Triscuit crackers are not adorable.

I mean, if I’m being honest, most crackers other than Goldfish look like what a yawn would be in cracker form. They’re mostly so square, both boringly conventional and literal squares. Perhaps I should be more specific. Regular Triscuit crackers are not adorbs. However, the tiny Triscuit in the Triscuit Snack Mix are so adorable that I want to hug them with my mouth. No, wait. They’re Tris-cute.

Along with the Triscuit minis, the mix also contains mini breadsticks, mini pretzels, and mini corn and rice crisps, but none out-cute the tiny crackers, which look like a minuscule quilt for a baby sea horse. All of them are sprinkled with cheddar cheese seasoning. There’s also an Original variety I considered purchasing, but after looking at the ingredients list, I wasn’t sure whether there was any seasoning, so I left it on the shelf.

After trying this white cheddar variety, however, I somewhat regret letting the cuteness of the tiny Triscuit crackers appeal to my inner microphile, because if you’re looking for a white cheddar flavor blast, these crunchy mini pieces won’t deliver.

Upon opening the bag, my nose detected a mild cheddar scent, but that cheesy smell translated into an even milder taste that never built to anything significant, even after eating a fourth of the bag. The flavor was also inconsistent with every mouthful. Some were mildly cheesy, while others had no cheesiness at all. And when it was there, it dissipated quickly.

To figure out what was going on, I tried each piece individually. It turns out one piece is much better at delivering cheesiness than the others — you guessed it, those mini Tris-cute crackers. Fingerfuls of non-Triscuit pieces will yield an insignificant or nonexistent level of cheesiness, while those with the tiny Triscuit deliver at least some, depending on how many your fingers pick up. But even then, I wished the flavor were stronger.

But maybe that’s on me and not on Triscuit. Maybe my expectations for how bold flavors should be have been tainted by decades of eating snacks engineered to hit a bliss point that maximizes taste without being overpowering, and I’m being prejudiced towards this snack mix for failing to reach it. Or maybe it’s not me, and this Triscuit Snack Mix really does need to be cheesier.

Either way, while the mini Triscuit crackers are adorable, I found the mild, fleeting flavor of Triscuit Snack Mix to be just tolerable.

Purchased Price: $5.99
Size: 6.5 oz pouch
Purchased at: Times Supermarket
Rating: 5 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1/3 cup/26 grams) 110 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 150 milligrams of sodium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.