20 Healthy Snack Bar Recipes You Can Meal Prep (2024)

FAQs

How do you pick a healthy snack bar? ›

Choose a bar that contains mostly "real" foods, such as fruits, nuts, oats, or eggs. It's even better when those ingredients are near the top of the list—for example, RXBar Chocolate Sea Salt lists dates first. And look for a bar with about 3 to 5 grams of protein and fiber.

Although breakfast bars, biscuits and milkshake drinks may have healthy ingredients like wholegrain cereals and milk, they often contain added sugar too, sometimes in large amounts. And although convenient, they can be an expensive option.

Sans Meal Bar

Each bar is made with nutritious ingredients like nuts, fruit, oats, egg whites, and flax seeds. They're also dairy-, gluten-, and soy-free. Plus, these bars contain no added sugar and are higher in calories than most bars, which makes them appropriate to use as a meal replacement.

Assortment of snacks: Include a mix of healthy options such as nuts, seeds, granola bars, and fresh fruits, along with indulgent treats like cookies, chocolates, and popcorn.

Bottom lineClif Kid Zbar Filled snack bars are certified organic, contain no artificial flavours—and kids are big fans. Nutritionally, they contain healthy amounts of protein and fats, without too much sugar, so you can feel good about offering them to your kids.

Pretzels may be better than some fatty chips, but four out of five nutrition experts surveyed by Time say if you're trying to eat healthy, pretzels shouldn't be your go-to snack. Although pretzels are low-fat, they are also pretty paltry on the protein and fiber front, and they can be quite high in sodium and carbs.

Pure peanut butter is a good source of healthy fats. While some people have been worried about its omega-6 linoleic acid content, there is limited evidence to justify their concerns.

What is the healthiest thing to order at a bar? ›

In 2015 KIND got a warning from the FDA to remove the word “healthy” from its labeling, as it didn't meet their standard for healthy. The FDA claimed that because the bars had more than 1 gram of saturated fat per serving, they couldn't be classified as "healthy."