{"id":41470,"date":"2019-12-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=41470"},"modified":"2021-08-06T21:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T07:07:47","slug":"planters-white-cheddar-cheez-balls-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/23\/planters-white-cheddar-cheez-balls-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Planters-White-Cheddar-Cheez-Balls.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls\" title=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What are Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls?<\/h3>\n<p>After being brought back from the snack graveyard in 2018, the least appetizingly named food since Dave&#8217;s Hot and Juicy, Planters Cheez Balls, now come in White Cheddar!<\/p>\n<h3>How are they?<\/h3>\n<p>That exclamation point is about as much excitement as you&#8217;re gonna get from this review because these stink, exclamation point.<\/p>\n<p>I remember liking Planters Cheez Balls as a kid, but I guess it was just faux nostalgia, or &#8220;fauxstalgia&#8221; as no one says.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Planters-White-Cheddar-Cheez-Balls-Bowl.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls Bowl\" title=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls Bowl.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The white cheddar flavor pales in comparison to basically every other white cheddar flavored snack on the market. I&#8217;m not kidding. It&#8217;s weak, and the flavor dust seems to melt away almost instantly.<\/p>\n<p>If the flavor is bad, I gotta say, the texture is worse. These fall somewhere between slightly stale Cheetos and Cap&#8217;n Crunch cereal. I thought I would still inhale &#8217;em despite all this, but I barely ate a quarter of the canister.<\/p>\n<p>I might string the rest up like little snowballs and hang em on the tree, but I&#8217;m not sure I wanna smell the odd scent they emit.<\/p>\n<h3>Is there anything else you need to know?<\/h3>\n<p>Every time I ate more than a couple at a time, I got an almost fishy finishing taste. There&#8217;s nothing good going on here.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Planters-White-Cheddar-Cheez-Balls-with-Original.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls with Original\" title=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls with Original.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I picked up the original flavor too, and the aforementioned no one was right \u2013 it was fauxstalgia. They stink slightly less than white cheddar.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m terrified Planters might reboot my favorite childhood snack, PB Crisps. I consider them the GOAT, and I don&#8217;t think I can handle them not living up to that standard.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, I still need them back in my life, so make it happen Planters.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Planters-White-Cheddar-Cheez-Balls-Closeup.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls Closeup\" title=\"Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls Closeup.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are so many better cheese snacks to buy over these. There are also so many better Planters products to buy over these. Don&#8217;t let the marketing fool you. These aren&#8217;t Crystal Pepsi. These aren&#8217;t Ecto Cooler. Your memory has deceived you. Don&#8217;t even bother.<\/p>\n<p>Since this review was a little on the scathing side, I&#8217;d like to end with a joke.<\/p>\n<p>Why does Mr. Peanut walk with a cane?<\/p>\n<p>Because he has <em>Planter<\/em> Fasciitis!<\/p>\n<p>Alright, that joke was cheesier than the actual cheez balls.<\/p>\n<p>BRING BACK PB CRISPS!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> $1.66<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> 2.75 oz. container<br \/>\n<strong>Purchased at:<\/strong> Walmart<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 2 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 oz.) 150 calories, 8 grams of fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 330 milligrams of sodium, 16 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and 1 gram of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Planters White Cheddar Cheez Balls? After being brought back from the snack graveyard in 2018, the least appetizingly named food since Dave&#8217;s Hot and Juicy, Planters Cheez Balls, now come in White Cheddar! How are they? That exclamation point is about as much excitement as you&#8217;re gonna get from this review because these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1474,1569],"class_list":["post-41470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-chips","tag-planters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40807,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/14\/spotted-planters-cheez-balls-white-cheddar\/","url_meta":{"origin":41470,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Planters Cheez Balls White Cheddar","author":"Marvo","date":"November 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really like the radioactive orange color of the original Planters Cheez Balls. 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