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Are Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Black-Eyed Pea Tempeh Chips worth it? Early finds data says yes
In finds, the $3.49 tempeh chips have been through 39 head-to-head matchups, won 56 percent of the decisive ones, and 4 of the 5 people who ranked them put them in love. Here is what the bag actually is and what the numbers can and cannot tell you.
By finds editorial · 4 min read ·
verdict · early finds data
39 MATCHUPS · 4 OF 5 LOVE
Yes, with a small-sample caveat. In finds, Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Black-Eyed Pea Tempeh Chips have been through 39 head-to-head matchups from 4 people, won 56 percent of the decisive ones, and 4 of the 5 people who ranked them put them in the love band (checked September 2, 2026). That is the strongest early record of any chip in the app, and it makes the $3.49 three-ounce bag an easy try for anyone who wants a chip that does not start as a potato or an ear of corn.
The caveat is the sample. Four people is early data, not a verdict on behalf of Trader Joe's shoppers everywhere, and nobody on the finds desk has tasted this bag. What the desk can vouch for is what the bag is, which is the more surprising half of the story.
What is a tempeh chip?
Trader Joe's current listing says the chips start with tempeh made from fermented black-eyed peas rather than the soybeans most tempeh uses. That puts them on a different starting line from every familiar chip on the shelf. Lay's Classic begins with potatoes, oil, and salt. Doritos says its tortilla chips start with corn that is cooked, ground into masa, flattened, and cut. Fritos Original is sold as a corn chip. The word chip covers all four, and only one of them is a fermented legume.
The front of the bag names the sweet chili seasoning and the three-ounce net weight. The desk read from the package is that the ingredient origin, not the shape, is the thing to check before you decide whether this belongs on your list.
the finds number
Trader Joe's product catalog
39 matchups, 22 wins, 4 of 5 in love
Sweet Chili Black-Eyed Pea Tempeh Chips · $3.49
A matchup in finds is one person choosing between two products they have both tried. Across 39 of them involving this bag, it won 22 and lost 17, a 56 percent rate on decisive matchups (checked September 2, 2026). Separately, each person who ranks a product lands it in a love, like, or dislike band from those matchups; five people have ranked the tempeh chips and four of them landed it in love, one in like, none in dislike.
For scale, chip is the most-searched word inside finds over the last two weeks, at 27 searches, so this is the category people in the app care most about, on a bag that keeps winning inside it.
- sweet chili
- black-eyed pea tempeh
- three-ounce bag
- $3.49
finds verdictWorth a $3.49 try. The people who have ranked it mostly love it, and it is the only chip on the shelf that starts as a fermented legume.
how to read the number
What 39 matchups can and cannot tell you
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Whether people who tried it kept choosing it
A win means someone who had eaten both products picked this one. Twenty-two wins against seventeen losses is a real preference among the people who tried it, not a star rating from a stranger.
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cannot
Whether you will like sweet chili on fermented legumes
Four people is a small sample and the desk has not tasted the bag. Treat the number as a reason to try it, not a promise about your own palate.
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watch
How the number moves
This page updates as more people rank the chips. If the win rate drops below half or the love share falls, the verdict changes with it and the update is dated here.
Sources
- Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Black-Eyed Pea Tempeh Chips product page
- Lay's Classic Potato Chips product page
- How Doritos are made, Doritos FAQ
- Fritos Original Corn Chips product page
- finds ranking data and in-app search counts, checked September 2, 2026
