Ghosts & Bats Potato Snacks Hamburger Flavour

The other day I pretended to be disappointed that the Chimpeys snack was not chimpanzee-shaped. Of course I really wasn't expecting that. But I was expecting this crispy snack, prominently labelled Ghosts & Bats, to be ghost- and/or bat-shaped.

I mean, we've tried ghosts and bats before for Hallowe'en, and not at Hallowe'en. We've tried scorpion shapes; in two different flavours.  So why do these Ghosts and Bats look more like pasta shells than anything?

This Maltese snack has a lovely aroma of fried crispy snack, a nice light crunch, and a taste of.... well I thought they taste mainly of crispy snack. However, Slightly Red-Haired Bristolian (she's a new taste tester) thought they tasted of bacon. And I think they sort of do. Or bacon-flavour snacks anyway. Which is pretty odd wouldn't you say? Definitely not a hamburger flavour.

The artwork on the packet is so unlike the actual snack it's really bizarre. But having said that, we all liked them a lot and they were all eaten by 10 o'clock in the morning. That didn't take long then.

M&S Eat Well Bacon, Tomato & Worcester Sauce Potato Snacks

Ever hopeful, the reluctant taste testers and I tried another Eat Well flavour from Marks & Spencer. And this time (what a relief) it's made with potatoes.

So what gives this snack its Eat Well healthiness factor? It's low in saturated fats. But the recipe still contains (probably plenty of) sugar and salt. And it's a complicated recipe. The Worcester sauce flavour is cobbled together with tamarind paste, cloves, ginger and garlic; the tomato seems to be tomato, and the bacon? That's vegetarian, indeed vegan, bacon.

Not a bad flavour and we quite liked it. I thought the flavour was mainly Worcester sauce... with a little added bacon. Not sure that we would try them again though.

Interesting choice of mauve for the packaging. Very unusual.