Favorite Gas Station Foods
We all have our vices. When we stop into the convenience store, that one item ends up calling out your name and you have to buy it. Recently, Sammi found…
We all have our vices. When we stop into the convenience store, that one item ends up calling out your name and you have to buy it.
Recently, Sammi found her new favorite snack while at a gas station in town. Ever heard of Zebra Cakes? She's absolutely obsessed. The Little Debbie product features "yellow cake, with creme filling, covered in white icing, and decorated with fudge stripes". In other words, a health food.
Shawn fell in love with another Little Debbie favorite - Nutty Buddys. They remind Shawn of a weird time though. The last time Shawn was properly unemployed, he discovered the delicious wafer bars, and started snacking on them. A lot. Then he found a grocery store that sold bulk boxes of the suckers and...yeah. Lets just say it wasn't pretty.
2017 research from CSX/Nielsen breaks down the top must-grabs at gas station convenience stores.
- Potato Chips (give us all the chips!)
- Corn Tortilla Chips (from Pringles to Doritos, all the salty goodness)
- "Other Salty Snacks" (if it doesn't fall into any of those first two, this is the category for you...)
- Nuts/Seeds (Sunflower seeds... Shawn's favorite)
- Puffed Cheese (when regular cheese just won't do...)
- "Mixed" (somehow Cheez-Its go into this category... how?! They are made with real cheese and slightly puffed.)
- Crackers (how do Cheez-Its not go here either?! THIS LIST IS CONFUSING!)
- Packaged Popcorn (Smartfood... cakes up your fingers but so delish)
- Pretzels (especially those Snyder's Honey Mustar pretzel bites... mmm)
Is there a must-grab that you have to get at the gas station convenience store before you bounce? Just writing this list has us wanting to head down the street to Terrible's and grab a bag of something - anything!
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