- Salgadinhos are small savory snacks, mostly sold in corner shops. There are many types of filled and fried pastries. Pão de Queijo ("cheese bread"), a typical Brazilian snack, is a small, soft roll made of manioc flour and cheese. Coxinha is a chicken croquette shaped like a chicken thigh. Kibe (or quibe) and esfiha are the salgadinho versions of the Syrian dishes kibbeh and sfiha. Despite being a recently addition to Brazilian cuisine they are nowadays easily found everywhere, specially in southern and southeastern regions. Pastéis are small halfmoon-shaped pastries with a wide variety of fillings.
- Cuscuz branco is milled tapioca cooked with coconut milk and sugar. The technique is identical to how couscous is cooked in hot water, but this is a dessert.
- Açaí, Cupuaçu, and many other tropical fruits are shipped from the Amazon all over the country and consumed in smoothies.
- Hot dogs in Brazil are always offered with a massive array of condiments including various dressings, boiled quail eggs, peas, corn, olives, mashed potatoes, and potato sticks, to name only a few.
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- Pizza is also quite popular. It is usually made in a wood-fire oven with a thin, flexible crust, very little sauce, and a number of interesting toppings. In addition to the "traditional" Italian pizza toppings, items like guava jam and cheese, banana and cinnamon, catupiry and chicken, and chocolate are available. Many Brazilians from the northern states enjoy putting ketchup on pizza, and even mayonnaise and mustard may be added. Although, in the state of São Paulo and the southern states where Italian influence is strong, this practice is considered "almost insulting" or "culturally demeaning." Pizza in Brazil is taken very seriously, with many pizzerias making gourmet pizzas with shrimp and fine cheeses.
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