🚚 Ships to the USA & Canada
Wholesale
ESEN
MexGoodies
👤
Snacks & street food

🥨The Best Mexican Snacks: From Takis to Chicharrones

A real Mexican snack delivers three things: crunch, chile and lime. From Takis Fuego to chicharrones doused in Valentina, this is the essential list for your snack table, and every one of them ships across the U.S. and Canada.

Updated · 1 min read · By the MexGoodies team

Bowls of Mexican snacks: spicy rolled tortilla chips, wheel-shaped chicharrones with hot sauce, Japanese-style peanuts and potato chips with lime, on a green background.
In this guide ▾
  1. The must-haves of the snack aisle
  2. The secret: hot sauce and chamoy
  3. Build your Mexican snack box
  4. FAQ

The must-haves of the snack aisle

Whether you're new to Mexican snacks or homesick for them, start here:

  • Takis (Barcel): the rolled corn chip with chile and lime that conquered the world. Fuego is the king.
  • Chile-lime Sabritas: Mexico's classic potato chips, impossible to stop eating.
  • Chicharrones & duritos: wheat or pork cracklings with hot sauce, lime and chamoy.
  • Spicy & Japanese-style peanuts: the cantina-and-party classic.
  • Chile popcorn: movie night, Mexican style.

The secret: hot sauce and chamoy

Mexican snacks aren't eaten plain: they're dressed. Valentina or salsa botanera over the chips, chamoy on the duritos, lime on everything. If you're ordering snacks, add a bottle of hot sauce to your cart: it's the difference between snacking and snacking right.

Build your Mexican snack box

For game day, a party or plain craving: 3-4 different snacks + a hot sauce + peanuts + something sweet to finish. At MexGoodies you can build your box piece by piece, or ask us on WhatsApp for a curated mix, shipped anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.

  1. Step 1: Pick 3 or 4 snacks

    Make them different: rolled chips, potato chips, chicharrones.

  2. Step 2: Add a hot sauce

    Valentina or a snack hot sauce to drizzle on top.

  3. Step 3: Add peanuts

    Spicy or Japanese-style, the party classic.

  4. Step 4: Finish with something sweet

    A Mexican candy to close out the craving.

Everything in this guide, shipped to your door

Takis Fuego (opens in a new tab)Cheetos Xtra Flamin' Hot (opens in a new tab)Karate Japanese-style peanuts (opens in a new tab)Encanto wheel chicharrones (opens in a new tab)Ruffles original (opens in a new tab)Doritos Dinamita chile lime (opens in a new tab)Valentina Extra Hot sauce (opens in a new tab)

Frequently asked questions

Are Takis Mexican?

Yes. Takis were created in 1999 by Barcel, a Mexican company from the Bimbo group. The Mexican-made ones have their own seasoning, which is why many fans prefer them imported.

Which Mexican snacks are less spicy?

Plain popcorn, unseasoned duritos (you control the sauce), classic Japanese-style peanuts and salted chips. Most of the heat is up to you and your hot sauce.

Craving it already? 😏

Shop Mexican snacks →All things Takis →Hot sauces for snacking →

More recipes & guides

See all →