Our Brummie Mummies Facebook and Instagram pages are packed with money-saving tips, as is our podcast. This is a massive £2.55 weekly saving (because you know those two additional packs would get eaten and not carried over to the following week!) If you're buying a multipack of Cheese Curls to put in two kids' lunch boxes each weekday then one 10-bag multipack would suffice whereas you'd need to buy two packs of the originals to cover each day - costing £3.90 (with two bags spare). Tesco's Cheese Curls cost just over 13p a bag - making them less than half the price of the original Walker's - and they tasted great. One of the cheapest brands came out as the favourite. We gave them a combined score of 3.5 out of 5 stars. My eldest liked the texture but wasn't keen on the taste. However, my youngest son really enjoyed these crisps, saying they were his favourite. I felt they had a crispy texture but they seemed to quickly dissolve to nothing, which wasn't very satisfying. Snackrite Cheese Curls from Aldi cost £1.29 for a 10-pack from Aldi, making them just under 13p a bag, which was marginally cheaper than Tesco and a lot cheaper than the originals. The texture was good because they were crunchy then dissolved nicely on the tongue. Initially, we felt the stronger flavour was good but then we decided that, after a couple of crisps, it was actually overpowering and we weren't so keen as there was a strange aftertaste. The flavour was definitely different from all the rest, more like a mature cheddar. The first thing I noticed was the cheesy smell as soon as I opened this packet. ![]() Sainsbury’s Cheesy Curls cost £1.10 for a six-pack, making them just over 18p a bag. There wasn't much the kids liked about this pack, in fact, they left the rest on the side rather than eating them. Upon eating, we found they had a 'processed flavour' that wasn't very cheesy and a 'texture like polystyrene'. The first thing I noticed was that there was no smell whatsoever when I opened the pack. Asda Cheese CurlsĪsda Cheese Curls cost £1.15 for a multipack of six, making them just under 20p a bag so cheaper than the originals but quite a bit more expensive than the Tesco version. Everyone felt they had a nice aftertaste. They had a nice mellow cheesy flavour and were crunchy at first bite then dissolved nicely on the tongue. Described as 'terrifically twisty', we discovered, upon opening, that these individual crisps seemed larger shapes than other brands. Our combined scores gave them 2.5 out of 5 stars.Ĭheese Curls from Tesco cost £1.35 for a multipack of 10 bags, making them just over 13p a bag, which is considerably cheaper than the originals. Neither was very keen on the flavour, not knowing, of course, that they were the original brand. My one son liked the texture too but the other thought they were 'too solid'. I liked the way the sharp, cheesy flavour made your tastebuds zing and the fact that they remained crunchy once they were on your tongue. ![]() Walker's QuaversĪ six-pack of Walkers Quavers from Sainsbury's costs £1.95, making them just over 30p a bag. It seemed that most supermarkets have an alternative to Quavers but they are sold in different pack sizes. ![]() Read more: I tried Pringles against Aldi's Snackrite Stackers to see if it was worth spending the extra on the real deal I got the children to blind taste them to give each a fair trial. We tried packets of Cheese Curls from Asda, Tesco, Aldi and Sainsbury's to find out how much they cost and whether they tasted any good. I wanted to see if this was a good way of saving money on packed lunches. That's the challenge I set for myself and my kids when we went grocery shopping. But can you tell the difference and is it worth spending the extra on the real deal? A six-pack of Walker's Quavers can set you back nearly £2 and yet you can pick up own-brand supermarket equivalents for almost half this price.
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