{"id":19172,"date":"2015-10-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19172"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T03:27:02","slug":"review-minions-cinnamon-banana-cheetos-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/07\/review-minions-cinnamon-banana-cheetos-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Minions Cinnamon Banana Cheetos (Japan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Minions<\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past year we\u2019ve seen a lot of products with movie tie-ins. But it seems most of them have come from three movies \u2014 Frozen<\/i>, Star Wars<\/i>, and Minions<\/i>. Sorry, Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/i> and whatever DreamWorks Animation movies that came out this year.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the shape and color of Minions and their love of bananas, it\u2019s been easy for companies to produce fun products. One that comes to mind are the <\/a>Tic Tacs with Minions faces printed on them. Another are Twinkies that can be decorated to look like Minions. And then there are these Minions Cinnamon Banana Cheetos from Japan.<\/p>\n

Their bright yellow color instantly makes me think of Minions, but it\u2019s a bit disappointing they\u2019re crunchy Cheetos and not Cheetos Puffs. And it\u2019s even more disappointing they\u2019re not Cheetos Puffs shaped like Minions with their faces printed on them. Come on, Japan! You can make soccer playing robots, but not Minions-shaped Cheetos. You\u2019re slipping! <\/p>\n

What\u2019s also disappointing about these Cheetos from Japan are how they don\u2019t have much of a banana flavor. There was a banana aroma that came out of the bag when I first opened it, but subsequent openings produced a strong cinnamon smell. <\/p>\n

\"Minions<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of banana, their flavor reminds me of churros, which is still awesome, but not the flavor I was hoping for. The snack also has a slight butteriness to them that’s similar to what I experienced with the <\/a>Cinnamon Sugar Sweetos released earlier this year. So if you had those, you have a general idea of what these Cheetos taste like.<\/p>\n

The Minions Cinnamon Banana Cheetos are tasty, but the lack of banana flavor drove me…bananas. I’m sorry. That was horrible. But not horrible enough for me to use my arrow keys to erase it from the internet.<\/p>\n

There is hope though. The Minions movie made a BILLION dollars worldwide, so there’s a BILLION percent chance there will be a sequel. And when there’s a sequel and more money to be made, there might be another version of this snack that’ll be Cheetos Puffs shaped like Minions with their faces printed on them that are banana-flavored.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 75 grams – 418 kcal, 24.8 grams of fat, 194 milligrams of sodium, 45.2 grams of carbohydrates, and 3.6 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Minions Cinnamon Banana Cheetos (Japan)
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $6.98 (includes shipping)
\nSize:<\/b> 75 gram bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> eBay
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Tasty. Tastes like churros. Bright yellow like Minions.
\nCons:<\/b> Doesn’t have banana flavor. Could’ve looked like more like Minions. Can’t remember what the last DreamWorks Animation movie was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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