Ages ago we hosted a party with the objective of creating a tier list of 7-11 snacks. It’s time to finally share the results.

First, if you’re just here for the data, it’s all available in the google sheets spreadsheet.

People hanging out on my roof
Everyone enjoyed the snack party

Method

We gathered 85 snacks from 7-11 and initially were going to categorize them into sweet, salty, ice cream, drink, etc, but it was proving to add way too much complexity, so we just photographed every item and chucked them all on a google form.

Many of the snacks layed out on the table
This is about half the available snacks. We spent like, 100$ usd at 7-11 lol

At the party, we made all the food available, as well as some computers with the form open. People would try an item, input their name or some other unique identifier into the form, and submit their score for that item. This way, they could do multiple submissions for various items, rather than try to keep one session open for all items and risk losing their score for other ones.

People could rate snacks a score between 1 (least tasty) to 5 (most tasty).

Yes, taking a picture of every item, then bringing them up to our roof and preparing all the instant noodles and cutting everything into bite sized test pieces was a huge amount of work. My buddy Thomas came in clutch. I’m really not sure how we pulled it off.

View of the party with Taipei 101 in the background
Really phenomenal night for a rooftop hangout.

Results

All of us sitting in my living room
Reviewing the results and eating leftovers.

We didn’t collect as much data as I’d have liked. There’s 61 different submission events, all having rated various amounts of snacks (some people would rate multiple snacks in one form submit, not the intention but perfectly acceptable). Several items didn’t get ratings at all, either because we forgot to put it out or because nobody got a chance to try them.

It’s a bit hard to say which snack is the absolute winner. Chicken Wings got an average rating of 5, but only had 1 person review it. Below is some pictures of winners and losers.

Bag of Chicken wings from 7-11
Technically chicken wings was the highest rated item, but only one person reviewed them. In my experience they're ok, annoying to eat though as they have bones.
Melona bar
An obvious winner is the Melona bar, at 4.83 with 6 ratings. This is an oft-recommended ice cream and a cold snack you can never go wrong with. An absolute must-eat.
Crunchoco
Crunchoco are a sort of crunchy chocolaty snack that I really enjoy. This came in high at 4.67 with 6 reviews.
Tea eggs
Unlike convenience stores in the USA, you can actually trust the hot ready-to-serve food from 7-11 Taiwan. Tea Eggs are a crowd favorite, at 4.60 with 5 reviews.
Grilled beef onigiri
Determining the best onigiri was a big goal of this event. Grilled Beef Onigiri came out on top at 4.50 with 6 reviews.
Matcha ice cream waffle
With Melona bar as a contender, no other 7-11 ice cream could stand a chance, so for fairness I'm including the runner up: Matcha Ice Cream Waffle, with 4.50 at 8 reviews.
Purple Seal Instant Noodle
Another big objective was determining the best instant noodle. We didn't get all the options so we'll need to do another event to be sure, but the instant noodle with the Purple Seal was an obvious winner, at 4.11 with 9 reviews - the most eaten dish at the event!

Now for some losers:

Nougat Bar
We had three variations of the Nougat Bar and they were universally reviled, coming in at 1.33 with 3 ratings for the regular and 76% version, and 1.50 with 2 ratings for the strawberry version.
Chocolate Cream Puff
I was sad to see this, as I kind of like these, but the Chocolate Cream Puff came in at 2.17 with 6 reviews.

Table of Results

If you are a crazy person that wants to see a whole ass table of results, here they are. If you want to see the accompanying image, search for the exact string below in the form.

NameScoreCount
Chicken Wings5.001
Melona Bar4.836
Crunchoco4.676
Tea Eggs4.605
Grilled Beef Onigiri4.506
Black Sugar Chofers4.502
Matcha Ice Cream Waffle4.508
Soft-boiled eggs4.333
Kimchi Pork Onigiri4.254
Black Sugar Boba Ice Cream Waffle4.205
Crunchoco Almond4.176
Pineapple Ice Lolly4.147
Instant Noodle Beef Flavor Purple Seal4.119
Simple Fit Sandwich Tuna4.002
Lime Wafers4.001
Witor’s Selection Crispy4.004
Grilled Pork with Salted Green Onion Onigiri4.003
Nutty Wafer4.003
American (?) Chofers4.001
Maltesers4.003
Strawberry Chofers4.001
Korean Fried Chicken4.001
Boba Milk Tea Ice Cream Waffle4.001
Milk Caramel Monaka3.836
Chicken Rice Onigiri3.754
Corn Soup Popcorn3.717
Lipton Tea Ice Cream Bar3.717
Honey Chicken3.673
French Toast3.577
QQ Sweet Potato Ice Cream Bar3.577
Instant Noodle Beef Tomato Red Halfcircle Background3.502
Simple Fit Sandwich Peanut3.504
Tuna with Onion & Celery Onigiri3.504
Potato Chips Classic Garlic Butter Flavor3.508
Matcha Caramel Ice Cream Wafer Monaka3.502
Boba Chocolate Balls3.449
Honey Half Circle Donut3.405
Sour Cream & Onion Pringles3.336
Pork Dumpling3.336
Japanese Noodle Snack with Intense Chicken Flavor3.297
Vanilla Bouchee3.254
Open! Boba Balls3.254
Roe & Crayfish Salad Onigiri3.205
Boba Milk Ice Cream Bar3.205
Spicy Chicken3.205
Tiger Sugar Black Sugar Boba Ball3.176
Bolognese Baked Rice with Roast Chicken3.002
BBQ Rice Ball3.001
Pork Floss Onigiri3.003
Simple Fit Salmon Rice Ball3.005
Black Pepper Pea Crackers3.007
Strawberry Cream Puffs3.003
Fried Chicken Dorkbua3.001
Peanut Bar3.001
Cute Animal Butter Flavor Snack3.006
Pringles Cheeeeeese3.003
Butter Koalas3.002
Vege Squid Ball3.001
Instant Noodle Beef Carrot with Gold Half Background2.867
Shrimp Strips2.867
Instant Noodle Beef Black Bar Red Background2.836
Cream Puffs2.754
Crispy fishies2.717
Simple Fit Sandwich Strawberry2.673
Chocolate Bouchee2.605
Xiao Long Bao2.504
711 Brand Cream Puff Strawberry?2.336
Baumkuchen White Circle Roll2.254
Cream Puff Dark Chocolate2.176
Spicy Chicken Rice Ball2.001
Strawberry Balls2.001
Thicc Kitty Butter Cookies2.001
Seafood and Pork Shaomai2.001
Chicken Nuggets2.002
Candy Strawberry Nougat Thing1.502
Nougat Bar 76%1.333
Nougat Bar Regular1.333
Peko Sweets1.001
Japanese Fried Chicken1.001