Few elements of the nation’s culinary tapestry unite Americans quite like a good block of cheese, with countless residents of the Show Me State having a favorite pick when it comes to the dairy product.
Using search interest totals, we can assess which cheeses and cheese products are favorites in Missouri, determining that the dessert staple hailing from the Big Apple known as cheesecake is the state’s No. 1 cheese-related dish, ranking ahead of snacks like quesadillas, nachos, and cheese pizzas.
National Cheese Lovers Day is celebrated in the United States on January 20, 2025. At BetMissouri.com, we broke away from Missouri sports betting updates and used Google Trends to see which cheese-based foods are most popular in Missouri. The search period was between January 7, 2005 – January 7, 2025, and we ranked the list based on search interest score.
Missouri’s Favorite Cheese Products
Rank | Product | Search Interest Score |
1 | Cheesecake | 56 |
2 | Quesadilla | 23 |
3 | Nachos | 20 |
4 | Cheese Pizza | 18 |
5 | Mac and Cheese | 16 |
Which Cheese Product Do Missouri Residents Love Most?
With a search interest score of 56 points, no cheesy food had nearly the type of statewide love that cheesecake garnered in Missouri this year, more than doubling the next closest food, that being quesadillas, which notched a search interest score of 23 points.
Throw in nachos (20 search interest score), cheese pizza (18 search interest score) and macaroni and cheese (16 search interest score) and you have the full rundown of Missouri’s top cheese-laden foods in 2025.
At the end of the day though, none of them held nearly the cultural carte blanche that cheesecake did, with the dessert dish scoring a decisive search interest score victory over four other American culinary delicacies this year, illustrating once and for all that you can never go wrong with sweet treat to cap off your dining experience.
Author
Christopher Boan is a lead writer for BetMissouri.com, specializing in covering state issues. He has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
