Stephany mentioned snacks in a recent post, and then I started pestering her with snack ideas on IG messages because I AM A MOM OF 5. I AM VERY GOOD AT SNACKS. And then I thought OMFG Sarah! Leave the poor girl alone and bother THE ENTIRE INTERNET with your snack ideas.
SO I AM.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
Fave afternoon snacks for me:
- Kirkland trail mix
- Cosmic crisp apple with melted PB and chia seeds
- Chobani Flip yogurt
- Chobani Protein yogurt
- Sargento Balanced Break cheese and cracker tray
- String cheese
- Fairlife chocolate milk
- Mini Larabar
Fave afternoon snacks for kids:
- Clif Kids oatmeal cookie Zbar (also fave for me)
- Freeze dried strawberries
- Fairlife Nutrition Plan chocolate milk shakes
- Just Bare chicken nuggets
- Aidel's chicken apple sausage
- Chomps beef sticks (they are very into the sea salt flavor right now)
- Whole Foods 365-brand cheese squares (colby or cheddar)
- Cuties
- Bananas
- whole wheat bagel with peanut butter
- Annie's bagel pizzas
- Amy's pizza snacks
Fave snacks to bake:
- Banana chocolate chip muffins (I use whole wheat flour, and no one complains).
- Chocolate chip cookies (I will perfect the tollhouse recipe this year **shakes fist**)
- NYT energy bars (THESE ARE SO GOOD and new to me)
Ben's fave snacks:
- microwave popcorn
- microwave popcorn with cheddar cheese cubes-- a bite-for-bite situation
- cheese and crackers (with grapes and olives if he is feeling fancy)
Snacks I always keep in the car:
- Pure Organic layered fruit bars (like fruit leather)
- Goldfish
- Annie's chocolate chip bunnies
Snacks I usually have in my purse:
- Some kind of fruit snacks
- Goldfish
- Kirkland-brand granola bars
- Some kind of Zbar
- Occasionally a banana
Snacks we must stock for Harry that no one else really eats:
- Wavy potato chips
- French onion dip
- Totino's pepperoni pizza rolls
- Ham and cheese Hot Pockets
- Blueberry bagels with strawberry cream cheese
- Edible cookie dough
- Strawberry yogurt smoothies from Trader Joes that he has called "drinking yogurt" since he was 2
Snacks I have when I am going to murder someone if I can't get some chocolate
- Skinny Dipped PB cups
- HU salty chocolate squares
- Ghirardelli choc chips (not by the handful, but def by the TBSP
first batch of the year-- almost perfect, but not quite
What about you? Tell me your go-to snacks, and I will put them in my online grocery cart because we love new snack ideas around here.
LATTES! Lattes are always a great snack
You truly are the Snack Queen! Or Snack Goddess! I saw Stephany's post and didn't know what to say re: snacks that would keep in a hot car but fruit bars! I forgot about fruit bars! My kids loved those things.
ReplyDeleteSnacks are so important for me when I travel for work because I never know when my next meal will be and I can’t get hangry when meeting with clients. I always have kind GF protein bars in my backpack. I also like pistachios. A lot of snacks bars have gluten in them so that is tricky for me. I also love dried mango.
ReplyDeleteMy kids like pretzels, popcorn, cheez its, apple sauce pouches, and yogurt.
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Same! When I'm work traveling and not always in control of my schedule, I'm thinking about food all the time and when I will eat next. I pack protein bars and always have to source where my next Diet Coke will come from - ha! Business travel glamour.
DeleteMy snack hot take: I am pretty anti-snack lately (for myself, I mean; not knocking anyone else's snacks). Invisalign happened at the same time as a massive decrease in calorie expenditure for me, so I ended up just . . . stopping snacks. And I don't miss them! I probably eat more substantial meals than you do since I need them to last 5-6 hours. Obviously the kids still eat snacks (though certain kids will eat snacks and then nothing at meals which is not nutritionally awesome, depending on the content of said snacks). NOTE: I usually eat something sweet right after dinner but I don't really count that as a snack it's more a dessert :)
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised there aren't more cheese sticks in your WI fam! String cheese, Cheddar cheese sticks, those little Baby Bels were all great hits. For most of their childhood, the fridge had a dedicated snack drawer and cheese was the superstar. Veggies and dips? There was a tofu and edamame dip I got out of the NYT last week that was very green and creamy. I like pumpkin seeds, pistachios, and peanuts--not in a mix, just by themselves. Post-dinner lots of fruit and something chocolaty...
ReplyDeleteHippeas puffs, Siete nacho chips, Little Sesame street corn hummus (the best store bought hummus I've ever tried, though I don't know how widely available this is) and mini bell peppers, cheddar and roasted cashews, dried mangos and pineapple rings, rice cakes with peanut butter or babybel spread wedges or cottage cheese and everything bagel seasoning, and I make a homemade oat flour refined sugar free pumpkin loaf....I guess I really like snacks lol
ReplyDeleteThese are great! We have similar snacks at home, although we have different brands for some since we’re located in Canada. How I wish we had Trader Joe’s here!
ReplyDeleteLike SHU, I'm not a big snacker. Because I have a "sensitive" digestive system, it's better for me to rest it and get really hungry for the next meal. I know- I'm not fun. My daughter isn't a huge snacker, but she will eat protein bars and/or chips, pretzels if they're around. You can tell from your post that you have a large, active family that needs lots of nourishment! Now that I just have one kid at home, snacks aren't as crucial as they once were.
ReplyDeleteCan we talk about Larabars? I don't want to be a downer, but those things are GROSS and half of them have MOLD and I'm surprised they have not been sued because I know multiple people who have been very sick after eating them. You can do better, GENERAL MILLS.
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