I remember coming home from school and being so happy the Charles Chips man had made a delivery. They also had pretzels and later....cookies. I have seen them at Cracker Barrel as well.

My Dad and I used to eat Charles Chips together every time I would visit. We loved the jalapeno flavor. I am on a search to find that flavor again so I can send some to him for Christmas.

My Aunt got home delivery of Charles Chips and THEY WERE THE BEST CHIPS EVER! I remember going to her house and getting out the can filled to the top with these wonderful snacks. I WOULD PAY TOP DOLLAR IF THEY STILL DELIVERED!

OMG!MY MOM USED TO BUY THESE AND HAD THEM DELIVERED TO OUT DOOR!GREAT MEMORIES!

One of the best memories from my childhood! Absolutly NOTHING tastes like a Charles Chip! I found them at a specialty market called Fresh Market and they WERE IN THE TIN!! My husband thought I wa scrazy to spend that much money for potato chips (so I didn't sahre them with him!)I would do it again!

I think they had cookies that were those jam drop cookies. I loves those. The new tins you see in cracker barrel just aren't the same. but great that the company is still around!

does anyone remember the Jewel T man? they delivered too and had Strawberry Toothpaste with an aligator on the tubes.

I remember my parents having Charles Chips delivered...along with the long narrow boxes of chocolate chips and oatmeal raisin cookies. They also delivered one-gallon jugs of fruit punch and (I think) orange drink. Those were the days, the summers of the '70s!

I had that strawberry toothpaste from Jewel T!!! Forgot all about that until now.

I remember the Charlie Chips guy comming to refill our tins. Do you also remember the choc. and peanut butter candy they sold aroud christmas? It was better than Resses.

HEY!-tgv i remember the jewel t man-he was awesome!he sold everything and i do seem to remember a toothpaste w/an alligator-WOW! what a memory rush,i forgot all about that.jewel t sold all kinds of things-i even got 2 plaid jumper dresses for grade school from him.i want some of that toohpaste now-funny i can almost taste it and up until now id forgotten it.PLEASE GOD-GIVE ME A TIME MACHINE!if i had a 70's party i would invite all u guys/gals who write to this site and especially my hero chucky g

I have very fond memories of spending time on the Potomac river on weekends every summer in the 70's...those weekends always included a tin of Charles Chips on the table. My grandma always bought Charles Chips...they were the best. They were so delicious after a waterski ride on the river or along with the freshley steamed blue crabs...if only I could go back.

BBQ flavor was the best, can't find it now. New tin at Cracker Barrel is not the same.

I came from a large family, so Charles Chips was a luxury we could not afford. I remember sitting on the curb watching the Charles Chip delivery man pull up and remove the large cans of chips for our neighbors. I was so envious. If ONLY we could have those chips, our lives would be complete. Oh well, I survived without them.

My favorites were the slim pretzels and the snickerdoodle type cookies (can't exactly remember the cookie name.) I grew up in the hotel business and we had the delivery man come once a week. Their products were just the best! Sure wish I could find them again. Sounds like the stuff being shipped right now just is not the same. I'd pay a ton for a can of thier real pretzels!!!!

In the late 60's I was a route salesman for Jewel Tea Co. in PA. I had a great business and met a lot of nice people. In later years I was a dist. for Charles Chips in FL. They had great products but the chips and the tins you see now are not the orig. Charles Chips, they have been out of business for many years.

Oh how i remember being a kid and sneaking into the pantry under the basement stairs and devouring those charles chip cookies in a can. My favorites were graham cracker, chocolate dipped star shaped cookies with white non-pareils on top. YUM. How i miss them.

Thanks for the memories. There were 5 kids in our family when I was growing up. Our treat on Fridays was a large can of Charles Cips and a 6 pack of Pepsi. I still remember the fights over the 6th bottle.

We used to get the chips and cookies on delivery. My favorite were the thin sugar cookies. amazing.

Growing up in upstate New York I remember us having charles Chip petzels and potato chips delivered. I came from a family of 6 siblings and we could not wait to get those fabulous snacks! I have great memories.

Growing up in Jersey. Charlie chip had those cookies called the sand tarts. Now that was a delicious cookie. Those were the good ol' days.

Wow.. I remember the "Charlie Chip Man" as my sister and I would call him, making deliveries to our house. We love the chips, pretzels and licorice. I think my father still has the original containers in our basement. Ahhh... memories.

I remember eating from the cans when I was a kid. They are may favorite of all time. You can't find chips that thick today.

I went to Craker Barrel today to get a tin for my Moms birthday, she loved these chips. I was told they were out and couldn't get any more... such a bummer...WE WANT OUR CHARLES CHIPS!..

Wow. I just did a search on Charles Chips and came up with all these comments. It was especially good to hear TammyWammy's comment. The Charles Chip Man used to come to our house in upstate NY (Clarksville) and my Mom and I delivered them locally around the area. I loved the chips, but the choc covered graham cracker bunnies with non-pareils on top. Did get a tin from an antique dealer for memories of my Mom and our past. But would love to find some chips!

I REMBER HIM ALSO FROM THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD SOPK QUEENS JUST WOULD LIKE TO NO IF HE IS STILL ALIVE

I would like to hear from tammywammy as I was also in The Chip business in Fl.

My dad worked as a truck dispatcher for Charles Chips in Calhoun, Ky. He would bring chips home right out of the cooker, hot. You have never ate Charles Chips until you have them hot from the cooker.

I sold Charles Chips door to door in the 70's and was very good at it. They had pretzels and chips. I got fired for telling the people that the pretzels were less fattening than the chips and would help them lose weight. I was young and not expressing myself right. What I MEANT was that the pretzels were less fattening compared to the chips so you would not be taking in as many calories or fat grams. I never intended to mislead anyone. It was a matter of how I was saying it. I was sad when I got fired because I good at the job.

I have enjoyed charles chips and I was not able to know why charles chips went out of business my one wish is to start making charles chips again selling door to door again I wish I could find them again I loved bbq sour cream and onion salt vinger let me who would be intereest in bringing charles chips back again let me know starting within a year or to

We also loved Charlie chips when we were kids in the sixty's. Most importantly we sent packages to my brother in Vietnam once a month including chips,pretzels and chocolate chips!! What memories!!!! The boys in Nam couldn't wait for Charlie chips!!!

Charles Chips was a big part of my childhood. We got the chips delivered once a week. I found one of the old Charles Chips cans at a yard sale several years ago in Ohio. The lady sold it to me for a dime--I wouldn't take a million dollars for it. I'd LOVE to see them make a comeback!!!

While on a camping vacation in Pennsylvania back in the summer of 1974, my wife & stumbled across a camp store that carried Charles Chips. Being from Massachusetts, we had never heard of that brand. So we bought a bag. Well...we liked them so much that we bought a case of them in Ohio for the trip back home. Yep...those were wonderful chips for sure.

i just ate a bag of Lays Kettle cooked chips & said these taste just like charles chips !!! I had forgotten the charles chip truck came to our work & we all spent alot of money every week on everything they had ! How could they have gone out of business, we spent thousands devouring those chips. Can you get them anywhere besides Cracker Barrel ? My husband thinks I'm crazy, says he doesn't remember them.

Here's a little Charles Chips story for you. Every time we visited Grandma's house, she would give us a can to bring home for the 5 grandkids. They couldn't wait to open the can on the ride home. One time, one of the girls was feasting on the chips when she asked us "What is this new seasoning on the chips, Mom? It looks like it's moving!" When we examined the chips, it turned out that the supposed red seasoning on the chips was actually a colony of tiny red ants that had taken up residence in our weekly delight. By then our daughter had probably inadvertently consumed her daily allotment of protein along with her favorite snack.

I recently was reminded of the cheese pretzels that charles ships used to sell..... now I am craving them....no to just find them......

I remember the can of sour cream and onion charles chips delivered to my house in Clearwater FL. I was 8 years old and would wait for him on the front porch on fridays till he brought those wonderfully delicious chips...Oh how I miss the aroma and taste of those chips.... nothing else like it in the world...

Does anyone know if they still deliver anywhere or if franchises are available? Woulddn't it be fun to see a Charles Chips truck driving around again??? I remember them from the 70s in Chattanooga! We had them delivered every week. Just the plain chips. Those are the ones we loves the most!

My grandfather used to sell Charlie Chips!!! I loved the summertime... we would ride on his route with him, meet all kinds of people and get to snack on beef jerkey and ice cream cookies all day!!!! Charlie Chip summers... the best!!!

Absoutly nothing will wver compare to Charlie Chips...they tasted the best and also had the great tin that they came in...I as well...would PAY TOP DOLLAR to get them deleivered again!!

Durning the 60's, Charles Chips used to be delivered to our home in New York's Southern Tier.. They probably are no longer delivered anywhere. Are they still in business and if so does anyone know whether they can be bought online?

I delivered the potatos to the chip factory in the 70's. I hauled the potatos out of Wisconsin. Was shopping at a huge flea market today and found 2 cans! Everyone is right - they were the best!

My Dad, who's name was Charlie was a driver for Charlie Chips in the 60's & 70's in Ohio. He loved his job and I loved riding along in the summer sitting on a big chip can! I have never had any chips, pretzels or cookies that compare to them...and delivered right to your door to boot! I bought a toy metal replica of a Charlie Chip truck at an auction and now that my Dad is gone it is one of my prized posessions!

Charlie Chips were the best. The pretzels were the bomb as well as the licorice the chocolate and grape flavors were unbelievably delicious. I wld love to have them now....

My father was the Charles in Charles Chips. He started the company after WW11 with two partners in Baltimore. As a child,I enjoyed the best chip ever made!

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I lived on Long Island and remember my grandmother used to have them delivered to the house all the time for family bbq's & holidays. The best chips around. I loved the Brown & tan cannisters. I still have one. Great memories.

some weeks we had money for either milk, or chips. we chose Charles chips every time! This was way back in the 60's when things like chips seemed like a luxury! Now, I'd give anything to get my hands on a can!

I'm sure this is a dumb question but I was wondering if there is anywhere they still deliver with the big truck?

Can you still buy them?

Well being born in the 70's i remember them delivering to my moms job! she use to come home every other week with a can of charles chips! they were the best...then i remember going to work with my mom one time, and the chip man was there, and he gave me a special treat! my first piece of the chocolate licorice! mmmmmmmm wish i could find them! middlesworth chips here in harrisburg are good but nothing beats charles chips!

Charles B. from September 20th, my late grandfather was one of those partners named Charles who started the company in Baltimore in the 40s. Do you have any records or memorabilia from the original company?

My dad used to deliver Charles Chips in Edwardsville, Pa in the 70's. The barbecue chips were the best and I recall some large pretzels.

Do anyone out there know where I can get a can of Charles Chips?

I remember watching football on Saturdays and Sundays (Mom, Dad, my 3 brothers and the dog, eating Charles Chips with french onion dip and big glasses of ice cold Pepsi. Great memories. Great chips. Still the best. I'll have to get to Cracker Barrel and get a tin of them. Our Charles Chips man was one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet. I miss those much simpler days.

We had Charlie Chips delivered for years! They were kept in our coat closet, except for one kept in a special cupboard in our kitchen. One day, I had had a very bad day at high school. I came home and ate an entire can by myself. We just acquired a Winross Charles Chips truck model.