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

you need to move to asia

― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:49 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nick! Have you been to Me Dee, the Thai restaurant at Damen/Lawrence? They have Lays potato chips from Thailand.

They finally got Zapp's at my sandwich shop and I was EXCITED

no resulting paste themed option?

what the shit is a popchip

popping is a way of making our all-natural chips. we start with wholesome potatoes, add a little heat and pressure, along with a little snack magic. and pop! it's a chip. all that’s added is a flavorful blend of all-natural seasonings to create taste-bud popping flavors that appeal to the whole family. pop open a bag of popchips and try for yourself. everybody has a favorite. or two. all it will cost is your IMMORTAL SOUL

wow they really managed to cram "pop" into that blurb about as many times as humanly possible huh

I only eat popchips when I achieve poppage

I love popchips.

no xpost

That snack podcast had a really funny one where they reviewed Veggie Booty and were totally otm re "kale dust".

Has anybody ever made kale chips? Those aren't bad either. Kinda like nori but w/o the sea-taste.

yes, they're pretty good

that is to say: they're crunchy and salty

I thought Popchips would be like Munchos but they were not.

I would throw all the Popchips in the world into the river for one bag of Munchos.

― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, January 20, 2012 8:17 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol yeah they're nothing like Munchos which, omg, are probably my most favorite shitty snack food. I haven't had them in years but I have fond fond memories.

Kale chips are really good but also easy to ruin. I've overcooked them a couple times.

I have been unable to find Munchos in Chicago.

Munchos are the greatest.

I'm listening to the Marcia Trionfale from Aida while we're talking about how great Munchos are imagining a line of supplicants bringing Munchos to the Pharaoh and wishing I was a pharaoh so I could eat some Munchos.

Awesome highbrow/lowbrow right there

http://i.imgur.com/31RJi.jpg

"Popchips inspire me to bare my teeth and turn the corners of my mouth upwards!"

Somehwat divisive these Popchips...

fuck, combos are good.

sometimes, nothing will do but shitty food.

omg i love combos

― psychgawsple, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:48 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

perfect accompaniment w/combos is an ice-cold mountain dew

am eating 'utz natural gourmet medley kettle cooked dark russet, lightly salted, blue potato, sweet potato' & am in heaven

the utz girl got married:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n3fPqhwMnA

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after this thread i now see them everywhere...there's a term for that isn't there

confirmation bias?

google sez Baader-Meinhof phenomenon

I was in a Dollar Tree store today and saw some, looked worth trying (a spicy version) but wasn't buying anyrhing else and didn't want to go through the line just for them. Shelf-stable cheese still seems like a bad idea.