While the biggest movie premieres are at Mann’s Chinese Theatre and the best plays hope to open on Broadway, apparently the best place to launch a new flavor of Sun Chips is Subway. It’s the second exclusive flavor to the sandwich chain that we’ve tried; the first was Spicy Chipotle, which was also only found in Subways for a limited time. Honestly, I don’t think it’s the worst place to launch a chip, Sun Chips are also in the spirit of eating a bit more healthily and Subway is ridiculously popular. Not to mention that they can easily charge a dollar for something that would be less in a gas station or grocery store. At least if you don’t feel old enough you can get a nice sandwich at Subway, and also find out that bags of chips have doubled in price since you were last buying lunch in 5th grade.

So let’s call this next paragraph a segment, and this segment we’ll call First Chip, First Thoughts. Drumroll please… spaghetti sauce. Yep. The overwhelming tomato flavor is both rich and bold, but the Monterey Jack cheese mixes it up with some creaminess, reminding me very much of an ideal marinara sauce for some pasta. The whole grain takes the place of a whole wheat pasta or wheat breadsticks destined for dipping.

I’m not really a big tomato fan short of pasta sauce and ketchup. I don’t even dip things in marinara. I was even told by the Subway employee they were bad so I wasn’t expecting to like these at all, which makes it even that much harder to believe that I like this flavor. It’s another unique and interesting taste creation from a chip company that we’re finally getting to see more of. I would even guess that the score on these would be higher if someone who actually liked tomatoes were to score them. The cheese is even subtle enough that I know Mason would eat them, and he’s the only person I know who infamously loathes cheese. Let’s just hope Sun Chips keeps pushing unique flavor combinations and that next year’s flavor lives up to their high standard.