pocketsMay 26

I'm casting about for a new snack food.

Top priorities:
- It needs to be crunchy.
- It needs to be consistent as far as texture and flavor across the whole batch.
- Relatively cheap
- Relatively healthy-ish

High preferences:
- Salty
- Decent shelf life
- Minimal prep time

If it's something I have to "fix" or cook myself, I want to be able to do it in easily and large batches (hence shelf-life making the list) so that when I want to snack, I don't have to deal with a lot of prep every. single. time.

Currently, I'm snacking on goldfish (original flavor only) or tortilla chips.
I've snacked on pretzels and almonds in the past.
Also worth noting that I hate popcorn, peanuts, and pickles.

What I'm mostly hoping for with this post is something out of left field that I otherwise might not have stumbled over.

Thoughts or recommendations?

 

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Show threadMarty Fouts

@pockets I have settled on fried pork rinds. The downside is that they are greasy. The upside is that they have zero carbs.

The only healthy crunchy snack I have ever discovered is celery but I always end up spreading something on it.

I hope someone else has a better suggestion

May 26 at 2:14pmWeb
Show threadColinMay 26

@MartyFouts @pockets +1 on pork rinds.

Also, I like the smaller, crunchier ones that have the fat on them still. Vs the huge puffy ones that are only purely skin.

Just be careful to reseal the bag well, and/or finish eating a bag of them within a week. When they go stale.. it's rough 😭

Show threadpocketsMay 26

@MartyFouts
Celery? Yuck.  

I'll look into the pork rinds though. Not a fan of the greasy aspect, but I'm not rejecting it out of hand either.

Thanks for the suggestion.