# 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:** 3
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/41 "2015-08-04T21:05:59Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 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. Y’know, a slice of pepperoni fits right nice between the Triscuit and the cheese, and if you stick it in the microwave for a few seconds… 🙂 ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/42 "2015-08-04T21:10:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Y’know, a slice of pepperoni fits right nice between the Triscuit and the cheese, and if you stick it in the microwave for a few seconds… 🙂 My mother makes a simple snack of a pile of Triscuits, some tuna, and cheese on top. Just microwave until the cheese melts. Like weird tuna nachos, but tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/43 "2015-08-04T21:15:02Z")
Talk about your esoteric questions! But when I thought about it, I do sometimes go to the store and think “Triscuits or Wheat Thins” in the same way someone might debate over white or wheat toast at a diner. Anyway. If I’m going to be putting something on it, like a cold potted cheese dip (what is the category for these? Like Alouette, or Win Schuler’s or homemade cheese ball) then I’ll get Triscuit. For eating plain, then Wheat Thin. Which means I rarely get Wheat Thins, because I usually want cheese dip, and also if I eat them plain I can tear through a whole bag. And they aren’t that good, it’s just one of those things. But for a similar cracker I can get at most supermarkets, I’m going for Wasa. Hearty Rye or Crisp and Light, please. They make great canape bases, too, if a bit unwieldy (I really wish they would come in a 1/3 length version). ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/44 "2015-08-04T21:20:25Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > 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. They even look like a wicker basket. After sampling both from my kitchen, I now have to give the edge to Triscuits because they’re better (bigger and sturdier) for layering with assorted foods and condiments. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/45 "2015-08-04T21:49:05Z")
Love 'em both! The recent dill-flavored Wheat Thins were amazing! I narfed the whole box in one sitting. (Oh, wait, I always do that!) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/46 "2015-08-04T22:00:06Z")
There’s nothing wrong with Wheat Thins, but Triscuits are the best cracker ever. Especially the rosemary and olive oil flavor. That said, I don’t eat much of any sort of cracker. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/47 "2015-08-04T22:01:21Z")
Mmmmmmmmm. Olive oil and Rosemary Triscuits. I just had about half a box with some Tribe hummous for dinner. Yeah, I can do Wheat Thins. But please… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/48 "2015-08-04T22:08:15Z")
I like them both, but would give a slight edge to Triscuits. Contrary to some here, it’s the texture that makes them better. But please… NO FLAVORINGS! If I want some actual flavor added, I’ll do it myself with cheese or something. Not with some synthetically cooked up “flavor additive”. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/49 "2015-08-04T22:48:31Z")
Definitely Triscuits! But I have to say that I personally think that Triscuits are meant to be topped with stuff. Sharp cheddar, a little bit of hard salami or summer sausage, and a little slice of tomato. Snacking perfection on a neat little square. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/50 "2015-08-04T22:56:40Z")
Triscuits win! I will occasionally eat Wheat Thins but MUCH prefer Triscuits. ---
**Author:** ![FinlayFay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FinlayFay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinlayFay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/51 "2015-08-04T23:20:41Z")
Triscuts are the only way to go…My mouth is watering just thinking about the crunchy, greasy and salty , yummy cracker ! My boy friend refuses to pull the car over so I can fullfill my craving. He’s a wheat thin guy. Maybe I should rethink this relationship. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/52 "2015-08-04T23:40:40Z")
I can’t believe some of these responses. To think that I used to respect many of you, only to find out that you _enjoy Triscuits!!_ :eek: True story: Triscuits were invented as insulation for the NASA Gemini capsules. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/53 "2015-08-05T00:20:02Z")
The flavoured Triscuits are awesome. Plain Triscuits are terrible. Plain Wheat Thins are somewhere in between. I’ve never tried flavoured Wheat Thins. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/54 "2015-08-05T02:49:18Z")
Triscuits are pretty much inedible, so I picked Wheat Thins, but reconsidered a minute later. I had been thinking of the ones that are actually good: Red Oval Farms Stoned Wheat Thins. They’re originally a British brand, IIRC, now made in Canada. Think of a saltine on steroids, with a bit of cracked wheat in the dough. ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/55 "2015-08-05T03:04:31Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > I can’t believe some of these responses. To think that I used to respect many of you, only to find out that you _enjoy Triscuits!!_ :eek: > > True story: Triscuits were invented as insulation for the NASA Gemini capsules. Yet another reason for me to love them. ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/56 "2015-08-05T15:26:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Yet another reason for me to love them. Indeed. On a board this geeky, how can that be a downside? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/57 "2015-08-05T16:44:45Z")
I eat them equally, which is to say, not much at all. They’re OK but not my fave, which is Ritz. ---
**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 5, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/58 "2015-08-05T17:05:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > With wisdom like that, why haven’t they made you a Moderator? As someone with retired jackboots in the back of your closet, I figure you’d be more privy to that than I am. No? I surmise it has something to do with the secret pizza mafia consortium or something, but maybe that’s just me being paranoid. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/59 "2015-08-06T07:00:32Z")
> [@FinlayFay](#): > > Triscuts are the only way to go…My mouth is watering just thinking about the crunchy, greasy and salty , yummy cracker ! My boy friend refuses to pull the car over so I can fullfill my craving. He’s a wheat thin guy. Maybe I should rethink this relationship. It can work. My husband is a wheat thin eater, while I am firmly in the triscuit camp. We reluctantly eat each other’s crackers when there is only one box in the house, or we don’t want to have 2 open at once because they’ll get stale before we can eat them. I know he’s wrong - why go for the pasty blandness of a wheat thin when you can have the toasty crunchy nutty salty joy of a triscuit? - but he’s got enough other good qualities to compensate. No doubt he feels similarly about me. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959/60 "2015-08-06T11:15:14Z")
I prefer Triscuit (Brown Rice Baked with Sweet Potato Roasted Sweet Onion my current fav.) Wheat Thins are very sweet, more like a wheat cookie to my taste buds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-or-triscuits/726959.md?page=2)