This is a list of snack foods by country , specific to or originating in a particular community or region. Snack food is a portion of food often smaller than a regular meal, generally eaten as snacking between meals.[ 1] Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home.
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Dodol
Rice flour-based small glutinous sweets, sweetened with coconut sugar, moulded and coloured. Often added fruit scent and taste such as durian
Emping
Crackers made from flattened Gnemon/Belinjo seeds
Gorengan
Fritters from Indonesia
Klepon
Boiled rice cake, stuffed with coconut sugar, and rolled in fresh grated coconut. It is flavoured with pandan leaves juice.
Kripik
A traditional chips or crisps, bite-size snack crackers that can be savoury or sweet
Krupuk
Deep fried crisps made from mainly tapioca flour, with added ingredients, such as prawn, fish, or garlic, and even ox/cow skin. It comes in different shapes and colours.
Lemper
A traditional rice cake, made from glutinous rice and filled usually with chicken
Otak-otak
Usually made from Spanish mackerel fish paste or Milkfish, spiced and wrapped in banana leaves, then grilled and served with peanut sauce
Perkedel jagung
Indonesian style corn fritter
Pisang goreng
A battered and deep-fried banana or plantain
Malaysia and Singapore
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Apam balik
Sweet turnover pancake common in Southeast Asia.
Curry puff
A type of snack or kuih. Usually filled with chicken and potato with a dried curry inside.
Keropok lekor
A keropok that is made from fish.
Roti John
A popular Malay sandwich in Malaysia and Singapore.
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Aiyu jelly
A jelly made from the gel from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig found in Taiwan.
Pineapple cake
A sweet traditional Taiwanese pastry containing butter, flour, egg, sugar, and pineapple jam or slices.
Suncake (Taiwan)
A popular Taiwanese dessert originally from the city of Taichung , Taiwan.
Taro ball
A traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made of taro
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Coxinha
A chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough and molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried
Paçoca
A Brazilian candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt
Pastel
A half-circle or rectangle-shaped thin crust pies with assorted fillings, fried in vegetable oil
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Knekkebrød
A flat and dry type of cracker, containing mostly rye flour
Kanelboller
A sweet bun seasoned with cinnamon and cardamon
Kokkosbolle
Cream-filled chocolate covered in shaved coconut
Møsbrømlefse
Lefse flatbread filled with goat cheese, buttermilk, syrup, and flour
Smultring
Cake donuts dusted with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon or orange zest, usually served during Christmastime
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Mandelkubb
Bittersweet almond biscuit, otherwise known as an almond bun
Blodplättar
Pancake traditionally made with whipped reindeer blood and typically fried[ 3]
Köttbullar
Smaller meatballs, otherwise known as the national food of Sweden
Semla
A traditional Swedish bun filled with almond paste and cream
Kladdkaka
Thin chocolate cake with a crispy exterior and gooey interior
Macka
Slice of bread topped with butter and a choice of spread, usually ham, cheese, or pâté
Swedish Nuts
Meringue-coated pecans, baked in butter
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Sultsina
Thinly rolled rye flour pastry, typically filled with either rice pudding or porridge
Karjalanpiirakka
Open-faced pastry with a rye flour crust, filled with rice porridge and topped with egg butter
Lörtsy
Deep fried half-moon-shaped pastry filled with jams or minced meats. Usually sold at street markets
Leipajuusto
Cheese derived from the beestings of a cow
Korvapuusti
Traditional Finnish cinnamon bun, translating to "slapped ears" in English
Lihapullat
Finnish meatballs, prepared using kermaviili, a Nordic curd cream
Perunarieska
Unleavened flatbread made primarily with mashed potatoes
Näkkileipä
Thick flatbread usually made with rye flour
Salmiakki
Salty liquorice candy
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