I picked up an 8.5-oz bag for $2.99 on sale.
It's not a powerful aroma but there's a definite maple bacon smell to these.
The taste is pretty interesting but pretty good as well! There's a top note of maple sweetness and just a hint of a bacony finish. More importantly, the taste of potato was never overwhelmed and was present through the entire experience. I didn't get any sense of heat from the chili pepper.
Like the all of the Kettle Brand potato chips, there's a substantial and thick crunch. I think the thicker, kettle-cooked chips definitely helped to balance the various flavors.
Overall, I thought these would be weird like Chicken and Waffles Lay's potato chips but somehow Kettle managed to make a similarly odd flavor fit together better with a shorter list of ingredients. I'm pretty glad because I was dreading having to eat the larger 8.5-oz bag of chips if it turned out badly.
Nutritional Info - Maple Bacon-flavored Kettle Brand Potato Chips
Serving Size - 1 oz (28g/about 13 chips)
Calories - 150 (from Fat - 80)
Fat - 9g (Saturated Fat - 1g)
Sodium - 120mg
Carbs - 16g (Sugar - 2g)
Protein - 2g