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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 11-K


     [x]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1997

                                       OR

     [ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
          THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number      0-14616

     A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from
that of the issuer named below:

        J & J Snack Foods Corp. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

     B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:

        J & J Snack Foods Corp. 
        6000 Central Highway 
        Pennsauken, NJ 08109

                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     We have issued our report dated July 9, 1998 accompanying the financial
statements and schedules incorporated by reference or included in the Annual
Report of J & J Snack Foods Corp. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan on Form 11-K for
the year ended December 31, 1997. We hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of said report in the Registration Statement of J & J Snack Foods
Corp. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-87532, effective December 16, 1994).




                                      GRANT THORNTON LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 14, 1998







                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly
caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.


                              J & J Snack Foods Corp.
                              401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
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Date: 7/14/98                 /s/ Dennis G. Moore
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                              Plan Administrator