Heinz Pickles Go Spicy with First New Flavors in More than 50 years
Old-fashioned pickled foods are cool again, and Heinz Pickles has capitalized on the current popularity by launching its first new flavors in more than 50 years.
Sweet & Spicy Pickle Chips and Spicy Garlic Pickle Chips come in 16-ounce glass jars, and retail for around $2.79 per jar.
Heinz Sweet & Spicy Chips are combination of crushed red pepper and sweet brine. Heinz Spicy Garlic Chips are made with real garlic and red pepper.
My husband, Kim, loves pickles. His mother had a recipe for mustard pickles that took several days to make, and he loved them. Neither of these new Heinz pickles are anything like mustard pickles, however. I think the company decided to ride the trend of today’s spicy, bolder flavors.
Kim did a taste-test of the new pickles, and he loved the spicy flavors, especially the Sweet & Spicy Chips. But if you don’t like heat, you’d better stick with Heinz’s regular pickles.
The Garlic flavored chips contain cucumbers, sugar, water, distilled white vinegar, garlic flakes, salt, red pepper, natural flavor, and calcium chloride. Four slices gives you 15 calories, no fat, 85 grams of sodium, 4 grams of carbs, and no protein.
The Heinz folks also offered a few simple recipes for using these new pickles. With Cuban Skewers with Spicy Pickles, toasted bread pieces, pickles, mustard and Swiss cheese are wrapped in smoked ham.
A bit of history: In the late 1860s, H.J. Heinz started selling horseradish, pickles, sauerkraut and vinegar by horse-drawn carriage to local grocery stores around Pittsburgh.