Paqui Chile Limon Tortilla Chips, 7 Oz

I have eaten a lot if spicy food in my life, and because of that i have to give these chips a good review. Are they the hottest things I've ever eaten? no. Are they hot at all? yes. Like other reviewers here I wouldn't suggest that these chips be fed to normies because they are pretty hot. A lot of mass-market foods with ghost pepper as an ingredient aren't hot at all, and that may lead to someone underestimating these chips. like I said, they are not for normies.As far as the chips go... they are very thin. Thin tortilla chips are not my preference, but eh whatever. The trademark superhot bitterness is there in multitudes; these chips do not taste nice. They don't taste bad at all, but they have a flavor profile you need to get used to. My main grievance with these is the salt. OMG are they salty, even for tortilla chips. Like... I get it, you put salt on them to enhance flavor, etc. but holy cow the saliferousness of these chips is highly unpleasant. seriously, I needed to drink like a liter of water after eating one bag, and it wasn't due to the heat. an hour later and I am still dry.When you have superhots it is easy to over compensate with other things like spices or salt. I don't blame them for that, but they are really salty. And I love salted snacks. My critique would be incomplete without a message to the company: Please tone down the salt on these a bit. let the flavor of the chips and the ghost pepper do the work. You could also add a bit of sugar to counteract the bitterness of the pepper, but not so much as to make it taste sweet..., sort of like one does with a marinara sauce.anyway, tl;dr: the chips are good and they are very hot. but they are also super salty, which knocks them down a notch.8/10, will finish the box. would purchase again.

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These chips are fresh, high quality, and tortilla chip style. The flavor is a roasty chipotle, ghost pepper, and chili powder with a decent amount of salt. This is the only bag of chips you can buy that I would actually consider to be “spicy”. As far as the spice level goes, i eat one or two when I want a nice burn and 4 or 5 when I’m looking for something more. Paqui is a slow burn, if you eat one and immediately eat three more because you didn’t feel the spice, you may be blasted with heat unexpectedly. You could eat them with dip, but be warned it would kill the spice as the seasoning is powdered. This is an authentic spicy tortilla chip experience and CHILI PEPPER is the main flavor. The preparation allows the peppers and the salt to shine through and highlight the quality of the tortilla chip. Don’t buy this if you’re expecting cheeto, takis, doritos levels of sugary sweetness, fat, and salt. This is not like other commercial chips.

Based on some of the reviews and the reputation of Paqui's one-chip-challenge (based on a different chip - not the one in this bag) I was actually worried.These chips are not nearly as hot as the hype. As in, if you get this bag and eat a chip plain, you're not going to cry. You're not going to spend time in pain and regretting it.I consider myself someone who has a high spice tolerance (as in, I'll order 5-stars spicy from most restaurants), but I've never done the spice competition thing. i don't think eating raw habaneros or raw jalapenos is fun. If you took 100 random people, i'd be in the top 5 in terms of spice tolerance, but I probably wouldn't be number 1.These are hotter than any commercial chip i've ever had, but they are not going to hurt you. Don't be afraid of them. I would not want to eat 20 of these chips in a row plain because I wouldn't enjoy it. The heat would be too high and dominates the flavor. But these are perfect for dipping in Guacamole or mild/medium salsa or pico. If you're dipping these in something to dilute them a bit, they're perfect.Bottom line: If you consider yourself someone who generally likes very spicy - spicier than most/all of your friends- but you don't relate to the crazies who eat chilis straight up or compete, then you can still handle these. You will probably enjoy them more if you uses them in situations where there's some kind of dip. I wouldn't enjoy 20 of these straight up, but with guacamole, that would be easy and enjoyable. Dipping these in guacamole probably brings the net heat level down to somewhere in the generic mainstream hot salsa range.

First off, I did the full hour burn without any food or drink but I have a massive heat tolerance I have been building up and I wanted the big boy title. Don’t mess around with this thing if you’re a newbie. It tastes bad, it smells bad and it hurts. This is for experienced heat chasers.This thing is hot. I’ve had fresh reaper pods, tubes of terror, plutonium hot sauce - you name it. This thing ranked up in the top 10% of hot things I’ve eaten by volume. Sure, if you douse wings and eat 10 of them a sauce like Last Dab will light you up - but this is one chip. One.It hits like a reaper does: a few seconds in come the needles. First on your tongue and the second on the first swallow or cough when the dust hits the back of your throat where it makes a home for the next 20 minutes.Burn time(experienced heat user): bad for 3-5 min. Annoying for another 10-20. Even after 45 minutes you knew you had something hot recently.Is it a buy? For sure. I think this thing was sub $7 when I bought it. It’s one of those things that bonds people. It’s an event. Prep yourself with yogurt, ice cream and a cold drink. Be careful with too much milk or you’ll throw it up everywhere. A single yogurt and a single cup of ice cold milk with ice cubes in it is what I use when I eat pods or wild extract sauces.My advice for people eating it: Don’t use milk or whatever. Sit down, clear your head and focus on the burn. It is what it is. This is what you signed up for. It’s not going to kill you, and the milk will barely help, so enjoy a side of life you don’t normally dip into.