# Wheat Thins or Triscuits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959 "2015-08-04T11:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/21 "2015-08-04T15:03:49Z")
Yummmm. Triscuits. Especially the olive oil and rosemary ones. They are good enough to eat right out of the box, without any adornment whatsoever. Wheat Thins are ok if there’s nothing else and I want a cracker. They tend to have an aftertaste to me,though, that I’m not real fond of. They do have a good snap and crunch to them. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/22 "2015-08-04T15:48:26Z")
I prefer wheat thins but I eat tricuits because they are better for you (more fiber). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/23 "2015-08-04T15:54:35Z")
I miss Triscuits. There was a garlic one, no idea if it still exists, but it is or was delicious. I’m going to answer the poll as if I could still eat 'em. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/24 "2015-08-04T15:57:50Z")
Wheat Thins are yummy but dangerous, I will eat the whole box. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/25 "2015-08-04T15:58:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Wheat Thins have better flavor, especially some of the newer ones, which can be eaten plain. Yes, I like the new Buckwheat Thins, although the Trisket Taskets are you too, especially in a green and… er, yellow basket. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/26 "2015-08-04T16:02:29Z")
I’m pretty sure Wheat Thins changed their recipe a few years back. They just aren’t the same as they used to be. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/27 "2015-08-04T17:36:16Z")
The correct answer is RYE Triscuits. [![](http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdLsxeRaLfP9N2F3lHEwPHOOh-YLe47iCGm2SLqJLoFZA7xBulSF_Yxwc) ](http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdLsxeRaLfP9N2F3lHEwPHOOh-YLe47iCGm2SLqJLoFZA7xBulSF_Yxwc) Nothing else comes close. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/28 "2015-08-04T18:12:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Gah. You might as well eat Ritz. Hey, now. Everything tastes better on a Ritz. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/29 "2015-08-04T18:20:13Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey, now. > > Everything tastes better on a Ritz. Is it an exponential thing? So if I stack 4 Ritz with a slice of aged Cheddar, how much better is it? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/30 "2015-08-04T18:24:16Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Wheat Thins are yummy but dangerous, I will eat the whole box. Same here. I don’t eat cheese or anything else on crackers so the the cracker itself has to be yummy, which Wheat Thins are. Triscuits are like eating straw. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/31 "2015-08-04T18:29:40Z")
Triskets are miserable horrible crap. I never eat them, but a couple weeks ago I had a need to crackers. Because of sales and coupons I could buy four boxes of triskets for the price of 1.2 boxes of good crackers. In a moment of horrible regretful imprudence I went for the Triscuits. Damn now i rememer why I never get them. They are like 20 % shredded wheat cereal. 25% sawdust, and 55% salt. Does anybody want 3.75 boxes of triscuits? The birds wont even eat them, they sit on the back lawn like leprosy cookies when I throw them. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/32 "2015-08-04T18:50:18Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Yummmm. Triscuits. Especially the olive oil and rosemary ones. They are good enough to eat right out of the box, without any adornment whatsoever… My kindred spirit! However, every once in a while, when I’m in the mood, I eat them with sardines in mustard sauce. I know, I know! It sounds weird and even unpalatable, but it’s one of my guilty pleasures. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/33 "2015-08-04T19:16:24Z")
I’m enjoying some reduced-fat triscuits w/jalapeno hummus at this very moment, so I have to give the edge to triscuits. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/34 "2015-08-04T19:21:06Z")
Wheat thins are yummy. I save Triscuits for those times when I think to myself “you know what would be great? Being able to eat a wicker basket” and that happens more rarely than you might think. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/35 "2015-08-04T19:23:00Z")
Definitely Triscuits. Wheat Thins taste like bigfoot’s dick. Don’t ask me how I know. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/36 "2015-08-04T19:31:09Z")
I love wheat thins. They don’t taste anything like cardboard or dicks to me. Though I admit, I’ve not tasted big foots dick. 🙂 Triscuits will cut your mouth if you’re not careful, but I’ll eat them in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/37 "2015-08-04T19:38:42Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Is it an exponential thing? So if I stack 4 Ritz with a slice of aged Cheddar, how much better is it? It’s Ritz all the way down. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/38 "2015-08-04T20:19:20Z")
Triscuits!! I freaking love Triscuits, particularly the plain, cracked black pepper and the roasted garlic. I WILL say that there are weird new ones (they might be the ones in the dumb “Tris-KWEE” commercials) with, like, sweet potato and stuff. Those are disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/39 "2015-08-04T20:19:24Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The correct answer is RYE Triscuits. > > [http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdLsxeRaLfP9N2F3lHEwPHOOh-YLe47iCGm2SLqJLoFZA7xBulSF\_Yxwc](http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdLsxeRaLfP9N2F3lHEwPHOOh-YLe47iCGm2SLqJLoFZA7xBulSF_Yxwc) > > Nothing else comes close. With wisdom like that, why haven’t they made you a Moderator? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/40 "2015-08-04T20:46:25Z")
Wheat Thins are – okay, I guess. But lately, I’ve been buying these cheese tray assortments at Costco, and each slice of cheese is just about the right size to fit on a Triscuit. Much too large for a Wheat Thin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959.md?page=3)