A Bristol woman was left stunned after discovering that her multi-pack bag of Really Cheesy Wotsits contained bright pink packets - not once, but twice. Erin Leonard, a 22-year-old care assistant from Bristol, was baffled to discover the packs inside the blue multi-packs.
Wondering if her unusual discovery meant she may have won some sort of mysterious prize, she told Bristol Live: "I bought the first packet at a Co-Op in Bristol after working a 12-hour shift and feeling a bit peckish. I was a bit confused for a second and then I realised that it was a pink version of the usual blue pack."
Wotsits were sold in a pink packet, when there was a prawn cocktail flavoured version of the popular crisp. But the flavour was discontinued more than 20 years ago, although it made a return last year in 'giant' form.
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Erin's pink packs of Wotsits had all the markings of a pack of 'Really Cheesy' flavoured crisps - and tasted like them too. She said: "Then my mum went to the shops to get some the next day, opened the packet and they where all blue.
"I finished another 12-hour shift and went to the shop, bought another pack randomly and, as I was paying for them I opened them up and they were pink again! It's just madness how two times I picked up packets that were pink and all of the bags are the same pink colour inside - there were no blue ones in there at all."
Erin said her family were "in shock" when she showed them her purchases, adding that none of them had ever seen anything like it. She shared her discovery to TikTok and Facebook, where a number of people shared their thoughts on why the bags were pink.
One told Erin to keep the packets as "they might be worth a fortune", while another said "the ink has run out". After a third suggested the packs may have been pink "for Cancer Research", Erin did a quick Google search, but couldn't find anything to say this was the case.
Both Erin and Bristol Live have contacted Wotsits manufacturer Pepsico/Walkers for a comment.
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