Stuff We Want: Philadelphia Candies Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, Because December Is Too Far Away
"chocolate lays potato chips" is rising on Google Trends. Lay's chocolate-dipped Wavy chips don't land until December. A Pennsylvania candy shop has been doing this the whole time.
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Google Trends has chocolate lays potato chips rising this morning, and the reason is real: Lay's just announced its holiday lineup, including Lay's Wavy Milk Chocolate and Lay's Wavy Dubai-Style Dark Chocolate covered potato chips. The catch, per Lay's: those two hit select retailers on December 1.
December 1. That's six weeks of thinking about chocolate chips you can't have. Your brain will not survive that. Nobody's brain would.
Good news for the impatient: chocolate covered potato chips are not a new invention, and a candy maker in Pennsylvania has been quietly doing them for years. Meet the Philadelphia Candies Original Potato Chips, Milk Chocolate Covered, a full 1 pound gift box of ridged potato chips dunked in milk chocolate.
The ingredient list is refreshingly short. The listing says it's made with four real ingredients: milk chocolate, potatoes, oil, and salt. That's it. That's the whole lineup. It's like a band with no keyboard player and nobody misses him.
Philadelphia Candies says it has been making chocolates in Hermitage, PA since its founding in 1919, with retail stores in Pennsylvania and Ohio. So while the internet is losing its mind over a brand new idea, a century-old candy shop is over here like "oh, that? We've had that."
There's also a Kettle Cooked Chip version on the listing if you want more chip and less chocolate. The listing's words, not ours, but we respect a company that knows its customers want options at 11 PM.
Who it's for: anyone who just Googled chocolate Lay's and doesn't want to wait until December, sweet-and-salty people, and anyone who needs a snack gift that's weirder than a tin of cookies.
Skip it if you only want the Lay's Wavy version specifically, or you're shipping to somewhere hot. Chocolate and a warm porch are not friends.
The verdict: hand-picked for the chocolate Lay's spike. Lay's shows up in December. This box shows up a lot sooner.
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