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A brief history of Hawkins Cheezies

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Hawkins Cheezies

Manufacturer photo

The basics

Crunchy snack made of extruded cornmeal and flavored with cheese, or cheez, if you prefer. Not a consistent size. Like Cheetos, kinda, but also not like Cheetos (see below).

The place

Canada

The story

Hawkins Cheezies were created before Cheetos, and you can never take that a…