Cabot Creamery's Pepper Jack and Seriously Sharp Cheddar Cheese Snack Sticks were named winners in Good Housekeeping’s 2026 Snack Awards. 

This independent, third-party recognition arrives just as retailers expand protein-forward, grab-and-go assortments to meet surging demand in the snacking aisle. The award places the farmer-owned cooperative’s snacking line in front of Good Housekeeping’s national audience and gives category buyers a credentialed, premium cheese snack to anchor better-for-you and on-the-go sets.

“Recognition like this feels more meaningful when it comes from a name people already trust,” said Liz Suchy, vice president of marketing for Cabot Creamery. “Our farm families have spent more than a century demonstrating that real care shows up in flavor and quality. These snack sticks bring that same approach to the everyday grab-and-go moments people reach for most.”

 Single-serve cheese snacks continue to outpace the broader category as shoppers trade up to portable, high-protein options they can feel good about, a tailwind Cabot is well positioned to capture.

Seriously Sharp Cheddar Snack Sticks deliver the bold, complex bite of Cabot's award-winning cheddar in a portable, single-serve format made for desks, lunchboxes, and post-workout snacking and Pepper Jack Snack Sticks fold fiery red and green jalapeños into Cabot's creamy Jack for a smooth, spicy bite built for shoppers seeking bolder, more adventurous snacking on the go, the company said.