PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a snack food formed of a porous food such as a puffed snack, which is coated with sugar, thereby allowing a crispy and light texture original to the puffed snack or the like and a crunchy and hard texture original to the outer sugar coating to coexist and a manufacturing method thereof.SOLUTION: The surface of a puffed food is coated with a fat in amount of 10 pts.wt. or more and 30 pts.wt. or less relative to 100 pts.wt. of the puffed food, and then coated with seasoning powder in an amount of 40 pts.wt. or more and 100 pts.wt. or less relative to 100 pts.wt. of the puffed food. The coated puffed food is then baked to make the snack food. The seasoning powder includes sugars having a grain size corresponding to 90% or more and 100% or less passing 300 μm opening. The manufacturing method thereof is also provided.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】膨化スナックのような多孔質の食品に糖被覆を施すことにより、膨化スナック等の有するサクッとした軽い食感と外側の糖被覆が有するカリッとした硬い食感を共存させたスナック食品及びその製造方法を提供すること。【解決手段】膨化食品の表面を、膨化食品100重量部に対して10重量部以上30重量部以下の油脂で被覆し、次に膨化食品100重量部に対して40重量部以上100重量部以下の調味粉末で被覆後、焼成するスナック食品であって、調味粉末が目開き300μmパス90%以上100%以下の粒度の糖類を含むスナック食品、及びその製造方法を提供する。【選択図】なし