List of 30 Letter X Foods Ideas (Kid Friendly) & X Foods Charcuterie Board Idea

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Here’s the deal, Letter X foods have had me stumped for a good long time.  I want an easy, kid friendly list and Xanthan gum just wasn’t cutting it for me. I looked up a few other foods like Xtra Gum, and a Xtreme type foods, but it was still a painfully short list. 

From there I branched out, and if you look at different languages you can get a few more foods that start with X, especially the chinese names of things.  So I created a much longer list that includes foods in different languages, but having taught Joy School for a few of my kids and worked with toddlers and preschoolers learning there letters all I could think was that throwing foods in different languages at them really wasn’t going to be super fun or helpful for learning a new letter.

After a lot of thought (like 6 months, lol) I realized that just as good as foods starting with Letter X, my kids would be equally excited about just eating Letter X shaped foods… which, as it happens, are a lot easier to come by (at least for me) so for this Charcuterie Board I ditched the foods that started with Letter X, and instead my kids and I had a great time making Letter X’s out of foods (which as it happens was a really fun activity – we used lots of strait foods and held them together with either Twizzlers Pull and Peel licorice, or small strips and globs of Fruit By The Foot – My kids would 100% recommend this)

In either case I have two list below, a list of strait foods that I think can be made into Letter X’s and a list of food that actually start with Letter X, most of them in languages other than English.

I’m sure I missed a few Letter X foods, or straight foods that could be converted into X’s, and if you notice that I have please comment below and I’ll be sure to get them added 🙂

 

I’ve got the list of foods that can be shaped into a Letter X first, then the full list of Letter X Food, and after that I’ve sorted the foods into types and if you want you can just pop to those sections.  The types are:

Fruits and Vegetables that Start with X

Sweets and Treats that Start with X

Meals and Snacks That Start with X

Letter X Brand Named Foods

Ideas of Foods that Can Be Shaped Into a Letter X

  1. Airhead Xtremes Rainbow Belt Candies
  2. Artisan Bread (I found some with an X shape in the top)
  3. Asparagus
  4. Bamboo Shoots
  5. Bread Sticks
  6. Carrot Sticks
  7. Celery 
  8. Cheese Sticks
  9. Churos
  10. Cucumbers 
  11. Fruit Roll-Ups
  12. Green Beans
  13. Honey Sticks
  14. Ladyfinger Cookies
  15. Lora Doone Cookies (have a bit of an x shape imprinted on the top) 
  16. Lucky Charm Cereal Pieces (Some of them are X shaped)
  17. Nerds Ropes
  18. Pasta Noodles
  19. Pickels
  20. Pirouette Cookies
  21. Pocky Sticks
  22. Pretzels
  23. Slim Jims
  24. Soybeans (Edamame)
  25. String Cheese
  26. Sugar Snap Peas
  27. Sweet and Sour Ropes
  28. Taquitos
  29. Twizzlers 
  30. Twizzlers Pull and Peel 
  31. Wafter Cookies
  32. X shaped Alphabet Cookies
  33. Zucchini Strips

List of 30 Foods That Start With Letter X

  1. Airhead Xtremes Rainbow Belt Candys: Colorful and tangy candy strips
  2. Xacuti masala: Indian delicacy made with marinated meat or fish mixed with spices
  3. Xalwa a somali: Cornflour paste dish from Somalia
  4. Xanthan gum: Food thickener with multiple uses
  5. Xanthren: Herbal plant
  6. Xavier soup: Classic Italian soup
  7. Xavier steak: American dish featuring steak
  8. Xerem de Fiesta: Cape Verdean dish
  9. Xia: Chinese shrimp
  10. Xiang Cai: Chinese for coriander
  11. Xiangcaojing: Chinese for vanilla
  12. Xiangchang: Chinese for sausage
  13. Xiangjiao: Chinese for banana
  14. Xian hamburger: Chinese style hamburger
  15. Xianrou: Chinese for bacon
  16. Xiaodianxin: Chinese for cookies
  17. Xiaonijurou: Chinese for veal
  18. Xi gua: Chinese for watermelon
  19. Xihongshi: Chinese for tomato
  20. Xi mi fen: Chinese for tapioca flour
  21. Xinag jun: Chinese for black dried mushroom
  22. Xingzi: Chinese for apricot
  23. Xiphios: Greek for swordfish
  24. Xocolatl: Ancient Aztec word for chocolate
  25. Xom Tum: Hot and spicy Thai dish
  26. XO sauce: Hong Kong style sauce
  27. Xouba: Small sardine like fish
  28. Xtra: Brand of gum
  29. Xtreme Candy: Extra intense candy
  30. Xtreme hot sauce: Extremely spicy hot sauce
  31. Xylitol: Sugar substitute and sweetener

 

Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables That Start With Letter X

  1. Xanthren (herb)
  2. Xiangjiao – Chinese for banana
  3. Xi gua – Chinese for watermelon
  4. Xihongshi – Chinese for tomato
  5. Xinag jun – Chinese for black dried mushroom
  6. Xingzi – Chinese for apricot

Sweets And Treats That Start With Letter X

  1. Airhead Xtremes Rainbow Belt Candys
  2. Xiaodianxin – Chinese for cookies
  3. Xocolatl – Ancient Aztec for chocolate
  4. Xtra – (brand of gum)
  5. Xtreme Candy

Meals and Snacks that Start with Letter X

  1. Xacuti masala (Indian delicacy prepared with marinated meat or fish and mixed spices)
  2. Xavier soup (classic Italian soup)
  3. Xavier steak (American steak dish)
  4. Xerem de Fiesta (dish from Cape Verde, Africa)
  5. Xia – Chinese shrimp
  6. Xiangchang – Chinese for sausage
  7. Xian hamburger
  8. Xianrou – Chinese for bacon
  9. Xiaonijurou – Chinese for veal
  10. Xiphios – Greek for swordfish
  11. Xom Tum – Hot and spicy Thai dish

Food Brand Names That Start With Letter X

  1. Airhead Xtremes Rainbow Belt Candys
  2. XO sauce
  3. Xtra – (brand of gum)
  4. Xtreme Candy
  5. Xtreme hot sauce

Can you think of any other letter “X” foods?  If so please comment and let me know, I’d love to get them added to the list.

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