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The Atlas

The flavored cheese curd atlas.

Five families, forty-two flavors, one taxonomy. Tested, scored, and arranged by where they sit on the heat/sweet/savory map.

42
Flavors tested
5
Flavor families
11
Worth your money
Family I · The Originals

The benchmark flavors.

Plain white cheese curds
No. 01

Plain
Yellow cheddar cheese curds
No. 02

Yellow Cheddar
White cheddar cheese curds
No. 03

White Cheddar
Caraway-seed cheese curds
No. 04

Caraway
Family II · Heat

Spicy curds, graded by heat.

Jalapeño cheese curds
No. 05

Jalapeño
Buffalo cheese curds
No. 06

Buffalo
Ghost pepper cheese curds
No. 07

Ghost Pepper

Hot enough to be a stunt.
Pizza-seasoned cheese curds
No. 08

Pizza
Family III · Savory + Herbal

Garlic, dill, and the things that go with them.

Garlic and dill cheese curds
No. 09

Garlic & Dill

Editor's pick of the herbal family.
Ranch cheese curds
No. 10

Ranch
Onion and chive cheese curds
No. 11

Onion & Chive
Black truffle cheese curds
No. 12

Truffle

When it's good, it's transcendent. Mostly it isn't.
Family IV · Sweet & Savory

Bacon, honey, and the things that flirt with dessert.

Maple bacon cheese curds
No. 13

Maple Bacon
Hot honey cheese curds
No. 14

Hot Honey
BBQ cheese curds
No. 15

BBQ
Honey mustard cheese curds
No. 16

Honey Mustard
Family V · The Experimental

Curds we tested so you don't have to.

Sriracha cheese curds
No. 17

Sriracha

The hot-sauce-on-everything entry.
Dill pickle cheese curds
No. 18

Dill Pickle

Surprisingly close to the real thing.
Everything bagel cheese curds
No. 19

Everything Bagel
Smoked cheese curds
No. 20

Smoke
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Every curd, scored.

Squeak, texture, salt, flavor, shipping, value. Roundups and single-brand verdicts.

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Guides
The Guides

How a curd works.

What a curd actually is, why it squeaks, how to fry it, how to keep it alive.

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The Brands

Who makes them.

Producer profiles. Who ships, who doesn't, and who's worth the drive.

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Recipes
The Recipes

What to cook.

Beer batter, poutine, and what to do with a bag you can't finish.

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