List of snack foods

This is a list of snack foods in alphabetical order by type and name. A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. They may be simple, prepackaged items, raw fruits or vegetables or more complicated dishes but they are traditionally considered less than a full meal.

Batter and dough-based
Many cultures have food that are prepared by cooking batter or dough in various forms.

Fried snack foods
These are dishes where the batter or dough is deep fried such as fritters.

Grilled snack foods
These are dishes where the batter or dough is grilled such as pancakes.

Steamed snack foods
These are dishes where the batter or dough is steamed such as rice cakes.

Confectionery
Confectionery is related to food items that are rich in sugar and often referred to as confections. Confectionery refers to the art of creating sugar based dessert forms, or subtleties (subtlety or sotelty), often with pastillage.

Fruits and vegetables

 * Apple
 * Banana
 * Banana boats – a traditional campfire treat consisting of a banana cut lengthwise and stuffed with marshmallow and chocolate, then wrapped in aluminium foil and cooked in the embers left over from a campfire
 * Carrot
 * Celery
 * Cherries
 * Crudités –  platters of chopped vegetables usually served with dips
 * Dried apple –  Czech snack "křížaly"
 * Dried fruit –  dehydrated
 * Fruit roll
 * Grapes
 * Honeydew
 * Kiwi
 * Orange
 * Peach
 * Plums
 * Raisins
 * Salsa
 * Strawberries
 * Tostones – also known as tostón, they are made from sliced green (unripe) plantains cut either length-wise or width-wise and are twice fried
 * Watermelon

Seeds, nuts, grains and legumes



 * Almonds
 * Cashews
 * Cereal bar
 * Coconut
 * Granola
 * Leblebi
 * Macadamia nuts
 * Mixed nuts
 * Nuts
 * Party mix
 * Peanuts and honey-roasted peanuts
 * Pine nuts
 * Pistachio
 * Popcorn
 * Pumpkin seeds
 * Rice cake
 * Soy nuts
 * Sunflower seeds
 * Trail mix, gorp, scroggin
 * Walnuts