Cheese Puffs VS Cheetos

How do you buy snack foods for a kid that likes Cheetos, when you prefer Cheese Puffs? I thought I raised her better to enjoy the puffy quality of a cheesey snack food rather than the roughness of the oddly shaped cheeto. Either way we both enjoy licking that cheesey build up that forms on your fingers after eating half a bag (ok a whole bag). I feel almost offended every time she asks me to buy her a bag of Cheetos. I came real close to asking her if she wanted a bag of funions instead, but I held my tongue.

It definitely is in the raising because I don't remember ever truly like Cheetos. I mean, don't get me wrong, if they are at a party and no one brought Cheese Puffs, then I'm going to eat them, but I won't enjoy them. There is something about them I don't like. Whether it's the weird individualized shape of each one, or how hard they are, or that it seems like you just don't get as many in a bag as you would of Cheese Puffs, I can't really say where my dislike comes from.

The Cheese Puff, on the other hand, is about as enjoyable as you can get before a sugary sweet. They all come in the same basic shape. This is important so that you don't have to fight anyone for the biggest Cheese Puff in the bowl. They are all the same size; can't say that for Cheetos. Also, they melt in your mouth. There is really something to be said about sucking the air out of a food until it slowly gets dissolved in your mouth. Also can not be done with a Cheeto.

The company that makes these deliciously fine snack foods have, in the last few years, tried to expand on the idea by creating the Chester Cheetah Paw, which is puffish, but not. It does not compare in my book. The Cheese Balls are great too, but I find that somehow after eating them I notice a layer of skin has been grated off the roof of my mouth. They also make the Twists, which are giant versions of the Cheese Puff, but twisted, hence the name. These are a bit too large. I like a snack food I can toss in my mouth and chew, not take a bite of and still have half the food left to eat.

Now back to the root of the story. I don't want to be one of those people that buys a giant bag of Cheetos AND a giant bag of Cheese Puffs. If they could create some sort of combo bag, that would be great! I could split the bag with G and there would be no complaining from either of us. Just two big girls, sitting on a couch, licking the cheesy residue off our fingers. Pure Bliss!

Next time: I might have to get on my SOAPBOX