Backstreet Boys Star in Chex Mix's Gloriously Cheesy Behind the Music Parody

With fictional boy band rival 'Snackstreet Boys'

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While the Backstreet Boys topped the charts and stole tweens' hearts in the '90s, they also took a lesser-known boy band under their wing: the Snackstreet Boys. At least, that's according to a new video from Chex Mix that's dripping with nostalgic cheese.

In the mockumentary, a spoof of VH1's Behind the Music that General Mills developed with Mindshare Entertainment and Above Average, the Backstreet Boys discuss their relationship with and tutelage of the Snackstreet Boys, a fictional boy band whose members are dressed as pieces of Chex Mix.

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