Grocery Prices
Snack Food prices
U.S. city average · August 2026
Snacks price snapshot
The snack food group covers chocolate chip cookies and potato chips — 2 staples Basket Report prices each month at the U.S. city average from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In August 2026 they ran from chocolate chip cookies at $5.21 per pound up to potato chips at $6.75 per 16 ounces, with 2 items costing more than a month earlier and 0 items costing less.
The biggest monthly increase came from chocolate chip cookies, up 4.1%. Over the past year chocolate chip cookies stands out, up 1.8% from twelve months ago.
These are unadjusted BLS shelf averages — never estimates — and each one feeds the fixed-weight Grocery Basket Price Index. Chocolate chip cookies carries the longest record, charted monthly back to January 1980; open any row for its history, or check the latest snack food move on the Receipt.
| Item | Unit | Price | MoM | YoY | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Chip Cookies | pound | $5.21 | ▲ 4.1% | ▲ 1.8% | |
| Potato chips | 16 ounces | $6.75 | ▲ 2.9% | — |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data, series listed on each item page. Retrieved September 11, 2026 via the BLS Public Data API. Download the full directory as CSV or JSON. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.