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I\u2019ve never been much of one for eating something hot just for the sake of saying I did it. I don\u2019t need a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper to make me feel macho. But I like spicy things. I usually get my Thai food \u201cThai hot.\u201d I over-wasabi when I eat sushi. A little burn – when correctly applied – makes me feel alive.<\/p>\n
While I\u2019ve never had an ACTUAL ghost pepper, the flavor seems to have popped up everywhere over the past year plus. Burger King did an orange-bunned ghost pepper Whopper<\/a> last October. Arby\u2019s had the Diablo Dare last year, too. And within the past few months, Wendy\u2019s has gotten in on the act with a ghost pepper sandwich<\/a> and fries.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve had none of these. It\u2019s not because I\u2019m not interested, don\u2019t get me wrong. It\u2019s more like if I\u2019m not eating fast food to review for this site, I\u2019m usually only interested in getting something tried and true. Something I know I\u2019ll enjoy. Like everything else, fast food has gotten too expensive; my metabolism ain\u2019t what it used to be.<\/p>\n The nice thing about the new Flamin\u2019 Hot Smoky Ghost Pepper Cheetos Puffs, however, is that it\u2019s pretty low risk \u2014 even if they\u2019re terrible, I\u2019m only out a single Abe Lincoln. And I don\u2019t mind tossing a bag of chips. <\/p>\n (Okay, that\u2019s a lie. I\u2019ll hang on to it for years, slowly nibbling away and also offering them up to unsuspecting guests with a friendly, \u201cHey, you like to consume food. Would you like a handful of these? How about the whole bag?\u201d Eventually, they\u2019ll grow stale and inedible, at which point I will still have a few pieces at a time for the next three months before I finally pull the trigger on a full expulsion.)<\/p>\n From an appearance standpoint, you know exactly what you\u2019re getting into with these. In addition to being shaped like peppers, they are an aggressively violent shade of red. A slight smoky vinegar aroma wafts up when you open the bag. That artificial smoke flavor is prevalent in the first second of the bite – I was surprised by that and appreciated the layered flavoring – and then the heat immediately sets your tongue on fire. There was no \u201cslow build\u201d here, just immediate and unapologetic mouth-arson.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t like hot, well\u2026 come on. Did you really think you might enjoy these? If you\u2019re someone who doesn\u2019t like chili unless it makes you weep and you end each night with half a pack of Tums, you may be unimpressed. These didn\u2019t make me cry. They were tolerable, but even still, the hottest Cheeto (or chip or cracker) I\u2019ve ever eaten.<\/p>\n Additionally, I enjoyed the fact that these weren\u2019t just novelty-hot. There were nuanced layers of flavor and an appreciable complexity you don\u2019t find in many other \u201chot\u201d snacks. But still, a little goes a long way, so let\u2019s not be surprised if this bag sees the next presidential election. As long as the other people in my house keep remembering to close the bag up tight, anyway.<\/p>\n Purchased Price:<\/strong> $4.30 I\u2019ve never been much of one for eating something hot just for the sake of saying I did it. I don\u2019t need a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper to make me feel macho. But I like spicy things. I usually get my Thai food \u201cThai hot.\u201d I over-wasabi when I eat sushi. A little burn – when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1535,1474,1601],"class_list":["post-56834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cheetos","tag-chips","tag-flamin-hot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56320,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2023\/05\/23\/spotted-cheetos-flamin-hot-smoky-ghost-pepper-puffs\/","url_meta":{"origin":56834,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Smoky Ghost Pepper Puffs","author":"Marvo","date":"May 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Another mouth burning, Flamin' Hot Walmart-exclusive from Cheetos. 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\nSize:<\/strong> 7 oz bag
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Walmart
\nRating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (28 grams) 160 calories, 12 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 14 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar, and 1 gram of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"