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Have you been feeling like you’re always grabbing the same snacks you know you like and are comfortable with? Well, if you’re feeling ready for a change, here are some unique snacks you can seek out for your next snacking session.
From potato chips with Singaporean-inspired flavours to vegetable crisps to insects. Whether you’re looking for a unique experience or to discover your next novelty snack to munch down on, this list will let you know 10 unique snacks to try out.
What makes the best unique snack?
- Ingredients used: some snacks are still reminiscent of the usual potato chip, just with unique flavours, while some snacks are made of something entirely new, like vegetables and fruits or even insects.
- Novelty and uniqueness: Whether the snack will surprise you with its appearance and/or ingredients.
Here are 10 unique snacks to try out if you’re in an adventurous mood and want to explore.
| Name | Best for | Key highlight |
|---|---|---|
| DJ&A | Health-conscious snackers | Vegetable, fruit and mushroom crisps made with minimal processing and no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives |
| Hey! Chips | Healthy fruit and vegetable snacks | Vacuum-fried and freeze-dried snacks that are halal-certified, vegetarian and gluten-free |
| Temole | Vegetable-based savoury snacks | Oven-baked broccoli and cauliflower puffs alongside avocado tortilla chips |
| Calbee Harvest Snaps | Lighter alternative to potato chips | Baked pea crisps made with real green peas in a range of flavours |
| F.EAST | Local-inspired potato chip flavours | Potato chips inspired by Hainanese chicken rice, laksa, egg prata with fish curry and beef rendang |
| Insectyumz | Adventurous eaters | Edible insect snacks including crickets, mealworms and locusts approved for consumption in Singapore |
| The Kettle Gourmet | Unique gourmet popcorn | Hand-baked popcorn with local savoury and sweet flavours, plus brownie crisps |
| IRVINS | Rich umami snacks | Salted egg fish skin and salmon skin snacks made with real duck egg yolks |
| Fupi | Soy-based crunchy snacks | Singapore’s first beancurd skin snack with Asian-inspired flavours such as mala and Thai green curry |
| Fairprice Cashews | Flavoured nut snacks | House-brand cashews available in savoury, spicy and sweet speciality flavours |
1. DJ&A
DJ&A is a brand originating from Australia with the aim of creating healthy snacks without compromising on taste. DJ&A offers a variety of snacks ranging from vegetable crisps, crunchy fruit snacks, coconut products, plant-based jerky and snacks as well as baked goods.
DJ&A ensures their snacks are without artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. Their products are all natural, with no GMO nor added MSG for a guilt-free snacking session. Additionally, their snacks are also often baked or lightly cooked with their vacuum cooking process, which uses a lower temperature than the usual deep frying in order to maintain the natural and delicious taste of their ingredients, making it a good choice for any health-conscious snacker.
Some popular snacks out of DJ&A’s wide array of products include their crispy broccoli florets (S$6.25), their mixed mushroom crisps (S$6.25) and their crispy garlic cloves (S$4). Other unique snacks include their pickle-licous pickle-flavoured cucumber crisps, going for S$6.25.
2. Hey! Chips
Hey! Chips is a Singapore-based brand specialising in healthy vegetable and fruit snacks. They keep their snacks simple and clean by making them with high-quality natural produce and as little processing as possible. The snacks also contain no added sugars, artificial flavours or preservatives. Additionally, their snacks are vacuum-fried or freeze-dried, making Hey! Chips a good option for those seeking healthy, low-calorie yet nutrient-dense snacks.
Some popular snacks out of Hey! Chips’ wide variety include their banana crisps (S$4.99), broccoli crisps (S$4.99), okra crisps (S$4.99) and onion crisps (S$4.99). Other unique snacks include their strawberry fruit bites (S$4.99) and mixed berry fruit bites (S$4.99). Hey! Chip’s products are halal-certified, vegetarian and gluten-free.
For a list of physical locations and stores to purchase Hey! Chips, click here.
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3. Temole
Temole is a brand from San Antonio, Texas, which aims to create healthy yet delicious snacks. Temole’s first product was their oven-baked avocado tortilla chips, made by combining avocados, tomatoes, limes, onions and their rich seasonings with chips. Temole has also included oven-based puffs made from vegetables. Two key vegetables featured in their airy oven-based puff snack lineup are broccoli and cauliflower, which they decided upon after seeing how some people struggle with eating vegetables in general and those 2 in particular.
Some popular snacks out of Temole’s collection of snacks include their cheese broccoli puffs (S$4.99), sour cream cauliflower puffs (S$4.99) and sweet chilli broccoli puffs (S$4.99). Other unique snacks Temole carries include their almond chips and pomegranate chips.
Temole’s snacks are available for purchase in all major supermarkets.
4. Calbee Harvest Snaps
You have most likely tried Calbee’s potato chips before, but what about Calbee’s baked pea crisps? Calbee’s Harvest Snaps is a baked pea crisp, which has less sodium and fat but more fibre in comparison with regular potato chips. Calbee’s Harvest Snaps are made with real green peas; being baked and not fried, this is another snack for the health-conscious to consider.
Calbee’s Harvest Snaps also have a unique shape, like how a real pea is shaped, as the crisps are tubular, creating a different sensation when snacking down on them. It also comes in a variety of flavours, ranging from the original salted, seaweed, sour cream and chives to wasabi and chilli for the spice lovers. Therefore, you can enjoy the pea crisps in their original flavour, which highlights the fresh, vegetal, nutty natural pea taste, or with seasonings like seaweed for that extra savoury taste. Calbee’s Harvest Snaps is halal-certified and gluten-free.
Calbee’s Harvest Snaps are available for purchase in all major supermarkets.
5. F.EAST
F.EAST (Flavours Of The East) is a Singaporean brand launched in 2017 with the goal of creating potato chips blended with the taste of popular asian cuisines. They aim to create yummy potato chips infused with bold asian flavours. F.EAST currently has 4 flavours available for the adventurous to try: Hainanese Chicken Rice, Singapore Laksa, Egg Prata with Fish Curry and lastly, Beef Rendang, which is an online-exclusive.
Their 4 flavours of chips are inspired by well-known and cherished Asian cuisine, as well as having flamboyant aromas and flavours, for that extra kick. With their unique flavours, you can treat your taste buds to Hainanese Chicken Rice chips that have a bright ginger taste, and Singapore Laksa chips that have a creamy coconut taste along with a hint of briny shrimp. F.EAST (Flavours Of The East) is halal-certified.
For a list of physical locations and stores to purchase F.EAST, click here.
6. Insectyumz
Insectyumz is Singapore’s first and largest brand carrying edible insect food for our very own human consumption. Insects are actually a sustainable form of protein, and Insectyumz’s insects are not harvested from the wild and are free of contaminants. Insectyumz’s edible insects are approved by both the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Singapore Customs, so rest assured that they are extremely suitable for human consumption and dig in with peace of mind.
Insectyumz’s snacks include fried locusts, black crickets, crickets and mealworms, which are on Singapore Food Agency’s approved list of species. Insectyumz’s black crickets comes in original and spicy flavours. Their mealworms come in the original flavour only; their crickets come in a tangy tomyum flavour. Their locusts come in a spicy flavour, with an original flavour upcoming as of the writing of this article.
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7. The Kettle Gourmet
The Kettle Gourmet started its journey in 2017, creating a myriad of flavoured hand-baked popcorn with unique local flavours. The Kettle Gourmet uses kernels from South Africa for their airy and crunchy popcorn, with their popcorn being baked fresh every day.
For unique savoury flavours, The Kettle Gourmet contains chilli crab, chicken floss, nasi lemak and fish head curry. If you have a sweet tooth, The Kettle Gourmet’s ingredients include salted caramel, chocolate, kaya butter toast and pulut hitam (black glutinous rice pudding) for unique sweet flavours. Apart from popcorn, if you’re a chocoholic, The Kettle Gourmet also sells indulgent brownie crisps made from real brownie dough baked into thin crisps. They offer unique flavours such as banana fritter, peanut pancake and chocolate chip for these brownie crisps.
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8. IRVINS
IRVINS started as a restaurant known for their signature salted egg crab dish; from there, they started playing around with creating various snacks by blending their signature salted egg sauce with potato chips and fish skin, creating the IRVINS we know today. The ingredients used in IRVINS snacks are carefully curated, with hand-picked chilli peppers, curry leaves and upcycled salmon skin used in their fish skin snacks. Their salted egg sauce comes from real duck egg yolk and not any pre-packaged powders, with the egg yolks being salt-brined for 30 days, then steamed into a salty umami crumble.
The crispness of their Salted Egg Fish Skin snack fused with the flavours of their salted egg, aromatic curry leaves and bold chilli peppers creates a multi-sensory experience when snacking. Their Salted Egg Fish Skin also comes in a spicy version, with a bold spicy and garlicky taste, for the spice lovers. Additionally, they now sell the same variations as their fish skin snacks, both salted egg and spicy salted egg, but with Atlantic salmon skin, for a different mouthfeel.
For a list of physical locations and stores to purchase IRVINS, click here.
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9. Fupi
Fupi is Singapore’s first beancurd skin snack. FUPI uses high-quality soybeans and zero preservatives along with 100% natural ingredients, creating scrumptious beancurd skin snacks like beancurd crisps and sticks that are also healthy.
Fupi highlights Asian flavours with their snacks; they have hotpot tomato, a tangy yet sweet tomato soup base flavour paired with their crispy beancurd skin. For the spice lovers — you’re in luck; Fupi has 3 spicy flavours: Sichuan mala, Thai green curry, and seaweed wasabi. The Sichuan mala will numb your mouth with its spicy goodness, the Thai green curry will give you that creamy yet aromatic curry flavour, while seaweed wasabi will tickle your nose and throat along with its umami seaweed flavour.
Fupi is available for purchase across all PRIME supermarkets.
10. FairPrice cashews
If you enjoy snacking on cashews for their nutty, rich taste and satisfying crunch, look no further than FairPrice’s house brand cashews for cashews with a unique twist on them.
FairPrice Cashew Nuts are naturally trans fat-free and come in a variety of speciality flavours.
For people who prefer savoury cashew nuts, FairPrice has garlic, yakitori, honey mustard, Japanese seaweed and even fried chicken flavoured options. For the spice lovers, pick between mala or wasabi for that spicy kick when snacking. Lastly, for those who prefer something sweet, there are the roasted corn, maple syrup and matcha latte flavours to try out.
FairPrice’s Cashew Nuts retail for S$4.90 at all available outlets and are halal-certified.
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How to choose unique snacks for different tastes
If you enjoy trying unfamiliar ingredients, Insectyumz offers the most adventurous experience with edible insects, while Fupi is a good choice if you want something different without straying too far from familiar Asian flavours. For healthier everyday snacking, DJ&A, Hey! Chips and Calbee Harvest Snaps focus on vegetable-based or baked alternatives with lighter ingredients.
If bold local flavours appeal more than unusual ingredients, F.EAST recreates Singapore-inspired dishes in potato chip form, while The Kettle Gourmet turns local favourites into popcorn and brownie crisps. Those who enjoy rich savoury snacks can opt for IRVINS’ salted egg fish skin, whereas Fairprice Cashews suit anyone looking for familiar nuts with more distinctive flavour combinations.
The right choice depends on whether you prioritise novelty, flavour or lighter snacking.
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