Nong Shim Korean Sweet Potato Snack

I went to the Korean Market today to get some goodies and found this Nong Shim Korean Sweet Potato flavored snack to try for the first time.  I could not resist trying these because I LOVE sweet potatoes!

I was pleasantly surprised at how light and crispy these Sweet Potato snacks were! They had a light, sweet hint of sweet potato, nothing too overpowering. It wasn't like eating a Terra Sweet Potato chip or anything like that, but almost more like an airier (corn-free) version of Captain Crunch Cereal, except in crinkle-cut potato sticks. Nong Shim Sweet Potato snacks have a subtle sweet potato flavor, accented by some black sesame seeds that add a nice nuttiness to the background.  They were not oily or greasy and they were so light and airy, that you could totally eat the whole bag in one day! (Note to self: must divide bag into two servings to prevent eating the whole bag in one sitting!) 

Anyway, now when I see Nong Shim Sweet Potato Snack at a Korean market, I will know what they taste like--where have these been all my life? I'm sure I will be craving these yummy Sweet Potato Snacks soon enough, so I'll have to make another trip back to the Korean Market! (Or else, I can conveniently buy them on Amazon to save me the trouble of driving to Chinatown and feeding the meter to shop at the Korean market there.) While these aren't the healthiest of snacks to have, they do not have MSG or Trans Fats, which surprised me in a good way! There is no high fructose corn syrup in this either, but there is glucose syrup, which I have never heard of before. (Glucose=sugar, so is this just sugar syrup or a simple syrup?) Sometimes I just crave something light, crispy, sweet and salty and this Korean Sweet Potato Snack hits all those notes. 

Ingredients:

Wheat flour, sweet potato, rice bran oil, sugar, wheat starch, palm oil, maple syrup, glucose syrup, salt, black sesame, pumpkin powder, sweet potato flavor. 

Nutritional Information for Nong Shim Sweet Potato Flavored Snacks:

Serving size: 1 oz (28 g), 2 servings per container (So grab a partner and share a bag!)

Calories: 140

Total Fat: 6 g

Saturated Fat: 2 g

Trans Fat: 0 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Sodium: 150 mg

Total Carbohydrate: 20 g

Dietary Fiber less than 1 g

Sugars: 2 g

Protein: 1 g