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What is it?

Kettle-cooked potato chips with a short ingredient list, usually potatoes, oil, and salt, make up this plainest entry in Cape Cod’s lineup. The chips are thicker than standard sliced chips, with an irregular shape and a hard snap that comes from batch cooking in oil. Compared with the brand’s flavored varieties, this one keeps the focus on the potato itself. You’ll usually get a mix of pale chips and darker pieces in the bag, since kettle cooking browns at different rates. That variation is part of the format, not a defect.