Sonic Chili Cheese Tots
Messy — Greasy — but Good.
I like Sonic’s Tater Tots. I’m not crazy about the chili and cheese used on their foot long coney, but something really nice happens when you bring them together. This is a case of the ‘whole’ being greater than the sum of it’s individual parts.
Little loaves of warm potato, crispy and brown on the outside, soft, white and tender on the inside, covered with greasy chili and cheese. It’s salty, beefy and cheesy. You know it’s wrong, but it feels so right. This is the kind of stuff that’s perfect for a case of late night munchies after a long evening of partying with friends.
Unlike with the chili cheese dog, I usually end up scraping the sides of the paper container to get the last bits of chili and cheese once the tots are gone. There’s also nice little chunks of potato left clinging to the walls and mixed in, making the effort worth it. The strong potato flavor of the tots works in harmony with the chili and cheese, and brings a pleasant balance that was missing with that extra long dog.
Technically, honestly, the chili and cheese are typical fast food generic variety, and the tater tots, while good, are no better than the frozen kind you find at the supermarket. That doesn’t matter because their union creates a winner that won’t be denied.
The Chili Cheese Tots from Sonic are quite good. I cannot bring myself to call them delicious, but they’re tasty, filling, and guaranteed to satisfy most any fast food craving. A regular order is the perfect side to a Sonic Burger, and the large order is a meal itself. If you haven’t eaten Tots in a while, Sonic is worth a trip whether you enjoy them plain, or choose the more adventurous route with chili and cheese.
Price: $2.09 — Website: SonicDriveIn.com
Fast Food Critic Score: B
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Nutrition Facts - Sonic Chili Cheese Tots, Regular Size.
Calories - 310
Calories from Fat - 190
Total Fat - 21 grams
Carbs - 26 grams
Saturated Fat - 7 grams
Trans Fat - 3 grams
Cholesterol - 25 milligrams
Sodium - 860 milligrams
Protein - 8 grams
[…] Fast Food Critic reviews Sonic Chili Cheese Tots. […]
Superb and accurate review. That being said, I give Sonic credit for at least having a chili cheese dog on their menu. Who else does? Its a long drive to Cincinnati Ohio for a Cheese Coney at Skyline.