This recipe from the fine folks at the CBC calls for cayenne, chili powder, cheddar cheese powder or nutritional yeast, salt, MSG, lemon pepper, buttermilk powder, onion powder, garlic powder and pepper. They combine the classic, delicious cheesiness of Cheetos with….well, what exactly?Īccording to the back of the bag, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos seasoning consists of an assortment of: Salt, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Onion Powder, Whey, Whey Protein Concentrate, Garlic Powder, and the ever elusive “Natural Flavor.” Not a tremendous amount of help there, but luckily many intrepid home chefs have done the research and concocted a facsimile of flamin’ hot seasoning powder that is close to the real thing. A few handfuls of these constitute a great treat but even a full bag requires several cool down periods for me to get through. For me, they hit at right about my maximum threshold. If you’ve never tried them before, their spice level is quite high (around 50,000 on the Scoville scale, if that means anything to you). But there is perhaps no snack more emblematic of this trend than the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Cheese not spicy enough for you? How about pepperjack or even habanero in your cheese? Want an almond that will make your ears steam? Blue Diamond has got you covered with their Carolina Reaper variety. If you are a lover of spiciness, we’re living in a golden age.
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