I Try Walkers' 2026 FIFA World Cup Crisps

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup in full swing, I thought I'd write some words about the four crisps Walkers have brought out to celebrate the tournament.

As you can see in the photograph, there are four varieties out there. I'll go through each one in the order they appear above.

English Bangers and Mash

These are regular Walkers crisps with an 'English Bangers and Mash' flavour. I've tried sausage flavour crisps before. Sausage and Tomato, by Golden Wonder, has no competition with this offering.

They're okay. But just that. Nothing more.

Mexican Beef Taco Doritos

I chose the right time to write about these crisps, didn't I? What with England set to meet Mexico on Sunday (Monday for us). 

I enjoy Doritos. There have only been rare occasions when I've disliked new flavours of these tortilla chips. With that said - I loved this flavour. It's actually a rare occasion when the flavour suits the product because of the 'Mexicaness' of beef tacos being the flavour of a chip.

Definitely worth looking out for.

Wavy Spanish Queso

I was unaware of the Walkers 'Wavy' range until I sampled these crisps.  I don't even know if there are any other 'wavy' varieties out there. Anyway, these crinkled crisps represent Spain by having a 'queso' flavour. 

I studied Spanish at high school, I know that 'Queso' means 'Cheese'. But, I also want to add something else - Estas patatas fritas son las mejores de las cuatro.

What I wrote in Spanish was 'these crisps are the best of the four'. They truly are. 

As I munched away, I kept nodding to myself. 'Yes,' I concluded. 'This flavour absolutely represents the taste of Spanish cheese'. 

They're legitimately one of the best cheese flavour crisps I've ever had. Trust me, that is a strong statement.

Walkers Max Portuguese Chorizo and Onion

This packet was in the 'Max' range. I think these crisps are suited to that variety of crisps because Walkers Max tend to deal with strong flavours on the ridge potato chip. So, they got that spot on.

As for whether I liked eating them, I'd have to go with the negative. I didn't enjoy them even though I felt everything else about the branding and option to go with this flavour as a 'Max' crisp was spot on.

The ranking of flavours is as follows:

1. Spanish Queso

2. Mexican Beef Taco

3. English Bangers and Mash

4. Portuguese Chorizo and Onion

I'd recommend trying all four, to be fair. Make sure you try the top two, though.