100 Greatest Snacks Of All Time
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100. Premium Saltines
99. David Sunflower Seeds
98. Raisinets
97. Welch's Fruit Snacks
96. Mike and Ike
95. Corn Nuts
94. popchips
93. Newtons
92. Trolli gummies
91. Donettes
90. Better Cheddars
89. Swiss Rolls
88. Club Crackers
87. Junior Mints
86. Honey Maid grahams
85. Pez
84. Utz Cheese ?
83. Dove Promises
82. Hostess pies
81. E.L. Fudge
80. TGI Fridays Potato Skins
79. Chicken in a Biskit
78. Swedish Fish
77. Nerds
76. Rold Gold
75. Twizzlers
74. Red Vines
73. Mounds
72. Almond Joy
71. Triscuit
70. ? Butters
69. Tostitos
68. Brownie Bites
67. Famous Amos
66. Slim Jims
65. Fruit Roll-Ups
64. Fruit by the Foot
63. Whoppers
62. Whatchamacallit
61. Runts
60. Nilla Wafers
59. Pretzel Crisps
58. Zebra Cakes
57. SunChips
56. Funyuns
55. 3 Musketeers
54. Baby Ruth
53. Milky Way
52. Animal crackers
51. Handi-Snacks
50. Munchos
49. Jelly Bellies
48. Nestle Crunch
47. Teddy Grahams
46. Gushers
45. Rolos
44. Stacy's Pita Chips
43. Fudge Stripes
42. Smartfood White Cheddar Popcorn
41. Hershey's Kisses
40. Heath Bars
39. Rice Krispies Treats
38. Skittles
37. Sour Patch Kids
36. ? Hos
35. Wheat Thins
34. Bugles
33. Take Five
32. Chips Ahoy!
31. Kettle Chips
30. Twinkies
29. Milanos
28. Planters nuts
27. Oatmeal Creme Pies
26. Hostess CupCakes
25. Ritz
24. Jack Link's
23. Snyder's Pretzel Pieces
22. Butterfinger
21. Reese's Pieces
20. Ruffles
19. Flipz
18. Chex Mix
17. Gardetto's
16. Snickers
15. Starburst
14. Combos
13. Twix
12. Lays
11. Kit Kat
10. Fritos
9. Haribo gummies
8. Cheez-Its
7. M&M's
6. Cheetos
5. Goldfish
It should be obvious by now that nutritional virtuousness was in no way factored into performance on this list, and yet here Goldfish are in the top five. As we learned from the Goldfish commercials: You could eat them every day and your mom says that's OK. But we're not here to parse the relative glycemic merits of assorted salty and sweet snacks. We're here to celebrate Goldfish because they're ? amazing, a snacking empire unto themselves that exists as a subset of another snacking empire. I think we as a society really underappreciate everything Pepperidge Farm does for us. Quite simply I cannot picture a world without handfuls of crunchy little Cheddar Goldfish.
4. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Speaking of the original version usually being superior: Reese's Cups! There are those who obsess over the higher peanut butter quotient of the springtime treat that is the Reese's Egg. There are others who enjoy the all-over-the-map madness of a NutRageous. There are probably even sociopaths somewhere who claim Reese's Sticks are the best Reese's product. They are all wrong. The Reese's Cup is perfect: a two-pack of pleasure possessing the exact right ratio of sugary peanut goodness and also-sugary chocolate, with the ridged edge providing the entry point to a flavor-and-texture party that's been the subject of many a Halloween candy-trading argument. Just kidding. No one ever trades their Reese's.
A quick story. I had a friend in college who was sure he had a peanut allergy. After a couple of accidental peanut encounters produced no symptoms, he was tested for peanut allergies. He had no peanut allergies. He went on a weeks-long peanut butter 'n chocolate-eating binge the likes of which no one had ever seen, but it all started with a bag of miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The first time he ate one he made a sound that I've never heard a human make before or since. Then he finished the bag. Then he spent most of the next few weeks trying to explain to me how good Reese's Peanut Butter Cups tasted, though his explanations primarily consisted of the words "dude" and "? ."
Dude, ? indeed. -- ML
3. Pringles
One of my earliest memories was staring at dozens of cans of Pringles. Not because my parents fed me the way I fed myself in college, but because my extremely frugal, GM-working grandfather used to save cans of his signature flavor -- plain, lightly salted -- in order to keep basically every nail, screw, and bolt he ever used in his garage. So for the first years of my life, I thought Pringles only came in two flavors: "meh" and "ouch."
These days, though, Pringles makes dozens and dozens of flavors. I've tried them all of them. Yet in sitting down with 29 cans last year, I noticed that I was grabbing at straws to figure out why I even slightly disliked some flavors. True, the Original and Cheddar are standouts, but like Lays, Pringles messes with a ton of different flavors and gets most of them right. Hell, even the cheeseburger flavor is a thing of snackable beauty. Cheeseburger! What the hell is even happening? How does a chip that isn't even a chip that's made with flavors forged in a lab (for real, we got a peek at how they're made and it's mad science) get so much right?
Well, we confirmed that there's no ? involved. Just delicious potato crisps that come in enough good flavors to give Baskin-Robbins a run for its money. In fact, I'm fully willing to bet that if there were a flavor called "Grandpa's Old Nails," the can would be empty before I got home from the grocery store. So it was with bacon (the "worst" flavor). So it is constantly with Cheddar. Such is the power of Pringles. -- AK
2. Oreos
The good people at Oreo have really stepped up the innovation in recent years, debuting new limited-edition flavors at a torrid pace that send food internet sites such as this one into a tizzy. And I'm all for it! The more kinds of Oreos the better! Well, maybe there's an exception when Peeps are involved.
However, all those shenanigans pale in comparison to Oreo's greatest innovation of them all: the Double Stuf. Honestly, they could have stopped there and they'd STILL check in at No. 2. Actually, it's possible they didn't even need Double Stuf, because regular Oreos are a giant among snack foods. I don't know what kind of devil alchemy happens when you combine an Oreo with milk, but I know the first time I ingested said combination my world was never the same.
I'm not sure how to evaluate original Oreos vs. Double Stuf. On the one hand, the regular Oreos started it all, and the heavier cookie ratio yields better results when dipped in milk, which is indisputably the best manner in which to consume Oreos. On the other hand, the filling is the best part of the Oreo, and Double Stuff provides both more of it, and easier access to it (regular Oreos are much more prone to breakage when you try the twist-and-scrape maneuver).
You know what? I can't choose. I'm glad both Oreos and Double Stuf Oreos are in my universe. I'm also glad Swedish Fish Oreos are in my universe. But I'm gladder about the first two. -- ML
related
How many Totino's Pizza Rolls does it take to make a full pizza?
1. Doritos
There are more than 15 different flavors of Doritos on shelves at any given time, all with their own virtues (except Bacon Cheddar Ranch). But with respect to Cool Ranch (I know I'm an outlier in my ambivalence toward ranch everything), there's only one flavor that truly matters, and that flavor is Nacho Cheese, the single greatest mass-produced snack in America.
99. David Sunflower Seeds
98. Raisinets
97. Welch's Fruit Snacks
96. Mike and Ike
95. Corn Nuts
94. popchips
93. Newtons
92. Trolli gummies
91. Donettes
90. Better Cheddars
89. Swiss Rolls
88. Club Crackers
87. Junior Mints
86. Honey Maid grahams
85. Pez
84. Utz Cheese ?
83. Dove Promises
82. Hostess pies
81. E.L. Fudge
80. TGI Fridays Potato Skins
79. Chicken in a Biskit
78. Swedish Fish
77. Nerds
76. Rold Gold
75. Twizzlers
74. Red Vines
73. Mounds
72. Almond Joy
71. Triscuit
70. ? Butters
69. Tostitos
68. Brownie Bites
67. Famous Amos
66. Slim Jims
65. Fruit Roll-Ups
64. Fruit by the Foot
63. Whoppers
62. Whatchamacallit
61. Runts
60. Nilla Wafers
59. Pretzel Crisps
58. Zebra Cakes
57. SunChips
56. Funyuns
55. 3 Musketeers
54. Baby Ruth
53. Milky Way
52. Animal crackers
51. Handi-Snacks
50. Munchos
49. Jelly Bellies
48. Nestle Crunch
47. Teddy Grahams
46. Gushers
45. Rolos
44. Stacy's Pita Chips
43. Fudge Stripes
42. Smartfood White Cheddar Popcorn
41. Hershey's Kisses
40. Heath Bars
39. Rice Krispies Treats
38. Skittles
37. Sour Patch Kids
36. ? Hos
35. Wheat Thins
34. Bugles
33. Take Five
32. Chips Ahoy!
31. Kettle Chips
30. Twinkies
29. Milanos
28. Planters nuts
27. Oatmeal Creme Pies
26. Hostess CupCakes
25. Ritz
24. Jack Link's
23. Snyder's Pretzel Pieces
22. Butterfinger
21. Reese's Pieces
20. Ruffles
19. Flipz
18. Chex Mix
17. Gardetto's
16. Snickers
15. Starburst
14. Combos
13. Twix
12. Lays
11. Kit Kat
10. Fritos
9. Haribo gummies
8. Cheez-Its
7. M&M's
6. Cheetos
5. Goldfish
It should be obvious by now that nutritional virtuousness was in no way factored into performance on this list, and yet here Goldfish are in the top five. As we learned from the Goldfish commercials: You could eat them every day and your mom says that's OK. But we're not here to parse the relative glycemic merits of assorted salty and sweet snacks. We're here to celebrate Goldfish because they're ? amazing, a snacking empire unto themselves that exists as a subset of another snacking empire. I think we as a society really underappreciate everything Pepperidge Farm does for us. Quite simply I cannot picture a world without handfuls of crunchy little Cheddar Goldfish.
4. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Speaking of the original version usually being superior: Reese's Cups! There are those who obsess over the higher peanut butter quotient of the springtime treat that is the Reese's Egg. There are others who enjoy the all-over-the-map madness of a NutRageous. There are probably even sociopaths somewhere who claim Reese's Sticks are the best Reese's product. They are all wrong. The Reese's Cup is perfect: a two-pack of pleasure possessing the exact right ratio of sugary peanut goodness and also-sugary chocolate, with the ridged edge providing the entry point to a flavor-and-texture party that's been the subject of many a Halloween candy-trading argument. Just kidding. No one ever trades their Reese's.
A quick story. I had a friend in college who was sure he had a peanut allergy. After a couple of accidental peanut encounters produced no symptoms, he was tested for peanut allergies. He had no peanut allergies. He went on a weeks-long peanut butter 'n chocolate-eating binge the likes of which no one had ever seen, but it all started with a bag of miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The first time he ate one he made a sound that I've never heard a human make before or since. Then he finished the bag. Then he spent most of the next few weeks trying to explain to me how good Reese's Peanut Butter Cups tasted, though his explanations primarily consisted of the words "dude" and "? ."
Dude, ? indeed. -- ML
3. Pringles
One of my earliest memories was staring at dozens of cans of Pringles. Not because my parents fed me the way I fed myself in college, but because my extremely frugal, GM-working grandfather used to save cans of his signature flavor -- plain, lightly salted -- in order to keep basically every nail, screw, and bolt he ever used in his garage. So for the first years of my life, I thought Pringles only came in two flavors: "meh" and "ouch."
These days, though, Pringles makes dozens and dozens of flavors. I've tried them all of them. Yet in sitting down with 29 cans last year, I noticed that I was grabbing at straws to figure out why I even slightly disliked some flavors. True, the Original and Cheddar are standouts, but like Lays, Pringles messes with a ton of different flavors and gets most of them right. Hell, even the cheeseburger flavor is a thing of snackable beauty. Cheeseburger! What the hell is even happening? How does a chip that isn't even a chip that's made with flavors forged in a lab (for real, we got a peek at how they're made and it's mad science) get so much right?
Well, we confirmed that there's no ? involved. Just delicious potato crisps that come in enough good flavors to give Baskin-Robbins a run for its money. In fact, I'm fully willing to bet that if there were a flavor called "Grandpa's Old Nails," the can would be empty before I got home from the grocery store. So it was with bacon (the "worst" flavor). So it is constantly with Cheddar. Such is the power of Pringles. -- AK
2. Oreos
The good people at Oreo have really stepped up the innovation in recent years, debuting new limited-edition flavors at a torrid pace that send food internet sites such as this one into a tizzy. And I'm all for it! The more kinds of Oreos the better! Well, maybe there's an exception when Peeps are involved.
However, all those shenanigans pale in comparison to Oreo's greatest innovation of them all: the Double Stuf. Honestly, they could have stopped there and they'd STILL check in at No. 2. Actually, it's possible they didn't even need Double Stuf, because regular Oreos are a giant among snack foods. I don't know what kind of devil alchemy happens when you combine an Oreo with milk, but I know the first time I ingested said combination my world was never the same.
I'm not sure how to evaluate original Oreos vs. Double Stuf. On the one hand, the regular Oreos started it all, and the heavier cookie ratio yields better results when dipped in milk, which is indisputably the best manner in which to consume Oreos. On the other hand, the filling is the best part of the Oreo, and Double Stuff provides both more of it, and easier access to it (regular Oreos are much more prone to breakage when you try the twist-and-scrape maneuver).
You know what? I can't choose. I'm glad both Oreos and Double Stuf Oreos are in my universe. I'm also glad Swedish Fish Oreos are in my universe. But I'm gladder about the first two. -- ML
related
How many Totino's Pizza Rolls does it take to make a full pizza?
1. Doritos
There are more than 15 different flavors of Doritos on shelves at any given time, all with their own virtues (except Bacon Cheddar Ranch). But with respect to Cool Ranch (I know I'm an outlier in my ambivalence toward ranch everything), there's only one flavor that truly matters, and that flavor is Nacho Cheese, the single greatest mass-produced snack in America.
Comments
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*Doesn't see Dunkaroos*
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Can't complain about the top 5. I'll ? a ? over a Reese's cup or a pack of oreos
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More Pecan swirls for me
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Snickers and Swedish Fish ftw
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Im ? they got Skittles at 38 so disrespectful
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I'd replace Oreos with chips ahoy but even so they should be top 20 at least, the ? is gardetto's?
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Hot sausage
Salt n vinegar potato chips
Banana chips
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Honey Buns ain't In the Top 10.???
Da ? ... -
love me some pringles
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All my Fat ? Rejoice.!
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WHAT CRACKA ASS ? PUT FRITOS IN THE TOP 10 BRAH.?!?
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how they not gonna have smartfood chedder cheese popcorn
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Grippos bar b q potato chips ? on any Doritos flavor
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Oreo can kiss my entire ass, ? .
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where's the pig feet?
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You're welcome. -
Airheads? Warheads? Little Debbie's? Oatmeal creme pies? Why are saltines on the list?
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Goat but for some reason they're discontinued -
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CockMcStuffins wrote: »
Goat but for some reason they're discontinued -
Hell yea doritos my #1 too
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JonnyRoccIT wrote: »WHAT CRACKA ASS ? PUT FRITOS IN THE TOP 10 BRAH.?!?
Chili cheese fritos>>>>>>> -
Ima assume oreos includes double stuff...