Ok, it’s time to get back into manufactured snacks. I have withdrawal when we don’t talk about chips for a few posts.

I saw this box of Triscuit Cheddar the other day and since they were 2 bucks for a 10 oz box I decided to pick them up. I know you can get ‘em cheaper if you buy the BIG box at CostCo. Yeah, the box that’s so big you can use it to build a boat to visit Hawaii. Or Tasmania.

But Tasmania wasn’t in the cards this afternoon so I just got the wee box. I have to admit I’ve never tried any of the flavors (except the low salt and reduced fat versions), but there are a ton of different ones. Just head on over to Nabisco World, which is exactly like Disney World, minus the Mickey Mousing and plus a bunch of different food products. You’ll see they have 10 different kinds of Triscuit there.

At the store, they also had “Garden and Herb” Triscuit and “Garlic” Triscuit, but I decided to play it safe and go with Cheddar. Anyhow the label on the box promised “Made With The Flavor Of Real Kraft Cheese” and I couldn’t very well pass that up, could I?

Actually, back to my earlier point about using a box to fabricate a maritime vessel. The shape of a Triscuit is sort of like a log raft. So, if you had a very, very large Triscuit and you were very, very brave you could conceivably float to Tasmania or Hawaii on one. Actually, I’m going to try this tomorrow.

So, how do these taste? I was pleasantly surprised that the promise of Kraft cheese flavor did not go unfulfilled. I actually like the plain Triscuits quite a bit to start with - some good memories of eating them when I was a kid. And of course, it was easier to fool the parents by putting a box of them in the shopping cart because it says “Baked Whole Grain Wheat Crackers”. Mom goes, “Hey, how can we afford NOT to buy them!”

Imagine you were preparing a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and all of the sudden a rogue typhoon (blown in from Tasmania, of course) decides to land in your kitchen and rip open your cheese packet, sending clouds of powder into the air. It then proceeds to land on a bowl of Triscuits you had out in a bowl. This is exactly what Triscuit Cheddar tastes like. (By the way, I imagine this would make a bang-up commercial. Hi advertising execs, my services are for hire.)

Ok, so I suck at describing them. But really it does taste like they took the powder from a Macaroni and Cheese packet and sprinkled that on them. It has a really “buttery” flavor that’s very nice. Though I know some people compare it to “dirty socks”. What I want to know is - how come they’re so familiar with the smell of dirty socks?

Since you’ve been so patient with me and all the Tasmania-talk throughout this review (I need a vacation), here is a nice closeup picture of the Cheddar Triscuits. Next time I’ll try zoom in closer, this magnification is not quite high enough. Oh, yeah these are good crackers but even on sale at $2 a box a bit expensive for true Cheap Eats…

Price: $2.00 for 9.5 oz box
Found At: Ralph’s
Cheap Eats Score: 6/10