50+ Snack Ideas
The long awaited snack list! Whether you are looking for inspiration or want a menu to browse, this list has something for everyone
Plain/lower sugar yogurt with some dry cereal or granola (¼ cup) with fruit and/or nuts (lower sugar brands include Dannon’s Light and Fit, Chobani’s less sugar and 0% sugar, Oikos Triple Zero, Siggy’s lower sugar skyr)
An instant oatmeal cup (you can find these in Starbucks!)
A Sargento Balanced Break + a clementine or another piece of fruit/veggie
1 whole wheat mini bagel with 1 T of peanut butter and a few apple slices
1 mini Ozery breakfast round with 1 T nut butter and baby carrots
Apple slices and 1 T peanut or almond butter
Hummus and vegetable slices (or peanut butter or low-fat range/yogurt dip - bonus points if you make your own home made greek yogurt ranch dip)
String cheese and a clementine
½ cup of grapes and a 100 calorie pack of almonds
½ a sandwich (tuna with tomato, PB & banana and grilled chicken slices are some examples)
A small portion of leftovers (~e.g. 1 cup)
Avocado toast (optional add a hardboiled egg, egg whites, smashed chickpeas or sardines)
6-8 Triscuits with string cheese and a banana
Peanut butter and banana
Banana sushi (bananas and peanut butter wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla)
A homemade, higher protein muffin
Turkey roll ups (low sodium turkey slices rolled with avocado, cucumber, low fat Swiss cheese and/or a touch of mayo)
Tuna (1/2 a can) avocado salad and 6-crackers (or as toast!)
Hard boiled egg with tomato and crackers
Air popped popcorn (season your own or get a kind that is lower on the fat and salt like Boom Chicka Pop, Newman’s Own, Herbal Corn or Skinny Pop)
Popcorn trail mix - mix air popped popcorn with ½ cup of mixed nuts
A small salad with beans, corn, vegetables and a little cheese
Low fat, lower sodium cottage cheese and fruit
Homemade Overnight Oats
Homemade chia pudding
A MamaChia chia squeeze pouch
Turkey jerky with ~1oz of nuts
Olives, tomatoes and sliced turkey on a piece of whole wheat/rye toast
Roasted veggies and fresh mozzarella cheese
Roasted fava beans
Roasted edamame (sold in a pack similar to soy nuts - soy nuts can be a good snack too!)
Grilled vegetables and leftover rotisserie chicken stuffed in ½ a pita pocket
Baked pita chips dipped in a 1:1 salsa black and bean mix
Fresh edamame with sea salt or soy sauce
English muffin mini pizza/melt with a clementine or peppers
Egg salad (to make a complete/filling snack, use it as a dip for vegetables, with crackers and/or toast)
Homemade or store-bought protein bites/balls
Cucumbers and Swiss cheese sandwiches
1 graham cracker sheet with 1 T peanut butter and a small apple or orange/other fruit
Sweet or savory Quaker oats rice crisps snack -sweet: apple cinnamon or caramel flavor paired with a serving of any fruit and a few nuts -savory: cheddar or ranch flavor paired with a dip (hummus or peanut butter) or string cheese + carrots of celery sticks
Pirate Booty cheese puffs with a string cheese
Planters P3 Protein Packs (peanuts, sunflower seeds and mini-pieces of turkey jerky)
Bumble Bee’s tuna snack on the run paired with a piece of fruit or vegetable
Banana with an 88 acres sunflower seed butter pack
Sabra Hummus Grab N Go with Pretzels + a clementine if you want more to fill you up
Sahale Grab & Go fruit and nut mixes
Banana and Almond Butter on Ezekiel Toast
Cottage Cheese topped with Cucumber, Tomato and maybe some avocado
Easy White Bean Salad (white beans, chopped cucumbers, spinach, olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice)
Hippeas, a puffed snack made from chickpeas. You can check them out here: https://hippeas.com/
Egg Muffin Cups – you can get them sous vide at Starbucks or make you own (here is a recipe example: https://www.wellplated.com/healthy-breakfast-egg-muffins/)
Jicama (and or mango/watermelon) and tajin (or peanut butter, or whatever dip you like!)
A Justin's Snacks Pack - Peanut Butter w/Banana Chips (more as a snack-treat)
Mini Pita Black Bean Quesadilla (made with a whole wheat tortilla and low fat cheese)
Sliced Peaches and low fat ricotta over Ezekiel Toast
Strawberries, Goat Cheese, Multigrain Crackers
Tahini Toast – take a piece of whole grain toast or rice cake, drizzle 1 T tahini and serve with a few slices of fruit or top with cucumber slices, bonus with some mashed white beans or chickpeas
Justin’s Classic Almond Butter Packets or Jiff peanut butter cups with crackers and cucumber (or apple/any fruit or veggie you would like)
Popped chips with a clementine and 1oz of light cheese or nuts
Mary’s gone crackers with hummus and cherry tomatoes
Greek Yogurt parfait with strawberries + graham crackers + mini chocolate chips + nut butter
Apple Nachos - apple slices drizzled with a little bit of peanut butter, nutella and coconut flakes
Salmon burger with avocado and cucumber
Mango and avocado with tajin seasoning, bonus points if you can add some protein
PB2 with apples, crackers, mixed in oatmeal or on a sandwich
An eggwhite bite from Starbucks (or bought frozen from a supermarket) with a banana
Plain greek yogurt with salsa and tortilla chips (can also add black beans, avocado, baby carrots and/or sweet bell peppers)
Savory trail mix/Bazar mix from Trader Joe’s with a few baby carrots
¼ a cup of chocolate covered almonds from a brand like Skinny Dipped or Lily’s
1 small (single serving) Lenny and Lerry’s protein cookie with a serving of fruit or vegetable
Laughing cow low fat cheese with sliced cucumber and a few crackers or half a whole wheat pita
Tzatziki with 6-8 crackers (low sodium Triscuits or Mary’s gone crackers are good options)
A Protein One bar (90 cal)
Baby/mini bell peppers stuffed with light cream cheese or hummus
Persion/mini cucumbers with your choice of dip
Mini bell peppers with hummus