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Best Late-Night Snacks for Penn State Students
As anyone who's been through, or is currently in college, it's easily agreeable that late-night snacking is almost an every-day occurrence. Late-night snacking may take place while cramming for an exam the following day, hanging out with friends, watching movies or any sporting event, and/or after coming in from a night out in State College. Due to late-night snacking being such a popular activity among Penn State students, a common question is: what is the best late-night snack? When it comes to college students, affordability, accessibility, and easy to make/eat are all equally important when choosing the perfect late-night snack. Below you can find a collection of snacks that qualify for being the “Best Late-Night Snack for Penn State Students” and they are in order of our ranking of our favorite to our least favorite.

Ye Olde Grilled Stickies
Perhaps the best comfort food type snack to buy at the store are the Ye Olde Grilled Stickies. This snack has been a favorite for Penn Staters for many years.If you're in the mood for snacks like: pies, cakes, cookies and sticky/cinnamon buns, Ye Olde Grilled Stickies are the perfect late-night snack. These are a common favorite brand/ style of sticky bun in State College, mostly because of the taste and where they originate from. Normally, cinnamon buns have the over processed and sugary taste that just sits on your taste buds. The Ye Olde Grilled Stickies when heated up are the best, especially when up late studying and in need of a comforting snack break. They're also abundant on the campus of Penn State, giving students extremely easy access, selling them in every dining hall market and store around the campus and off campus. A box of grilled stickies only costs $3.54, making them extremely affordable for hungry Penn State students. They consist of a perfect spice blend of cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg in each bite. When they are heated the cinnamon sugar glaze melts and gets absorbed by the breading of the stickie and makes a perfect caramelized bite every time. Ye Olde Grilled Stickies are a State College favorite snack food of choice as well because they can be frozen and bought in bulk, which is what I tend to do. This is also an important snack food to me because of the connections that I have made with it. These stickies I have grown up and are apart of my childhood because of the memories I have attached to them. I always remember eating them for breakfast on Saturday morning at the table with my family. As a family we would have picnic at the Military Museum on the lawn and we would always have them packed in the basket. I eat these all of the time, for breakfast with a side of eggs. For snack with a glass of milk or dessert with some ice cream. There are so many ways to eat this snack which is why I also love it.

Takis
My favorite store-bought snack food is definitely the Fuego Takis. Takis are a tortilla chip  based snack, rolled up into straw like shapes, coated in a dust of hot chili pepper and lime. If you want your mouth to be on fire Takis are the perfect snack. They're so good and addicting because once you start eating them it's impossible to take a break or stop because if you do a fire will consume your mouth, but the flavor  is so worth it. You can buy Takis in many more flavors, with spice levels ranging from spicy to mild, but the original Fuego Takis will always be my favorite. For Penn State  students Takis can be found all over campus. They can be found in the CVS  on West College Ave, as well as in the HUB, both Mclanahan locations and in dinning halls. Not only are Takis easy to get but they are also very affordable. Takis range from $2.68- $4.46 depending on the bag size. One of the best things about Takis is that they can be carried around without any hassle. They can fit in a backpack, jacket pocket, laptop case etc. Takis are my favorite snack food because the flavor is so good, the combination of lime and chili pepper together is spectacular. I grew up eating them at school because everyone would have them at lunch. I grew up in a heavily hispanic influenced area and before they started selling Takis at Walmart  we could only buy them at this one authentic Hispanic food store in my town, so I have memories of my brother and I begging our parents to take us there so we could buy Takis. If you've heard of the infamous stereotype  of a "hot cheeto" girl, well at my school we had "Taki girls" and I can't say that I was one of them, but there were a ton at my high school always carrying around bags of Takis, always reminding me of my endless love and craving for Takis. I love eating Takis while I am currently in college  because they are a great snack and also remind me of home.

Martin's Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
When ranking the best snack food for college students it is hard to beat a classic like a salty potato chips. Overall Martin's Kettle-cooked potato chips are the best late night snack food for the average Penn State college student. This snack food is made out of potatoes and sea salt. I assume most people know what potato chips taste like but these chips are extra good. They are very crunch and and have just a more greasy taste (in a good way) than regular potato chips. These chips are just too delicious to pass up when stress  levels are high or when your just having a get together with friends. If you know you will have a late night of studying ahead, swing into the Bluespoon convenient store in the North Residence halls on campus, there is always a few bags of the Martins Kettle Cooked Potato Chips there. They will not cost you very much either, only costing $3.98 a bag, just grab a bag, pay with Lion Cash and get munching on there great flavor. As college students, price is everything and this bag of chips will leave you satisfied for sure, and you'll be buying less air compared to "other brands". Lastly there is no preparation time when it comes to eating Martins Potato chips, simply just open the bag and enjoy. There no need for a microwave, silverware or even dreadful burden of clean up and washing dishes. Simply just open the bag, do a little studying and munching and you'll be well on your way to passing that exam  or just making some great memories with friends.

Salt & Vinegar Almonds
Blue Diamond Salt & Vinegar almonds are just another great snack for college students. Flavored just like the popular salt & vinegar potato chips but better. The flavor combination of salt and vinegar mixes very well with almonds and each component of the snack shines through. Salt and Vinegar almonds have a very strong vinegar taste that has some strong acidity to it. Blue diamond uses malic acid, an acid very similar to vinegar. With the acidity added, the almonds are then coated in salt. The almonds are given a generous coating of salt that keep a consumer salivating for more. This flavor combination mixes with overall starch flavor in an almond for great combo. It's very easy to eat one, two, or even three handfuls of these almonds in one sitting. This snack is one of the best because it is the perfect snack for a busy life. Life as a college student can be very hectic on a day-to-day basis, so finding the perfect snack to keep you going, especially when up late studying hours into the night and in need of an energy boost is vital. Juggling school, work, and for some people sports along with trying to have a social life can be very tiring. This snack is very high in protein and calories and keeps you from eating other food that is worse in the way of nutritional value. When I was competitive swimmer in high school, I needed a quick snack that would give me energy to perform in practice and meets, but not fill my stomach to full were I felt sluggish in the water. Whether practicing or competition I refused to eat a meal therefore I relied on power snack instead. Before practice I would eat these almonds every day to give myself a protein boost. I also needed all the extra salt along with a few bottles of water to keep myself from cramping during practice. This snack was my main go to as an athlete to keep myself performing at a high level. At my biggest meets where I found success, I still had my bag of salt and vinegar almonds with me. For college students the salt and vinegar almonds are a great option when staying up late studying or to give you that extra bit of energy to get through a long day. Plus, they are much healthier than many of the snacks that college students like to indulge in on a regular basis.

Haribo Gummy Bears
Another quick and easy snack is Gummy Bears  .This snack is a nice soothing and delicious snack that you can eat no matter what. A bunch of small bears with fruit flavors creates an amazing taste like the best fruit candy I ever had. Better than gummy worms, sour patch kids, sweet tarts, skittles. Gummy bears are just a little bit better, not only because of taste but they are a great snack food for college students

I recommend this snack for Penn State students because this snack is quick and efficient to eat in one sitting and enjoy your appetite and crave more. These can be found all over campus and they are fairly inexpensive. They are great for college students because they can be eaten whenever and wherever. These are a great snack for when you need a sugar rush to stay awake while studying  for an exam or even if you find yourself falling asleep in class.

I got hooked on to this snack when I was a kid growing up and I always saw my family eat this snack and I always wondered what it was and one day when I was like 6 or 7 I asked my parents to buy me some gummy bears and ever since then I gummy bears. One of my favorite things about them is that each bag has many different flavors. this past semester before the semester got shutdown I went on this church trip from school going to Iowa I had them on the bus ride there, and I had them in the fall during football season just to eat during the football  games. What is great about this snack is that I can truly eat it at any occasion.