The Great Snack Food Mystery: A Journey Around the World

I'm sitting here with a bag of mysterious snacks, and I have no idea what any of them are. They're all packaged up in little bags with cryptic labels that say things like "Japanese" or "American." I've got a sweet not-sweet peanut snack that tastes like it's from a different planet. It's all dry and crunchy, but somehow still has a weird flavor that I can't quite place.

I think the peanut snack might be Japanese, but then again, it could be Chinese. Maybe it's even South American? The only clue is that it smells kind of like dried shrimp. I'm not sure what to do with this one, so I'll just leave it on the table for now.

Next up is a dried shrimp flavor that sounds suspiciously Japanese. But wait, maybe it's actually Chinese? Or perhaps it's from South America? The only way to know for sure is to try them all and see which ones match their labels. Ah, but then I have a hot cocoa flavor with notes of coca-cola and peanut vibes. It's definitely not an American snack food - that's for sure.

Now we've got a seaweed flavor that I'm pretty sure comes from Japan. The packaging looks old-fashioned, and the chips themselves are shaped like little sea creatures. I've tried lots of Japanese snack foods before, so this one sounds like a no-brainer. But then there's a mystery potato chip with a strange, powdery coating on it. It smells like citric acid and vinegar powder - maybe it's a type of rice cracker from Asia?

Wait, what about the salt and vinegar flavor? This one tastes like it could be American, but then again, it might be from England or Germany. The onion flavor is strong, almost pickled-onion-like, but I'm not sure if that's just my imagination playing tricks on me. Can anyone guess which country this flavor comes from?

I know what the sour cream and onion chip tastes like - it's American, all right! But how about the salt and vinegar flavor? Maybe it's a UK thing? No, wait, maybe I'm thinking of pickled onions instead of vinegar chips. Ugh, vinegar chips just aren't my thing.

But then there's the mystery snack that sounds like an Australian snack food. It tastes kind of like onion, but only in a subtle, American way. Does anyone know what flavor this is? Maybe we can figure it out together - or at least, I'll try to do some research and see if I can track down any clues.

One thing's for sure: the most fun part of eating snacks from around the world is trying to guess which country they come from just based on their flavors. It's like a big game of snack-food detective work!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou're gonna be tasting international snacks whoo first and foremost I gotta buy something I don't believe in snacks I don't need a snacks from a bag so just so you know all of these different bags are they recyclable just like the meme the beautiful mine name you have me doing the mental math to figure out what snacks are in front we're going dark what is this a Chris Morales show you have to tell us labor and the country of origin Oh flavor the flavor is good all right he's close I came out ha it's the size and shape of a chip yeah this feels like a potato chip I feel no ruffles pretty go like not as smooth Oh smells sweet it smells mapley Brown sugary sort of has like a caramel flavor aroma to it I have a very bad cold case that wasn't clear smells like well buttered hand cakes caramel corn butterscotch maple oh that is some fake maple I know that's because we just did jelly beans it almost smells like jelly beans smells like a bag okay Oh kind of artificial cake mix 5 it doesn't taste that potatoey though that's the only thing it's kind of potato we have but the flavor is like maple butter it's sweet and salty is this cinnamony sort of barbecuey way I know these like maple butter or honey butter disgusting pancake flavored potato chip is that a thing you're not far off it tastes like kind of like butterscotch to me no idea nope caramel corn I'm guessing that America brought us this trashy treat Canada they love maple syrup up there I don't think I've liked Canadian I don't that wouldn't make sense I'm gonna say like South Korea or something five-spice oh yeah maybe I don't know no offense oh I know exactly what this is these are honey butter chips so South Korea I'm gonna go with honey butter chips I think these are the Korean honey butter chips honey I would say China or Japan this is gonna be such a shot and if it's wrong I'm gonna look like an idiot but are these those Korean chips that are honey butter chips the same sort of plastic card that you can recycle it was very heavy for a snack still the bag scent yeah I got someone to play that guess can I do the plate now hmm Oh snack mix situation oh okay this is so interesting oh wow lots of little things what is these I'm I'm supposed to grab a bunch of these definitely coated in some kind of seasoning a little greasy this feels like a trail mix type of thing some flaky things like crackery things like chopped mint Chex Mix you have like more coarse pieces this easily shatters definitely a few different things here like we got long crackery pretzel things some little nutty things oh wow he just kicked in a little bit of spice but not too much almost like a sweet onion flavor in the beginning what do you got no coriander you get definitely like some chili powder there's a little bit heat like back the throat heat oh definitely spicy Oh a lot more spicy like I would say green chili spice or red chili almost like a some kind of curry situation but no tumeric I don't get any - right coriander cumin I taste some chili pepper don t know I'm confused now hold on oh my god this is numb keen this is from India this is holy roms numb kyun numb keen is basically just fried snacky stuff and often it's made out of chickpea flour sometimes fried lentils forms in different shapes spiced fried and then presented in savory snack form for your enjoyment I want to say like a chaat masala something like that India is my country it's like masala flavor so I'm gonna say this is an Indian snack I don't know it sort of just tastes like curry powder garam masala love all the textures though that's super fun India this is actually very tasty something almost like vadouvan has too much tumeric though I don't think it's about Yvonne but some kind of curry you guys would probably go with India so I'm gonna go with India corn served up from India who's an Indian spice I don't remember the name right now sesame sticks like shot topping like Indian snack mix must masala mix feels like like those mixed rice crackers almost or something like that okay oh that's a nut that's a peanut oh I know this is from just the nut Jonna Choi from India oh they're not hold Iran's what is what is this off-brand numb keen that you all bought mirch masala huh I love this brand and I love this snack it's like Chex Mix Indian Chex Mix and it's way more delicious I might not know cured meats but I know bag snack can I just play with it just feel like little crunchy balls okay they feel kind of like Hicks like they're like globe puffy globe things I hope it's recyclable okay so definitely a little Airy super crunchy got the size and dimension of a cheese puffs it's a little bit smaller something's rattling around inside this menu hi it's like marble this smells like an old house hmm Oh different flavor coming now oh it's one of those peanut things seaweedy peanut butter ate shrimpy you're not buttery like those puff shrimp chip things but then as you keep chewing it there's like some nuttiness so I'm guessing this is something East East Asian sort of tastes kind of like musty the first bite tastes like soup and then there is some sweetness like in diet coke like really fake you bite into it and then it kind of just becomes really dense in the mouth I don't really like this bitter in like a mocha cinnamon coffee malty kind of away I'm so bad at this this this is everything I'm not good at right on the edge of humiliation here guys I'm going to say that this is maybe I've no idea what this labor is this tastes like prawn flavoured ball so no somewhere in the continent of Asia that's it that's all I got for you I think this is kind of like a sweet not sweet peanut Japanese peas except they're gross that's what it tastes like I think it's Japanese I'm getting a dried shrimp flavor you know what I change it I think it's Chinese no no South America I don't pick any South American flavor here there's a coca-cola and I have a hot coco : angel I feel like I'm finishing with some peanut vibes no I I can't I can't I have no guesses for that maybe it's a shrimpy peanut soy not puff ball and that's the marketing name and I think it's from Japan maybe like shrimp I'm getting sort of like dashi shrimp pasty fish sauce Eve eyeb so I'm gonna say Japan for this I'm gonna call it seaweed and I'm gonna say definitely not an American snack food I don't know I'm gonna go with Japan I just expect one of them to be Japanese so what's called this one I feel like I've had these from Japanese snack stores so I want to say it's from Japan I'm gonna go off the fly here and say peanut poppy rice puffs final answer this was squid mother squid all right another potato shape and essence a thin chip not a lays definitely not it's too imperfect to be a lay this feels like either like those tapioca starch crackers or rice cracker powdery dusting on the outside right now that potato tape no you wouldn't do that I'm trying to think how do you think they're freaking Troy give me here oh well well smells like citric acid vinegar powder maybe b- salt almost smells like kind of garlicky like there's definitely vinegar powder happening it smells more salt and vinegary these these raffles it smells like nothing but it's like hanging a little hot this one is my favorite I love solving your chips so much oh but it also is like oniony they are dehydrated onions in here because it tastes like soup know that soup that fake soup there is also vinegar or citric acid is so good extreme like caramelized onion flavor I don't want to say it's sour cream and onion though is this like a known flavor should it come to mind the way like Oh barbeque or like ranch comes to mind I call this salt and vinegar from England no salt and vinegar chips that's UK I feel like this is America sour cream and onion malt vinegar chip from UK tastes like there's some vinegar maybe but I have no idea what it is I know I don't want to start throwing countries out there and get in trouble vinegar maybe it's from Germany I don't know for me it is like salt and vinegar and like caramelized onion from the United States like it could be like a Lay's variety pickled onion vinegar and onion pickled onion do I get that I said salt and vinegar and onion and pickles pickled onions are salt vinegar and onions that's a pickle onions they like vinegar oniony chip it doesn't something about the house pronounce the onion flavor is it doesn't seem like this would be from the US maybe Australian something blank onion vinegar chip Mickey go first of all I hate vinegar chips this is like not enjoyable for me like it tastes like a dill pickle kind of an American pickle potato chip ah onion I'm sorry this is a salt and vinegar crisp with some onion powder on it when you actually know what the flavor is suddenly you're like oh yeah that's a pickled onion but when you can't see it I would have never guessed onion this is a pretty heavy bet like there's some heft gosh almost no no Romo feels like a potato stick or a pretzel rod hello no it's not a cheeto it's too crunchy to be a cheeto right so it's not as hot as a hot cheeto at corn and chili oh I know these I already know what this is I know that this is I can tell you what this is without even tasting it this is nothing Claire made hey everyone I'm Claire I'm in the v8s kitchen and today I'm making gourmet takis like I'm a deeply unfair advantage know what it tastes like it tastes like a talkie Garvey a talkie talkie talkie these donkeys they're talkies little taquitos plague Otaki from Mexico from Mexico from Mexico Mexico Mexico sorry my Mexican friends I love you but I don't like this it's happy from Mexico I believe jockeys are America that's true hey Nightwing what did I win I love these I feel like the best thing you can do when you travel to country is go to the grocery store and go to the packaged snack aisle I love buying like various chips and snacks and things from various different countries and looking at the packaging yeah Wow a bunch of squid peas what a lucky guy thank you this is an honoryou're gonna be tasting international snacks whoo first and foremost I gotta buy something I don't believe in snacks I don't need a snacks from a bag so just so you know all of these different bags are they recyclable just like the meme the beautiful mine name you have me doing the mental math to figure out what snacks are in front we're going dark what is this a Chris Morales show you have to tell us labor and the country of origin Oh flavor the flavor is good all right he's close I came out ha it's the size and shape of a chip yeah this feels like a potato chip I feel no ruffles pretty go like not as smooth Oh smells sweet it smells mapley Brown sugary sort of has like a caramel flavor aroma to it I have a very bad cold case that wasn't clear smells like well buttered hand cakes caramel corn butterscotch maple oh that is some fake maple I know that's because we just did jelly beans it almost smells like jelly beans smells like a bag okay Oh kind of artificial cake mix 5 it doesn't taste that potatoey though that's the only thing it's kind of potato we have but the flavor is like maple butter it's sweet and salty is this cinnamony sort of barbecuey way I know these like maple butter or honey butter disgusting pancake flavored potato chip is that a thing you're not far off it tastes like kind of like butterscotch to me no idea nope caramel corn I'm guessing that America brought us this trashy treat Canada they love maple syrup up there I don't think I've liked Canadian I don't that wouldn't make sense I'm gonna say like South Korea or something five-spice oh yeah maybe I don't know no offense oh I know exactly what this is these are honey butter chips so South Korea I'm gonna go with honey butter chips I think these are the Korean honey butter chips honey I would say China or Japan this is gonna be such a shot and if it's wrong I'm gonna look like an idiot but are these those Korean chips that are honey butter chips the same sort of plastic card that you can recycle it was very heavy for a snack still the bag scent yeah I got someone to play that guess can I do the plate now hmm Oh snack mix situation oh okay this is so interesting oh wow lots of little things what is these I'm I'm supposed to grab a bunch of these definitely coated in some kind of seasoning a little greasy this feels like a trail mix type of thing some flaky things like crackery things like chopped mint Chex Mix you have like more coarse pieces this easily shatters definitely a few different things here like we got long crackery pretzel things some little nutty things oh wow he just kicked in a little bit of spice but not too much almost like a sweet onion flavor in the beginning what do you got no coriander you get definitely like some chili powder there's a little bit heat like back the throat heat oh definitely spicy Oh a lot more spicy like I would say green chili spice or red chili almost like a some kind of curry situation but no tumeric I don't get any - right coriander cumin I taste some chili pepper don t know I'm confused now hold on oh my god this is numb keen this is from India this is holy roms numb kyun numb keen is basically just fried snacky stuff and often it's made out of chickpea flour sometimes fried lentils forms in different shapes spiced fried and then presented in savory snack form for your enjoyment I want to say like a chaat masala something like that India is my country it's like masala flavor so I'm gonna say this is an Indian snack I don't know it sort of just tastes like curry powder garam masala love all the textures though that's super fun India this is actually very tasty something almost like vadouvan has too much tumeric though I don't think it's about Yvonne but some kind of curry you guys would probably go with India so I'm gonna go with India corn served up from India who's an Indian spice I don't remember the name right now sesame sticks like shot topping like Indian snack mix must masala mix feels like like those mixed rice crackers almost or something like that okay oh that's a nut that's a peanut oh I know this is from just the nut Jonna Choi from India oh they're not hold Iran's what is what is this off-brand numb keen that you all bought mirch masala huh I love this brand and I love this snack it's like Chex Mix Indian Chex Mix and it's way more delicious I might not know cured meats but I know bag snack can I just play with it just feel like little crunchy balls okay they feel kind of like Hicks like they're like globe puffy globe things I hope it's recyclable okay so definitely a little Airy super crunchy got the size and dimension of a cheese puffs it's a little bit smaller something's rattling around inside this menu hi it's like marble this smells like an old house hmm Oh different flavor coming now oh it's one of those peanut things seaweedy peanut butter ate shrimpy you're not buttery like those puff shrimp chip things but then as you keep chewing it there's like some nuttiness so I'm guessing this is something East East Asian sort of tastes kind of like musty the first bite tastes like soup and then there is some sweetness like in diet coke like really fake you bite into it and then it kind of just becomes really dense in the mouth I don't really like this bitter in like a mocha cinnamon coffee malty kind of away I'm so bad at this this this is everything I'm not good at right on the edge of humiliation here guys I'm going to say that this is maybe I've no idea what this labor is this tastes like prawn flavoured ball so no somewhere in the continent of Asia that's it that's all I got for you I think this is kind of like a sweet not sweet peanut Japanese peas except they're gross that's what it tastes like I think it's Japanese I'm getting a dried shrimp flavor you know what I change it I think it's Chinese no no South America I don't pick any South American flavor here there's a coca-cola and I have a hot coco : angel I feel like I'm finishing with some peanut vibes no I I can't I can't I have no guesses for that maybe it's a shrimpy peanut soy not puff ball and that's the marketing name and I think it's from Japan maybe like shrimp I'm getting sort of like dashi shrimp pasty fish sauce Eve eyeb so I'm gonna say Japan for this I'm gonna call it seaweed and I'm gonna say definitely not an American snack food I don't know I'm gonna go with Japan I just expect one of them to be Japanese so what's called this one I feel like I've had these from Japanese snack stores so I want to say it's from Japan I'm gonna go off the fly here and say peanut poppy rice puffs final answer this was squid mother squid all right another potato shape and essence a thin chip not a lays definitely not it's too imperfect to be a lay this feels like either like those tapioca starch crackers or rice cracker powdery dusting on the outside right now that potato tape no you wouldn't do that I'm trying to think how do you think they're freaking Troy give me here oh well well smells like citric acid vinegar powder maybe b- salt almost smells like kind of garlicky like there's definitely vinegar powder happening it smells more salt and vinegary these these raffles it smells like nothing but it's like hanging a little hot this one is my favorite I love solving your chips so much oh but it also is like oniony they are dehydrated onions in here because it tastes like soup know that soup that fake soup there is also vinegar or citric acid is so good extreme like caramelized onion flavor I don't want to say it's sour cream and onion though is this like a known flavor should it come to mind the way like Oh barbeque or like ranch comes to mind I call this salt and vinegar from England no salt and vinegar chips that's UK I feel like this is America sour cream and onion malt vinegar chip from UK tastes like there's some vinegar maybe but I have no idea what it is I know I don't want to start throwing countries out there and get in trouble vinegar maybe it's from Germany I don't know for me it is like salt and vinegar and like caramelized onion from the United States like it could be like a Lay's variety pickled onion vinegar and onion pickled onion do I get that I said salt and vinegar and onion and pickles pickled onions are salt vinegar and onions that's a pickle onions they like vinegar oniony chip it doesn't something about the house pronounce the onion flavor is it doesn't seem like this would be from the US maybe Australian something blank onion vinegar chip Mickey go first of all I hate vinegar chips this is like not enjoyable for me like it tastes like a dill pickle kind of an American pickle potato chip ah onion I'm sorry this is a salt and vinegar crisp with some onion powder on it when you actually know what the flavor is suddenly you're like oh yeah that's a pickled onion but when you can't see it I would have never guessed onion this is a pretty heavy bet like there's some heft gosh almost no no Romo feels like a potato stick or a pretzel rod hello no it's not a cheeto it's too crunchy to be a cheeto right so it's not as hot as a hot cheeto at corn and chili oh I know these I already know what this is I know that this is I can tell you what this is without even tasting it this is nothing Claire made hey everyone I'm Claire I'm in the v8s kitchen and today I'm making gourmet takis like I'm a deeply unfair advantage know what it tastes like it tastes like a talkie Garvey a talkie talkie talkie these donkeys they're talkies little taquitos plague Otaki from Mexico from Mexico from Mexico Mexico Mexico sorry my Mexican friends I love you but I don't like this it's happy from Mexico I believe jockeys are America that's true hey Nightwing what did I win I love these I feel like the best thing you can do when you travel to country is go to the grocery store and go to the packaged snack aisle I love buying like various chips and snacks and things from various different countries and looking at the packaging yeah Wow a bunch of squid peas what a lucky guy thank you this is an honor\n"