diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/index.js b/core/server/api/canary/index.js
index ceb4206e09..3cd4600532 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/index.js
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ module.exports = {
         return shared.pipeline(require('./site'), localUtils);
     },
 
+    get snippets() {
+        return shared.pipeline(require('./snippets'), localUtils);
+    },
+
     get serializers() {
         return require('./utils/serializers');
     },
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js b/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dda54f7d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+const Promise = require('bluebird');
+const {i18n} = require('../../lib/common');
+const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
+const models = require('../../models');
+
+module.exports = {
+    docName: 'snippets',
+
+    browse: {
+        options: [
+            'limit',
+            'order',
+            'page'
+        ],
+        permissions: true,
+        query(frame) {
+            return models.Snippet.findPage(frame.options);
+        }
+    },
+
+    read: {
+        headers: {},
+        data: [
+            'id'
+        ],
+        permissions: true,
+        query(frame) {
+            return models.Snippet.findOne(frame.data, frame.options)
+                .then((model) => {
+                    if (!model) {
+                        return Promise.reject(new errors.NotFoundError({
+                            message: i18n.t('errors.api.snippets.snippetNotFound')
+                        }));
+                    }
+
+                    return model;
+                });
+        }
+    },
+
+    add: {
+        statusCode: 201,
+        headers: {},
+        permissions: true,
+        async query(frame) {
+            try {
+                return await models.Snippet.add(frame.data.snippets[0], frame.options);
+            } catch (error) {
+                if (error.code && error.message.toLowerCase().indexOf('unique') !== -1) {
+                    throw new errors.ValidationError({message: i18n.t('errors.api.snippets.snippetAlreadyExists')});
+                }
+
+                throw error;
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    edit: {
+        headers: {},
+        options: [
+            'id'
+        ],
+        validation: {
+            options: {
+                id: {
+                    required: true
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        permissions: true,
+        query(frame) {
+            return models.Snippet.edit(frame.data.snippets[0], frame.options)
+                .then((model) => {
+                    if (!model) {
+                        return Promise.reject(new errors.NotFoundError({
+                            message: i18n.t('errors.api.snippets.snippetNotFound')
+                        }));
+                    }
+
+                    return model;
+                });
+        }
+    },
+
+    destroy: {
+        statusCode: 204,
+        headers: {},
+        options: [
+            'id'
+        ],
+        validation: {
+            options: {
+                id: {
+                    required: true
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        permissions: true,
+        query(frame) {
+            return models.Snippet.destroy(frame.options)
+                .then(() => null)
+                .catch(models.Snippet.NotFoundError, () => {
+                    return Promise.reject(new errors.NotFoundError({
+                        message: i18n.t('errors.api.snippets.snippetNotFound')
+                    }));
+                });
+        }
+    }
+};
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/index.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/index.js
index 9b83bc7a14..1bb006516c 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/index.js
@@ -121,5 +121,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
     get labels() {
         return require('./labels');
+    },
+
+    get snippets() {
+        return require('./snippets');
     }
 };
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/snippets.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/snippets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52e570cc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/snippets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+//@ts-check
+const debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('api:canary:utils:serializers:output:snippets');
+
+module.exports = {
+    browse: createSerializer('browse', paginatedSnippets),
+    read: createSerializer('read', singleSnippet),
+    edit: createSerializer('edit', singleSnippet),
+    add: createSerializer('add', singleSnippet)
+};
+
+/**
+ * @template PageMeta
+ *
+ * @param {{data: import('bookshelf').Model[], meta: PageMeta}} page
+ * @param {APIConfig} _apiConfig
+ * @param {Frame} frame
+ *
+ * @returns {{snippets: SerializedSnippet[], meta: PageMeta}}
+ */
+function paginatedSnippets(page, _apiConfig, frame) {
+    return {
+        snippets: page.data.map(model => serializeSnippet(model, frame.options)),
+        meta: page.meta
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('bookshelf').Model} model
+ * @param {APIConfig} _apiConfig
+ * @param {Frame} frame
+ *
+ * @returns {{snippets: SerializedSnippet[]}}
+ */
+function singleSnippet(model, _apiConfig, frame) {
+    return {
+        snippets: [serializeSnippet(model, frame.options)]
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @template Data
+ * @template Response
+ * @param {string} debugString
+ * @param {(data: Data, apiConfig: APIConfig, frame: Frame) => Response} serialize - A function to serialize the data into an object suitable for API response
+ *
+ * @returns {(data: Data, apiConfig: APIConfig, frame: Frame) => void}
+ */
+function createSerializer(debugString, serialize) {
+    return function serializer(data, apiConfig, frame) {
+        debug(debugString);
+        const response = serialize(data, apiConfig, frame);
+        frame.response = response;
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('bookshelf').Model} snippet
+ * @param {object} options
+ *
+ * @returns {SerializedSnippet}
+ */
+function serializeSnippet(snippet, options) {
+    const json = snippet.toJSON(options);
+
+    return {
+        id: json.id,
+        name: json.name,
+        mobiledoc: json.mobiledoc,
+        created_at: json.created_at,
+        updated_at: json.updated_at,
+        created_by: json.created_by,
+        updated_by: json.updated_by
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} SerializedSnippet
+ * @prop {string} id
+ * @prop {string=} name
+ * @prop {string=} mobiledoc
+ * @prop {string} created_at
+ * @prop {string} updated_at
+ * @prop {string} created_by
+ * @prop {string} updated_by
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} APIConfig
+ * @prop {string} docName
+ * @prop {string} method
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object<string, any>} Frame
+ * @prop {Object} options
+ */
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/index.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/index.js
index 7a4cd511f2..2258786e62 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/index.js
@@ -53,5 +53,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
     get webhooks() {
         return require('./webhooks');
+    },
+
+    get snippets() {
+        return require('./snippets');
     }
 };
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/snippets.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/snippets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4d8cea580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/validators/input/snippets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const jsonSchema = require('../utils/json-schema');
+
+module.exports = {
+    add: jsonSchema.validate,
+    edit: jsonSchema.validate
+};
diff --git a/core/server/models/index.js b/core/server/models/index.js
index 69f378cb9b..2f41f7d138 100644
--- a/core/server/models/index.js
+++ b/core/server/models/index.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const models = [
     'email-recipient',
     'label',
     'single-use-token',
+    'snippet',
     // Action model MUST be loaded last as it loops through all of the registered models
     // Please do not append items to this array.
     'action'
diff --git a/core/server/models/snippet.js b/core/server/models/snippet.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57a5d61409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/models/snippet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const ghostBookshelf = require('./base');
+
+const Snippet = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
+    tableName: 'snippets'
+});
+
+const Snippets = ghostBookshelf.Collection.extend({
+    model: Snippet
+});
+
+module.exports = {
+    Snippet: ghostBookshelf.model('Snippet', Snippet),
+    Snippets: ghostBookshelf.collection('Snippets', Snippets)
+};
diff --git a/core/server/translations/en.json b/core/server/translations/en.json
index e4a4de995c..7fe9ae0707 100644
--- a/core/server/translations/en.json
+++ b/core/server/translations/en.json
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@
                 "HostLimitError": "Host Limit error, cannot {action}.",
                 "DisabledFeatureError": "Theme validation error, the {{{helperName}}} helper is not available. Cannot {action}.",
                 "UpdateCollisionError": "Saving failed! Someone else is editing this post."
+            },
+            "snippets": {
+                "snippetNotFound": "Snippet not found.",
+                "snippetAlreadyExists": "Snippet already exists"
             }
         },
         "data": {
diff --git a/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js b/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
index 04e346b047..f1f8a74fa4 100644
--- a/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
+++ b/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
@@ -247,5 +247,12 @@ module.exports = function apiRoutes() {
     router.get('/emails/:id', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.emails.read));
     router.put('/emails/:id/retry', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.emails.retry));
 
+    // ## Snippets
+    router.get('/snippets', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.snippets.browse));
+    router.get('/snippets/:id', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.snippets.read));
+    router.post('/snippets', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.snippets.add));
+    router.put('/snippets/:id', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.snippets.edit));
+    router.del('/snippets/:id', mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.snippets.destroy));
+
     return router;
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7a1aa710e..24ef8e52b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "@nexes/nql": "0.4.0",
     "@sentry/node": "5.26.0",
     "@tryghost/adapter-manager": "0.1.11",
-    "@tryghost/admin-api-schema": "1.1.0",
+    "@tryghost/admin-api-schema": "1.2.0",
     "@tryghost/bootstrap-socket": "0.2.2",
     "@tryghost/constants": "0.1.1",
     "@tryghost/errors": "0.2.4",
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/snippets_spec.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/snippets_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77be20fcaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/snippets_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const should = require('should');
+const supertest = require('supertest');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const testUtils = require('../../utils');
+const localUtils = require('./utils');
+const config = require('../../../core/shared/config');
+
+const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
+
+let request;
+
+describe.only('Snippets API', function () {
+    after(function () {
+        sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    before(function () {
+        return ghost()
+            .then(function () {
+                request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+            })
+            .then(function () {
+                return localUtils.doAuth(request, 'snippets');
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can add', function () {
+        const snippet = {
+            name: 'test',
+            // TODO: validate mobiledoc document
+            mobiledoc: JSON.stringify({})
+        };
+
+        return request
+            .post(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/`))
+            .send({snippets: [snippet]})
+            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(201)
+            .then((res) => {
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.snippets);
+
+                jsonResponse.snippets.should.have.length(1);
+                jsonResponse.snippets[0].name.should.equal(snippet.name);
+                jsonResponse.snippets[0].mobiledoc.should.equal(snippet.mobiledoc);
+
+                should.exist(res.headers.location);
+                res.headers.location.should.equal(`http://127.0.0.1:2369${localUtils.API.getApiQuery('snippets/')}${res.body.snippets[0].id}/`);
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can browse', function () {
+        return request
+            .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery('snippets/'))
+            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .then((res) => {
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.snippets);
+                // 1 from fixtures and 1 from "Can add" above
+                jsonResponse.snippets.should.have.length(2);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.snippets[0], 'snippet');
+
+                // created in "Can add" above, individual tests are not idempotent
+                jsonResponse.snippets[1].name.should.eql('test');
+
+                testUtils.API.isISO8601(jsonResponse.snippets[0].created_at).should.be.true();
+                jsonResponse.snippets[0].created_at.should.be.an.instanceof(String);
+
+                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.have.property('page', 1);
+                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.have.property('limit', 15);
+                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.have.property('pages', 1);
+                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.have.property('total', 2);
+                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.have.property('next', null);
+                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.have.property('prev', null);
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can read', function () {
+        return request
+            .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.snippets[0].id}/`))
+            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .then((res) => {
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.snippets);
+                jsonResponse.snippets.should.have.length(1);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.snippets[0], 'snippet');
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can edit', function () {
+        const snippetToChange = {
+            name: 'change me',
+            mobiledoc: '{}'
+        };
+
+        const snippetChanged = {
+            name: 'changed',
+            mobiledoc: '{}'
+        };
+
+        return request
+            .post(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/`))
+            .send({snippets: [snippetToChange]})
+            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(201)
+            .then((res) => {
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.snippets);
+                jsonResponse.snippets.should.have.length(1);
+
+                should.exist(res.headers.location);
+                res.headers.location.should.equal(`http://127.0.0.1:2369${localUtils.API.getApiQuery('snippets/')}${res.body.snippets[0].id}/`);
+
+                return jsonResponse.snippets[0];
+            })
+            .then((newsnippet) => {
+                return request
+                    .put(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/${newsnippet.id}/`))
+                    .send({snippets: [snippetChanged]})
+                    .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+                    .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+                    .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+                    .expect(200)
+                    .then((res) => {
+                        should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+
+                        const jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                        should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                        should.exist(jsonResponse.snippets);
+                        jsonResponse.snippets.should.have.length(1);
+                        localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.snippets[0], 'snippet');
+                        jsonResponse.snippets[0].name.should.equal(snippetChanged.name);
+                        jsonResponse.snippets[0].mobiledoc.should.equal(snippetChanged.mobiledoc);
+                    });
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can destroy', function () {
+        const snippet = {
+            name: 'destroy test',
+            mobiledoc: '{}'
+        };
+
+        return request
+            .post(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/`))
+            .send({snippets: [snippet]})
+            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(201)
+            .then((res) => {
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.snippets);
+
+                return jsonResponse.snippets[0];
+            })
+            .then((newSnippet) => {
+                return request
+                    .delete(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/${newSnippet.id}`))
+                    .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+                    .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+                    .expect(204)
+                    .then(() => newSnippet);
+            })
+            .then((newSnippet) => {
+                return request
+                    .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`snippets/${newSnippet.id}/`))
+                    .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+                    .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+                    .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+                    .expect(404);
+            });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
index 08dfb81288..65b541a03f 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
     themes: ['themes'],
     actions: ['actions', 'meta'],
     members: ['members', 'meta'],
+    snippets: ['snippets', 'meta'],
 
     action: ['id', 'resource_type', 'actor_type', 'event', 'created_at', 'actor'],
 
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ const expectedProperties = {
     ,
     email: _(schema.emails)
         .keys(),
-    email_preview: ['html', 'subject', 'plaintext']
+    email_preview: ['html', 'subject', 'plaintext'],
+    snippet: _(schema.snippets).keys()
 };
 
 _.each(expectedProperties, (value, key) => {
diff --git a/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js b/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js
index 52dc5d4ddb..9be43dc938 100644
--- a/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js
+++ b/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ DataGenerator.Content = {
             plaintext: 'yes this is an email',
             submitted_at: moment().toDate()
         }
+    ],
+
+    snippets: [
+        {
+            id: ObjectId.generate(),
+            name: 'Test snippet 1',
+            mobiledoc: '{}'
+        }
     ]
 };
 
@@ -975,6 +983,10 @@ DataGenerator.forKnex = (function () {
         createBasic(DataGenerator.Content.members_stripe_customers_subscriptions[1])
     ];
 
+    const snippets = [
+        createBasic(DataGenerator.Content.snippets[0])
+    ];
+
     return {
         createPost,
         createGenericPost,
@@ -1016,7 +1028,8 @@ DataGenerator.forKnex = (function () {
         members,
         members_labels,
         members_stripe_customers,
-        stripe_customer_subscriptions
+        stripe_customer_subscriptions,
+        snippets
     };
 }());
 
diff --git a/test/utils/index.js b/test/utils/index.js
index fc0046b197..09b905564f 100644
--- a/test/utils/index.js
+++ b/test/utils/index.js
@@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ fixtures = {
                 return models.StripeCustomerSubscription.add(subscription, module.exports.context.internal);
             });
         });
+    },
+
+    insertSnippets: function insertSnippets() {
+        return Promise.map(DataGenerator.forKnex.snippets, function (snippet) {
+            return models.Snippet.add(snippet, module.exports.context.internal);
+        });
     }
 };
 
@@ -636,6 +642,9 @@ toDoList = {
     },
     emails: function insertEmails() {
         return fixtures.insertEmails();
+    },
+    snippets: function insertSnippets() {
+        return fixtures.insertSnippets();
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 02d6deeb34..eb9008ba60 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -383,10 +383,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@tryghost/errors" "^0.2.4"
 
-"@tryghost/admin-api-schema@1.1.0":
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/admin-api-schema/-/admin-api-schema-1.1.0.tgz#97224a9f5b74d08bdd93c1f89a85dfb2bfff9379"
-  integrity sha512-VSn4LMtVmIAHJxXPeW380s3TKy2UbXaWwVsPaUmtYKCAtyO1DelVB20Lnh/UMuWpKOBLVdzMwI66E7V5xxj/ww==
+"@tryghost/admin-api-schema@1.2.0":
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/admin-api-schema/-/admin-api-schema-1.2.0.tgz#6f266352e213e8fb60c42824b350673356346cf3"
+  integrity sha512-gA9GxdhbkcTUBB5BOQ9R2ws9BVrqFkRhKIpxo71jhua9T1oJaLmvC85m1ju6p+ITQ1TH4WOio21Si2akPiKUUA==
   dependencies:
     "@tryghost/errors" "0.2.4"
     bluebird "^3.5.3"