These Taiwanese Lay’s chips borrow their inspiration from yakitori. The result is smoky, salty, and just a little sweet, like a late-night yakitori stand distilled into a potato chip.

A pastel-pink twist on a classic with a peach flavor that comes through as a soft, floral whisper rather than a syrupy takeover. It spent the afternoon at the orchard and came home renewed.

Soft, subtle, and addictive, these gentle peach gummies taste less like candy and more like the memory of fruit with a plush, slightly mysterious chew.

Tiny mushroom-shaped biscuits topped with dense milk-dark chocolate deliver a precise snap-then-melt experience. 美味しい！

Crisp sea creature shells filled with milk chocolate deliver the familiar comfort of Japan’s cutest snack tradition. Easy to eat by the handful and gone before you realize it.

A bright pink Shirley Temple revival that drinks more like cherry vanilla soda, pleasant and easy, but warmer and softer than the crisp, citrusy classic it’s meant to be.

A wildly sweet-sour, shrimp-funky Thai classic gets flattened into a potato chip, and somehow Lay’s Miang Kam manages to make that chaos snackable.

Five items from Taco Bell’s Luxe Value Menu are examined to see how much comfort and coherence can be built out of beef, cheese, and $2.