Shaxian snacks are various, unique in flavor, economical and very good.

Shaxian snacks actually belong to a branch of the ancient Central Plains food culture tradition with a long history. Many snacks in Shaxian still retain the characteristics of ancient traditional ideology and culture, and some snacks are even made with original characteristics, which can be called "living fossils" of ancient China traditional food culture.

Shaxian snacks are not only popular in counties (cities, districts) of Sanming City, but also in Nanping, Fuzhou and Xiamen, where snack bars with "Shaxian Snacks" signs are often found, even as far north as Beijing, as far south as Shenzhen, and in Saipan, a Pacific tourist resort in Singapore, Malaysia and the United States. It shows that Shaxian snacks have great influence and spread widely.

According to incomplete statistics, there are hundreds of kinds of snacks in Shaxian County, and there are dozens of kinds that are supplied all the year round. There are various processing methods such as steaming, boiling, frying, roasting and salting. The raw materials of rice, noodles, taro and tofu have unique local characteristics, and they are rich in sources. Every household can cook several kinds. Snacks are available in the streets and lanes of the city 24 hours a day, which is very convenient.

Common snacks include: flat meat, clear soup noodles, mixed noodles, pickled noodles, ginkgo, oil cakes, torches, pig's ears, hemp balls, rice frozen cakes, cakes, sugar packets, small dragon packets, meat packets, pancakes, cakes, large intestine cakes, rice cakes, dried duck soup, pot paste, fried dough sticks, pepper cakes, and crisp cakes.