Cheez-It vs Cheese Nips
Cheez-Its are one of my all-time favorite snacks. For some reason they go really well with Tab. I thought it was just me but I had some people try the Tab with Cheez-its once and they agreed. I don’t know what it is but I don’t care. Cheez-Its of course do mighty fine on their own too and that’s why I love them so much. I’ve tried other brands but they’re just not the same. For this evaluation, I got the arch enemy of Cheez-Its: Cheese Nips. In this evaluation we had the help of pur friends Marc and Sara.
Cheez-It:
One comment was that these have a toasty cheese flavor. We all felt the saltiness was just right and they have a good crunch to them. I usually like to let these sit in my mouth for a little bit and suck off the salt and then let the “it” soften up and then that’s when I take a swig of Tab (so good!). We all agreed these had a very satisfying cheese flavor and a nice crunchy (one person thought somewhat buttery as well) texture.
Cheese Nips:
Cheese Nips were visually different in that they seemed to have less texture, like a saltine. There isn’t the salt presence that Cheez-it has, although some did have a few smaller granules of salt on them. We agreed these lacked the same full-bodied cheese flavor and almost resembled an oyster cracker with a little bit of cheese flavor. Also, these were a little dryer than Cheez-Its and didn’t soften in my mouth the way Cheez-its do.
Wrap up:
Cheez-It all the way from all 4 of us. Although Cheese Nips claim they have real Cheddar cheese in them and Cheez-It’s don’t, I guess whatever Cheez-It is doing is right (to us anyway) because we enjoyed these much more. I know this is kind of touchy because people seem to get upset over these dueling cheese crackers. I mentioned I was going to compare these to the intern at work (way back earlier this month when I had a job) and she felt very strongly about Cheese Nips and how disgusting Cheez-Its were, almost like she thought people who favored Cheez-Its also ate dog food. It was very strange. I’ve seen other people feel the same way about Cheese Nips, so in case anything like that starts here kids, remember to keep it civil 
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February 28th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
cheese nips have been banned from my house. i can’t stand them. cheez-its all the way!
March 1st, 2009 at 1:50 am
I think both are totally gross. Don’t understand the appeal of this genre of food at all.
March 1st, 2009 at 2:35 am
I have a complete hatred of Cheez-its for a reason that has nothing to do with taste — their greasiness. I used to work in a community theatre and we had to confiscate boxes of Cheez-its because actors would eat a couple, then wipe their greasy hands on their costumes. >:(
(Of course, we shouldn’t have had to tell them not to eat in their costumes or in their dressing rooms, but … it’s community theatre. Sometimes there’s nothing you can do.)
March 1st, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Well, it’s about time you got around to reviewing these ;). I’ve been staring at the pic in the top corner of the page for forever wondering if I had missed the review & couldn’t find it. I recently bought a box of Cheese Nips over Cheez-Its because they were cheaper(by alot) & they were disgusting! My kids finished the box. Cheez-Its forever!
March 1st, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Deep-Fried Chicken Fingers with Crispy Cheez-It Crust:
http://www.thehungrymouse.com/home/2009/02/13/deep-fried-chicken-fingers-with-crispy-cheez-it-crust/
March 1st, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I actually prefer the Walmart brand cheese crackers, but when I can’t get them it’s Cheez-Its all the way. Do you remember Cheese Tidbits? Those used to be my favorites, but I haven’t been able to find them for years.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 am
Love the “Its” and hate the “Nips.” Though I’ll throw into the ring what I crave more sometimes; Better Cheddar’s. My only problem is their greasiness, but boy are they addictive.
If you ever do a taste comparison between something else round and cheddar (can’t think of what) you’ve got one opponent.
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
If you want something REALLY good, check out Mac and Cheese Crackers - they’re seriously crack in a box and better than both Cheese Its and Cheese Nips!
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I love Its and hate Nips. I haven’t had Cheese Nips for a long time but I seem to remember they had a sharper cheese taste to them and that’s why I don’t care for them. Not a fan of sharp cheeses.
Now I have to buy a box of Cheez Its. And a can of Tab. Thanks a lot!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:58 am
My vote definitely goes for the Its and not the Nips. To my taste, the Nips have an odd, slightly bitter aftertaste, much like you’d find in a very sharp Cheddar cheese. (I don’t know if Nabisco intends this as an authentic taste or not.) The Its, on the other hand, taste fresher and much more like a good cheese-flavored snack cracker. I also have to admit a weakness for the white Cheddar version of the Its, which is the epitome of a great cheese cracker.
March 5th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Its the It’s all the way. The ones that are baked a little extra and have a brown top are the best.
Cheese Nips are like the k-mart of cheese crackers.
btw cheese is listed as an ingredent on the Cheez-It package.
March 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am
On the Cheezit’s box it says “real cheese” and Cheese Nips say ” real Cheddar cheese”. Both real, one cheddar.
March 5th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Haha, I love them both! =D
March 12th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Cheese Nips, for the win. To me, Cheez Its have a bit of a more crumbly taste.
Of course, I like Cheez Its too; I just prefer Cheese Nips. I’m fine either way.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I think that I must be a freak because I like both of them. It depends on what kind of mood I’m in because at certain times I find one delicious and the other satisfactory, but it is always revolving.
March 17th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Cheez-Its are wayyyy better. The Nips aren’t just inferior, they’re NASTY! The salt on the Its makes em better. I tried the Nips once, never again!, and they have a very STALE taste! Gross!
March 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I have to agree - Cheese Nips taste like they’re stale. Cheez-Its RULE!!!!!
April 18th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
No contest…Cheez-Its do, in fact RULE!!!!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:11 am
Cheez-Its of course, Cheez Nips are just nasty! (And they do taste like they’re stale.)
May 6th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Cheese Nips and Cheez-Its and both made by Kellogg. they are both the same snack. Cheese Nips are just a little cheaper. They do that so they got you ether way and make some money on the consumer that wants to save some money and get the “Generic” brand. its just noting more then a marketing trick. But you people seem to think ones is better then the other lol its all the same.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Even if they were made by the same company, they definitely at least tweak the recipes enough that there is a difference in taste/texture. At the very least they put bigger salt granules on Cheez-its which effects the taste, but I think there’s more of a difference than that anyway.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:11 am
NO dan your wrong… its the same snack!!!!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:36 am
CHEEZ ITS are made by National Biscuit (NABISCO) while CHEEZ NIPS are made by SUNSHINE Bakers
May 13th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
We had our ouwn taste test at work and 4 of us decided the Cheese Nips were cheesier. Only Monica liked the cheezits better.
May 13th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
BTW, Cheese Nips are made by Kraft & the “not so” Cheeze-its are made by Kellogg.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
yes thats right lisa but if you look into it beeper NABISCO and SUNSHINE are company’s owned by Kellogg. just like PepsiCo owns fredo lay and i believe thay own jello as well!
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Lesley… who is this Monica? Your talking about her like she is someone we all know. And your making her out to sound like shes the slow stupid one at your work place. I don’t think that’s vary nice at all!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Cheese Nips are made by NABISCO which is owned by KRAFT. KRAFT is owned by Philip Morris. In no way are they related to Kellogg.
June 7th, 2009 at 3:59 am
The Cheez-Nips claim that Cheez-its aren’t real cheese, but it says, right on the Cheez-it box, that they are 100% real cheese. Bit of false advertizing there, eh?
Oh, and Steve, the reason that Cheez-its are more expensive than Cheez-nips is because it costs more to market them. Therefore, the nips are missing out on something. And their are Cheez-Nip commercials out there, so it’s not advertizing costs.
June 7th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
John, one is claiming to have real cheddar while the other just says real Cheese. I think Nips are riding on the fact they don’t just use any cheese, they use *Cheddar* cheese, while Cheese-It’s use “real cheese”, it’s not cheddar like Nips.
June 13th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Cheese Nips are disgusting!
June 16th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I LOVE THEM BOTH… BUT I THINK CHEESE-ITS ARE MY NUMBER ONE FAVORITE!! I LOVE TO PUT THE HOT’NSPICY ONES ON MY TUNA SANDWHICHES!!! IF YOU HAVENT TRIED IT PLEASE ITS AMAZING I PROMISE!!!!
June 19th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I grew up with Cheez-its, but recently, they look like crap to me and I can’t stand them.
Cheese Nips are more satisfying for me. A little healthier on less salt, and I generally find them good without so much flavor.
June 28th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Cheez-Its are best if they’ve had a day to be open. I used to share with my cat. I also like them cold from the fridge.
Cheese Nips often taste burnt to me.
July 11th, 2009 at 1:55 am
I prefer Cheeze-Its over Cheese Nips.. They are actually better then Cheese Nips. Cheese Nips claims Real Cheddar Cheese, because they use nothing but cheddar cheese.. Cheeze-Its use a blend of cheddar cheese and skim milk cheese….. Right now I am eating Cheeze Nips, because the whole box was one dollar at walmart..
July 14th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
To me, cheese nips are so disgustingly greasy. I just can’t get over it- my mom has a thing with eating those, but I won’t eat anything but cheez-its.
September 6th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
You all are crazy. Totally nuckin futz. Cheese-its are good, but nips beats them easily with a better flavor all around. I eat both, but certainly prefer nips.
September 17th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Cheese Nips are so awful. I can’t understand how anyone could enjoy those bitter and dry, weak version of Cheez-its. I hate the nips with a passion. There’s a reason Cheez-its take up more shelves than Cheese Nips at the stores.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Fresh Cheese Nips are good, but fresh Cheez-Its are MUCHO better!!!! But I dont buy Cheez-Its becuase they went up in PRICE soooooo much in the last couple years …. So at Wal0mart I buy Cheese Nips instead.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Nips are just kind of generic crackers. I actually don’t like the regular Its that much, but the White Cheddar Its are incredible. Very, very messy, but 100% worth it.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
i’d like to add that i normally get cheez its, but accidentally got nips this weekend. they’re absolutely awful. i agree with this review. nips are industrial and plastic.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:43 am
CHEEZ-ITS RULE! Cheese Nips are an EPIC FAIL!
November 4th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I LOVE CHEEZ-ITS! if cheese nips fail EPICALLY, cheez-its are an EPIC WIN
CHEEZ-ITS FTW!!!!
November 15th, 2009 at 2:13 am
they’re so different that I can’t help but pick one or the other at various times.
heck, for cheese crackers, stauffer’s are pretty good; they also have a cracker/biscuit called “Whales” which are probably my favorite cheese cracker
November 20th, 2009 at 5:35 am
100% Cheez-It. Salt, flavor, texture, cruch, whatever - it wins. Yes, I will take the time to sit a put peanut butter on these little things. Two days ago, I tossed them in some chili. Why did it take me this long to try that. Some people add cheese to chili. Some people add crackers. Duh, Cheez-It!
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:56 am
Actually the university I attend recently performed a sensory evaluation where each cracker was given a random number and the panelists were asked to evaluate each on a number of characteristics, not knowing which was which. Not one out of 30 panelists preferred the Cheese Nip over the Cheezit!! And Steve, they ARE owned by different companies, one being owned by Kraft and another by Kellog. They are in no way the same at all!
November 27th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
In my opinion, “Nips” taste like “Kraft American Cheese”
Note: I don’t consider American “Cheese” cheese. I think that it tastes like plastic.
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 am
I’ve never seen so many lunatics as passionate about CHEESE CRACKERS as the
posters on this site. BUT now that Im here, I’m addicted to CHeese its. Who in
their right mind would vote for Cheese Nips. My cat Max sniffs them and walks
away. he STRONGLY prefers Cheese Its. And by the way, is there anything
grosser than PRINGLES POTATO CHIPS? Have you ever eaten styrofoam?
Thats Pringles. Anyway gotta go. Im hungry. Rachael.
December 31st, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Thank you for the review. I was just having this conversation, my wife and I. Amazing how much info is on the Internet.
Oh, I voted cheez its.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:45 am
Cheese Nips are disgusting!!! Sorry to people who like them but… ew, just ew.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:19 am
Cheez-it all day
I font think they are greasy at all FOOLS
January 11th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
THANK YOU FOR THE PEPPER JACK CHEEZ-IT BUT IT IS DOT HOT BUT CAN YOU YOUS SOME PEPPER JACK CHEEZ AND MACK SOM CHEEZ-IT I LOVE HOT FOOD WILL YALL THANK YOU
January 13th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
I’m a Nip. My daughter is an It. We’ve had MAJOR battles over this.
In truth, though, my ALLTIME FAV was Cheese Tid-Bits ….. My Grandma got me hooked and I have grieved the day these were deleted from the Nabisco line. Tid-Bits put Nips and Its to SHAME!!!!
January 14th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Cheese Nips all the way. But you have to get the white cheddar flavor. Those are really good.
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January 15th, 2010 at 12:04 am
A no brainer, to be sure. Cheez-It are one of those things that if I can’t have the real thing I’d rather not have it at all. Enough said.
January 15th, 2010 at 4:56 am
For all these years I thought that I was alone…
I was raised on cheez-its.
Nothing else compares!
I was so disappointed when they stopped making the pound box… They went from a pound to 13.7 oz! That’s a big drop! What did they think, we wouldn’t notice?! Anyways… it’s still the best cheeze cracker known to man.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:38 am
I’m sitting here right now with a box of Cheese-Nips that says “New & Improved Cheese Taste”. I will agree the taste is improved since the last time I had them, which was probably two or three years ago, but they still pale in comparison to Cheez-Its. I agree with JB the toasted ones are the best part of Cheez-Its.
My family is from Wisconsin so everyone in my family is a cheese head. In my personal opinion Cheez-It captures the flavor of cheese better. Even though it doesn’t specify what kind of cheese is used on the box (Russell may be right about it being a blend) and Cheese Nips do I still believe Cheez-Its has a real cheese flavor. I believed for a long time based on the taste alone, similar to what Twisted Logic said, that Cheese-Nips were made with American cheese (eggccch, only on hamburgers). Now that I know that they are made with cheddar cheese, Kraft cheddar cheese, it brings into question the quality of Kraft cheddar cheese (Velveeta makes great Mac & Cheese though).Cheez-Its hands down, though Cheese Nips are improving.
@Steve: These snacks are certainly not the same and either your taste buds are damaged or you do not eat cheese crackers. Kraft (still using the name Nabisco) produces Cheese Nips. Kraft is owned by Phillip-Morris (now re-named Altria). Cheez-Its are produced by Kellogg (still using the Sunshine brand), which as far as my research found is an independent entity (Kellogg is owned by Kellogg). Taste alone should tell you they are not the same cracker. If anyone can find a link between Phillip-Morris(Altria) and Kellogg then it post here along with your preference of cheese cracker.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Sorry for the long post
January 21st, 2010 at 4:24 am
My parents like Cheese Nips and most generic forms of cheese crackers. However, I only like Cheez-Its. One of the reasons is the salt; I love salty foods over sweet foods. The flavor is also just right for me. It’s not too bland and not to overwhelming. Cheez-Its is the cracker for me.
January 31st, 2010 at 9:04 pm
My girlfriend and I are anti-Nips till the day we die; Cheez-It’s are the one and only, anything else is just wrong. Did Cheese Nips make a cameo appearance in the film Ghostbusters? I think not. Cheez-It’s are nostalgic, but that’s because they’re good.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
This cheez-it battle is hysterical. I bought Cheez-its yesterday and noticed that the holes in the middle seemed bigger, so I decided to do a search on whether they were or not. (haven’t found an answer) . I prefer Cheez-its. nips are the poor man’s cheez-it. But I too miss Cheese Tidbits! I had forgotten all about them- they were so crispy and great.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Cheez-itz FOR DA WIN!
WOOHOO
February 11th, 2010 at 3:59 am
Cheese Nips taste more like real cheese and don’t burn your insides with salt and grease like Cheez Its do, but to be honest you’re all white trash folk for eating this processed crap anyway so why would that even matter. And to the person who feeds these to your cat, you are weird. You probably sit at home watching tv and share junk food with your cat wearing a cat snuggie.
February 27th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Some friends and I got into a discussion over dinner recently of Cheez-It vs. Cheese Nips. Having spent several years in the industry, I stated very strongly that there was no contest — Cheez-It’s are FAR superior to Cheese Nips. (This is all the more powerful a statement, given that my wife used to work @Nabisco.) Weren’t we all surprised when we stumbled on to this web-site after dinner. Of course, I was not surprised at all with the results of your taste test — Cheez-It’s rule!!
March 1st, 2010 at 2:01 am
I say “its” all the way (as i sit here and pig out on them) they are much krispier, saltier and have an overall better taste.