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Have a snack platter ready in minutes morning, noon or midnight! Easy snacks to make in 5 minutes at home is essential information for any mom or dad out there. Never let you or your children get over-hungry again with these super simple, super tasty snacks!
Healthy Snacks with 5 Ingredients or Less
How many times do you hear your kids say, “I’m hungry” in just one day? Arm yourself with these easy snacks to stop the relentless running tape.
Whether your kids just got home from school, a neighbor drops by, or you are feeling famished, it’s great to have a repertoire of no-fail snacks in your head.
Sometimes the most challenging part about feeding ourselves is knowing what to put in our mouths. These recipes are so tasty you’ll never be without ideas for food on the fly.
Each recipe takes five minutes to make before it’s ready to eat. You can also take these on the go, because many of them travel well too. Pack them into your bag and check off one of these road trip hacks from your list.
How to Make Easy Snacks in 5 Minutes
To accomplish the mastery of these snack recipes in five minutes, you just need the basics. These recipes are all about mixing, blending, slicing, sprinkling and dipping.
You may need a blender, a bowl, a spoon, and a knife, but I’m sure you already have these tools in your kitchen. The point here is to satiate your hunger craving and to do it fast.
The ingredients are everyday items usually found on your shopping list: cream cheese, nut butter, chocolate, fresh fruit. However, you may have to run to the store for the marshmallow fluff.
The main thing is to peruse these recipes and load up on ideas for shortcuts to snacks in your kitchen. Then, save these recipes and add them to your meal plan app today so that you can stay on track!
Easy Snack Ideas
Does it drive you nuts to see your family just standing in front of the fridge wondering what to eat? Whip up snacks for you and your people in minutes and shut the refrigerator door! These snacks are crazy-good with only five ingredients or less!
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3 Ingredient Easy Onion Dip
Make this 3 ingredient onion dip as a family-friendly snack for your next holiday party or summer pool day. Not only is it flavorful and easy to make with budget-friendly ingredients, but it is versatile enough for all occasions during the year.
Try this guac with ripe avocados, a splash of lime juice, a pinch of salt, and your favorite salsa for an impressively quick, easy, and totally delicious summer snack or topping. You only need the ingredients, a spoon, and one bowl before the chunky avocado dip is ready to enjoy.
Lawson’s Chip Dip is an easy 3-ingredient sour cream dip perfect for serving with potato chips, veggie sticks, or crackers. This copycat recipe includes cream cheese, sour cream, and Ranch seasoning. It's a great party dip made in 5 minutes.
This copycat recipe only takes four ingredients and five minutes or less to make. It’s a great summer snack or breakfast with frozen fruit, coconut milk, and white chocolate. You’ll love the sweet tropical flavors that whisk you away to a far-off island without ever needing to pack a bag.
This fruit dip is so good you might just forget about the fruit and eat it by the spoonful. Plus, you’ll love that it only calls for three ingredients. It’s sweet, light, and marshmallow fluffy.
Roll out Peanut Butter Balls with Chocolate Chips in a few minutes and feast on what tastes like raw cookie dough. You’ll be surprised by what you can make with simple and healthy ingredients sitting in your cupboard. Plus, kids love helping you make these balls.
Apple Nachos hit the sweet spot. This easy snack for kids is just sliced apples drizzled with smooth peanut butter and sprinkled with mini chocolate chips. Add toppings of your choice to this tasty afterschool treat.
Peanut butter stuffed dates are just the thing to give you a quick boost of energy in the afternoon. These two ingredients are delightful when combined. What a simple and satisfying snack!
Donut Apples are seriously adorable. Slice up the cored apple, slather it with a nut spread and sprinkle on your favorite toppings. They look just like a crunchy, healthy donut that kids and adults love to snack on.
This nut-free chocolate spread will find its way on everything from bread to crackers to fruit. Mix pumpkin seed butter, maple syrup, cocoa powder, a pinch of salt, and wow! A midnight snack worth getting out of bed for.
Try not to eat this caramel apple dip on everything! Caramel, cream cheese, and sugar are a decadent combination, but then you add toffee bits!? It’s amazing!
This recipe is all about the presentation. The Avocado Flower Appetizer is gorgeous! Drop jaws just by the way you simply arrange a sliced avocado around the pit and drizzle a balsamic glaze on top.
Such a handy roundup! I’m so bad about just reaching for the closest, usually not healthy snack because it’s the easiest. Now, here’s a round up of great ideas that I can easily make myself.
What a great list of easy and healthy snacks to make! Very helpful for a busy mom with littles at home! My littles loved the apple nachos – what a great idea!
I made the keto pizza rolls and the donut apples. SO GOOD! And so much cheaper than buying the bags of pizza rolls for my kids! They loved the keto version!
There is no single snack on your list that I wouldn’t have. Thanks for this yummy recap!
My pleasure, Enriqueta!
The pecans and the pizza rolls were such a great snack and easy to make. They disappeared so fast during my last game night.
So glad they were a hit! All these snacks tend to be snatched right up 😉
Such a handy roundup! I’m so bad about just reaching for the closest, usually not healthy snack because it’s the easiest. Now, here’s a round up of great ideas that I can easily make myself.
Yes, no more snacking on what’s closest (and unhealthiest)!
What a great selection! Dips and smoothies are always my favorite but I can’t wait to give the pizza rolls a try!
What a great collection of tasty snacks. You have all the bases covered here. Now, which one will I try first?
Smoothie is my vote 😉
I need to learn more about cooking
I needed some quick snack ideas for the week and I am loving the apple nachos!
Loving all these ideas and how simple they are! I need snack options on hand so I can have them made ahead of time..thank you!
Such awesome snack options that one will never be bored with! I’m loving the variety! Thank you so much for putting this together!
My pleasure Lori! Variety is the spice of life, right?!
These are great and helpful recipes for me this summer. Kids will def love it!
What a great list of easy and healthy snacks to make! Very helpful for a busy mom with littles at home! My littles loved the apple nachos – what a great idea!
Oh, I am stunned by these great ideas! As a busy mom, these 5-minute meals are perfect! Saving this for later, thanks!
I made the keto pizza rolls and the donut apples. SO GOOD! And so much cheaper than buying the bags of pizza rolls for my kids! They loved the keto version!
Those keto pizza rolls were so good! I can’t believe how quick and easy they were. Definitely will make my way through this list.
I loved those ones too! Pizza in any form, but rolls are so cute and easy to snack on 🙂 Hope you enjoy the others just as much!
I love all of these yummy snack ideas! I can’t wait to make some if I can decide which to try first!
Let us know which one is your favorite! Thanks Colleen 🙂
So many simple and delicious snack options, will definitely be giving a few a try soon!
Thanks LaKita, always a help during the busy summer season right?!
Cahaya4d Thanks for sharing your experience!