A plastic free snacks guide!
/We often get asked for advice on what do when it comes to plastic free snacking so here are our top tips and recipes for plastic free snacks:
First up - easy refill wins, fill up a jar so you can grab a handful when hungry!
switch your snacks to dried fruits, natures candy! (mango, banana chips and apple rings are some of our favourites, or if you want a salt hit try our sundried tomatoes!)
give nuts a try, you can opt for an unsalted nut mix or maybe try salted peanuts, cashews or pistachios.
have you tried our bombay mix? a great filling snack, we often add a few extra nuts and sultanas!
a trail mix makes a great snack and we’ve just added 5 new ones for you to try: Classic, Omega 3, Choc Cherry Pecan, Pieces Reeces and GORP.
for those of you with a sweeter tooth we’ve got vegan pick n mix, milk chocolate peanuts, yogurt raisins, dark chocolate brazils and dark chocolate buttons.
Requiring a little more effort here are some of our favourite snacks to make at home:
Popcorn, make sweet or savoury!
Stuffed Medjool dates - our favourite is stuffed with nut butter; marzipan is also delicious.
If you want to jazz up your nut or trail mix you can make some candied or spiced nuts to add in.
Nut butter with sliced apple is a great easy little effort snack, as is hummus and veg sticks if you want savoury.
Energy Balls are an easy snack to make if you have access to a blender. Our favourite recipe is this one but you can amend to add your favourite fruits and nuts.
Roasted chickpeas are a new one to us but we recently made this recipe and they were delicious! We also thought you could probably adapt the recipe to be sweet if you fancied - need to give it a go!
Another savoury option are polenta chips.
Making your own chocolate bars, a little like these DIY cornflake nests or Rocky Road recipe you can adapt the recipes to use your favourite fillings.
Gluten Free Seeded Loaf - make sweet or savoury! Make either as a loaf or buns and stick in the freezer and defrost when needed! Great on its own or with a topping such as hummus for savoury or nut butter for sweet.
Making your own biscuits: Biscotti and Cookies are our go-tos.
Hopefully those will help give you a few ideas and help you avoid plastic wrapped snacks and treats! Remember there’s an added bonus of making your own- you control the ingredients, so you can adjust sugar and salt levels and avoid ultra-processed ingredients such as flavourings, emulsifiers and stabilisers. No plastic and no nasties!