About Us
Our Story
The creation of America’s Snacks was inspired by accounts of children sharing American candies with their friends growing up in Cebu, Philippines and seeing the joy these tasty snacks brought to their faces.
Cebuana native Lira Mendoza, founded and started America’s Snacks or AmSnacks as we like to call it in 2021. Her vision further transcends into making AmSnacks not just a snack company but a new lifestyle by creating a snacking revolution in the Philippines. AmSnack’s products are a way of life and should enrich our customer’s daily lives by being paired with their morning coffee or tea, their quick snack break, their go to for relaxation and indulgence moments, or birthdays and gift-giving all year.
Every AmSnacks team member is chosen with the same care we take when choosing our ingredients. The success of AmSnacks is attributed to the hard work and passionate care that comes from Lira, Chris, Ledilen, Catherine, Jocelyn, Gemma, and Eralyn.
AmSnacks was born with the goal to bring the highest quality and most unique snacks to families all over the worlds and share the same joy she does with her family every day and to kids of all ages — one bite, one cup, and one city at a time.
To bring smiles and happiness – one bite, one cup and one city at a time.
The Birth Of Cookie Dough Bites®
The recipe for Cookie Dough Bites® dates back to the mid-1990s — people from all over wanted a delicious cookie dough candy — yet it simply did not exist.
In the beginning, the bakers and candy makers at Taste of Nature, Inc. (aka “TON”) brainstormed and tested and tinkered and tried tirelessly over and over until they got the secret recipe JUST RIGHT. The milk chocolate had to have just the right amount of creaminess and of course, the cookie dough — well, that had to be the same as the kind we all lick out of the bowl, right? And then FINALLY, after sooooo long, in 1997 Cookie Dough Bites® went on sale for the first time! Fans declared that “the taste was incredible!” and the hard workers at TON breathed a tremendous sigh of relief — they had developed an egg-free cookie dough candy that was totally delicious and safe to eat. And so the story goes…. Cookie Dough Bites® were born!
At first, the Cookie Dough Bites® were only available in movie theaters. And, the Chocolate Chip flavor was the only flavor that fans got to try. But soon afterwards, calls came to TON asking for more flavors and the company quickly went to work on recipes for our famous Fudge Brownie Cookie Dough Bites® and scrumptious Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites®. By the turn of the century, Cookie Dough Bites® fans were enjoying 3 delicious flavors, and even better — other stores started carrying them! Grocery Stores, Convenience Stores, Drugstores, Video Stores (remember those?) and tons of Specialty Stores all over the country began stocking them, too. So, be on the lookout wherever you are for our latest and greatest flavors of Cookie Dough Bites®!