Traditional guyanese snacks

Snacks can be found everywhere in Guyana as they are often sold at stands as street food and as appetizers in bars. Both savory and sweet snacks are considered part of Guyanese national identity. They are equally enjoyed during holiday celebrations and during every day occasions with some Guyanese rum or beer as a thirst quencher.

Savory snacks

The most well known savory snacks you can find in Guyana include:

Pholourie
Little fried balls made with split pea dough and served with sour (a mango based condiment)

Black Pudding / White Pudding
Reflecting the British influence, black pudding is a blood sausage made with rice and spices. White pudding contains the same ingredients but is made without blood.

Plantain Chips
Thin slices of green plantain fried in hot oil until crispy and served with ketchup or sour (a local mango-based condiment).

Chicken Foot
This very crunchy snack does not actually contain any chicken. It’s made of strips of spiced dough that resemble the crooked shape of chicken’s feet when fried. Served with sour.

Sweet snacks

Here are some of the most famous sweet snacks you can find in Guyana:

Sugar cake
This is not actually a cake and contains no flour. This hard dessert contains shredded coconut mixed with spices and sugar.

Cassava Pone
This uniquely Guyanese dessert is made of cassava, coconut, spices and sugar and has a firm but chewy consistency.

Mithai
This sweet dough can be fried into strips or shapes and then coated in crystallized sugar.

Salara
A red, sweet shredded coconut mixture is rolled into a log of sweet bread and baked.

Loved it? If you are a true foodie, try some traditional foods from Guyana and impress your friends by making them yourself!