Street Snacks

🇧🇪Belgium

Cheese Croquette

Kaaskroket

Breadcrumbed croquette with a molten cheese center, a pub and frituur favorite.

🇺🇸United States

Cheeseburger

A burger crowned with a slice of melted cheese — the essential American hamburger evolution.

🇺🇸United States

Chicken Fingers

Strips of breaded, fried chicken breast — a kid-menu and snack staple across America.

🇮🇹Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Chifelini

Chifelini is a named Italian street snack from Trieste, made as a distinctive flour-based or filled form with the ingredients and cooking finish associated with that local tradition.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Chifles

Ecuadorian thin, crispy fried green plantain chips

🇲🇽Mexico

Chile relleno

A roasted poblano chile stuffed with cheese or picadillo, battered and fried, served in a tomato broth.

🇷🇪Reunion

Chili Fritters

Bonbon Piment

Miniature spiced doughnuts made from lima beans or split peas; fried with strips of chili, coriander, and onion stalks; fragrant, crunchy, and melting at the same time; a Creole appetizer; sold in all markets and by food sellers; a TasteAtlas-listed must-try; the bonbon piment that is a Reunionese snack classic.

🇭🇳Honduras

Chilindrinas

Honduran fried snacks of mashed ripe plantain and cheese, shaped into patties and fried until golden.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Chilli Cake

Gato piment

Split peas soaked, ground coarse with chilli, cumin, spring onion and coriander, then dropped in oil as small balls the size of a walnut.

🇺🇸Southwestern United States, United States

Chimichanga

A deep-fried burrito — a Sonoran-style specialty, crisp outside, molten inside.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Chipa Pirú

Thin, crunchy small chipa rings, very crispy and delicate, a traditional snack variety of chipa.

🇲🇼Malawi

Chitambe

A Malawian snack made from groundnuts and grains, pressed or fried for market sale.

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Chivda

चिवडा

A Maharashtrian flattened rice snack with peanuts, coconut, and spices. It is a tea-time favorite.

🇲🇼Malawi

Chiwaya

Malawian street food of deep-fried potato chips served with grilled or stewed meat — goat, beef, or chicken — and a simple tomato-onion salad; a filling takeaway meal.

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Chotpoti

চটপটি

Boiled white peas stewed with potato and tamarind, ladled into a bowl and topped with egg, onion, coriander and crushed fuchka shells.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Chulitos

Dominican fresh grated cassava filled with ground meat and fried until golden. A coastal and street snack, similar to bollitos de yuca, crispy and chewy.

🇮🇳India

Churmuri

ಚುರುಮುರಿ

A Karnataka street snack of puffed rice with coconut oil, peanuts, and spices. It is simple and crunchy.

🇪🇸Spain

Churros

Churros de membrillo

Fried choux-pastry sticks, the Madrid breakfast classic with chocolate.

🇮🇹Venice, Italy

Cicchetti

Venice's tapas-like small bites served in bacari (wine bars), eaten standing with an ombra (small glass of wine). The Venetian answer to Spanish tapas.

🇮🇩Bandung, Indonesia

Cilok

Cilok, boiled tapioca balls sold from carts with peanut sauce, is a named Sundanese street snack.

🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire

Claclo

Very ripe plantain mashed with flour, chilli and onion and deep-fried into small dark fritters, sweet and hot at once.

🇹🇻Tuvalu

Coconut Banana Fritters

Tuvaluan coconut-banana fritters combine mashed banana, flour, cornstarch, shredded coconut, and sugar, then fry into crisp-edged snacks.

🇲🇽Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Codzitos

Yucatecan rolled tacos of cochinita or other filling, fried crisp and served with tomato salsa.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Conch Fritters

Minced conch folded into a peppery batter with onion and sweet pepper and dropped in oil as golf-ball fritters.

🇨🇩DR Congo

Congolese Dough Balls

Mikate

Deep-fried dough balls, crispy on the outside and fluffy inside; a popular Congolese street food and snack; often served with a side of peanut sauce for a sweet and savory kick; listed in Wikipedia's Congolese cuisine; similar to puff-puff across West Africa; found at street stalls and markets across Kinshasa; the beloved fried treat of the Congo.

🇮🇹Sicily, Italy

Crocchè

Crocchè is a named Italian street snack from Sicily, made as a distinctive flour-based or filled form with the ingredients and cooking finish associated with that local tradition.

🇵🇹Portugal

Croquetes

Croquetes de camarão

Breaded meat or shrimp croquettes with a creamy béchamel center.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Croquette

Kroket

A Dutch breadcrumbed ragout croquette, served alone or in a soft roll with mustard.

🇧🇪Belgium

Croquettes aux Crevettes Grises

Croquettes aux crevettes grises / Garnaalkroketten

A Belgian croquette with creamy béchamel and grey shrimp filling, served with lemon and fried parsley, a daily and brasserie classic

🇨🇺Cuba

Cuban Croquettes

Croquetas

A Cuban fried breaded rolls with ham, chicken, or cheese, a street and daily classic

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Cuoppo Napoletano

A paper cone of fried Neapolitan street food: zeppole, sciurilli, panzarotti, and crocchè, eaten walking. The original 'fritto misto' to go.

🇵🇰Sindh, Pakistan

Daal Pakwan

دال پکوان

Crisp fried discs of dough served with a thick chana dal, tamarind chutney and raw onion — the Sindhi breakfast.

🇮🇳Gujarat, India

Dabeli

દાબેલી

A Gujarati snack of spiced potato filling in a bun with pomegranate and peanuts. It is sweet, spicy, and tangy.

🇮🇳India

Dahi Puri

दही पूरी

A chaat of crispy puris filled with yogurt, potatoes, chutneys, and sev. It is cooling, sweet, and tangy.

🇮🇳India

Dahi Vada

दही वड़ा

Soft lentil fritters soaked in yogurt and topped with tamarind and green chutneys. Popular across North and South India, it is sweet, tangy, and savory.

🇯🇵Japan

Daigaku imo

大学芋

Daigaku imo, sweet potato chunks fried and lacquered in a sesame-flecked syrup, is a named Japanese snack sold from dedicated shops.