Foods That Start With C

139 foods Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 139 foods that start with C, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

C is the richest letter in the whole food collection, with well over a hundred entries. Sweet things are everywhere: cake, cookie, cupcake, chocolate and cotton candy. Savory classics like chicken, cheese, corn and chili make sure there is something for every meal.

Vegetables are strong here as well. Carrot, cabbage, cucumber, celery and cauliflower all start with C, which helps when a game asks for a vegetable. Notice how many entries pair two C words, like candy cane and cinnamon roll; they are easy to remember and fun to say.

Foods starting with C: 139
Best known: chicken, cheese
Longest name: chocolate pudding

Best-known foods that start with C

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

chicken
cheese
cake
chocolate
chips
corn
cherry
cookie
coconut
cereal
chili
carrot
cabbage
cucumber
cupcake
celery
cauliflower
cranberry
cheeseburger
cotton candy
croissant
chicken soup
cottage cheese
candy cane
cinnamon roll
corned beef

All foods that start with C

#	Name	What it is
1	cabbage	any of various types of cabbage
2	cake	small flat mass of chopped food
3	candy	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
4	candy apple	an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
5	candy bar	a candy shaped as a bar
6	candy cane	a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
7	candy corn	a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn
8	cane sugar	sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
9	caper	pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
10	caramel	burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
11	caramel apple	an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
12	cardamom	aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces
13	carp	the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
14	carrot	orange root; important source of carotene
15	carrot pudding	pudding made with grated carrots
16	carrot stick	a stick of carrot eaten raw
17	casserole	food cooked and served in a casserole
18	caster sugar	very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor
19	catfish	flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
20	cauliflower	compact head of white undeveloped flowers
21	caviar	salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
22	cayenne	ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
23	celery	stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
24	celery root	thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant
25	celery salt	ground celery seed and salt
26	celery seed	seed of the celery plant used as seasoning
27	celery stick	celery stalks cut into small sticks
28	cereal	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
29	chard	long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
30	cheddar	hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
31	cheddar cheese	hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
32	cheese	a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
33	cheese dip	a dip made of cheeses
34	cheese pizza	pizza with lots of cheese
35	cheese sauce	white sauce with grated cheese
36	cheese spread	spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings
37	cheeseburger	a hamburger with melted cheese on it
38	cheesecake	made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust
39	cherry	a red fruit with a single hard stone
40	cherry tomato	small red to yellow tomatoes
41	chewing gum	a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
42	chicken	the flesh of a chicken used for food
43	chicken broth	a stock made with chicken
44	chicken liver	liver of a chicken used as meat
45	chicken salad	salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat
46	chicken sandwich	a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken
47	chicken soup	soup made from chicken broth
48	chicken stew	a stew made with chicken
49	chicken stock	a stock made with chicken
50	chicken taco	a taco with a chicken filling
51	chili	very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
52	chili dog	a hotdog with chili con carne on it
53	chili pepper	very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
54	chili powder	powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano
55	chili sauce	tomatoes and onions and peppers (sweet or hot) simmered with vinegar and sugar and various seasonings
56	chipotle	a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
57	chips	strips of potato fried in deep fat
58	chives	cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning
59	chocolate	a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
60	chocolate bar	a bar of chocolate candy
61	chocolate cake	cake containing chocolate
62	chocolate candy	candy made with chocolate
63	chocolate egg	egg-shaped chocolate candy
64	chocolate fudge	fudge made with chocolate or cocoa
65	chocolate pudding	sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
66	chocolate sauce	sauce made with unsweetened chocolate or cocoa and sugar and water
67	chocolate syrup	sauce made with unsweetened chocolate or cocoa and sugar and water
68	chorizo	a spicy Spanish pork sausage
69	chow mein	chop suey served with fried noodles
70	chowder	a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes
71	chutney	a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices
72	cider vinegar	vinegar made from cider
73	cilantro	parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish
74	cinnamon	spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
75	cinnamon bread	bread flavored with cinnamon often containing raisins
76	cinnamon bun	rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
77	cinnamon roll	rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
78	cinnamon toast	buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon (and nutmeg and grated lemon peel)
79	clam	flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
80	clam dip	a dip made of clams and soft cream cheese
81	clarified butter	butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids
82	clementine	a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds
83	clove	one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
84	club sandwich	made with three slices of usually toasted bread
85	cobbler	a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
86	cocktail sauce	usually catsup with horseradish and lemon juice
87	cocoa	powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
88	cocoa butter	the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate
89	cocoa powder	the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed
90	coconut	the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
91	coconut cake	cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting
92	coconut cream	white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat
93	coconut milk	white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat
94	cod	lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
95	coffee cake	a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee
96	cold cuts	sliced assorted cold meats
97	coleslaw	basically shredded cabbage
98	cookie	any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
99	cooking apple	an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc
100	coriander	parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish
101	corn	ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
102	corn chip	thin piece of cornmeal dough fried
103	corn flake	crisp flake made from corn
104	corn muffin	cornbread muffin
105	corn pudding	pudding made of corn and cream and egg
106	corn syrup	syrup prepared from corn
107	cornbread	bread made primarily of cornmeal
108	corned beef	beef brisket cured in salt brine
109	cos lettuce	lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
110	cottage cheese	mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
111	cottage pie	a dish of minced meat topped with mashed potatoes
112	cotton candy	a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
113	couscous	a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew
114	crab	the edible flesh of any of various crabs
115	crab apple	small sour apple; suitable for preserving
116	crab legs	legs of especially Alaska king crabs
117	cracked wheat	grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces
118	cracker	a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
119	cranberry	very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
120	cranberry sauce	sauce made of cranberries and sugar
121	crawfish	tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
122	crayfish	tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
123	cream	the part of milk containing the butterfat
124	cream cheese	soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
125	cream puff	puff filled with cream or custard
126	cream sauce	white sauce made with cream
127	creme caramel	baked custard topped with caramel
128	crepe	small very thin pancake
129	crescent roll	very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
130	croissant	very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
131	crown roast	a roast of the rib section of lamb
132	cucumber	cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
133	cupcake	small cake baked in a muffin tin
134	curd	a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
135	curry	(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
136	curry powder	pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices
137	curry sauce	allemande sauce with curry powder and coconut milk instead of stock
138	custard	sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
139	custard apple	the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp

Short foods with C

cake
chips
corn
chili
cream
candy
curry
cod
crab
cocoa
clam
carp
curd
clove
crepe
caper
chard

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How many foods start with C?

This list has 139 foods starting with C, from well-known ones like chicken, cheese, cake to rarer kinds.

What foods start with C?

Well-known examples are chicken, cheese, cake, chocolate, chips, corn, cherry, cookie.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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