Red Tabasco Cheez-It

[Crono]

I used to get a lot of the red tabasco (not the "hot and spicy" green Tabasco, but made with the original red) Cheez-It. Did they stop making it? I can't seem to find it anywhere anymore. I hope I'm not going crazy and imagined their existence, lol.

 

[sjwaste]

As in, the crackers, or the aerosol cheese? Can't remember which is which...

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
As in, the crackers, or the aerosol cheese? Can't remember which is which...

The crackers.

 

[clamum]

I was gonna say yes, cause my co-worker had a box here last week, but I'm pretty sure it was the green Tabasco kind, not the red.

 

[JohnCU]

i think you imagined it, i don't see it listed anywhere on their website or google

 

[JohnCU]

wait i did find this comment on some webpage talking about the green tabasco cheez its

I could have sworn that they first came out with a red tabasco sauce flavor and I enjoyed those alot. When they switched to green or green/red combo, haven't liked them.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i think you imagined it, i don't see it listed anywhere on their website or google

It's weird, because I distinctly remember buying and eating on more than one occasion. I think I first had it like 4 years ago, at least 3 times, and then after like a couple of months I didn't see it anywhere. The packaging was different (had red tabasco bottle, not a green, and it definitely tasted better to me (hotter, just like the red tabasco sauce is hotter than green). Maybe my area was a test market for it or something. I am really hoping I am not remembering incorrectly or imagining it altogether, but I don't see any reference to it online, and no one I talk to seems to recall it at all or very vaguely.

If it was test marketing, it's possible they found that people like green more, but I don't know why they wouldn't keep the red one also for people who like a little more heat.

 

[CrazyLazy]

Tabasco Cheez-Its are amazing. My store still carries them, but your local store could be different. You might try online/ebay if you are desperate.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i think you imagined it, i don't see it listed anywhere on their website or google

It's weird, because I distinctly remember buying and eating on more than one occasion. I think I first had it like 4 years ago, at least 3 times, and then after like a couple of months I didn't see it anywhere. The packaging was different (had red tabasco bottle, not a green, and it definitely tasted better to me (hotter, just like the red tabasco sauce is hotter than green). Maybe my area was a test market for it or something. I am really hoping I am not remembering incorrectly or imagining it altogether, but I don't see any reference to it online, and no one I talk to seems to recall it at all or very vaguely.

If it was test marketing, it's possible they found that people like green more, but I don't know why they wouldn't keep the red one also for people who like a little more heat.

look at my other post, apparently you aren't the only one who remembers them.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
wait i did find this comment on some webpage talking about the green tabasco cheez its

I could have sworn that they first came out with a red tabasco sauce flavor and I enjoyed those alot. When they switched to green or green/red combo, haven't liked them.

Interesting. Either we both imagined it, or they really did make it. I'm not that obsessed that I would contact Cheez-It, but they were my favorite snack and super addictive.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JohnCU
wait i did find this comment on some webpage talking about the green tabasco cheez its

I could have sworn that they first came out with a red tabasco sauce flavor and I enjoyed those alot. When they switched to green or green/red combo, haven't liked them.

Interesting. Either we both imagined it, or they really did make it. I'm not that obsessed that I would contact Cheez-It, but they were my favorite snack and super addictive.

maybe you could get some plain cheez its and put some tabasco on them and re bake them or something. i kinda want some now.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JohnCU
wait i did find this comment on some webpage talking about the green tabasco cheez its

I could have sworn that they first came out with a red tabasco sauce flavor and I enjoyed those alot. When they switched to green or green/red combo, haven't liked them.

Interesting. Either we both imagined it, or they really did make it. I'm not that obsessed that I would contact Cheez-It, but they were my favorite snack and super addictive.

maybe you could get some plain cheez its and put some tabasco on them and re bake them or something. i kinda want some now.

Lol, I actually tried that when I got a craving one time. It wasn't bad, but not quite the same. I'm guessing they add the flavor before they bake it.

EDIT: I may be crazy and wasting my time, but I have to know. I sent Cheez-It a message through their website contact form. Hopefully they will actually respond.

 

[ultimatebob]

Nope, you're not crazy. They made them, and my Dad loves them. I wasn't a fan myself... a bit too spicy for a cheese cracker. I haven't seen them in Connecticut, though!

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JohnCU
wait i did find this comment on some webpage talking about the green tabasco cheez its

I could have sworn that they first came out with a red tabasco sauce flavor and I enjoyed those alot. When they switched to green or green/red combo, haven't liked them.

Interesting. Either we both imagined it, or they really did make it. I'm not that obsessed that I would contact Cheez-It, but they were my favorite snack and super addictive.

maybe you could get some plain cheez its and put some tabasco on them and re bake them or something. i kinda want some now.

I just dip Cheez-Its in Tabasco when I can't find the Red Cheez-Its. They're getting harder & harder to find.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JohnCU
wait i did find this comment on some webpage talking about the green tabasco cheez its

I could have sworn that they first came out with a red tabasco sauce flavor and I enjoyed those alot. When they switched to green or green/red combo, haven't liked them.

Interesting. Either we both imagined it, or they really did make it. I'm not that obsessed that I would contact Cheez-It, but they were my favorite snack and super addictive.

maybe you could get some plain cheez its and put some tabasco on them and re bake them or something. i kinda want some now.

Lol, I actually tried that when I got a craving one time. It wasn't bad, but not quite the same. I'm guessing they add the flavor before they bake it.

EDIT: I may be crazy and wasting my time, but I have to know. I sent Cheez-It a message through their website contact form. Hopefully they will actually respond.

update the thread if you find out

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Nope, you're not crazy. They made them, and my Dad loves them. I wasn't a fan myself... a bit too spicy for a cheese cracker. I haven't seen them in Connecticut, though!

Aha! I am not crazy. Or at least not because of this

Originally posted by: JohnCU

update the thread if you find out

Yup, will do. I am tempted to make a petition for them to bring back the flavor.

 

[ed21x]

tabasco chili powderyou can try putting on some to the Cheez-its, and maybe get the same flavor.

 

[Delita]

Yeah they still make them. I get them every now and then from the store

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i only recall ever seeing the green ones

licking fingers after putting away a lot of those.. mmmm

 

[440sixpack]

Good lord I need to find this product, the green Tobasco Cheez-Its are my all time favorite addictive snack, and if they make a version of the red, which I like better than the green sauce.... cue Homer Simpson drool sounds...

 

[xanis]

I totally forgot that those things even existed until I read the OP. Man they're good... I need to go try and find some now.

 

[ch33kym0use]

I sniffs around for the cheese. *drools and stops drooling and drools and stops drooling and drools* Cheese is reward for good work.

 

[Crono]

Ok, I got a response back from the company:

"Mr. Mathews,

Thank you for contacting us regarding Sunshine® Cheez-It® Hot & Spicy
crackers.

We have searched our records and we do not indicate of us using the
red Tabasco® Sauce. We even looked in our discontinued product list
and nothing matched. It could have been that at one point it was in
test market when first introduced but we found not record of an
actual launched product with red sauce.

We appreciate your interest in our company and products.

Sincerely,

Alex Grijalva
Consumer Affairs Department"

So it was never a fully launched product, and was just test marketed Oh well.