McCain Smiles

SMILE!!!!!!! *** History ***** "Chips glorious Chips!!!!" ( I know your sining the song from the advert now ) The McCain business started way back in 1957 in Canada with a small work force of 30 people. There products didn't hit the British market till 1965. It was throughout the 1970's that the company spread itself out and set up factories in Scarborough (72), Netherland (73), Australia (75) and from then on till the present date they have expanded there factories. The McCain business also has factories for different types of foods they produce, potato factories and Pizza factories. Today ... more

My son at the moment is a very fussy eater and refuses to eat any sort of potato, but the one thing he does love is McCain Smiles. Packaging On the front of the red plastic packaging is a picture of a sunflower, when you look closely you can see that it is actually sunflower petals and in the middle is a smile which I think is very clever! When I took the smiles out of the bag they looked very pale in colour, they are round with of course a smiley face, there are holes for the eyes and a big smiley mouth. Cooking Instructions You can either grill or oven cook the smiles, I use the oven at gas ... more

I've been eating these McCain Smiles every since I can remember an till this day I still love them. These smiles are potato and shapes like smiley faces . The smiles have a crispy coating and the potato in the centre is soft when cooked. They are about 1.5-2 inches long and about 1 centimetre thick. -------Taste,Smell,Quality-------- These potato smiley's taste very much like chips just in a different shape and these have a slightly crispier coating than oven chips. They have a very soft potato centre with a crispy coating. I like when they cooked slightly over the recommended time of 12-15 ... more

One of every child's favourite potatoes have to be McCain's Smiles. The smiley faces were always my favourites to accompany any meal and, even though I don't eat them very often now I'm all grown up, I do occasionally get pulled back to my youth and chuck a pack in my shopping trolley. Smiles come in a red plastic 454g bag packaging with a picture of one of the smiles on the front looking rather happy surrounded by sunflower petals. A bag usually costs around £1.30 but I often see them on special offer in Asda and Iceland for only £1. Smiles are a frozen potato product made from fluffy mashed ... more

What are they? McCain smiles are a frozen potato product aimed at children. They are basically mashed poato made into the shape of a smiley face, and I think they are meant to be a fun alternative to chips. The description the packet gives is as follows 'McCain smiles are bite sized fun faces made from fresh mashed poato. You're guaranteed smiles all round!' Price These cost £1.09 for a 454g bag at my local Bell's store. Personally I think that's expensive, but I got them on a buy one get one free offer, which I think makes them slightly better value for money. I have since seen them in ASDA ... more