I'll be honest. I ordered for two reasons. The first was because C'mooooon. Cheetos! As popcorn! It's a win before it ever hit my mouth. The second reason was for nostalgia. My grandparents used to give my brother and I gift tins of flavoured popcorn (usually the triumvirate of flavours: plain, white cheddar and caramel) every year when we were kids. We'd use the tins to store toys, play them like drums, etc. Drove our parents mad. It was a bittersweet pang to have another popcorn gift tin in the house all these years after they've gone.
The itself is huge. You could store a tonne of Legos in it. The popcorn comes in two separate bags inside the tin, and the popcorn had a fresh, crunchy consistency. The bags were very full. I dare say that the Flaming Hot bag was way more full than the regular Cheetos flavour.
The Cheetos popcorn had the usual delicious, cheesy flavour every Cheetos fan loves. I'd never tried Flaming Hot Cheetos before (harder to get where I live), so it was fun giving it a taste test. The heat is slow to kick in. The flavour was really great. I'm used to spicy snacks having a very acidic nature, but this was very pleasant. If you're not a person who does spicy and wants to try it, eat two or three pieces to start and wait a minute to see how it hits you. Once the heat builds, I found the tingle-burn enjoyable. I'm going to love mixing both into my plain popcorn nights to give it random kicks of flavour AND make it last longer.
I recommend buying the Cheetos Flamin' Hot Popcorn Gift Set if you (a) want the collector's tin, and (b) love popcorn. If you don't care about either, stick to the original corn snacks. Me? I love both, so it was money well spent.
