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Very Important Question About Crisps With Exciting Poll

117 replies

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 11:49

Here we go, a bit of excitement for you all on a gloomy Friday.

What colour packet should Cheese and Onion crisps be in?

*Disclaimer - these are the regular size packets, often bought in a big with multiple flavours.

My favourite C&O crisps is Golden Wonder and I think they've got it right ✅️

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CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 12:21

KrystalStubbs · 07/11/2025 12:10

I am old enough to remember when we had only one flavour of crisps (with the salt in a little twist of blue paper). Then the excitement of cheese and onion crisps in the shops in green packets. So green will always be the correct colour and to this day it still confuses me if they're in a blue bag. Aldi's are the best everyday crisps - their prawn cocktail ones are fab too.

That's it - You win the internet 🏆
(Well this thread anyway)

Case closed, no need for further debate.
You can shut down this thread now pleaseandthankyou MNHQ 😄

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DubiousGoals · 07/11/2025 12:21

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 11:50

Bonus Question - In your opinion, who does the best Cheese and Onion crisps?

Tayto

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 12:22

JoeSikoraTommysStory · 07/11/2025 12:14

GREEN 100%
Also golden wonder & KP crisps are top tier!!!
walkers are shite.

Tudor were the best crisps & need brought back.

And you too! Medal winging its way over to you... 🏅

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pizzaHeart · 07/11/2025 12:24

Yellow

Burntt · 07/11/2025 12:27

Green because salt and vinegar should be blue. Cheese and onion are disgusting though. Give me pink prawn cocktail any day

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 12:28

BTW
Prawn cocktail is the best flavour

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shellyleppard · 07/11/2025 12:29

Definitely walker's

Coffeeishot · 07/11/2025 12:29

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 11:50

Bonus Question - In your opinion, who does the best Cheese and Onion crisps?

Walkers cheese and onion are the best although I bought an Asda multipack and their cheese and onion were nice, I have no opinion on packet colour really.

CuriousKangaroo · 07/11/2025 12:31

Thank you for starting this crucial discussion.

The answer is green, but ironically Walkers cheese and onion crisps are not just the best cheese and onion crisps, but the best crisps, FULL STOP.

user2848502016 · 07/11/2025 12:35

Green because onions are green - salt and vinegar should be blue because…..salt is blue?

Love McCoy’s cheddar & onion

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 12:39

@user2848502016

Green because onions are green - salt and vinegar should be blue because…..salt is blue? salt comes from the sea, and the sea is blue! 😂

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TheArtfulScreamer1 · 07/11/2025 12:46

Fiddlers Lancashire Crisps are the best crisps ever especially the Lancashire Sauce ones and I say this as someone who comes from Yorkshire.

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 12:50

CuriousKangaroo · 07/11/2025 12:31

Thank you for starting this crucial discussion.

The answer is green, but ironically Walkers cheese and onion crisps are not just the best cheese and onion crisps, but the best crisps, FULL STOP.

You're welcome.
I appreciate your comment.
I was a tad unsure if this was too controversial a topic for a weekday, but thought sod it, it's almost the weekend.
Hope you have a good one where crisps feature heavily 🙂

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Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 13:02

I know these are corn chips rather than crisps but I bought this flavour today.
I am a bit scared to try them.....

Very Important Question About Crisps With Exciting Poll
ObtuseMoose · 07/11/2025 13:16

Definitely green though I'm not sure why 🤷‍♀️
They are minging though!

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 14:04

Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 13:02

I know these are corn chips rather than crisps but I bought this flavour today.
I am a bit scared to try them.....

That's just all kinds of wrong.

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SirChenjins · 07/11/2025 14:08

Green obviously, because onions are plants that have green.

Blue is the colour of the sea where good salt comes from.

I have to say Walkers (reluctantly).

Nellieinthebarn · 07/11/2025 14:16

Right, Cheese and onion should be green because onions are vegetables, and salt and vinegar should be blue because the sea is blue and you eat fish and chips by the sea with salt and vinegar. Pretty obvious logic imo. 😁

Brefugee · 07/11/2025 14:20

KrystalStubbs · 07/11/2025 12:10

I am old enough to remember when we had only one flavour of crisps (with the salt in a little twist of blue paper). Then the excitement of cheese and onion crisps in the shops in green packets. So green will always be the correct colour and to this day it still confuses me if they're in a blue bag. Aldi's are the best everyday crisps - their prawn cocktail ones are fab too.

gosh those twists of paper. And if you got 2 or 3 it was like a bonus.
I loathe C&O crisps, the One True Flavour is Salt and Vinegar.
And thank goodness the Germans finally caught up and saw the light about that.

Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 14:29

CharliesAngles · 07/11/2025 14:04

That's just all kinds of wrong.

There's apparently a gingerbread flavour Pepsi Max too.
That's probably ok because I imagine it will taste similar to ginger beer.
But I am too scared to open the Doritos.
(I had to buy them for....ermm....research 🤔)

Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 14:30

I tried some mushroom flavour Lays ones once.
Worst. Crisp. Ever.

AgapanthusPink · 07/11/2025 14:34

Seabrook. Although they’re not as good as when I was a child. They also did an awesome tomato ketchup one then too (in a red packet 😂)

SailingAwayAgain · 07/11/2025 14:37

Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 11:54

Walkers are the best so therefore BLUE.
stamps foot

Are they blue?? When I used to buy Walkers crisps (when my kids still lived with us) cheese and onion were in green packets and salt 'n vinegar were blue.

When did they change the colour? And I wonder why they changed it.

Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 14:41

SailingAwayAgain · 07/11/2025 14:37

Are they blue?? When I used to buy Walkers crisps (when my kids still lived with us) cheese and onion were in green packets and salt 'n vinegar were blue.

When did they change the colour? And I wonder why they changed it.

They never have.
It's one of those mandela effect things.
People are convinced of it but Walkers have confirmed it never was.

Needmorelego · 07/11/2025 14:43

@SailingAwayAgain from Walkers website - under Frequently Asked Questions 😂

Very Important Question About Crisps With Exciting Poll