Snack Ranking: The Best Snacks, Head-to-Head
All 32 snacks here, ranked by 319 players. Doritos leads: it wins 68.6% of its matchups (n = 740) and was champion in 32 of 319 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
Size
PretzelsSalted & twisted
Pirate's BootyWhite cheddar puffs
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Snack Foods: the community’s best
Win rate across 8,161 head-to-head picks from 319 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Snack | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DoritosTortilla chips | 508–232 | 68.6% | 32 | 740 | |
| 2 | 517–239 | 68.4% | 36 | 756 | ||
| 3 | PringlesStackable crisps | 406–246 | 62.3% | 20 | 652 | |
| 4 | 420–266 | 61.2% | 25 | 686 | ||
| 5 | 339–233 | 59.3% | 17 | 572 | ||
| 6 | Flamin' Hot CheetosSpicy cheese puffs | 363–251 | 59.1% | 16 | 614 | |
| 7 | 326–228 | 58.8% | 16 | 554 | ||
| 8 | TakisRolled tortilla chips | 288–223 | 56.4% | 18 | 511 |
Snack Foods: the community tier list
From 8,161 head-to-head picks in 319 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Doritos
- Oreos
- Pringles
- Cheez-Its
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Popcorn
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos
- Fruit Snacks
- Takis
- Goldfish
- Lay's Classic
- Chips Ahoy!
- Cheetos Puffs
- + 3 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Pretzels
- Rice Krispies Treats
- Nutter Butters
- SunChips
- Ritz Crackers
- Funyuns
- Chex Mix
- String Cheese
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Granola Bars
- Animal Crackers
- Pirate's Booty
- Bugles
- Trail Mix
- Combos
- Fig Newtons
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Wheat Thins
- Better Cheddars
How the Snack Foods bracket works
This snack tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Doritos or Cheez-Its? Goldfish or Lay's Classic? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. The awkward pairings are the point: they are the calls a drag-and-drop tier list quietly lets you avoid.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 choices. The draw is seeded: the same for everyone today, different tomorrow, and different again whenever you press New draw. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Doritos, Cheez-Its, Goldfish and Lay's Classic. Updated
- DoritosTortilla chips
- Cheez-ItsCheese crackers
- GoldfishThe snack that smiles backPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lay's ClassicPotato chips
- OreosSandwich cookies
- Flamin' Hot CheetosSpicy cheese puffs
- PretzelsSalted & twistedPhoto: Sundar1 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cheetos PuffsCheese puffsPhoto: Mike Mozart / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- PringlesStackable crisps
- Ritz CrackersButtery crackers
- Trail MixNuts & dried fruitPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- TakisRolled tortilla chips
- PopcornButtered classicPhoto: Bill Ebbesen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chex MixSnack mix
- Pirate's BootyWhite cheddar puffsPhoto: BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lay's Sour Cream & OnionFlavored chipsPhoto: Chris Woodrich / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- SunChipsMultigrain chips
- Chips Ahoy!Chocolate chip cookies
- Pop-TartsToaster pastriesPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Fruit SnacksGummy fruit shapesPhoto: sweetfixNYC / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wheat ThinsWheat crackersPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Better CheddarsCheese crackers
- Animal CrackersSweet crackers
- FunyunsOnion ring snacks
- BuglesCorn snacksPhoto: Geoff / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- CombosFilled pretzel snacks
- Granola BarsNature Valley stylePhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Rice Krispies TreatsMarshmallow cereal bars
- Fig NewtonsFig-filled cookiesPhoto: Famartin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nutter ButtersPeanut butter cookies
- String CheesePull-apart mozzarellaPhoto: Mariuszjbie / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Beef JerkyDried meat snackPhoto: Larry Jacobsen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Answer as if both options were in front of you and you could only eat one.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 choices make the field.
- Use undo the moment you regret a pick. One reflex answer in an early round can knock out a favourite before it gets going.
Questions people ask
What is the best snack?
According to 319 BracketRanker players, Doritos (Tortilla chips). It wins 68.6% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 740) and was champion in 32 of 319 brackets (10%).
How many choices are in the Snack Foods bracket?
The pool holds 32 choices. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which choices are included?
Doritos, Cheez-Its, Goldfish, Lay's Classic, Oreos, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Pretzels, Cheetos Puffs, Pringles, Ritz Crackers, Trail Mix and Takis, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Snack Foods bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. There is no sign-up, and your progress is saved on this device after every pick.
Is this a snack foods tier list or a ranking?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other choice grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two choices that never met. If you would rather place the choices into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Is there a community snack foods ranking?
Every completed bracket feeds the Snack Foods community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I change which choices are included?
Use the bracket maker: add your own choices, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.