You read that correctly, the Cheeto cookie is real.
According to LAist, a baker in Santa Monica, had the idea for a Cheetos cookie came to him late one night while pondering new cookie flavors, which is apparently a common twilight pastime of his. This is what he said:
A few weeks back while noodling our holiday line up and the possible uses of crushed candy canes, Cheetos popped into my head (I do love Cheetos so this kind of thing does sometimes happen). I quickly started building a new cookie recipe in my mind. I knew it had to be thick and chewy, salty and cheesy, have the soft crunch and slight corny flavor of Cheetos and, if possible, it’d be great if the cookie could turn fingertips orange. The next day, armed with a party-sized bag of Cheetos and a tub of cheddar cheese powder, we got to work. The result was everything I hoped it’d be.
Is the cookie good? Canter says that people tend to be a bit apprehensive first, but by offering samples of the cookie…people actually love it. Hm, looks like we need to hunt down this cookie bakery to try this Cheeto cookie. What do you think?
