In Japan's consumer society products must be trendy to make the store shelves. Japanese snacks are no exception. A snack may be in every convenience store in the country one month and the next virtually disappear. Only a select few snacks have survived over the years. These are the best of the best. Many of these snacks have had countless variations over the years to keep buyers interested.

Below are the top 33 classic Japanese snacks. Everybody in Japan knows these snacks and many people feel nostalgic about them. They are ranked in order of their fame:

33. Wasabeef
Wasabi/beef flavored chips.


32.Cream Collon
Crispy cream candies with an unfortunate name.


31.Every Burger
Chocolate biscuits that look like tiny burgers.


30.Poifull
Fruit flavored jelly beans.


29.Pucca
Crackers with a chocolate filling shaped like fish.


28.Green Gum
Love the simple names of Japanese products.


27.Crunky Popjoy
Bit-sized chocolates with crunchy rice.


26.Sweetie Gum


25.Chelsea
Classic Japanese hard caramels.


24.Kani Pan
Crab shaped sweat bread.


23.Dars
Chocolate squares.


22.Kinoko no Yama
Literally "mushroom mountain", cute chocolate topped cookies.


21.Jagariko
Cheese and vegetable flavored potato sticks. Jagariko is a play on the word "Jagarimo" which means potato.


20.Chokobi


19.Hi Chew
Fruit flavored chewy candy.


18.Koalas March
Koala shaped cookies with various fillings such as chocolate and strawberry.


17.Pinky
Small tangy mints.


16.Baby Star Ramen
Chips meant to taste like ramen noodles.


15.Bisuko
Classic Japanese biscuits.


14.Tohato Caramel Corn


13.Meiji Chocolate
A classic basic chocolate bar.


12.Papico
Frozen treat in bottle shaped plastic that tastes like a milk shake.


11.Kitkat
Okay, so Kitkat is not Japanese. However, Kitkat is consistently one of the top selling chocolate bars in Japan. Kitkat in Japan has many varieties not available in other countries such as cherry blossom flavor.


10.Caplico
Fake ice cream cones.


9.Tiroru
These classic chocolate squares have dozens of flavours and seasonal varieties.


8.Milky
Milk flavored caramels.


7.Gari Gari Kun
A classic sherbet bar that comes in various flavors. "Gari Gari" is the sound of chewing.


6.Umaibo
Snack sized sticks similar to potato chips that come in various flavors.


5.Ghana Chocolate
Popular brand of slightly dark chocolate.


4.Choco Baby
Little cylinders of waxy chocolate.


3.Apollo
Space capsule shaped chocolates with a mix of strawberry and milk chocolate.


2.Choco Ball
Waxy chocolate with a crunchy, strawberry or peanut filling.


1.Pocky
Pretzel sticks covered in chocolate.

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