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. 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 (2004), →ISBN, page 228:

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

   • 2001, Tim Dorsey, Orange Crush, HarperTorch (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, ABC Books (2009), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     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)