A pellet-coated food product and method of making the food product. In a first aspect, the invention provides a method comprising the steps: extruding an extruder feed stream to provide an extrudate pelletizing the extrudate to provide extruded pellets drying the pellets to provide dried pellets providing at least a portion of an outer surface of a substrate with an adhesive to provide an adhesive substrate applying at least a portion of the pellets to the outer surface of the substrate to provide a pellet-coated food product comprising the substrate and the pellets and freezing the food product. In a second aspect, the invention provides a frozen, pellet-coated food product. The food product comprises a substrate comprising an outer surface and a substrate coating adhered to the outer surface of the substrate. The substrate coating comprises pellets, for example unexpanded pellets.
