Festive crisps, looking for recommendations

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I've been picking up Xmas food here and there when at the shops and was looking at Aldi's crisp offerings which were a bit uninspiring - turkey and thyme, pigs in blankets. Anyone seen any good ones out there they can recommend? Thanks!

I got some lovely truffle flavour crisps from Aldi a few years ago. They were in a turquoise packet in a special 'exceptional' even better than our normal posher version branding.

Can't remember if they had another flavour or just truffle but that would be my dream Christmas crisp come back. The texture was nice too, not too crispy, I'm wary of fancy crisps, some of them are too crispy for me(!) but I liked the texture of those.

Other than that, I'm boring as far as crisps goes. My favourite crisps are the cheap ready salted crisps that you get as a tapa in Spain or can buy in sacks in Spanish supermarkets. They're a lot nicer than UK branded plain crisps, whether Walkers or Kettle Chips type, for some reason.

I bought lobster cocktail crisps last year. Ok, it was more or less just slightly jazzier prawn cocktail but they were really tasty.

Lidl ridge cut lobster are ace £1.25 150g bag.

Sweet rather than savoury M&S cinnamon and chocolate tortilla rolls.

Pringles have got a 'mystery' Christmas flavour!

Caitlin Moran a while back recommended a tin of crisps - she meant specifically for gatherings and groups etc. apparently they always go down well.
These ones:
twofarmers.co.uk/product/sharing-tins/

£30!!! 😂

I've never had a tin of crisps either!

Eeeek £30 noooo shall pass on that one.

Co-op Irresistible range are always good!

Thanks for the replies.
No truffle crisps (yet) in Aldi here, but will keep an eye out.
Anything seafood is good, I'll maybe take a trip to Lidl.
I'm forgetting Co-op, they do good crisps so should try their festive offerings

We bought the marks and Spencer festive crisps last year. I have made notes that they weren’t eaten as way too salty. I’ve noted down normal crisps only for 2026.

£30 for a tin of crisps!! They saw her coming.
Sometimes the supermarkets do a Pigs in Blankets crisps. I’ve seen them but never had them but they sound nice. I used to love the bacon flavoured crisps - was it Walkers?

Sainsbury's Christmas hoisin duck ones always sell out well before Christmas.

possibly because I buy them all

My favourite garden centre food hall has started stocking a french brand of crisps (maybe called Brets?) They have a salted butter flavour which are to die for!!

M&S always do star shaped tortilla chips, which have become a bit of a family tradition. I don’t think they’re in the shops yet, but I havn’t looked very hard (we still have 2 birthdays before I can think about Christmas).

Ooh will have to look out for those.

For truffle fans, these look nice.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/23/walkers-launching-a-brand-new-premium-crisp-range-uk-29641695/amp/

Saw them yesterday!

Asda have some roast chicken and black garlic butter crisps out that are really nice. Somewhere else, I forget where, has turkey and garlic ones too which are fine but not as nice as the Asda ones.

I bought Brie and cranberry, and dauphinois potatoes from Sainsbury’s , not helpful as I hated them both , but our tastes may be different , they were only £1.12 a bag with nectar I think

In defence of Two Farmers, they are hands down the best crisps I have ever eaten. They are tremendous. And I think it’s 2 tins for £30? Yes, very expensive but I love them so much I will probably buy some!

TBF the tins of Two Farmers crisps work out cheaper than the M&S Collection ones.

You can also buy 12 sharing packs for £30 which is £2.50 each, so in line with other nice crisps.

I wonder if you can buy them in shops so you can just get one bag?

I agree! Yes they are expensive, but they are the best crisps ever. And I am a dedicated crisp eater.

Inspired by this thread:

Glad to see fans of the tin option; if you’re feeding (snacking) a crowd it’d be handy to have crisps in bulk without having to open (and dispose of) umpteen plastic packets.

Never tried them myself; might bring them to my son’s when we go this Christmas.