Food of the Eighties, Cheese Balls
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Just like Cheese Puffs or Cheetohs, but in a round ball shape. You can still find them today, but I've never seen anyone actually serve them at a party or anything. This was THE snack of the early 80s! Left your hands a mess of orange!!
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autumngirl - July 15, 2008 - Report this comment
Me and my family lived for cheese balls. They're the best snack.
Foxyfishy - February 04, 2009 - Report this comment
Cheeseballs are the best! I haven't seen them come in the small "pringles like" can like they used to though. I can only find them at stores like BJ's in huge barrels.
SZA - February 04, 2009 - Report this comment
Yeah, around where I live they only sell these things in these big ol' ghetto bags with Garfield cartoon characters on the front. ???
theBLUFS - April 29, 2009 - Report this comment
Sign This Petition To Bring Back PLANTER'S CHEEZ BALLS. petitiononline.com/cheez123/
Ryann - May 19, 2009 - Report this comment
They remidn me of cheetos use use 2 brign eveyrday to lunh in my barbie lunchbox.
Corie - January 27, 2010 - Report this comment
BRING PLANTERS CHEESE BALLS BACK! CANISTER AND ALL!! Lets all write to planters and encourage them to bring them back...course like Good N Fruity, they probably wont be the same.
Todd - May 27, 2010 - Report this comment
Believe it or not, I found these (in the Planter's can and all) in 2008! Where you may ask...at a grocery store in Tahiti on my honeymoon! They may have been there since the '80's but darb they were good!!!
Deb - December 28, 2011 - Report this comment
BRING THEM BACK!!!! They were so good! What was planters thinking?
Charlie - January 02, 2014 - Report this comment
Remember Planters made these in a can in the 80's?
Rob - July 23, 2014 - Report this comment
I REALLy wish these would come back. They were awesome. Target & some supermarkets (I've seen them at Safeway) sell a generic version, but it's just not the same.
Claudia D. RI - August 22, 2014 - Report this comment
OMG yes bring back the cheese balls and cheese sticks. I have very fond memories of these awesome snacks. I have no idea why they were discontinued in the first place. BRING THEM BACK!!!!!!!!
Phil Mazz - September 16, 2014 - Report this comment
Bring them back please. They are the best snack ever.
Scott Dotson - May 11, 2015 - Report this comment
BRING THEM BACK!!!!!
80's Rad Dad - December 05, 2017 - Report this comment
Merry Christmas from PayLess Merry Christmaaaasss! Remember that 1980's jingle? Remember cheese balls and Hot Buttered Rum by the fireplace? ☆
Good News - June 27, 2018 - Report this comment
They're back! Apparently they are bringing these back for a limited time in summer 2018. Google it!
Sarah - March 21, 2019 - Report this comment
I loved these things.
Charlie - June 02, 2019 - Report this comment
You can see a quick snippet of these when they are panning around Jake Ryan's house after his party in sixteen candles...
Want that old thing back - November 21, 2019 - Report this comment
I hear the new ones aren’t like the ones from the 80s. Booo. The reason why is in the 80s they were still using real corn. They ruin everything now. :(..
Charlie - March 19, 2022 - Report this comment
Sometimes if I miss a day showering I get the cheese balls :(

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