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16 Irish snacks we need the world to know about

We’re a proud food nation.

1. King Crisp sandwiches

Fresh white bread, butter, and a package of cripps. Perfection.

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2. Spice Burger

Back in 2009 the future of the spice burger was almost in jeopardy when there was a row over the secret recipe. Thankfully, they’re still going strong, with all their meaty goodness.

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3. Fifteens

A Northern Irish delicacy, these are made with  15 marshmallows, 15 digestive biscuits, 15 glacé cherries, condensed milk and coconut.

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4. USA Biscuits

They sound so sophisticated and ‘out foreign’. A staple of the Irish family Christmas.

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5. Afternoon Tea

If you want to go really fancy with the biscuits and have a row over the jelly star.

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6. Crisps and coke

Bag of fancy pub Tayto and a glass bottle of coke preferably.

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7. Fat Frogs

If we mention  these apple-flavoured ice treasures enough times surely HB will have to bring them back, and then start exporting them?

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8. Ballymaloe Relish

Burgers, cheese, sandwiches… they’re all in bed with this little jar of goodness.

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9. Blaa

Waterford’s floury bap is made to be a vessel for sausages, ham, crisps or whatever else takes your fancy. ‘Blaa’ is even a protected term.

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10. Caffrey’s Snowballs

Coconutty, marshmallowey, chocolately crack.

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11. Chipsticks

Picking these out of your teeth for several hours after consuming is worth it for the salt and vinegar corn snack goodness.

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12. Chicken fillet roll

The beigest of beige foods. The king of the hangover delicacies. The darling of the deli counter special offer.

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13. Coddle

Boiled sausages, bacon and spuds sounds wrong, but it’s so right. So so right.

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14. Superquinn sausages

The sausage outcry which ensued when it was announced that Superquinn was to be no more cements these beauties as a national treasure.

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15. Purple Snacks

The best one out of Cadbury’s Snack trio, hands down. Is there any pleasure greater than nibbling the chocolate off and then devouring the biscuit?

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16. Clonakilty black pudding

“Yeah so it’s beef blood mixed with oatmeal… no really, it’s delicious!”

It really is delicious, and one of our finest.

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