Cheese Nips
{{Short description|Cheese-flavored cracker}}
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| producttype = Cracker
| currentowner = Mondelez International
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| country = U.S.
| introduced = 1955
| discontinued = {{end date and age|2020}}
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| previousowners = Nabisco
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Cheese Nips (originally stylized as "Cheese-Nips") was a small cheese-flavored cracker manufactured by Mondelez International under its brand, Nabisco. They were originally used to compete against Sunshine Biscuits (now Kellogg's) Cheez-It crackers. Though similar in appearance to Cheez-It, Cheese Nips had a distinctly different flavor and texture.
Portion-controlled packages of Cheese Nips were also sold under the name Cheese Nips Thin Crisps 100 Calorie Packs (Thinsations in Canada).[http://www.kraftfoodservice.com/ProductsandBrands/ProductSpecific.htm?option=product&id=1673 Product Specific] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105043645/http://www.kraftfoodservice.com/ProductsandBrands/ProductSpecific.htm?option=product&id=1673 |date=November 5, 2006 }}
History
Cheese Nips, originally stylized as "Cheese-Nips", were introduced in 1955. After the Kraft merger, they were known as "Kraft Cheese Nips".
However, on November 21, 2019, there was a recall on Cheese Nips due to plastic contamination.
As of 2020, Cheese Nips have since been discontinued according to a Nabisco representative.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9fLA_jQ0E | title=[Beta64 Live] Phone stream! - Calling Nabisco #SaveCheeseNips | website=YouTube | date=25 January 2021 }} They are still sold in Canada by a brand named "Christie" as "Ritz Cheese Nibs" as of 2022, however.{{cite web|author=General Mills |url=https://www.amazon.com/Christie-Cheese-Snacking-Crackers-Ounces/dp/B06ZYTMY4K |title=Christie Cheese Nips Cheddar Baked Snack Crackers, 1 Box (200g) |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2022-08-07}}{{Cite web |title=Amazon.com: Christie Ritz Cheese Nips Crackers, 200g/7.1oz {Imported from Canada} |url=https://www.amazon.com/Christie-Cheese-Crackers-7-1oz-Canada-dp-B08SN9YLLN/dp/B08SN9YLLN/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.amazon.com}}
In popular culture
Cheese Nips is the name of Act 1 Track 8 of the off-Broadway musical Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. In this satire, Sylvia becomes deranged watching her guests prefer Cheese Nips to her other food preparation.
Statista calculates that in 2016, 1.5 million Americans consumed eight or more bags of Cheese Nips.
See also
References
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{{citation
| date = February 28, 2017
| last = Myers
| first = Dan
| title = Surprising facts about your favorite snack food brands
| url = https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/surprising-facts-about-your-favorite-snack-food-brands
| work = Fox News
| quote = Cheez-its debuted in 1921 and...today they’re made by Sunshine Biscuits, which is owned by Kellogg. Nabisco, owned by Kraft, released their own version in 1955 called Cheese Nips.
| access-date = 2017-10-22
}}
{{citation
| date = July 7, 2017
| first = Ryan
| last = McPhee
| title = Release Date Set for Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Album, Featuring Santino Fontana
| url = http://www.playbill.com/article/release-date-set-for-kurt-vonneguts-god-bless-you-mr-rosewater-album-featuring-santino-fontana
| work = Playbill
| access-date = 2017-10-22
}}
{{citation
| first = Charles
| last = Isherwood
| date = July 28, 2016
| title = Review: A Vonnegut Madman Tangled in Thickets of Dark Satire
| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/theater/review-a-vonnegut-madman-tangled-in-thickets-of-dark-satire.html
| quote = All they want to eat is Cheese Nips, while stuffing the silver in their handbags.
| work = New York Times
| access-date = 2017-10-22
}}
{{citation
| title = Bags of Nabisco Kraft Cheese Nips crackers eaten in the U.S. 2016
| url = https://www.statista.com/statistics/289399/bags-of-nabisco-kraft-cheese-nips-crackers-saltines-grahams-eaten-in-the-us/
| quote = The data has been calculated by Statista based on the U.S. Census data and Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS).
| access-date = 2017-10-22
}}
{{citation
| title = Nabisco Recalls 11-Ounce Boxes of Cheese Nips Over Plastic Contaminaton
| date = 21 November 2019
| url = https://www.newsweek.com/cheese-nips-recall-2019-1473289
| access-date = 2022-02-24
}}
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