Food and Drinks

The emojis below are a little bit sweet and a little bit savory. There are food and drink emojis from many different cultures and for many different meals from green tea, to pretzels, to mangos. Whether you’re making plans to dine out, planning a menu, or just dreaming about your favorite foods, or learning about the cuisines of another culture, these emojis are useful.

As you explore these tasty emojis, you can learn more about the foods and drinks they depict, see how they are rendered on different platforms, and discover other related emojis.

🍇 grapes
Grapes are a sweet treat that grow on a vine, and are oftentimes fermented to make wine! While this fruit comes in many shapes and flavors this emoji shows purple grapes on a vine.
🍈 melon
Hungry for some melon? This mouth-watering emoji may have you grabbing for the closest honeydew melon or cantaloupe fruit you can find! It’s hard on the outside and sweet on the inside.
🍉 watermelon
It’s the fruit of the summer! Nothing says beach day or picnic like the watermelon emoji. It reigns supreme in the fruit emoji wars when it comes to selecting a summertime fruit. There is always a watermelon at the picnic.
🍊 tangerine
The tangerine is a sweet fruit that brings back memories of little league half times and school lunches. The orange citrus fruit is a tasty and healthy treat.
🍋 lemon
Pucker up, this is one sour emoji. The lemon emoji can represent the sour fruit, a sour person, or a sour deal. It can also be used to give off a spring or summer time vibe.
🍌 banana
This yellow fruit is very popular in tropical areas. While the emoji represents the banana or plantain, it can also have a suggestive connotation for male genitalia.
🍍 pineapple
Do you want pina coladas? Use the pineapple emoji in your phone chat to ask for one. The tropical fruit is the symbol of health, sun, and fun.
🥭 mango
The sweet mango fruit is healthy and topical. The fruit is a popular choice for smoothies, juices, and summertime snacking. The mango emoji is a delicious one without the juicy mess of a real mango.
🍎 red apple
The Red Apple emoji is a classic motif of a brightly colored fruit with a brown stem on top, along with a single green leaf attached to it.
🍏 green apple
The Green Apple emoji depicts a classic Granny Smith, the tart relative of the red apple, and features a stem with a leaf atop its crown.
🍐 pear
The Pear emoji is just that; a generic, simple green pear with a stem (and sometimes a leaf) poking out from the top of the fruit.
🍑 peach
Are you as sweet as a peach? Why is this fruit shaped like a butt? The peach emoji is used to talk about healthy snacks, fruity treats and big butts (we cannot lie).
🍒 cherries
Cherries are a notorious symbol meaning something is sexy. In the emoji world, this rings true. They can also be used to show actual cherries, of course.
🍓 strawberry
Strawberries aren’t actually berries, but that doesn’t mean you can’t include this strawberry emoji in your emoji fruit salad. The strawberry emoji is a sweet symbol of summer.
🫐 blueberries
The blueberries emoji is a juicy one! It depicts multiple plump blueberries ripe for the snacking.
🥝 kiwi fruit
A sweet and tropical fruit, the kiwi is associated with all things sweet and tart. It’s a healthy snack that’s packed with nutritious benefits and it tastes good too.
🍅 tomato
The tomato emoji lives with the other produce emojis, and is a beautiful red, summer fruit (not vegetable!)
🫒 olive
The olive emoji is rather rare, and can be seen either as two olives on a brand or as a single olive off the branch. It would seem they’re an acquired taste, in the real world and as far as emoji offerings go.
🥥 coconut
From the islands to healthy kitchens the coconut is a favorite fruit in many cultures. It has a very hard outer shell that is very hard to open. Once it’s open the fruit inside is sweet.
🥑 avocado
Why pay $30 for Avocado toast in California when you can get this emoji for free. The avocado is a creamy fruit that's often put in the vegetable category. The healthy green avocado is used in foods like guacamole, tacos, salads, bugers, toast, sandwiches, pasta...and many other food options. Some people even eat it on it’s own!
🍆 eggplant
The Eggplant emoji features a big, bright, purple eggplant with a leafy green stem sticking out from the top of the vegetable.
🥔 potato
Fried, boiled, roasted, sauteed, mashed… A potato is one of the most versatile cooking ingredients.
🥕 carrot
A classic cooking ingredient, this vibrant orange carrot looks like it was just dug up from the garden.
🌽 ear of corn
Headed the farm or a BBQ? You may find an ear of corn there. This sweet vegetable is healthy and easy to cook but oftentimes gets stuck in your teeth.
🌶️ hot pepper
This hot pepper emoji is perfect for describing spicy food and spicier situations. Use the hot pepper to describe people who you find to be very attractive, or as hot as the pepper.
🫑 bell pepper
Bell peppers are large, colorful peppers that have less spice than you may be used to, but still add plenty of flavor to any dish! Use this emoji when talking about veggies, cooking, and the most fun foods to chop.
🥒 cucumber
The cucumber emoji is usually shown in it’s full, bumpy green glory, but is occasionally depicted as sliced up cuke. Sprinkle this emoji in salads or pickle it for a salty crunchy snack.
🥬 leafy green
This emoji is the epitome of health. The leafy green is here to show you how healthy someone is being. It can be combined with other vegetables to show a fresh diet or garden.
🥦 broccoli
It’s time to eat your greens with the broccoli emoji. Use this emoji when talking about your favorite veggies or when constructing a forest made of tiny trees.
🧄 garlic
Garlic is a popular vegetable used to spice up and add flavor to food. The only downside is that it can leave behind some seriously stinky breath!
🧅 onion
Similar to their stinky cousin garlic, onions are commonly used to add flavor to foods. But beware of the stinky breath effect. The onion emoji can also be used as a symbol of something that makes you cry.
🍄 mushroom
The Mushroom emoji features a funky looking shroom, with a beige stem, red cap and white dots scattered throughout the head of the vegetable.
🥜 peanuts
Peanuts are a snack fit for the circus or a baseball game. The healthy snack is loved by people and elephants!
🌰 chestnut
Feeling nutty? A Chestnut might pop up in your messages. This acorn looking emoji is commonly used to talk about nuts, the holidays and fall. Make sure to roast them by the fire before you eat them.
🍞 bread
The bread emoji is a traditional loaf of sandwich bread that you could find at most grocery stores. While less fancy than the baguette emoji, the bread emoji really gets the job done.
🥐 croissant
This French pastry is sure to delight no matter the time of day. Though commonly a breakfast food, the croissant can be eaten as a snack, as the “bread” for a sandwich and more.
🥖 baguette bread
If you need a step up from the regular bread emoji, opt for baguette bread. This long, crunchy French loaf is the perfect way to say “oui oui” to your friends’ dinner invitations.
🫓 flatbread
This emoji depicts a plain round flatbread, such as a pita, with grill marks that is beige in color. This could be used to show what you want to have with your meal.
🥨 pretzel
How do you like your pretzel? Crunchy, salty and delicious or soft, sweet and mouth watering. Pretzels are delicious twisted treats and many adults like having them with a good German beer. Make sure to have some water nearby, they make your mouth really dry.
🥯 bagel
Bagels are a popular breakfast item that are usually toasted and served with cream cheese, lox and a cup of coffee. While some prefer a plain bagel, you can opt for blueberry, poppy, wheat, multi grain and many other tasty choices.
🥞 pancakes
Pancakes. That is all I need for breakfast. Ok maybe a little bit of syrup too please. Short stacks, tall stacks, all stacks; this sweet cake like breakfast food can be coated in butter, syrup and whipped cream, or just eaten plain.
🧇 waffle
Keep calm and have a waffle! Waffles are pancakes' more sophisticated cousin... depending on who you ask. They are a sweet, crispy breakfast staple that originated in Belgium and France. They are also widely used in desserts with other sweets like ice cream or chocolate.
🧀 cheese wedge
More cheese please! If you are from Wisconsin, you may wear a cheese wedge on your head. This creamy food comes in many different shapes and flavors. Some of them may stink, and if you cut the cheese (fart), you’re just adding to the funky odor.
🍖 meat on bone
The meat on bone emoji shows a hunk of meat in the center of a big, white bone. Often, meat that looks like this is connected to pre-historic or ancient times, when early man cooked meat on the bone.
🍗 poultry leg
The poultry leg emoji depicts a juicy drumstick that must have come from a chicken or turkey. Use this emoji to convey that you’re so hungry you could eat a whole bird.
🥩 cut of meat
Fire up the grill, it’s time to cook some ribeye steaks. The cut of meat emoji resembles a raw, t-bone steak that’s set to be cooked to perfection. The question is, do you like your beef rare, or well done? Serve a steak with eggs or potatoes, this meal is packed with protein.
🥓 bacon
The Bacon emoji features two wavy, crispy-looking pieces of bacon laid out side by side, as if to cool after taking them out of the sizzling pan.
🍔 hamburger
The hamburger is an American classic that’s sure to make your mouth water. The hamburger is usually served with french fries and sometimes a milkshake.
🍟 french fries
Golden, crispy and delicious. French fries may not be the most healthy food but they sell like crazy in American fast food restaurants. They are usually served with a hamburger.
🍕 pizza
This Italian cuisine has captured hearts around the world. Pizza is a cheap food to make and easy to consume. Kids love this cheesy treat at parties and adults love it when it’s free in their work break rooms.
🌭 hot dog
What kind of dog is hot and has no tail? A hot dog! That joke was a lame as a naked hotdog with no bun ketchup, mustard or relish. This American street food is perfect for outdoor grills, and baseball games.
🥪 sandwich
Who’s hungry? This sandwich emoji, shown either fully or sliced in diagonals, is the perfect lunchbox or picnic companion.
🌮 taco
The Taco emoji features the iconic Mexican dish, with a yellow shell, inside which lies brown ground meat (or beans), cheese and various vegetables.
🌯 burrito
The Burrito emoji showcases a delicious Mexican favorite, with a white flour tortilla, inside which lies ground meat (or brown beans!), rice, cheddar cheese, lettuce and onions.
🫔 tamale
The Tamale emoji features yellow corn husk, cooked and tied with a string, meat poking out from one side. A very similar appearance to a common burrito.
🥙 stuffed flatbread
This stuffed flatbread emoji is making us hungry. Looks like a pita pocket filled with veggies, cheese, and all things delicious!
🧆 falafel
Hungry? Try sinking your teeth into a delicious falafel. This dish is popular in Greek and Middle Eastern foods. There’s no meat in these, making them vegetarian friendly. Make sure to have a side of hummus and pita bread to complete the meal!
🥚 egg
Eggs are a delicious food for any meal of the day. Whether you want to talk about breakfast, or working on the farm gathering eggs from chickens, this is the emoji for you.
🍳 cooking
Have you ever wondered what this cracked or fried egg in a pan means? It’s the cooking emoji!
🥘 shallow pan of food
The Shallow Pan of Food emoji features exactly that! This emoticon shows a black pan with handles on either side and a variety of hot food sitting in the middle.
🍲 pot of food
The Pot of Food emoji features a white, casserole-like dish, with what looks like a hearty stew made of vegetables and possibly meat.
🫕 fondue
Whether you’re on team cheese or team chocolate, fondue is a real crowd pleaser. Melt that gooey-ooey goodness into a hot pot and call it a day.
🥣 bowl with spoon
The bowl with spoon emoji is just that; an empty, colored bowl with a silver spoon resting within it.
🥗 green salad
Looking for something healthy? Trying to drop a few pounds? Try a salad! These vegetable filled meals are great for those looking to lose weight or to add more nutrients in their diets. Just take it easy on the ranch salad dressing, it has a lot of calories.
🍿 popcorn
Headed to the movies, binging on Netflix, or listening to your neighbors argue again? Don’t forget to grab some buttery and delicious popcorn!
🧈 butter
Who doesn’t love the delicious taste of gooey, buttery goodness? Butter makes any meal better.
🧂 salt
Is someone acting salty? Is your food lacking flavor? This shaker of salt is the perfect option for you.
🥫 canned food
The canned food emoji is depicted as a red tomato can or a green can. Some variants are also orange. They can all be used to show a can of food or vegetables.
🍱 bento box
Who’s hungry? This bento box is the perfect lunch for one. The pinnacle of convenience and yumminess, the bento box is a traditional Japanese lunch box of rice or noodles, vegetables, and protein.
🍘 rice cracker
The Rice Cracker emoji features a crunchy Japanese snack wrapped in dark green seaweed. This particular emoji is brown/tan in color.
🍙 rice ball
This isn’t just any rice ball. It’s onigiri! Traditionally wrapped in seaweed, also known as nori, onigiri is a yummy Japanese snack.
🍚 cooked rice
Feeling hungry? This bowl of cooked rice will hit the spot.
🍛 curry rice
The Curry Rice emoji features a bowl or plate with a mound of rice sitting in a brown stew-like sauce and surrounded by meat, vegetables or both.
🍜 steaming bowl
Hungry? How about a nice steaming hot bowl of ramen noodles? Don’t forget the chopsticks. Use the steaming bowl emoji when you want to talk about Asian noodle dishes. Be careful, it’s hot!
🍝 spaghetti
That’s amore! The spaghetti emoji depicts the popular Italian noodle dish, complete with sauce and a loaded up fork.
🍠 roasted sweet potato
Showing a sweet potato of various colors cut in half, this emoji is enough to make anyone’s mouth water. Who doesn’t love a good yam?
🍢 oden
Oden is a Japanese winter snack, which usually has radish, fish and eggs in it. They are served in a dashi broth on a stick, which this emoji shows.
🍣 sushi
The sushi emoji shows a pair of maki rolls with fresh cut fish on top. This emoji makes a delicious snack or accompaniment to asking someone to grab Japanese food.
🍤 fried shrimp
The fried shrimp emoji shows a singular curled up fried shrimp with breading on all but the tail. Use this emoji in the context of tasty fried foods in which to indulge.
🍥 fish cake with swirl
Hungry for some Japanese food? How about some ramen with fish cake. The fish cake with swirl emoji represents a Narutomaki, a popular topping for the Asian noodle dish.
🥮 moon cake
Mooncakes are a savory traditional Chinese pastry.
🍡 dango
This skewer is known as dango, a sweet Japanese dumpling made for rice flour similar to mochi. Looks good!
🥟 dumpling
The dumpling is one of the cutest foods in real life and cutest emojis in emojiland. This emoji is perfect when chatting about traditional Asian foods.
🥠 fortune cookie
The fortune cookie emoji features a hollow, beige-colored, crunchy cookie. This delicious Chinese treat is famous for its wise sayings written on a strip of white paper and lodged within the dessert.
🥡 takeout box
A takeout box is always a good time. Perfect for eating out of while binging on Netflix. Yum, yum, yum! Just looking at this one makes you hungry!
🦀 crab
Eating seafood for dinner? The crab emoji displays a crustacean that live at the bottom of the ocean.
🦞 lobster
This lobster emoji shows a bright red lobster with its claws outstretched. These sea critters mate for life, so send one to your romantic partner to show your true love and commitment.
🦐 shrimp
The Shrimp emoji features an orange or red shrimp (also known as “prawn”) with many small legs, a long tail and an arched body.
🦑 squid
Eek! It’s the squid emoji, and this sea creature is waving its great big tentacles right at me!
🦪 oyster
Oysters are an acquired taste. They smell like the sea and are rumored to be an aphrodisiac.
🍦 soft ice cream
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Soft serve ice cream is usually served in spiral shape in a cone. It’s easy to lick and children love this frozen treat on hot summer days. But be careful, if it’s too hot, this sweet dessert will melt quickly.
🍧 shaved ice
Summer time means hot temperatures and cool treats. Shaved ice, is the perfect frozen treat for those who love crunchy, icy sweets. This dessert is similar to a snowcone and will melt really quickly if it’s too hot outside.
🍨 ice cream
Ice cream is creamy, frozen, rich in flavor and sweet. It’s a favorite dessert for kids who run to ice cream trucks or ice cream parlors to get a taste of the delicious snack. Ice cream comes in many different flavors and is served with toppings like whipped cream and sprinkles.
🍩 doughnut
Who doesn’t love a good doughnut? This variety is chocolate with a hold in the middle, but all over the world, doughnuts take on different flavors and shapes!
🍪 cookie
The Cookie emoji features a tan or brown colored dessert, with an array of chocolate chips scattered throughout the scrumptious treat.
🎂 birthday cake
Blow out the candles, it’s time for birthday cake emoji! This delicious dessert emoji is most often used on someone’s birthday. Maybe if you send it to the birthday boy or girl, they’ll save you a slice.
🍰 shortcake
Is it someone’s birthday? Or just time for dessert? Either way, a slice of shortcake is exactly what you need.
🧁 cupcake
The Cupcake emoji features a generic looking dessert sitting within a cupcake wrapping, topped with a healthy serving of frosting and sprinkles.
🥧 pie
This pie emoji sure smells good (not that you can smell it!) In some cases, the pie emoji is a full pie, and in others, it’s just a slice. But it’s a tasty addition to a text, no matter how you slice it!
🍫 chocolate bar
This sweet emoji shows a half-wrapped—or half-unwrapped—chocolate bar in red paper.
🍬 candy
Who doesn’t love sweets? This treat is a piece of hard candy inside a colorful wrapper.
🍭 lollipop
Looking for something sweet? A lollipop might just have enough sugar to satisfy your sweet tooth. Children love this colorful candy. Make sure to brush your teeth after eating it or you could get cavities.
🍮 custard
The custard emoji shows a little plop of custard on a plate. While this emoji resembles a flan, custard has a very different texture altogether.
🍯 honey pot
The Honey Pot emoji features a golden pot with honey leaking down the sides. A honey dipper rests within the contents of the pot, waiting to be used.
🍼 baby bottle
A baby bottle is shown as white or gray bottle filled with a white liquid, most likely milk. The nipple is yellow with a blue lid. This emojis is good for when your friend is whining.
🥛 glass of milk
Thirsty? Grab a glass of milk. The calcium is good for your bones. If you don’t want to drink cow’s milk, there are many plant-based milks like almond milk and oat milk. Have it with a bowl of cereal, coffee, or cookies before bedtime!
☕ hot beverage
Tired? Need to wake up? Sip on a nice hot cup of coffee. The hot beverage emoji is a great one to use if it’s cold out and you want to warm up or if it’s early and you need caffeine to wake up.
🫖 teapot
Tip me over and pour me out, but don’t get splashed by the hot water! The teapot emoji is for tea lovers and fancy people who like to drink with their pinkies out.
🍵 teacup without handle
The Teacup Without Handle emoji features a traditional looking Asian-style white teacup, with a small wooden tray beneath it.
🍶 sake
If you are getting sushi, teriyaki, or some other Japanese cuisine, don’t forget to wash it down with some sake. Not hungry? Be careful, this strong adult beverage might knock you off of your feet.
🍾 bottle with popping cork
Are these champagne bottles for a celebration or just for mimosas at Sunday brunch? Either way, be careful! Once the cork pops, it will fly and can hit you in the eye. Raise your glasses! Time to drink some alcohol and party!
🍷 wine glass
Let’s wine and dine! Do you prefer Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot grigio, or Zinfandel? Wine is an alcoholic adult beverage that people drink with a meal or by itself. One or two glasses can be relaxing, 5 or 6 glasses will leave you very drunk. Get it fresh from the vineyard, or head to the bar.
🍸 cocktail glass
Looking for something a little stronger than wine? How about a liquor filled cocktail. Perhaps some vodka for a martini, or some whiskey for an old fashioned will do the trick. Be careful, just one or two of these adult beverages can have you stumbling drunk out of the bar.
🍹 tropical drink
Do you like piña coladas? Tropical drinks are fruity, refreshing and ready for a beach vacation! You’ll usually find these alcoholic drinks flowing at all-inclusive beach resorts and tiki bars. Don’t like alcohol? That’s ok, make it a virgin.
🍺 beer mug
This single beer mug shows a cold, frothy beer overflowing out of a stein. Drink responsibly!
🍻 clinking beer mugs
This clinking beer mugs emoji shows two steins of frothy ale engaged in a “cheers” motion. Prost!
🥂 clinking glasses
Cheers! This emoji shows two glasses of champagne clinking against each other. It can show that a toast is in order, or that you have plans to go out for drinks later.
🥃 tumbler glass
The Tumbler Glass emoji features a short but stout glass, with an amber liquid filled halfway. On some platforms, an ice cube can be seen floating within the liquid.
🥤 cup with straw
Sip, slurp, and gulp your way to the end of this beverage. The cup with straw emoji is almost as refreshing as a cold drink. Thirsty? You’ll grab a cup like this at a fast food place or gas station. Don’t forget the ice.
🧋 bubble tea
Bubble tea is an enormously popular and delicious drink. Use this sweet tea drink in the summer when you get a craving for sucking boba up a straw.
🧃 beverage box
Bring back your childhood with a beverage box. Could be filled with fruit punch, juice, milk, the possibilities are endless.
🧉 mate
The Mate emoji features a green beverage in a brown, coconut-looking cup or jug, with a metal straw extending from the liquid.
🧊 ice
Want to cool down your drink? The ice cube emoji is here to help. It can accompany a drink emoji, or can be used to express that it’s hot and you need to cool down.
🥢 chopsticks
The chopsticks emoji is one of the few emojis that comes in a pair. Use the chopsticks emoji when trying to convince someone to get dim sum with you, or when flaunt your hand dexterity with these utensils.
🍽️ fork and knife with plate
Setting the table for dinner? Ready to dine out at a restaurant with friends? Want your food right now? A plate with a fork and knife can show that.
🍴 fork and knife
Ready to pound that silverware on the table in anticipation of dinner? When it’s time to go to the restaurant and order your food, the knife and fork are the emoji for you.
🥄 spoon
The spoon emoji shows your everyday scooping and eating instrument: the spoon. Use this spoon for any kind of soupy or viscous foods, like ice cream, cereal, or stew.
🔪 kitchen knife
Don’t stab anyone in the back, especially not with a kitchen knife! The kitchen knife emoji represents a chef’s knife found in the kitchen to cut and chop up meat, veggies, fruit and other ingredients to cook a meal. This emoji is also used when talking about figuratively stabbing someone in the back and losing their trust.
🏺 amphora
This Greek vessel was used to carry liquids. With a narrow neck and two handles, it is usually shown as brown with designs on it.