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What are your best-selling snack foods?

Evelyn Ignatow, Hyde Park Gourmet Food & Wine, Cincinnati, OH Customers like portable snacks that they can take outside when the weather is nice. Crunchy items like granola, caramel corn and peanut brittle accommodate our customers' tastes. My picks include:

• Brent's Beer Brittle
• Jordan's Biscotti
• L'Estasi Dolce Maple Almond Caramel Corn
• Kingslake & Crane Premium Blend Granola

Dick de Groot, A Gourmet's Pantry, Erwinna, PA
Our customers often look for something more offbeat; pickles, stuffed olives, pate and jams are popular snack items. These items especially work for picnics. My picks include:
• Giovanni's pate
• Picar Dias Olive Snacks
• Tuna-stuffed olives
• Kookaburra Liquorice
• Miguel's Stowe Away Blue Corn Tortilla Chips, lightly salted
• The Gentleman Farmer homemade jams

Pam Hetten, Pam's Pantry, Roseau, MN
Customers are purchasing pretzel and chip snacks that are flavored or seasoned; whole-grain tortilla chips and salty sweets are also big movers. My picks include:
• Plocky's Original Three Grain Tortilla Chips
• East Shore Seasoned Pretzels
• Golden Gourmet White Chocolate Covered Popcorn
• Wasabi green peas

Lisa Santos, Southport Grocery, Chicago
Both kids and adults like the mix of sweet and savory flavors. Many customers are also looking for chocolate to provide antioxidants and as a healthy alternative to potato chips. My picks include:
• Gary Poppins Mixed Popcorn
• NewTree Mini Chocolate Bars
• Solea Polenta Corn Chips

Trevor Laughlin, The Grand Onion, Plattsburgh, NY
Our best-selling snacks are not savory; customers want quick grab-and-go sweet treats or items that make good mid-day office snacks. My picks include:
• Joseph Schmidt Truffles
• McDuffies individual shortbread cookies
• Ciabatta bread
• HUBS Peanuts