Rice cake, cracker (include hain mini rice cakes)

Mini rice cakes are the small, crunchy, puffed discs sold in stacks or bags, eaten plain as a low-effort snack or used as a base for toppings like peanut butter, avocado, hummus, or cream cheese. Their airy, crisp texture comes from puffing rice under pressure and heat, which also gives them a mild, almost neutral flavor that takes on whatever is layered on top. Because they are light and shatter easily, they are common in lunchboxes and snack mixes, and some brands add a thin flavored coating such as caramel or sesame. Their crunch also makes them a common substitute for crackers alongside dips like guacamole or salsa.

Rice cakes keep well at room temperature in a sealed bag or container since their low moisture content resists spoilage, though they turn stale and soft if left open to air for long. Per 100 g, this snack has 392 calories, but a single mini rice cake serving, about a cubic inch or 4 g, is quite light, so the calories add up mainly if eaten by the handful. With 4.2 g fiber and 7.1 g protein per 100 g, and only 71 mg sodium, they work as a plain, crunchy base to build a more substantial snack around rather than a snack on their own, and their 81.1 g carbohydrate per 100 g comes almost entirely from the rice itself.