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