DCHP-2

Cheezies cheezies DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — proprietary, Food

  a finger-sized snack food of deep-fried cornmeal with cheese-flavoured coating (see Image 1).

  Type: 1. Origin — Invented after World War II in the US, Cheezies were produced from 1949-56 in Tweed, ON, and thereafter in Belleville, ON, by W.T. Hawkins Ltd. (see Cheezies website below). W. T. Hawkins Confections went bankrupt in the US shortly after the brand moved to Canada and thus the snack is available only in Canada, although imitations exist.

  • While the technique was originally developed for cattle feed (see the 2012 quotation), its reapplication to create a new snack food is a post-WWII innovation.