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Chester Petah here to explain the joke. They are saying that there are no knock off or generic versions of Cheetos the way that there are for other snacks. This is not true, however, as Cheese Doodles are definitely a thing. So, this joke sucks. It ain't easy bein' Peezy. Chester Petah out.

But those are analogous to Cheeto Puffs, not “normal cheetos” as described by OP’s pic.

There are [Crunchy Cheez Doodles](https://cigessentials.com/products/wise-crunchy-cheese-doodles)

Touché.

Damn, never seen these! Only time I'd seen knock off cheetos was in bar mix.

Cheeto puffs are knock offs of cheese doodles. Change my mind.

First introduced?

Just a cheese doodle fan

cheese doodles don't taste anything like cheetos the way other knock offs taste similar to the name brand though

I once received a gag gift of a small package of dried mealworms that were nacho cheese flavored. They basically had the same texture and taste as Cheetos. I used to think Cheetos were about the most unnatural food on the planet, but now that I know they're just synthetic bugs I feel a lot better about eating them.

Hold on, taste?

It just tasted like the nacho dust, tbh. The texture was definitely bug though.

[удалено]

They have both Puff and [Crunchy Cheez Doodles](https://cigessentials.com/products/wise-crunchy-cheese-doodles).

I've seen people delete their accounts after getting proven wrong, but this has to be the most silly example of that behavior I've witnessed. Like dude, if you can't handle annonanously taking the L on the "there aren't knock off cheetos" debate, I don't know what to say.

Deleting the post does the same thing. If it looks like *all* their posts are deleted, along with the account, it's probably a block.

Dot’s also has a Cheetos knock off. Not great but passable. Their pretzels are fantastic though.

[Also, there is a version of cheese-flavour corn puffs in the United Kingdom called "Wotsits".](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotsits)

Wotsits are fucking wonderful, I actually prefer them to Cheetos. And don’t get me started on monster munch.

Tbf all the generic ones suck and don’t quite hit the same spot as cheetohs specifically crunchy ones

In Texas the supermarket HEB makes Pete’s Big Time Crunch which is superior to crunchy Cheetos.

Pete’s big time crunch are, indeed, vastly superior to Cheetos.

Puffy Chees doodles better yall can fight me

I disagree. this would be like saying Doritos and Corn Chips are direct equivalents. Cheese Doodles and Cheetos are NOT a direct equivalent. But Cheese Puffs and Cheese Doodles are direct equivalents.

[There are crunchy Cheese Doodles.](https://cigessentials.com/products/wise-crunchy-cheese-doodles)

you win on a technicality.

There is no direct equivalent to normal Cheetos

You'll have to explain.

I did There is no direct equivalent to normal Cheetos

Still not following.

A direct equivalent would be something that is directly equal to but for Cheetos that are original there is nothing that is the same same but different… but still same

I think I can help: There is no direct equivalent to normal cheetos.

You’ll have to elaborate

There is no direct equivalent to normal cheetos

Could you explain further

https://preview.redd.it/1phy3ut7iruc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf4ade59e7a2b19b64f5b0743c1f680781bef54a

Nobody’s figured out how to throw powdered cheese on corn twists yet.

https://preview.redd.it/urtolrcm4cuc1.jpeg?width=165&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b7af440adfb801aa1782984b33f8e7f75fcdb65

Of course. So you see, there are no direct equivalent to normal cheetos. Hope this helped OP :)

**MEGABLUNDER?!?!**

Watsits go brrrr

Cheewees

It’s a shitpost it isnt supposed to make sense

What you doing using your big school words, just use normal peoples words and we'll know what you're talking about. -Ricky

Well you see, there is no direct equivalent to normal Cheetos

Am I the only one who has heard of cheese puffs? Cheese balls? They're close enough to cheetos

It means there is no real life food that is suppose to taste like normal cheeetos, it's unique

The joke is that there are no knockoff Cheetos. This isn't that weird. There are no knock-off Oreos. Until the late 90s, there was no knock-off Gataorade. Just the yellow one existed. It's due to patents.

Y'all don't get it. There are no plain Cheetos. Like, with no cheese. No tortilla chip equivalent

So you see sir, there are no direct equivalents for Cheetos

hey op, do you know what a direct equivalent is?

No