35 Alwight Ct
Waterville, New Brunswick, Canada E7P0A5
(506) 375-CHIP
Located in Waterville, New Brunswick the Covered Bridge Potato Chip Factory is just a few miles from their namesake, the Hartland Bridge, World's Longest Covered Bridge. Spanning the St. John River it connects the towns of Somerville and Hartland and is an astonishing 1,282 feet. The bridge is has one travel lane for vehicles and a foot bridge attached to the side.
While on our Honeymoon we visited the Covered Bridge Chip Factory and the Hartland Bridge on September 16, 2013. I have always loved kettle chips, thanks to my Nana and her love of Cape Cod Potato Chips. I first discovered Covered Bridge Chips at the former Webb's store in Randolph, Me and the wife and I loved them. When planning our Honeymoon touring the factory became a must stop for us.
The factory itself is only a few years old opening in 2009 in a new development area. We had no problem finding the area. We paid the few dollar admission and headed into the production viewing area.
Essentially it's a long "L" shaped hallway with windows showing the cookers, cooling racks, flavoring station, and ect. On the walls at each step is a sign the explains the process. When we got there they were not making any chips. I asked someone and they said they wouldn't be making any for a while. A few minutes later he came back and said he was going to put another batch through, so we got to watch the magic in action.
As part of the tour they bring you a bag of unseasoned and unsalted fresh made chips. They only use dark russet potatoes so they are naturally a dark and yet golden color. As is they are delicious!
Back in the lobby and gift shop area they have a couple flavor stations where you can take the chips they gave you and sprinkle some signature and unique flavoring on them. We had to try everyone one of them. You could even buy little bags of flavoring.
Of all the flavored bags you can buy we liked them all, but my favorite is the sour cream and onion.
Current flavors available are: Storm Chips various flavors in one bag, Plain & Simple, Atlantic Canada's Thick Cut, Sea Salt & Vinegar, Sweet Potato & Sea Salt, Smokin' Sweat BBQ, Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper, Creamy Dill Pickle, Ketchup, Sea Salt, Atlantic Lobster (seasonal - summer months only), Montreal Steak, and Sour Cream & Onion.
Everyone there was super friendly and it was simple but a whole lot of fun!
The next morning we parked down near Hartland Bridge and walked the foot bridge, how could we not!
I'm not sure where you can get the chips locally in Maine anymore. Webb's was destroyed in a fire and the other place we got them, Reny's no longer carries them.
If you ever get the chance to visit them in person you should, otherwise check out their website for more information. http://coveredbridgechips.com/en
Later Readers!
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