Wotsits: Cheese
Let’s not pretend Wotsits are a crisp in the traditional sense. They’re not potatoes, they don’t crunch, and they leave your fingers looking like you’ve done battle with a cheese dust tornado. But they are beloved — and rightly so. Texture and structure Wotsits aren’t crisps. They’re snacks. Corn-based puffs of cheesy air, coated in orange residue that defies physics. They’re soft — not in a limp way, but in that melt-on-the-tongue, dissolve-in-the-gums way that children and nostalgic adults both adore. There’s no sharp bite or clean snap. Instead, it’s like eating a cloud that went through a cheddar storm.…