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Below is a list of the foods I will be looking for in Bolivia as well as the source where I heard about these foods and beverages.

Coca-Coya (NPR)
Crunchy Coca Puffs (NPR)
native fruits (unique to the region) such as achachairu, guapuru and guabira (Wikipedia)





Straight from Wikipedia.
Typical Foods

• Majao or Majadito (a risotto style plate which includes charque, duck or chicken meat.)
• Locro (a very dense, rice and hen based soup containing potatoes and spiced with onion, garlic and oregano. It's common to use chicken instead of hen and it is eaten with a piece of boiled yuca) Not to be confused with an Argentinean typical food
• Masaco (smashed plantain with charque(sun dried meat)Also made with yuca and charque)

Typical Drinks

• Mocochinchi (drink consist of sun dried peaches which are boiled with honey and clove, served cold)
• Somó (white corn based drink, served cold, very refreshing)
• Chicha (non-alcoholic drink made by mixing white corn and cinnamon, very sweet).

Typical Pastries

• Cuñapé (yuca and cheese baked as small bread bunds)
• Zonzo (yuca and cheese, boiled and mixed in a type of mashed potato consistency, oven baked or grilled)
• Empanada de arroz
  
  
  • Empanada de queso
  • Empanada de jigote
  • Empanada de carne
• Bizcocho de trigo
• Masaco de plátano
  
  
  • Masaco de yuca
• Arepa
• Queque