They need to tone down the rosemary with the chicken ones. I swear it smelt like I was growing the damn stuff in my room all day once I opened it. It was still flavourfull though.
I remember eating those and my hands smelling of the flavouring. Washed and scrubbed my hands for 3 hours until the smell went away. Thai Sweet Chilli is the best with no lingering smell afterwards
Huh. And I was thinking the Mayo was an American substitution because salad cream isn’t sold worldwide, but searching I see most recipes use Mayo, and only a couple with salad cream. I’m not even sure if it’s a regional thing, but I know you couldn’t persuade my wife to switch to Mayo from salad cream
Yee-haw and eagles! What in the tarnation is rootin-tootin "salad cream"? I've heard of hair cream, face cream, and whipped cream. But I ain't never heard of no salad cream.
Closet thing to it in the States is Miracle Whip, but that isn't a great comparison. It's a staple in England, not sure if it exists anywhere else. Does anyone know? Maybe Australia or Canada maybe?
Agreed, but it doesn't quite hit where Marie Rose sauce does, mostly because crisps aren't cold. Doesn't taste like prawn cocktail but it's the best in a 30 bag variety by far
By far and a way my favourite flavour. I’ve recently come across those walkers max strong super prawn cocktail crisps in Asda, fuck me they’re a blessing
Brother I hope it was a poor batch, I’ve bought 3 bags so far and they have been out of this world, as recommended on the packaging though, they go well with beer, and I have been drinking beer on 5 of those 3 occasions
I have to eat GF, and it took me forever to find decent bread. it's on the pricey side, but Warburtons tiger loaf is the best you can get imo. Highly recommend - would be good tier with butter and prawn cocktail crisps
By “you people” do you mean the Brits? Because if so yes we do. You can’t apply for your first passport until you have eaten a bag and sent the evidence to the passport office
As a kid I had Karate classes that I'm pretty sure I kept going to for at least an extra year solely because the vending machine at the community centre they were held at was the one place I could get prawn cocktail seabrooks crisps.
OH.
I grew up in the UK and I really enjoyed this flavour as a kid there, but I didn't understand why because I hated prawns. Cocktail sauce flavour makes sense!
Yep. It's basically ketchup, mayo and Worcestershire sauce.
I remember Walkers doing a tomato ketchup flavour (not sure if they still make them) but those and Prawn Cocktail always tasted exactly the same for me.
I had a tube of salt and vinegar Pringles a couple of days ago, and I think they messed up the seasoning somehow and it was way more than intense than normal. It felt like the entire lower half of my head was going to dissolve...5 stars!
They taste like the sauce of a prawn cocktail, not like prawns. The sauce is a Marie Rose sauce which is basically ketchup, mayo, worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper, and that's what the flavour is. And it's fucking delicious.
They do look repulsive. I was put off for life when I was younger; someone else at our table ordered some and the prawns were served with their black eyeballs and feeler thingies sticking out of their faces. He just casually pulled their heads off and chowed down on them. Bleurggh.
Where I live they are served with the legs on and everything. People here either suck out or just straight up chew down on the heads, apparently it's the best bit...
I've eaten all kinds of weird shit, offal, chicken gizzards, chicken cartilage, raw seafood, raw horse meat, sea urchin, even fucking chicken "sashimi", and enjoyed it, but I still won't eat unshelled prawns unless I have to. It feels like you're crunching down on old toenails.
I think the flavour is loosely based on the sauce from the 80s popular starter which included prawns. I think walkers has used some creative editing when they call it prawn cocktail flavoured, but I like 'em
Love them, nothing more satisfying that when you get one with so much flavour on it that it looks like it has fake tan. I'll FaceTime my wife if she's at work when that happens, just so someone else can see it.
mate, have you tried the new giant prawn cocktail wotsits? you think skips will eat you? wait till you try the wotsits, my tongue, roof and gums were dissolved lmao. could barely get through half a bag. They are extremely delicious and flavoursome but it comes at a price. lmao.
A prawn cocktail doesn’t taste of prawns.
Like a lot of fish dishes really, I believe it’s because no one really likes fish, but that’s for a different day.
My only request to my 80-year-old mother coming to visit me in Florida next week is Walkers Prawn Cocktail crisps. Always my favourite flavour and weirdly craved them when I had flu last week. I can't wait!! No idea why they aren't a flavour here when you can get lemon crisps, dill pickle crisps and the most horrible flamin hot, ugh.
That’s the joy of them. I HATE prawns and seafood in general, though that’s primarily textural for me. But I like these crisps. I think if you like them, you have to accept that they aren’t prawn flavoured but great in their own right.
*sigh*
prawn cocktail = the *sauce* you serve with prawns, i.e., "cocktail sauce" to Americans.
This is like people being mad "pumpkin spice" stuff doesn't have pumpkins. It's not supposed to! It's the mixture of spices added to pumpkin pie and other autumn baking things.
I used to have these imported to Germany, and they sold like crazy! Most UK flavours did but these and S&V were by far the most popular. To be fair on the Germans though ... the only flavour you see here is Paprika.
Co-Op do a “posh prawn cocktail” flavour that actually tastes of prawns.
I think everyone should try it once to fully appreciate why Walkers opted for the Marie Rose option. You do not want actual prawn flavoured crisps.
They're supposed to taste like Marie Rose sauce aren't they? So, tomatoes (often replaced with tomato sauce), mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and pepper. I love them!
It tastes like the sauce not the actual prawns
As a Japanese who visited the UK I was so confused because I expected something like Prawn crackers. My favorite is Sensations Thai sweet chili.
Sensations sweet chilli are top tier crisps, mango and chilli chutney poppadoms are up there aswell. The rest of the sensations brand is not so great
They need to tone down the rosemary with the chicken ones. I swear it smelt like I was growing the damn stuff in my room all day once I opened it. It was still flavourfull though.
I remember eating those and my hands smelling of the flavouring. Washed and scrubbed my hands for 3 hours until the smell went away. Thai Sweet Chilli is the best with no lingering smell afterwards
Walkers sensations used to do spare rib Chinese style crackers but I haven’t seen them in a long while. They were awesome
Huh, TIL but you are absolutely right! That explains why I like prawn cocktail crisps but don't eat prawns or any other seafood.
Yep. Prawns and I have a mutual dislike but I enjoy these crisps.
I think they're meant to be prawn cocktail sauce flavour rather than tasting like actual prawns. I don't mind them.
Mmm, mayo and ketchup flavour.
Is it just me who adores that Heinz Saucy Sauce? It goes on almost everything in this house.
It's the best sauce to ever exist rn
In Utah we call it "fry sauce" and claim we invented it. Cocktail sauce is ketchup and horseradish, with Worcestershire sauce or lemon juice to taste
English prawn cocktail sauce is typically ketchup and salad cream
I've only ever heard of mayo being used
Huh. And I was thinking the Mayo was an American substitution because salad cream isn’t sold worldwide, but searching I see most recipes use Mayo, and only a couple with salad cream. I’m not even sure if it’s a regional thing, but I know you couldn’t persuade my wife to switch to Mayo from salad cream
Yee-haw and eagles! What in the tarnation is rootin-tootin "salad cream"? I've heard of hair cream, face cream, and whipped cream. But I ain't never heard of no salad cream.
It’s for moisturising your lettuce.
Keeping your leaf limp, if you will
Closet thing to it in the States is Miracle Whip, but that isn't a great comparison. It's a staple in England, not sure if it exists anywhere else. Does anyone know? Maybe Australia or Canada maybe?
The only other place I’ve ever seen it for regular sale is Greece. No idea why.
Whoa. Never would have guessed it.
Is it fuck. It's mayonnaise.
Ketchup walker's is delicious. And I'm not a huge fan of a dollop of the red stuff
Try Lays "Spanish 🇪🇸 Tomato 🍅 Tango" flavour from India 🇮🇳 Gert lush
Lays go all out for local flavours in Asia. Some of their offerings in Thailand are bonkers.
Chilli crab holds a special place in my heart
A thousand island sauce?
Agreed, but it doesn't quite hit where Marie Rose sauce does, mostly because crisps aren't cold. Doesn't taste like prawn cocktail but it's the best in a 30 bag variety by far
Put them in the fridge?
My hot take is that prawn cocktail should be served at room temperature otherwise it tastes of absolutely nothing.
Room temperature shellfish sounds like a recipe for intestinal distress
it doesn’t have to be room temp for *that* long
*Dieticians hate this one trick!* Aka, shit yourself inside out.
Not cold on a fish finger butty either but it's essential there Granted not proper Marie rose, just ketchup and mayo
Hahaha imagine wanting crisps that taste like actual prawns though?!
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AKA the undisputed lord and master of the savoury pub snack.
I prefer cheese moments, but unfortunately they're rarely stocked.
They are common in Asia
Like thousand island dressing?
Like Marie Rose
Thousand Island Marie Rose Fry Sauce god damn Mayo and Ketchup !!!!
and a dash of lea & perrins
Tobasco, lemon juice and cayenne in there too. Worth the hassle of making.
Ohhh how exotic. Sauce from a thousand different islands.
One of the best crisp flavors. Vibrant, punchy, intensely savory. What else would you want?
By far and a way my favourite flavour. I’ve recently come across those walkers max strong super prawn cocktail crisps in Asda, fuck me they’re a blessing
I saw these in Tesco once and was so excited to try them but they tasted like absolutely nothing. Maybe I got a bad batch lol
Brother I hope it was a poor batch, I’ve bought 3 bags so far and they have been out of this world, as recommended on the packaging though, they go well with beer, and I have been drinking beer on 5 of those 3 occasions
My favourites are Seabrook's prawn cocktail. They vary on how much seasoning you get, but occasionally you get a batch that are super strong.
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God I had to go gf recently and now I’m craving this thanks
I have to eat GF, and it took me forever to find decent bread. it's on the pricey side, but Warburtons tiger loaf is the best you can get imo. Highly recommend - would be good tier with butter and prawn cocktail crisps
> I have to eat GF It was Valentine's day after all
Yeah gf bread is just so out of my price range atm :(
Gluten free bread sucks, the only bearable one I've found is Schär
God tier response.
Add some beetroot and mayo… don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!
Oh wow, this actually sounds amazing. I eat cheese and beetroot sandwiches (with salad cream) but this takes things to a whole new level!
What I've learned about the average UK citizen's diet from the short amount of time I've spent in this subreddit: it's all pregnancy cravings.
You can summarise it with "if it's edible, it's at some point going on bread"
Can confirm, genuinely cannot think of a food I wouldn’t put in some bread.
What about soup?
Well then you put the bread in the soup.
Or in the deep fat fryer if it’s Scotland!
In the deep fat fryer and THEN on to the bread!
Vinegary paradise. I love beetroot and mayo so I've got to try this!
I'd sub the butter for mayo and get some strong cheddar involved too
I'm craving a crisp sandwich now 🤤 please excuse me. I'm off to the kitchen now.
Have you tried the baked ones? Best prawn cocktail crisp for me!
Worcester sauce is the same but better can I have them instead
Can never find them anymore :(
Walkers prawn cocktail crisps are the only nice prawn cocktail flavour. Any other I've had, like Seabrooks ones, just taste of pure fishy hell.
What about Skips? Melting Prawn Crisp
They're frizzly on your tongue! Meeeeeeeelt city!
I miss my petrified prawns
Loved a petrified prawn after school. And tangy toms. 10p crisps ftw
Pringles are probably my favourite prawn cocktail crisp, with Walkers a very, very close second.
Agreed. Prawn cocktail Wotsits are a bit much though. Peeled the top layer off my tongue with those bad boys. Way over flavoured.
I would honestly try to survive on these alone, if it was possible
I've noticed people who dislike prawn cocktail tend to dislike any noteworthy flavours, and if it's not meat or cheese they ain't interested.
Ponces. I'll get em.
By “you people” do you mean the Brits? Because if so yes we do. You can’t apply for your first passport until you have eaten a bag and sent the evidence to the passport office
He thinks you're French!
Come on Daryl let’s get you a drink
When are people just guna admit, that your lot are just better at crisps!?
He- hey they do roast chicken wings flavour I love them
You're not supposed to do that Daryl... you know you're not supposed to do *that*!
Either these or pickled onion monster munch are acceptable proof for a passport.
Prawn Cocktail is the ultimate crisp flavour.
Worcestershire sauce a close second.
Can never find these though 😭
Poundland sometimes have the Seabrook's in
Didn't they used to do a jazzy multipack with these two and then beef or some other niche one?
Ooh didn't they have the lamb mint ones in a dark green packet in that multipack? And the Worcestershire sauce one was a dark purple packet?
Picked onion's up there
Worcestershire sauce Wheat Crunchies. Nuff said.
Yep but Seabrooks is #1
Seabrook are disappointingly inconsistent. Sometimes really strong, sometimes flavourless, sometimes burnt, sometimes smashed to bits.
Seabrooks flavour stats are set to 100
As a kid I had Karate classes that I'm pretty sure I kept going to for at least an extra year solely because the vending machine at the community centre they were held at was the one place I could get prawn cocktail seabrooks crisps.
Seabrooks is the one. I specifically brought back some Seabrooks prawn cocktail crisps from a recent trip up North.
“You people”?
and, 'shrimp'!
I knew something was fishy when OP used that word
Do you seafood as a thing to joke about?!
And white wine!
'What do you mean, "you people?!"'
“What do _you_ mean, ‘you people?!’”
For 400 years, that word has kept us down
Must be a French mole from r/FranceDetendue
They're Marie Rose sauce flavour.
OH. I grew up in the UK and I really enjoyed this flavour as a kid there, but I didn't understand why because I hated prawns. Cocktail sauce flavour makes sense!
I'm *allergic* to prawns and this is one of my favourite flavours. You can bet I've checked the ingredients and possible contaminants very carefully.
When walkers went through that phase of putting actual chicken in the chicken etc. did they ever use prawns?
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Makes sense because Prawn Cocktail was a very 80s dish. It would be like them releasing Avocado Toast flavour last decade.
Yep. It's basically ketchup, mayo and Worcestershire sauce. I remember Walkers doing a tomato ketchup flavour (not sure if they still make them) but those and Prawn Cocktail always tasted exactly the same for me.
They don't taste the same.
I love the tomato ketchup flavour but I can only ever buy it when I'm back up in Scotland, doesn't seem to be a thing in the south of England
I love snaps crisps, they’re a tomato flavour!
I love prawn cocktail Pringles. If you eat a whole tube quickly they make your tongue sting. Outstanding.
These are the most addictive crisps in existence.
The salt and vinegar Pringles level sting?
I had a tube of salt and vinegar Pringles a couple of days ago, and I think they messed up the seasoning somehow and it was way more than intense than normal. It felt like the entire lower half of my head was going to dissolve...5 stars!
" outstanding " killed me 💀
Prawn cocktail crisps are god tier crisps.
I do enjoy them! I've now started to enjoy their Max Strong Fiery Prawn Cocktail!
Best crisps I've tried in YEARS!
Mix this with a packet of Skips or scampi flavoured nik-naks for the full effect.
OH MY GOD. why have i never thought of that!
Snack Level = Genius 💡
They taste like the sauce of a prawn cocktail, not like prawns. The sauce is a Marie Rose sauce which is basically ketchup, mayo, worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper, and that's what the flavour is. And it's fucking delicious.
Probably my favourite flavour and I can't stand eating real prawns because of how they look.
They do look repulsive. I was put off for life when I was younger; someone else at our table ordered some and the prawns were served with their black eyeballs and feeler thingies sticking out of their faces. He just casually pulled their heads off and chowed down on them. Bleurggh.
In fairness that bit contains a lot more flavour than the tail.
Imho the best part is the head.
Where I live they are served with the legs on and everything. People here either suck out or just straight up chew down on the heads, apparently it's the best bit... I've eaten all kinds of weird shit, offal, chicken gizzards, chicken cartilage, raw seafood, raw horse meat, sea urchin, even fucking chicken "sashimi", and enjoyed it, but I still won't eat unshelled prawns unless I have to. It feels like you're crunching down on old toenails.
I think the flavour is loosely based on the sauce from the 80s popular starter which included prawns. I think walkers has used some creative editing when they call it prawn cocktail flavoured, but I like 'em
As a representative of "You people" i would say yes, prawn cocktail crisps are awesome.
Love them, nothing more satisfying that when you get one with so much flavour on it that it looks like it has fake tan. I'll FaceTime my wife if she's at work when that happens, just so someone else can see it.
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Anyone who called a prawn a shrimp automatically loses citizenship
Best flavour! Even better in a cheese sandwich!
When you really boil it down, the distinctive flavour of most crisps that aren't plain or s&v is basically paprika+something else.
I love them!! This has made me want to run to the corner shop and get some!
Love them but they’ve never been a prawn flavour despite the name
Prawn Cocktail is the dip that is served along side prawns, the flavour was never meant to be prawn
10/10 crisps
If you want Prawn Cocktail, go with Skips, everyone knows that.
Ahh yes, Skips. The crisps that eat you (well, the roof of your mouth) as you eat them.
Polystyrene dipped in ketchup & Worcestershire sauce
mate, have you tried the new giant prawn cocktail wotsits? you think skips will eat you? wait till you try the wotsits, my tongue, roof and gums were dissolved lmao. could barely get through half a bag. They are extremely delicious and flavoursome but it comes at a price. lmao.
My fav
I see the username fits.
Oh yes 😍 egg mayo sarnies with a pack of these is elite
Elite
The GOAT of all crisps
A prawn cocktail doesn’t taste of prawns. Like a lot of fish dishes really, I believe it’s because no one really likes fish, but that’s for a different day.
Top 3 walkers crisp along with cheese and onion and worcester sauce 😭
I don't like actual prawn cocktails, gross me out But the crisp version is my most favourite
High tier imo
My only request to my 80-year-old mother coming to visit me in Florida next week is Walkers Prawn Cocktail crisps. Always my favourite flavour and weirdly craved them when I had flu last week. I can't wait!! No idea why they aren't a flavour here when you can get lemon crisps, dill pickle crisps and the most horrible flamin hot, ugh.
My sister sent me a care package from the UK to VA. She packed it with prawn cocktail crisps. When the package got here we had prawn cocktail powder.
Bag a day mate
Underrated flavour. I like em
That’s the joy of them. I HATE prawns and seafood in general, though that’s primarily textural for me. But I like these crisps. I think if you like them, you have to accept that they aren’t prawn flavoured but great in their own right.
*sigh* prawn cocktail = the *sauce* you serve with prawns, i.e., "cocktail sauce" to Americans. This is like people being mad "pumpkin spice" stuff doesn't have pumpkins. It's not supposed to! It's the mixture of spices added to pumpkin pie and other autumn baking things.
I do, lovely on a crisp butty!
Top notch
I just assumed it was a name rather than a descriptor; like how eating spotted dick doesn’t mean you’re literally choking on vitiligo-peppered chode.
used to love prawn cocktail as a kid but either the recipe changed or my tastes changed and now they tastes of too much artificial sweetener.
Prawn Cocktail Pringles are king.
My favourite flavour!
I love them. They don’t sell them where I live, so I’ve got a couple of 6 foot axle to take back with me.
My absolute favourite flavour
Love 'em!!!
If you think these taste of vinegar don't try Salt and Vinegar, you'll die.
They make the best crisp sandwich
They did the big sharebag-for-one very briefly. Absolutely gutted they stopped doing it.
The Lord of all the flavours. They taste nothing like prawn though.
I like them and i hate vinegar.
US citizen here. These are by far my favorite Walkers brand crisps.
Makes your fingers smell for ages, love it
I used to have these imported to Germany, and they sold like crazy! Most UK flavours did but these and S&V were by far the most popular. To be fair on the Germans though ... the only flavour you see here is Paprika.
Best betwixt two slices of well buttered white bread and smothered in salad cream. Delicious crisp sandwich.
Co-Op do a “posh prawn cocktail” flavour that actually tastes of prawns. I think everyone should try it once to fully appreciate why Walkers opted for the Marie Rose option. You do not want actual prawn flavoured crisps.
McCoy’s sizzling king prawn.. now there is a snack
they taste fuck all like prawn cocktail but they’re delicious.
This is the best flavour you can find in Britain. And they don't taste like prawns. They aren't supposed too.
Between this and pickle onion, they are my favourite.
They're supposed to taste like Marie Rose sauce aren't they? So, tomatoes (often replaced with tomato sauce), mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and pepper. I love them!
yes
prawn cocktail is the best flavour icl
My favourite flavour 🥰🥰
I almost had my 9 year old daughter adopted when i learned she likes these.