After a decade or so of perfecting his recipe, Queen Charlotte's Pimento Cheese Royale™ was founded by Native Charlottean and artist/musician/elementary art teacher John Morgan in early 2014. It had always been something of a pipe dream of Morgan's to do something with his locally-famous pimento cheese, and once he found the time (he was heavily involved with the successful efforts to reclaim the Charlotte Hornets), and the resources (he started the company using money he earned after an appearance on Jeopardy!), it became apparent that the planets had aligned. Starting in March of 2014, Morgan and his girlfriend went to work.
Myers McKenzie, John Morgan (and his hairnet), and the very first batch of Queen Charlotte's Pimento Cheese Royale™, March, 2014.
Each batch of Queen Charlotte's Pimento Cheese Royale is handcrafted in our brand new production facility in our hometown of Charlotte, NC. After starting with a cream cheese base (and less mayonnaise than the average pimento cheese), we grate, blend, and package each and every tub by hand. In Her Majesty's Royal Opinion, this most delectable of concoctions is the finest pimento cheese man has ever conjured. As we grow, more and more folk seem to be sharing this opinion (see where you can make your purchases here; we're adding locations weekly, and we ship!).
In addition to the pride we take in our product, we here at Queen Charlotte's see our brand as the perfect opportunity to celebrate the community that we call home. A careful investigation of any of our packaging or merchandise reveals a entire hidden world of Charlotte-themed treasures. From our "Hornet's Nest"-centered crest to the Queen herself, when it comes to Charlotte, we're as local as local gets (and then some).
All of our products are gluten-free.
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At the moment, we're featuring four varieties of the Royale:
QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S PIMENTO CHEESE ROYALE™ (Original Pimento Cheese)
The cheese that started it all. Our proprietary base of cream cheese, real mayonnaise, and secret spices, combined with more sharp cheddar, white cheddar, and pepper jack cheese than we know what to do with.
INGREDIENTS: Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), pepper jack cheese (jalapeño peppers, sweet red peppers), sharp white cheddar cheese, mayonnaise (soybean oil, eggs, water, corn syrup, distilled and cider vinegar, salt, oleoresin paprika, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta) cream cheese (cream, whey protein concentrate, carob bean gum, xanthan gum) pimentos (red pimentos, citric acid), spices, red wine vinegar, cayenne pepper sauce (vinegar, aged peppers, benzoate of soda) potassium sorbate
HER ROYAL HOTNESS™ (Jalapeño Pimento Cheese)
Everything you love about the Pimento Cheese Royale™, but with the heat cranked up to "11". (Oh, and there are no "dehydrated" peppers or 'off-brand' hot sauce here; we ALWAYS use genuine, Carolinas-mainstays Texas Pete Hot Sauce (Winston-Salem, NC) and Mt. Olive Diced Jalapeños (Mt. Olive, NC)).
INGREDIENTS: Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), pepper jack cheese (jalapeño peppers, sweet red peppers), sharp white cheddar cheese, mayonnaise (soybean oil, eggs, water, corn syrup, distilled and cider vinegar, salt, oleoresin paprika, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta) cream cheese (cream, whey protein concentrate, carob bean gum, xanthan gum) pimentos (red pimentos, citric acid), jalapeño peppers (onions, garlic, calcium chloride, yellow 5), spices, red wine vinegar, cayenne pepper sauce (vinegar, aged peppers, benzoate of soda) potassium sorbate
BLACK AND BLEU BLOOD™ (Cracked Black Pepper and Blue Cheese Pimento Cheese)
A sinfully savory selection. Perfect as a snack dip, and incalculably amazing as a topping for burgers, steaks, etc. While similar in construction to our other varieties, there's really nothing like the B&BB; taste it, and you'll understand.
INGREDIENTS: Sharp White Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), pepper jack cheese (jalapeño peppers, sweet red peppers), blue cheese (powdered cellulose, natamycin), mayonnaise (soybean oil, eggs, water, corn syrup, distilled and cider vinegar, salt, oleoresin paprika, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta) cream cheese (cream, whey protein concentrate, carob bean gum, xanthan gum) pimentos (red pimentos, citric acid), spices, red wine vinegar, potassium sorbate
BACONHAM PALACE™ (Smoked Cheddar and Bacon Pimento Cheese)
The Queen soars to new heights in decadence in this recipe borrowed from Royale Family frenemy Camilla Porker Bowles. Combining the savory undertones of a premium smoked cheddar with the bacontastic baconiness of a whole heapin' mess of real chunks of bacon, Baconham Palace, like its namesake, makes everything better.
Ingredients: Natural Smoked Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, pork bacon (water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, erythorbate, sodium nitrite), salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), pepper jack cheese (jalapeño peppers, sweet red peppers), sharp white cheddar cheese, mayonnaise (soybean oil, eggs, water, corn syrup, distilled and cider vinegar, salt, oleoresin paprika, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta) cream cheese (cream, whey protein concentrate, carob bean gum, xanthan gum), bacon, pimentos (red pimentos, citric acid), spices, red wine vinegar, cayenne pepper sauce (vinegar, aged peppers, benzoate of soda) potassium sorbate
