Snack Recipes

Spiced apple-orange muffins with grated fresh fruit and warm spices. Light texture from folded egg whites. Optional raisins for extra sweetness.

These scrumptious and easy to make muffins are the perfect snack for in between meals or as a quick dessert after dinner.

Hot artichoke dip baked with mayonnaise, Parmesan, garlic, and green chiles until golden and bubbly. Five ingredients, 30 minutes, and always the first thing gone at a party.

Fun fruit tacos filled with strawberries, grapes, apple, and banana, topped with vanilla yogurt and toasted coconut. A kid-friendly snack ready in 25 minutes.

Orange apricot jam muffins with orange juice concentrate, yogurt, and apricot preserves. Bright citrus-fruit notes and a cinnamon-nutmeg crackle top.

Chocolate popcorn haystacks with popped corn, peanuts, and chow mein noodles coated in melted chocolate chips. A 4-ingredient no-bake snack kids can help make, ready in 15 minutes.

Bengali-style oven-fried potatoes baked directly on greased oven racks with turmeric, cumin, and cayenne. Crisp, golden, and Indian-spiced without a drop of frying oil.

Oatmeal chocolate peanut butter fudge melts together in a double boiler with soy milk, then chills into chewy chocolate squares with peanut butter swirls. Dairy-free, no candy thermometer required.

Dry-rub beef jerky with thyme, oregano, marjoram, and basil pounded into round steak. A no-marinade Italian-herb-style jerky slow-dried in a very low oven for hours.

Pink pickled eggs in beet juice and apple cider vinegar with onion and whole cloves. The classic Pennsylvania Dutch tavern snack, dyed bright magenta and tangy-sweet from the vinegar brine.

Fruit vanilla yogurt dip: creamy low-fat vanilla yogurt brightened with orange juice concentrate, lime, and a touch of brown sugar. A quick, healthy four-ingredient dip for apples, pears, and peaches.

Homemade whole-wheat granola with oats, wheat germ, honey, coconut, almonds, and cinnamon. Baked low and slow with orange juice for crunchy, golden clusters.

Cheese puffs made from choux pastry, light and airy bites packed with sharp cheddar, baked golden and crisp outside, tender within. A French gougere-style appetizer for any party.

Garden fresh vegetable spring rolls packed with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and scallions in a soy-sesame stir-fry, then wrapped and fried golden and crisp. A vegan appetizer you can season to your taste.

Pizza-flavored popcorn seasoned with Parmesan, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and paprika. A savory, cheesy snack ready in 15 minutes with no cooking.

Kentucky Kernels fold chopped pecans into a bourbon-and-butter sugar cream, dropped by spoonfuls and chilled into bite-size Southern candies. A 4-ingredient holiday treat.