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Cheetos Mix-Ups: Frito-Lay Debuts Cheezy Salsa, Xtra Cheezy Bag Mixes

Cheetos are "one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure," argued food scientist Steven Witherly in a recent New York Times article on addictive junk food. It's hard to disagree with Witherly -- despite the frightening neon orange color of Cheetos, they remain one of the most delicious artificial cheese snacks out there.

Frito-Lay, Cheetos' parent company, has released two new Cheetos products: Cheezy Salsa Mix and Xtra Cheezy Mix. Each bag contains four different flavors of Cheetos. The idea behind the move, according to Frito-Lay, was to combine all the different forms of Cheetos in one place. Now, Cheetos fans no longer have to choose between puffed or crunch, hot or mellow.

Xtra Cheezy:

This bag mix is not nearly as flavor-popping as the Cheezy Salsa bag is. If you're more into straight cheese flavors, we recommend this one over the salsa bag. If you're down for something a bit more bold though, definitely go salsa.

Cheddar
This is the Cheetos flavor everyone knows and loves. And it is still great when mixed in with other offerings.

Nacho Cheese
This is pretty much a Dorito chip on steroids. There is an intense nacho cheese taste that lingers for awhile on the tongue. If you're a fan of that artificial cheese taste, this might be a huge winner for you.

Parmesan
This nugget-sized bite doesn't taste much like parmesan. It has a vague generic cheese taste that isn't offensive, but also isn't memorable.

Double Cheddar
If you're a fan of regular Cheetos, then you'll almost definitely like this. It isn't quite two times the flavor of normal Cheddar, but it is cheese-heavy enough to sate your cravings.

Cheezy Salsa Mix:

When scooped from the bag all at once, the flavors all sort of taste the same. This is a shame -- this bag is best eaten by tasting different Cheetos one at a time. While several of these flavors are fairly significant departures from the original Cheetos flavor, some are welcomed changes while others leave us wanting cleaner tastes.

Chipotle Cheddar
The chipotle flavor is immediately evident in this waffle-shaped Cheeto. The jury is out on whether that is a good thing -- if you want a slightly smoky taste to your Cheetos, then you may be pleased. It is strong enough that it clouds the other flavors, though.

Salsa Piccante
While the color is reminiscent of Hot Cheetos, the taste is a bit different. The salsa piccante flavor has a distinct tomato taste, and a present but not overpowering spiciness.

Jalapeno Cheddar
It is a bit strange eating a Cheeto that is frighteningly green. While the jalapeno taste is evident, there isn't a ton of cheddar flavor. If you like peppers, you'll be down with this green monster. Otherwise, you might be better off sticking to the cheese flavors.

Cheddar
While this is supposed to taste like a plain old Cheddar Cheeto, it picks up some of the spice and pepper taste from the others in the bag. That can actually be a good thing -- it's Cheddar with an oh-so-slight kick.

 

[BertramCooper]

Nobody wants to eat a green Cheeto.

 

[SolsticeZero]

Can they invent a Cheeto that doesn't taste like shit?

 

[Palabrah]

odd, ive seen these for a while down here in atlanta?

 

[Snkfanatic]

I just discovered the ridiculously addictive junk food that is Flamin Hot Cheetos....my god I can't stop.

 

[Timedog]

Excellent OP.

 

[Wickwire]

Nobody wants to eat a green Cheeto.

if the you like jalapeno, they are actually quite good.

I bought a bag of each last night and was easily able to eat half of both. I enjoyed them a lot.

 

[imtehman]

I just discovered the ridiculously addictive junk food that is Flamin Hot Cheetos....my god I can't stop.

tell me about it, the xx hot cheetos is the greatest invention in the history of mankind

 

[Timedog]

That green chunk looks exactly like rabbit shit, if you've ever owned a rabbit.

Also, this is a little known fact but rabbits have the worst smelling piss of any animal. It's actually highly, highly acidic and it will bleach the color out of your carpet. Male rabbits eventually die usually from having their dick slowly burnt off by their own piss after a couple years.

 

[mernst23]

It looks so bad but I know if I would start eating them an entire bag would be decimated in an hours time.

 

[Snuggles]

Not bad, but I'm not about to jump ship from my Munchies.

Now THAT'S variety. Basically the entire food pyramid in that shit.

Plus, puffy Cheetos fucking suck. I'd have to pick them out.

 

[Borgnine]

I don't understand the shapes. Why does it need to look like Kibble?

 

[wenis]

off to the store!

I don't understand the shapes. Why does it need to look like Kibble?

so you can cherry pick from a bowl without having to move your dead gaze from the television while you shove your fuckin mouth with cheetos.

they should use this line for the advertising.

 

[3N16MA]

Looks like dog food.

 

[OnPoint]

Not bad, but I'm not about to jump ship from my Munchies.

Now THAT'S variety. Basically the entire food pyramid in that shit.

Plus, puffy Cheetos fucking suck. I'd have to pick them out.

The pretzels always seem astronomically higher in number and ruin the experience for me.

 

[barrbarr]

Nobody wants to eat a green Cheeto.

I want to eat a green cheeto, especially if it is Jalapeno flavored

 

[CountAntonius]

Cheezy Salsa Mix is insanely good. I dislike salsa btw but I couldn't stop eating them.

 

[SolsticeZero]

so you can cherry pick from a bowl without having to move your dead gaze from the television while you shove your fuckin mouth with cheetos.

they should use this line for the advertising.

You just reminded me of this:

 

[Bread]

Not bad, but I'm not about to jump ship from my Munchies.

Now THAT'S variety. Basically the entire food pyramid in that shit.

Plus, puffy Cheetos fucking suck. I'd have to pick them out.

fuckin pretzels make this a waste of money

 

[neobiz]

Not bad, but I'm not about to jump ship from my Munchies.

Now THAT'S variety. Basically the entire food pyramid in that shit.

Plus, puffy Cheetos fucking suck. I'd have to pick them out.

My man.

They even have the 'flamin' hot' kind.

 

[Borgnine]

so you can cherry pick from a bowl without having to move your dead gaze from the television while you shove your fuckin mouth with cheetos.

Could also be for blind people to get by in a Cheeto based economy, though they've historically gotten by on scent.

 

[alphaNoid]

I just discovered the ridiculously addictive junk food that is Flamin Hot Cheetos....my god I can't stop.

Warm some cream cheese for 15 seconds in the microwave, then dip your flamin hot cheetos in that and enjoy the snack of the gods.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Can they invent a Cheeto that doesn't taste like shit?

Yep, they are called Cheetos.

And they are delicious.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Warm some cream cheese for 15 seconds in the microwave, then

I thought you were going to follow-up this with "then dump the cheese into the bag of hot cheetos and shake"

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Not bad, but I'm not about to jump ship from my Munchies.

Now THAT'S variety. Basically the entire food pyramid in that shit.

Plus, puffy Cheetos fucking suck. I'd have to pick them out.

fuck you pretzels.

 

[Winterfang]

Cheetos are so good.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Not bad, but I'm not about to jump ship from my Munchies.

Now THAT'S variety. Basically the entire food pyramid in that shit.

Plus, puffy Cheetos fucking suck. I'd have to pick them out.

As said before, pretzels ruin this shit.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

If I 'm going to destroy my innards with Cheetos, it's this one or nothing.

 

[Snuggles]

fuckin pretzels make this a waste of money

The pretzel hate is bullshit.

They're what balance everything out. Without them, the overall flavor would be dominated by the cheesy flavor of the doritos and cheetos. They also add a very satisfying crunch to the mix.

 

[big_z]

Bring back the Jalapeno cheetos that were being sold in canada you cocks. Oh and diet cherry Pepsi.

All the good new flavors are always limited time here. Seems like companies can't expand their product line for some reason.

 

[Dyno]

Nobody wants to eat a green Cheeto.

LOL! For real.

 

[notworksafe]

Jalapeno Cheddar Cheetos are delicious as hell, but they aren't normally green. Why did they change them? :\

 

[Bread]

The pretzel hate is bullshit.

They're what balance everything out. Without them, the overall flavor would be dominated by the cheesy flavor of the doritos and cheetos. They also add a very satisfying crunch to the mix.

there doesn't need to be a balance. it's called a cheese fix, i want cheese and i want it now dammit. everything in there is crunchy, the pretzels are a filler added from their thousands of unsold bags that would be wasted.

fuck pretzels and all that they stand for.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Warm some cream cheese for 15 seconds in the microwave, then dip your flamin hot cheetos in that and enjoy the snack of the gods.

.....why did you just have to tell me this. What are you trying to do to me Alpha

 

[Kurtofan]

Cheetos gastronomes?

 

[Snuggles]

there doesn't need to be a balance. it's called a cheese fix, i want cheese and i want it now dammit. everything in there is crunchy, the pretzels are a filler added from their thousands of unsold bags that would be wasted.

fuck pretzels and all that they stand for.

Sounds like you want all cheese everything with no nuance or variety. Munchies are not meant for you. You are entitled to that opinion, but stop trying to ruin them for those of us who are capable of appreciating them for what they are.

 

[bremon]

This thread is gold. I'll be sticking to normal cheetos though, that green one does look terrifying.

 

[Phobophile]

Sounds like you want all cheese everything with no nuance or variety. Munchies are not meant for you. You are entitled to that opinion, but stop trying to ruin them for those of us who are capable of appreciating them for what they are.

No, pretzels are great on their own but ruin other snacks. Worst part of Chex Mix and Gardetto's? Easily the pretzels. (Best part is the rye chips, hands down.)

 

[big_z]

Sounds like you want all cheese everything with no nuance or variety. Munchies are not meant for you. You are entitled to that opinion, but stop trying to ruin them for those of us who are capable of appreciating them for what they are.

Pretzels are fine but there's more of them than any other chip in the bag due to being the cheapest to make. If the ratio was better I don't think people would hate the pretzel so much.

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

My mouth is watering.

Even after every article, cutting out the crap from my diet, knowing what I know . . still my mouth is watering.

They're inside my head, man. Inside my head!

 

[HammerOfThor]

I miss the ones that where in the shape of a paw.

 

[Snuggles]

No, pretzels are great on their own but ruin other snacks. Worst part of Chex Mix and Gardetto's? Easily the pretzels. (Best part is the rye chips, hands down.)

I almost took you serious, but then you said the rye chips in Gardetto's are good. The best part are the little crunchy breadsticks.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

The pretzel hate is bullshit.

They're what balance everything out. Without them, the overall flavor would be dominated by the cheesy flavor of the doritos and cheetos. They also add a very satisfying crunch to the mix.

I fail to see the problem here.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

We know how this works. This is all the extra shit that fell onto the floor and was shoveled up for our eating pleasure.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

The pretzel hate is bullshit.

They're what balance everything out. Without them, the overall flavor would be dominated by the cheesy flavor of the doritos and cheetos. They also add a very satisfying crunch to the mix.

But aren't the other bits already crunchy?

 

[Snuggles]

But aren't the other bits already crunchy?

More of a crisp than a crunch.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Can they invent a Cheeto that doesn't taste like shit?

Or doesn't smell like toe cheese and 'I can't believe it's not cheese' chemicals.

 

[Trin]

Looks like dog food.

Or a pellet from a rabbit with diarrhea.

You'd think they'd learn their lesson about weird colors after the nasty ketchups.

 

[Phobophile]

I almost took you serious, but then you said the rye chips in Gardetto's are good. The best part are the little crunchy breadsticks.

Nope, if the rye chip only variant wasn't so expensive, I'd get it more often.

 

[LQX]

Awesome. I love Cheetos. Never really tasted or saw the other forms though.