# List of snack foods by country

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. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home.

## Asia
### Indonesia

| Name | Description |
| 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

| Name | Description |
| 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. |

### Maldives

| Name | Image | Description |
| Gulha | | Small savory ball-shaped dumplings that are stuffed with a mixture of tuna, onion, coconut, curry leaves and chili and then deep fried |

### Taiwan

| Name | Description |
| 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 |

### India
## South America
### Peru

| Name | Image | Description |
| Chifle | | A fried plantain snack from Peru and Ecuador |

### Brazil

| Name | Description |
| 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 |

## Europe
### Norway

| Name | Description |
| 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 |

### Sweden

| Name | Description |
| Mandelkubb | Bittersweet almond biscuit, otherwise known as an almond bun |
| Blodplättar | Pancake traditionally made with whipped reindeer blood and typically fried |
| 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 |

### Finland

| Name | Description |
| 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 |