About World Snacks

World Snacks is a smol snack review site made by Melanie Richards. I made this partially to play around with headless CMSes, and partially so that I could remember what I thought of fun treats from outside the U.S.

Some of the reviews are for snacks I’m trying out in real-time, while others are what I remember from previous travels or purchases closer to home. Some countries (ahem, Japan) tend to be over-represented, often because of what’s most available to me. I am excited to try out snacks from around the world, so if there’s something I’m missing out on, please send me a suggestion!

A few notes on the criteria I’m using before I review a snack:

  • It must originate from outside the United States, though I might consider trying regional-U.S. snacks.

  • It must come pre-packaged: no lovingly hand crafted goodies here, though I love them!

  • The food item must be primarily eaten as or with a snack, as opposed to a meal.

Happy snacking!

Rating Key

Star rating Meaning
5 out of 5 stars I will look for this snack when I visit this country
4 out of 5 stars Tasty, would buy again
3 out of 5 stars It’s fine, don’t need to go out of my way to have it again
2 out of 5 stars Not for me
1 out of 5 stars Spit it out immediately

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Made with Contentful and Eleventy, and hosted on Netlify (my current employer). Fonts are the wonderfully squishy Fraunces, with League Spartan for body copy. Explore code on Github