cheese doodle

noun

A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.

Meanings

nouncheese doodle (plural cheese doodles)

plural cheese doodles

  1. USA puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.

    The rolled joint looks like a cheese doodle, which I find excessively amusing.

    1997, K. J. a. Wishnia, 23 Shades of Black, PointBlank Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 228
    2 more examples

    A large Wisconsin family in tank tops sat at a picnic table eating boloney sandwiches and generic cheese doodles so they could afford a thousand-dollar day at Disney.

    2001, Tim Dorsey, Orange Crush, HarperTorch, published 2002, →ISBN, page 359

    Here, however, it [monosodium glutamate] was in everything, including the 50-cent packets of cheese doodles. Not only did these little titbits of artificially coloured, artificially flavoured crisps turn my hands and tongue a bizarre shade of orange, they also made me hyperactive, which helped me face the tortuous six-flight ascent.

    2009, Angela Gilltrap, Sunshine on Sugar Hill: Life and Love in New York, ABC Books, published 2009, →ISBN

    Synonyms: cheese curl, cheese puff, cheesy puff, cheezie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.

Origin

Genericized trademark from the American cheese puff brand Cheez Doodles, produced by Wise Foods, Inc..

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