What Are the Best Fall Snacks to Enjoy This Autumn Season?
Brace up for the chill breeze and windy rain that’s coming your way this autumn. After a long day at work, you deserve to cozy up on your couch and enjoy fall snacks alone or with loved ones. These seasonal snacks bring unique warmth and comfort as the weather cools, making them the ideal items to add to your shopping carts from September to December. Use our guide to find your favorite fall snacks!
What are Fall Snacks?
We can define fall snacks as the treats that people tend to consume more of from early September to mid-December. These snacks see an increase in consumption for a variety of reasons, including availability of ingredients, cultural festivals, or brand promotions. Ideally, fall snacks should have some crunchiness, sweetness, spiciness, and savoriness. They should also offer warmth and comfort with their flavors and textures.
The Tradition of Fall Snacks in Japan
Japan is famous for having a wide range of seasonal foods, including snacks. The ingredients used in these culinary delights depend on factors such as harvest season, regional availability, and cultural history. Japanese fall snacks capture both the essence and flavors of autumn, thanks to ingredients like sweet potatoes, apples, grapes, and chestnuts, which are widely harvested in that period.
People who eat snacks in the fall tend to seek warmth and comfort from these treats. They often find what they want in local convenience stores (konbini). Pies, gummies, cakes, buns, donuts, and chocolate—all of these are infused, coated, or mixed with seasonal ingredients and made into tasty products. Konbinis, supermarkets, and confectionery shops all over the country stock these goodies in flavors ranging from spicy-savory to sweet.
Sweet Potato Chips: A Crunchy Taste of Fall
Japan is home to some of the most unique species of sweet potatoes in the world. The tuber is a staple in Japanese homes during the fall season. Many confectioneries boil, roast, puree, and bake sweet potatoes into a variety of snacks and sweets, including cakes, crispy chips, and ice cream.
Baked sweet potato chips are one of the most common snacks in autumn. Mostly eaten in the evenings, they offer comforting crunch and sweet, earthy flavors.
Popular brands that thrill the world with sweet potato chip products are Calbee, Lay’s, and Pringles. Just like regular store-bought chips, they’re flavored with spices, salt, garlic powder, paprika, and other seasonings.
Caramel Cookies: A Gooey, Golden Delight
Soft and hard caramel cookies are perfect for pairing with a hot drink on a crisp fall day. Caramel is a combination of sugar, butter, and cream. Its addition, either as a filling or coating, brings a sweet and creamy flavor to any biscuit or cookie.
Examples of caramel cookies are chocolate chip cookies, flavored biscuits, creme-centered biscuits, and brown sugar cookies. A lot of these snacks are given savory and sweet flavors by drizzling salted caramel on top of the cookies while they are still on the baking sheet or parchment paper. Top cookie brands with popular caramel flavors are Meiji Hello Panda, Morinaga Hi-Soft, and Calbee Potato Chips.
Apple Snacks: Capturing the Essence of Autumn
In autumn and winter, apple snacks bring the taste of freshly harvested orchards into homes. They’re especially beloved by kids, and many adults grew up enjoying them. Hence, they make ideal nostalgic snacks. Apple-based snacks can serve as a source of healthy sugar and essential vitamin C with minimal saturated fat.
Since apples are in season during this period, many households use the abundant fruits to make all kinds of homemade snacks, such as apple pies, chips, flapjacks, cupcakes, and pancakes. Apples can also be used to make traditional treats like mochi and daifuku. Brands such as Kubota and Pink Lady are famous for their sweet and savory apple-flavored snacks.
Spiced Nuts: A Toasty, Aromatic Treat
Sweet and spicy roasted nuts make great fall snacks. These nutty treats are perfect for evoking a sense of comfort and festivity in the autumn. They are made from almonds, chestnuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, and other types of nuts, especially in Asian countries. These crunchy nuts are often mixed with autumnal spices like cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, or nutmeg and then roasted into flavorful crispy delights. Besides roasting, the nuts can also be candied or salted. However, the best variant for autumn is spicy and roasted, thanks to the cozy heat they bring to snack lovers.
Global Inspirations: Autumn Flavors from Around the World
Different cultures celebrate fall through their own unique snack creations. In Japan, sweet potato snacks are the most common choice, especially the roasted version known as yaki-imo. However, other countries have their preferences. Let’s take a look at some of them.
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United States (Pumpkin Spice): In the U.S., pumpkin spice is one of the main fall snack flavors. It’s a combination of ginger, clove, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. The spice is the traditional seasoning for pumpkin pie.
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Canada (Maple Syrup): Canada is the largest maple syrup producer in the world. In the fall, people drizzle this absolutely delicious syrup on a variety of snacks, including pancakes, waffles, and even ice cream.
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France (Pear): The majority of France’s autumnal cuisine contains pear. Their famous butter pears are especially ideal for cooking. If you’re in the country during the fall, don’t leave without trying the French pear tart.
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Mexico (Chili): Mexicans take advantage of the abundance of chili peppers in the country by using them in various dishes, snacks, and desserts.
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Australia (Apple): Candy apples, apple cinnamon, and apple pie are only a few of the fruit-based snacks that take center stage during fall season in Australia.
Fireside Favorites: Snacks to Savor by the Hearth
Some snacks are perfect for enjoying next to the warmth of fire. We’ve curated a list of these snacks to help you choose the ideal treats for reflective moments in autumn:
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S'more: Chocolate and toasted marshmallow sandwiched between graham crackers is the ideal campfire and fireplace snack. You can enhance it with almonds, coconut flakes, and peanuts.
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Bacon: Enjoy roasted bacon coated with chili powder, cayenne pepper, and brown sugar.
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Fries: Sweet potato fries with raspberry jam and cheese will give you that sweet and savory flavor that’s perfect for autumn nights.
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Brownies: You can try fruit-flavored brownies with vanilla ice cream and caramel topping.
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Cinnamon rolls: Roast cinnamon-spiced rolls in fire and season with cream cheese.
Perfect Pairings: Fall Snacks and Warm Beverages
Let’s discuss some cozy beverage pairings that enhance the flavors of fall snacks. Red wine, particularly pinot noir, is the perfect pairing for sweet potato snacks. The caffeinated flavors of coffee go great with caramel cookies, but you can also try a spritz cocktail. Cider, sparkling wine, and chardonnay are the ideal pairings for apple snacks. For spiced nuts, you may want to go with alcoholic beverages like mezcal or a simple topping like maple syrup.
Craft Your Own Japanese Fall Snacks
Get creative in the kitchen and make Japanese snacks that embody the spirit of fall. Check out the following easy recipes:
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Yaki-imo: Japanese sweet potato, which is famous for its purple skin and yellow insides, can be roasted to create yaki-imo.
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Apple pie: Using a vegetable peeler, make apple slices and lay them in a pie dish (made with any original recipe) before sprinkling it with cinnamon.
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Chestnuts: You can steam, boil, roast, or dry chestnuts before mixing them with spices, seasoning, and olive oil. They can last up to one week in an airtight container.
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Grilled sanma: Grill fresh sanma fish, AKA Pacific saury. Sprinkle salt, drizzle soy sauce, and top with daikon radish.
Season's Selects: Unveiling Autumn's Best Snack Picks
The folks at Bokksu Market have curated a list of the best autumn snacks based on feedback from customers. Enjoy!
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Mishima Thin & Crispy Sweet Potato Chips (Black Sesame): This sweet, savory, and nutty snack is made with real sweet potatoes and sesame seeds.
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Sakakin Caramelized Karinto Sweet Potato Sticks: Inspired by the Japanese fried dough (karinto), this snack consists of crispy sweet potato chips seasoned with caramelized sugar.
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HBAF Korean Style Almonds (Dark Chocolate): HBAF is Korea’s biggest producer of almond snacks. This version features creamy dark chocolate and is the perfect treat to share with family.
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Kubota Daifuku Mochi (Ringo Apple & Chestnut): Kubota produces all kinds of mochi treats in various flavors. Two flavors that bring the season’s flavors to life are the Ringo Apple and Chestnut.
Bokksu is not responsible for the accuracy of the products’ nutritional or allergen information. Warning: California’s Proposition 65 may be in effect. For more information,visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. Some Bokksu Market products are produced overseas and may have a Production Date printed on the packaging, rather than a Best Buy Date as is standard in North America. If your product appears expired, do not be alarmed! This is most likely the Production Date. All items have been double checked to ensure they are not expired and safe to eat.
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Meiji Hello Panda (Caramel): This is one of the most popular treats on our list. It consists of crispy biscuits with caramel cream centers.
Warmth in Every Bite
The warm, comforting nature of fall snacks makes them the perfect companion for the cool evenings that come with the changing season. Indulge in autumn’s best offerings to fully embrace the cozy
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