Foods That Start With H

29 foods Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 29 foods that start with H, 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.

H covers twenty-nine foods, leaning toward diner and picnic favorites. Hot dog, hamburger, hash browns, home fries and ham sandwich could fill a whole menu, and hush puppy is a deep-fried cornbread ball from the American South.

For variety, look at the fish names: herring, haddock and halibut all start here. Hummus and horseradish add sharp flavors, and huckleberry and hazelnut work for fruit and nut rounds. Honey is the easiest H food for small children, and honeydew, a pale green melon, is a close second.

Foods starting with H: 29
Best known: honey, ham
Longest name: hamburger bun

Best-known foods that start with H

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

honey
ham
hash
hot dog
herring
hamburger
heavy cream
hummus
haddock
hot sauce
hard candy
huckleberry
halibut
horseradish
ham sandwich
home fries
honey bun
hush puppy
hamburger bun
hash browns
hazelnut
honeydew

All foods that start with H

#	Name	What it is
1	haddock	lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
2	haggis	made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
3	halibut	lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
4	ham	meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
5	ham sandwich	a sandwich made with a filling of sliced ham
6	hamburger	beef that has been ground
7	hamburger bun	a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty
8	hard candy	candy that is brittle
9	hard roll	yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
10	hash	chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
11	hash browns	shredded potatoes fried until crisp and golden
12	hazelnut	small round nut with a rich sweet flavor
13	heavy cream	contains more than 36% butterfat
14	hero sandwich	a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and...
15	herring	valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
16	home fries	sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp
17	honey	a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
18	honey bun	rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the...
19	honey cake	a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey
20	honeydew	melon with smooth pale rind and sweet green flesh
21	horseradish	grated horseradish root
22	hot cake	a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
23	hot dog	a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
24	hot pepper	any of various pungent capsicum fruits
25	hot pot	a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot
26	hot sauce	a pungent peppery sauce
27	huckleberry	blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
28	hummus	a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic
29	hush puppy	deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)

Short foods with H

honey
ham
hash

Questions people ask

How many foods start with H?

This list has 29 foods starting with H, from well-known ones like honey, ham, hash to rarer kinds.

What foods start with H?

Well-known examples are honey, ham, hash, hot dog, herring, hamburger, heavy cream, hummus.

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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