cheese doodle

English

Etymology

From the name of the American cheese puff brand Cheez Doodles, produced by Wise Foods, Inc., through trademark erosion.

Noun

cheese doodle (plural cheese doodles)

1. (US) A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.
   • 1997, K. J. a. Wishnia, 23 Shades of Black, PointBlank Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 228:

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

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

     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.

   • 2009, Angela Gilltrap, Sunshine on Sugar Hill: Life and Love in New York‎^[1], ABC Books, published 2009, →ISBN:

     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.

Synonyms

• cheese curl, cheese puff, cheesy puff, cheezie (Canada)