Golden Wonder returns to its Edinburgh birthplace with free crisp making pop up

Crisp fans in Edinburgh can create their own flavours for free at a Golden Wonder pop-up.

Golden Wonder is bringing its World of Wonder experience back to Scotland this September, giving crisp lovers in Edinburgh a unique opportunity to create a flavour that’s completely their own.

Following the success of its Glasgow pop up earlier this month, where hundreds of Scots created their own unique flavour combos, the crisp brand – which sells a packet of crisps every three seconds in Scotland – is bringing its free interactive experience to Edinburgh’s Waverley Market on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September.

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Crisp lovers are invited to step into the World of Wonder, where Golden Wonder flavour experts will guide them in creating their very own personalised crisp seasoning. With a menu spanning everything from mango jalapeño and haggis to staples like sea salt and vinegar, the possibilities are endless.

That unique seasoning will then be used to make a bespoke bag of Golden Wonder crisps. Attendees will even be shown how to tumble their own crisps – a process which usually involves huge rotating drums to cover crisps in seasoning.

Scotland-born Golden Wonder gave hundreds of crisp lovers a unique chance to create their own pack of perfectly seasoned crisps, tailored exactly to their own tastes. | Golden Wonder

placeholder image — Scotland-born Golden Wonder gave hundreds of crisp lovers a unique chance to create their own pack of perfectly seasoned crisps, tailored exactly to their own tastes. | Golden Wonder

Along with their personalised packet of Golden Wonder crisps, visitors will take home a flavour pot of their own seasoning which they can use to pack their new favourite flavour into their everyday cooking.

“World of Wonder is all about having fun with flavour,” said Golden Wonder’s Phil Holford.

“We had such a brilliant response last year, we knew we had to bring it back – bigger, better and packed with the punchy flavour that Golden Wonder is known and loved for.

“We’re giving Scots the chance to get creative, experiment with different tastes and make something that’s completely their own, and we can’t wait to see what flavour combinations Edinburgh comes up with.”

The crisp brand was founded in Edinburgh in 1947 by baker William Alexander when he started experimenting with frying sliced potatoes. Almost 80 years later, the Golden Wonder range includes much loved flavours like Spring Onion and Chip Shop Curry and sells enough crisps each year to fill Hampden Park 184 times over.