Off the Beaten Plate: Chocolate-dipped potato chips at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Chocolate-dipped potato chips at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 647 Massachusetts St. (inside Cold Stone Creamery).

Chocolate-dipped potato chips at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 647 Massachusetts St. (inside Cold Stone Creamery).

Whatever you’re buying at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, there’s a high probability it’s coated in chocolate: apples, frozen bananas, frozen cheesecake slices, pretzels, graham crackers, cashew clusters, marshmallows, potato chips … wait, potato chips? Indeed.

Just as they sound, they’re simply potato chips (with ridges, if you were wondering) coated in chocolate. Here’s how the Chocolate Factory pitches them on its website: “Our crunchy potato chips are drenched in creamy milk chocolate for the perfect blend of sweet and salty … If you want a great conversation-starter, serve these to your guests at your next party!”

Where to get it: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 647 Massachusetts St. (inside Cold Stone Creamery)

What you’ll pay: $20.93 a pound. (At a fifth of a pound, our box cost $4.19.)

Try it with: Would Cold Stone mix these into a cup of ice cream upon request? Not sure, but it might be good.

Also on the menu: An assortment of chocolate truffles, fudge and other candies such as haystacks and Peanut Butter Buckets.