Cheez Doodles are a
cheese-flavored
cheese puff produced by
Wise Foods which are similar to
Frito-Lay's Cheetos. They debuted several years after Frito-Lay's snack in the 1950s. Originally developed and manufactured by King Kone Corp. of the Bronx (owned and operated by
Morrie Yohai), it became the prevalent cheese puff snack on the East Coast. In the mid-1960s the company (now known as Old London Foods) was acquired by
Borden and assigned to the Wise potato chip division. Cheez Doodles remain one of the strongest brands marketed by Wise, which is no longer part of Borden.