Hula Hoops Big Hoops Salted Crisps - 70g

Hula Hoops sit in that corner of British life where crisps are not really a snack, more a fixture: the lunchbox, the pub table, the party bowl that empties before the sandwiches do. Big Hoops take the familiar ring and scale it up, which is all anyone ever asked of them.

People in Canada search for them because nothing else feels quite like it in the hand or the mouth. You cannot explain the appeal of a hollow crisp you wear on your fingers to someone who did not grow up with it. You can only hand them the bag.

This is the 70g bag of the salted ones. Kept sealed in the cupboard, it waits patiently until a sandwich needs company, a film needs a bowl, or a long afternoon needs something to fiddle with. Once it is open, a clip helps, though it rarely needs one.

Hula Hoops come from KP Snacks, the same British stable as McCoy's, Skips and Nik Naks. If you are building a proper crisp shelf from home, Big Hoops tend to go in the basket alongside a few of those old friends.