Random Delicious Thing: Storm Chips From New Brunswick

By Jennifer Bain | Published May 1, 2026

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Covered Bridge’s four-flavour Storm Chips from New Brunswick have been a hit in the Maritimes and beyond for more than a decade/Jennifer Bain

WHAT: Covered Bridge Storm Chips

WHERE: Across New Brunswick and at places like Farm Boy in Ontario

PRICE: Various (ballpark $5.99 for a 10-ounce/284-gram bag)

DISH DECONSTRUCTION: It shouldn’t work, but it does. This winter-themed grab bag combines Creamy Dill, Homestyle Ketchup, Smokin' BBQ and Salt & Vinegar for what the New Brunswick chip maker cleverly calls “a flurry of flavours.” 

WHY: Covered Bridge unveiled Storm Chips in 2015 to capitalize on the #stormchips trend started by the CBC Nova Scotia newsroom when staff mused on air about only stocking up on chips and dip when storms were coming. I first got my hands on a bag in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 2022 and then made a 2023 pilgrimage to the company’s N.B. headquarters near Hartland where I took a self-guided tour and “made” my own flavour by shaking powders on chips made from dark russet potatoes grown on a nearby family farm. I also strolled over its 24-foot-long bridge, aka the “shortest covered bridge in the world.” Sadly, the factory burned down a year later and was rebuilt in Waterville. Tours are on pause. Alas, Storm Chips are seasonal so in summer you’ll have to make do with the Weekender, which combines Sea Salt & Vinegar, Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper, Smokin' Sweet BBQ and Sweet & Spicy Jalapeno.

FUN FACT: On a recent winter road trip around New Brunswick, my host packed a crate of “car snacks” to keep the five of us going. Everything was locally made of course. There were various flavours of Covered Bridge chips and Sussex-based Mrs. Dunster’s donuts, ginger snaps and crunch nuggets. From St. Stephen-based Ganong, there were boxed chocolates plus Pal-o-Mines. That classic Canadian chocolate bar — brown sugar fudge coated with dark chocolate and peanuts — dates back to 1920 and is considered one of the oldest in North America.

It’s important to pack car snacks — lots of them, preferably local brands — for all your road trips/Jennifer Bain