Kraft Cheese Nips

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Kraft Cheese Nips are small cheese-flavored crackers manufactured by Kraft Foods.

Kraft uses cheese of its own production to make these crackers.

Cheese Nips are made in Cheddar, Reduced-Fat Cheddar and Four Cheese (Cheddar, Parmesan, Romano, Mozzarella) flavors. They were once made in extra cheddar flavors. The Four Cheese flavor contains half a gram of trans fat per serving.

Cheese Nips are also known for selling versions of their product that are shaped like cartoon characters, such as Spongebob Squarepants.

Portion-controlled packages of Cheese Nips are also sold under the name Cheese Nips Thin Crisps 100 Calorie Packs, to appeal to the health-conscious market. These Nips are slightly smaller and thinner than regular Nips, and are hexagonal in shape.

Nips also appear along with other varieties of snacks in mix called Nabisco Cheddars and Bits 'n' Bites.

Kraft uses cross-promotions with other products and events to sell Cheese Nips. In 2003, it sponsored a NASCAR Chevy driven by Steve Park. In return for financial sponsorship, Kraft was allowed to place its logo for Cheese Nips (as well as Fig Newtons) prominently on the back of the car, where it was likely to be seen by spectators of races. The car was then sold as a toy, in miniature form, as a collector's item.