The Virginia Diner in Wakefield, Virginia, has been serving Southern-style cuisine since 1929. The restaurant is famous for its peanuts, which are roasted in-house and flavored with a variety of seasonings, including Old Bay. Many of their snack foods have ended up in grocery stores, and the diner even refers to itself as a “legend in a nutshell.”

Berger's Cookies are an iconic Baltimore treat invented in 1835 by a German immigrant named Henry Berger at his family bakery. The cookies — which have a cake-like texture, shortbread flavor, and are covered in a thick layer of signature chocolate fudge frosting — quickly became a local favorite. They are available in stores throughout the city.

“Tremocos,” also known as lupini beans or lupin beans, are a popular salty snack in Portugal often served as an accompaniment with wine and beer in most bars. They’re also usually found in the snack section of grocery stores or with the canned goods. Tremocos can be purchased dry, or, more popularly, already prepared in jars or cans.

The Quaker company introduced Cruesli in the Netherlands in the 1990s, and it remains a supermarket staple in the breakfast aisle. The cereal is made from a mixture of whole grains such as oats, wheat, barley, and rice. It comes in varieties including nuts, seeds, dried fruit, chocolate, and more. Cruesli differs from muesli in that it often has added sugar or honey, and it is baked before being boxed.

A bikkie is the colloquial Australian word for a cookie, and Australia boasts perhaps one of the most famous store-bought cookies in the world: the Tim Tam. The treat is made of two layers of chocolate malted biscuit, filled with a creamy chocolate filling, and coated in even more chocolate. They’re such a regional staple that Aussie actor Hugh Jackman once gave a package to everyone in the audience at the “Oprah Winfrey Show.”

Kabukiage is a Japanese snack food that consistently ranks as one of the top-selling grocery store items in Tokyo. It’s a deep-fried rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce and sugar (and sometimes seasoned with other flavors such as sesame). The crackers were named after the kabukiage (or kabuki) dance. When they were introduced in the 1960s, they were often printed with emblems related to famous kabuki performers.

Pocket Coffee is a chocolate candy filled with liquid espresso, popular in Italy. Produced by Italian chocolate company Ferrero, Pocket Coffee has been sold in supermarkets around the country since the 1960s, and has found its way into specialty grocery stores and shops around places like the U.S., as well.

Biltong is a type of dried, cured meat. Entire sections of South African grocery stores are often dedicated to the regional delicacy. Biltong is often compared to beef jerky, but it is typically thicker and softer in texture. The meat most commonly used for biltong is beef, but customers can also often find some made with ostrich, kudu, or springbok.

Coffee Crisp originated in Canada in 1939. Despite attempts to introduce it to U.S. stores, the chocolate bar has remained exclusively north of the border. The Canadian favorite is made of light layers of vanilla wafer and a fluffy, coffee-flavored foamed candy, all covered with a thin milk chocolate coating. It has unofficially been called Canada’s official chocolate bar.

German potato dumplings, known as kartoffelknoedel, are a traditional dish made of grated or mashed potatoes, flour, eggs, and salt. The ingredients are combined into a dough, which is then formed into dumplings and boiled in salted water. Kartoffelknoedel is a ubiquitous grocery store item in Germany, both in pre-mixed packages, and in pre-made dumpling form, ready to boil at home.

Lay’s is known for their robust offering of potato chip flavors around the world, and China is certainly no exception. One of the many popular street foods from the region that has been adapted into a chip flavor is grilled squid. The snack is said to have only a hint of seafood flavor, and otherwise tastes more like a spiced barbecue chip.

Ribena is a popular U.K. soft drink made with British blackcurrants. The small, tart berries are traditionally grown in the U.K., but for many years, they were banned in the U.S. due to concerns of carrying disease. As a result, blackcurrants are less popular in other parts of the world, although Ribena can also be found in New Zealand and Australia.

Ketchup chips were introduced in Canada by the Hostess chip company (now Lay’s) in the 1970s, and they’ve been a national staple ever since. Although a variation on the tangy flavor — made of tomato powder, garlic, onion, and various spices — can be found in the U.S., the original flavor is difficult to find, meaning cross-border chip trips are still very much a thing.

It’s not found in pizzerias, but the Rhode Island “red strip” is a type of pizza unique to the Ocean State. Also called a “bakery pizza,” it is sold in — you guessed it — bakeries, as well as the bakery section of Rhode Island grocery stores. It consists of a baked rectangular crust that’s slathered in tomato sauce and served at room temperature. Instead of slices, the “pizza” is cut into strips.

Tayto crisps are a brand of potato chips that have been produced in Ireland since the 1950s. More than a snack, they’ve become somewhat of a cultural icon in Ireland, even inspiring a spinoff theme park that opened in 2010 and was called Tayto Park (it was renamed Emerald Park in 2022). The most popular Taytos flavor is the distinctive cheese and onion variety.

Reindeer have long held a place in Alaska’s culture, from herding to fur pelts and even as food. One of the most popular ways to use reindeer meat is in sausages. The Polish-style links can be found at many restaurants and grocery stores throughout the year, and are often cooked up and served by street vendors in the summer months.

Vegemite, originally from Australia, is a popular snack option in New Zealand, but the favored product is their own, similar yeast spread: Marmite. Though it originated in the U.K., it was introduced to the Kiwi country in the early 1900s, and has been a household and lunchbox staple ever since. The savory spread is especially popular at the breakfast table, used primarily on toast.

Wegmans is a Rochester-based grocery chain with locations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It's known by consumers for its store-brand products, including sauces, frozen pizzas, and — one of its most beloved snacks — pre-made cannoli chips and dips, which come in single-serve containers or party-tray size. The crispy powdered-sugar cannoli chips are paired with a sweet ricotta cannoli cream.

Madeleines are believed to have originated in the 18th century in the French town of Commercy. The iconic treat remains an incredibly popular snack food in the country, with whole sections devoted to them in grocery stores. The buttery, shell-shaped cookies have a sponge-cake consistency on the inside, and are slightly browned and crispy on the outside.

Call it a Canadian quirk, but Canucks are known to buy their milk in bags instead of jugs or cartons. Ontario, Quebec, and the eastern Maritime provinces made the switch when Canada converted to the metric system in the 1970s. Dairy producers had to replace and resize existing milk containers, which were measured in imperial quarts, and plastic was the cheaper option.