Healthy Snacks

Make nourishing, heart-healthy snacks an important part of your day.

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Why Snacking Is Good for You

Hungry? Before you reach for your favorite not-so-nutritious comfort food, remember that choosing snacks wisely can be good for your heart, digestive system, and energy level. Check out our healthy snack ideas, recipes, and tips below. Your body will thank you!

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  3. Healthy choices for kids
  4. Be smart about sweets
  5. 9 simple changes to make

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20 Tasty Snack Recipes
20 Tasty Snack Recipes

After a long day at school, your kids will be sure to love these healthy and delicious snacks!

Countdown Fruit Salad Recipe
Countdown Fruit Salad Recipe

Counting, measuring and dividing are involved in this mathematical masterpiece. Add up the ingredients and the sum is a yummy salad. Save any leftover fruit to make smoothies or put in yogurt.

Mix-Master Snacks-A-Lot Recipe
Mix-Master Snacks-A-Lot Recipe

You'll be the master mixer with this sweet and salty snack.

Tomato Tossle Recipe
Tomato Tossle Recipe

Like Italian food? If you do, you'll love this tomato-tossed snack!

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  • 1Fruit Island Recipe
    This fruity recipe is delicious and filling.
  • 2Buffoon's Macaroons Recipe
    You won't find an easier way to make these chewy chocolate treats.
  • 3Don't Box Me In Pudding Recipe
    Pudding doesn't come from a box! This is how real chefs make it. If you want to eat this cold, cover with plastic wrap that touches the top of the pudding, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  • 4Ham & Pea Hide-&-Seek Recipe
    Ham and peas mixed with cheesy pasta shells make for a hearty and delicious snack.
  • 55 Healthy Snacks for 100 Calories
    Sally Sampson, author of the 100-Calorie Snack Cookbook, shares her quick and easy healthy snack recipes. When you're craving something salty or sweet, reach for these guilt-free alternatives to munch on.
  • 6Chocolate Matchsticks Recipe
    My childhood friend Cynthia Stuart introduced me to this quintessential salty-sweet combination many years ago, but I have to admit I consider this rendition pure genius! Just see how cool they look!
  • 7Mini Cranberry Muffins Recipe
    These tiny, tart muffins are for cranberry lovers. You can substitute raspberries or blueberries if you wish. If you don’t have mini muffin tins, you can make these in regular muffin tins, but then you can only eat half a muffin.
  • 8Peanut Butter-Banana-Apple Bites
    Certainly a snack most beloved by children, but most of the adults I know also love these little bites. The flavors and textures cover all the bases: crunchy, creamy, smooth, sweet and tart with a touch of cinnamon spiciness.
  • 9Apple Chips Recipe
    These chips bear no relation to those you buy at the market: the intensity of their flavor is much deeper and more apple-y, and their texture is crispy rather than soft. To ensure crispness, slice the apples as thinly as possible: slice one side and then turn the apple 1⁄4 of the way and slice smaller pieces (they won’t be round) and keep going. The slices don’t have to be uniform.

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