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Healthy Snack Recipes

Find healthy, homemade snack recipes including kid-friendly snacks, gluten-free snacks, and easy snacks for weight-loss. Healthier Recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Crunchy Chickpea "Nuts"

This easy snack recipe is loaded with fiber and protein.

Crunchy Chickpea "Nuts"

Crispy Roasted Brussels Sprout Chips

Love kale chips? Then you are going to love this salty, crispy snack made from Brussels sprout leaves.

Crispy Roasted Brussels Sprout Chips

100-Calorie Snacks Cookbook

This free download is jam-packed with easy, low-calorie snacks everyone will love.

100-Calorie Snacks Cookbook

Cherry & White Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

Microwave Potato Chips

Chocolate Crunch

Healthy Recipes to Satisfy Junk Food Cravings

As delicious as eating healthy can be, we all still crave our favorite junk foods. So we turned to you, our readers, and asked you to share your favorite unhealthy foods you’d like to see made healthier. Here they are: better-for-you swaps to satisfy both sweet and salty cravings guilt-free. Our recipes cut back on sugar, salt and fatand we incorporate fruit and whole grains when possible. Go ahead, give in and enjoy!

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Parmesan Spinach Cakes

Mediterranean Picnic Snack

Strawberry Bruschetta

Almond-Honey Power Bar

Healthy Recipes to Energize Your Afternoon

Eat a healthy afternoon snack to power you through your day.

Strawberries Dipped in Chocolate

See It, Make It: Quick Snacks

Quick and healthy snack recipes to get you through the afternoon.

Apple & Cheddar with Jalapeño Slices

Chile-Lime Peanuts

Lime & Parmesan Popcorn

EatingWell's Pimiento Cheese

Metabolism-Boosting Snacks

These snack recipes can help boost your metabolism so you burn more calories. They're all a little spicy and deliver capsaicin, a compound that actually helps increase your metabolism. Dip low-calorie vegetables into a salsa or spicy dip, munch chile-spiced popcorn or crunch on apple slices with cheese and peppers for a little extra heat.

Cottage Cheese Veggie Dip

Cinnamon Oranges

EatingWell Energy Bars

Zesty Bean Dip & Chips

Healthy Snack Ideas for Work

Looking for a midday pick-me-up? Try these healthy and filling snack recipes to get you through the work day.

Old Bay Pumpkin Seeds

Punch up your pumpkin seeds with a sprinkling of Old Bay. Try these easy roasted pumpkin seeds in a salad or just eat them as a snack.

Smoky Pumpkin Seeds

Smoked paprika and garlic powder punch up the flavor in this easy roasted pumpkin seeds recipe.

Cocoa Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Eat these sweet, chocolaty pumpkin seeds as a snack or sprinkle them over ice cream, pumpkin pie and other desserts.

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Vegan "Cheesy" Pumpkin Seeds

Nutritional yeast gives roasted pumpkin seeds a cheesy flavor without any dairy.

Za'atar Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Za'atar (or zaatar)--a Middle-Eastern spice blend that's a mix of thyme, sumac, salt, sesame seeds and sometimes other herbs--livens up roasted pumpkin seeds.

Maple-Spice Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

These sweet and spicy toasted pumpkin seeds are great for snacking and also delicious sprinkled over roasted or mashed winter squash, such as butternut.

Peanut Butter Energy Balls

These healthy peanut butter and chocolate energy balls deliver a mixture of simple and complex carbohydrates to help fuel you up whenever you need a little boost. They're no-bake and easy to make with ingredients you probably have on hand, like oats and nut butter. Feel free to experiment with different mix-ins--for example, dried fruit or chopped nuts--in place of the chocolate chips and coconut.

Fresh Tomato Salsa with Marjoram

Enjoy this fresh tomato sauce hot or cold. Its bold flavor is delicious in a simple pasta salad or topping any protein just off the grill.

Homemade Nachos with Ratatouille & Feta

In this new spin on sheet-pan nachos, we top homemade pita chips with ratatouille and feta for a healthy snack or meal that kids and adults will enjoy. Baking your own pita chips is easy, plus it helps keep sodium levels in check to balance out the salty feta on top.

Vegan Flourless Blender Blueberry Mini Muffins

We subtracted the flour, dairy products and eggs from these healthy mini muffins, which are vegan and gluten-free. But we left in all the good stuff--like tons of juicy berries in every bite. Applesauce and brown sugar make these blender muffins moist and provide just the right amount of sweetness for breakfast or a snack.

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Fruit Bread

This moist spiced applesauce bread recipe has a luscious, tangy apricot flavor. Serve it with butter or cream cheese, and add a little sugar-free apricot jam for extra zing.

Date-Nut Bread

Dates are naturally sweet so no extra sugar is needed in this quick-bread recipe. Toasted almonds add a nice crunch and the optional coarse sugar topping--while it isn't needed for sweetness--certainly adds to the presentation.

Strawberry-Banana Bread

Give classic banana bread a sweet twist with the addition of juicy strawberries. The combination of the fruits turns this simple quick bread into a bright, sweet breakfast bread, snack or dessert. For an extra-decadent treat, serve each slice with a scoop of sliced strawberries.

Jackfruit Nachos

Serve these vegetarian nachos at your next party, and watch them disappear. All the classic nacho flavors are here--black beans, Mexican cheese, spicy jalapeño--plus jackfruit, a super-meaty tropical fruit that serves as a filling but meat-free topping for these easy nachos.

Beet Kolaches

Kolaches--soft dough surrounding a sweet filling, served for breakfast or as a treat with coffee--are popular in Texas, where they were introduced by the state's Czech immigrants. In this version, a beet-vanilla filling is a springtime twist on classic flavors like strawberry or poppy seed; the posipka (crumble topping) is made with goat cheese.

Sous Vide Eggs

A sous vide cooker gives these slow-cooked eggs a jammy, creamy center that resembles the perfect poached egg. Eat these eggs alone for a filling breakfast or snack, or serve them on toast or an English muffin for a simple eggs Benedict.

Irish Soda Bread Scones

This single-serve version of classic Irish soda bread is fun for St. Patrick's Day, but you'll find they're also delicious for weekend brunches. All you need with these scones is a warm cup of tea.

Gluten-Free Morning Glory Blender Muffins

These gluten-free muffins use finely ground rolled oats in place of flour. That gives the fruit- and nut-studded muffins a tender texture and fluffy crumb. To make the muffins even easier, everything is combined in the blender so you can blend, pour, bake and enjoy.

Mini Pizza for One

To save prep time, this quick mini pizza recipe uses purchased pizza sauce and whole-wheat sandwich thins (instead of pizza dough) for the crust. Get creative with toppings and serve this to your kids as a healthy after-school snack. Try broccoli and mushrooms or slices of deli ham and canned pineapple chunks.

Lime Ambrosia Fruit Cup

Known in Greek mythology as "the food of the Gods," this ambrosia salad reflects a global menu when exotic fruits are added. This simple fruit cup is perfect for breakfast alongside Greek yogurt or eggs but would also be nice as a light dessert after a filling dinner.