Chili's Crispy Cheddar Bites

 Chili's Crispy Cheddar Bites- 9.5/10


We are once again interrupting the normal flow of mozzarella content to bring you: Chili's cheddar bites. These are so so good. Period. Let's just get into it.



The breading: The breading on these is simply a crispy outer shell, and there is nothing wring with that in this context. Especially because miss chili tops them with a blend of spices. I really can't handle any spice and will mostly eat mild buffalo wings with tears in my eyes, but the combination and amount of spices makes for the right mix. 


The cheese: If you get these right from the kitchen (as I have on several occasions) and you don't eat the whole thing in one bite, you might actually get something of a cheese pull, good job, Chili. Obviously, this is a mozzarella blog and these are cheddar cheese bites but this is my blog and I love it here so they stay.

***That being said, I will probably rate any kind of fried cheese to cross my path.


The sauce: The sauce is where it kind of loses me because these are served with a spicy ranch and I do not enjoy ranch dressing. However, it doesn't taste exactly like a ranch dressing so it is permissible when there is no honey mustard to be had (which, apparently, happens). All in all, the ranch is sufficient when there is no honey mustard, but the honey mustard-fried cheese combo is unmatched. 


In conclusion, these are amazing and I have ordered them as my entree before and would do it again. Docked points on because the cheese is cheddar, not mozzarella, as my blog title indicates. 

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