Nut-Free Snack Recipes - MyRecipes (2024)

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If you live with someone who has a nut allergy, or your work or school has a nut ban, it can be difficult to come up tasty, creative nut-free snacks that are effortless and easy to transport. These recipes are perfect for packing in lunchboxes or as speedy, satisfying afterschool snacks. As a precaution, always check the ingredients you're using to make sure they're nut and allergen-free.

Mini Frittatas with Ham and Cheese

Mini Frittatas with Ham and Cheese Recipe

Bake these bite-sized frittatas in a miniature muffin pan. They taste great hot or at room temperature, so you can make them in advance.

Cereal and Milk Bars

Cereal and Milk Bars Recipe

These crowd-pleasers deliver flavors that take you straight back to childhood bliss.

Rosemary Popcorn

Rosemary Popcorn Recipe

Cheesy Pita Chips

Cheesy Pita Chips Recipe

Microwave Sweet Potato Chips

Microwave Sweet Potato Chips Recipe

When the chip craving strikes, look no further than these healthy, homemade chips. Pro tip:You'll need a mandoline to slice the potato thin enough to crisp.

Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe

This crowd-pleasing recipe is chocolately but not too sweet -- making these muffins perfect for breakfast or any other time of day.

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Berry Green Smoothie Recipe

Smoothies are a quick way to kick-start your day with extra fruits, vegetables, and fiber. Avoid juices and powders with added sugars; instead choose whole ripe fruit to add a sweet touch naturally. Dairy-free option: Use a (5.3-ounce) container of dairy-free soy yogurt alternative.

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Creamy Tahini Hummus Recipe

The key to achieving this rich hummus’s creamy texture is an unexpected pantry staple: baking soda. Simmering dried chickpeas in a baking soda solution helps the legumes break down faster and more efficiently, resulting in an impossibly smooth spread. While 1/2 cup may seem like a generous measure of tahini, this is what will give your hummus its signature deeply toasty flavor—so don’t cut yourself short. We especially love Soom brand tahini, as this is a high-quality product made from single origin sesame seeds. Better than anything you’ll buy in your grocery store deli, this velvety and delicious homemade hummus is perfect served with warm, fluffy pita and crudite, or spread onto sandwiches.

Seasoned Saltine Crackers

Seasoned Saltine Crackers Recipe

This recipe goes with: Smoked Salmon Rillettes

Coconut-Avocado Ice Pops

Coconut-Avocado Pops Recipe

Who knew that a ripe avocado could add such a rich flavor and silky smooth texture to a batch of homemade popsicles? With a pop of fresh citrus juice and sweetened with a little agave nectar, these fun, kid-approved frozen desserts are the perfect summer treat.

Triple-Berry Muffins

Triple-Berry Muffins Recipe

Here's a breakfast muffin you don't have to feel bad about. Weopted for canola oil over butter, incorporated 50% white whole-wheat flour,and kept the added sugar low by leaning on the sweetness of ripe summer strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries.Peaches will be a welcome addition later in the season.

Crunchy Chewy Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Crunchy-Chewy Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe

This has been my go-to "house" cookie for years--when I tell the kids I'm making cookies, it's these guys, made with no-frills, good ol' whole-wheat flour. The good news is that they work with other flours, too. They're wonderfully crisp around the edges and chewy in the middle; that soft center comes from using all brown sugar (no granulated) and a drizzle of honey.

Apple Pie-Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

Apple Pie-Spiced Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

Marshmallow Popcorn Treats with Dark Chocolate Drizzle

Marshmallow Popcorn Treats with Dark Chocolate Drizzle Recipe

Reminiscent of classic popcorn balls, these salty-sweet treats make for awesome low-fat, lunch box-friendly snacking. Make a batch with the kids this weekend to enjoy throughout the week.

ck-Triple Melon Cream Pops

Triple Melon Cream Pops Recipe

Cheddar Cheese Snack Crackers

Cheddar Cheese Snack Crackers Recipe

Skip the store-bought version and create your own cheesy snack crackers for afternoon snacking.

Crispy Parmesan Chickpeas

Crispy Parmesan Chickpeas Recipe

Dry your chickpeas as thoroughly as possible before cooking to ensure a satisfyingly crisp result. If you're planning to pack these flavor-coated, fiber-filled poppers as a to-go snack, be sure to allow them to cool completely on a flat surface first.

Turkey and Swiss Pinwheels

Turkey and Swiss Pinwheels Recipe

These turkey and swiss roll ups are perfect forpacking kids' lunches.

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Grapefruit Poppy Seed Muffins Recipe

These delightfully tender, not-too-sweet muffins are a delicious twist on the classic lemon poppy seed combo. Grapefruit works exceptionally well in this context, as the flavor comes through delicately, without any of the citrus fruit’s signature bitterness. And the flavors of both the star ingredients of the grapefruit-Champagne glaze shine through deliciously, truly setting these beauties apart, especially in terms of brunch-worthiness. After you’ve set aside a tablespoon for the muffins, simply use the rest of your bottle of Champagne (or you can also use Prosseco) to whip up a round of mimosas.

Crisp and Spicy Snack Mix

Crisp and Spicy Snack Mix Recipe

Take this to snack on before dinner. And if there's any left, toss it on a salad.

ck-Pesto Yogurt Dip

Pesto Yogurt Dip Recipe

Use this herby dip to anchor a tray of what we call Snack Dinner. Surround it with lots of fresh vegetable dippers, seasonal fruit, sliced cheese, olives, nuts, and a little meat.

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All-Purpose Entertaining Crackers Recipe

Why buy something that you can make easily and more deliciously at home? Make these all-purpose crackers as they are, or top with Asiago cheese, sea salt and black pepper, Italian herbs, or sesame seed oil after rolling the dough and before cutting it into desired shapes. Note that if you choose to make larger, 2" crackers, the yield is around 60 crackers, which serves 30 people.

Peach-Strawberry Fruit Leather

Peach-Strawberry Fruit Leather Recipe

This kid-friendly fruit snack recipe requires just 4 ingredients.

Double-Chocolate Cereal Treats

Double-Chocolate Cereal Treats Recipe

Skip your boring breakfast and opt for these decadent chocolate-on-chocolate cookies that boast full satisfaction and a dose of whole-grain goodness. Rich, decadent, and ultra-crispy, these healthy, bite-size snacks are the perfect start to the day. And they're ready to eat in a fraction of the time needed to prepare typical sweet treats.

Old-Fashioned Popcorn Balls

Old-Fashioned Popcorn Balls Recipe

Guess what? This is a whole-grain dessert. To keep the ­stickiness at bay, wear latex gloves coated with cooking spray as you shape the popcorn balls.

Cranberry Oat Bars

Cranberry Oat Bars Recipe

Kids will love to snack on these oat bars filled with a sweet cranberry mixture.

Apple Chips with Honey-Lemon Mint Yogurt Dip

Apple Chips with Honey-Lemon Mint Yogurt Dip Recipe

There's no need to buy pre-packaged apple chips when the real thing is so easy to make at home.We lovethesweet and tangy dip with plain apple chips, but you can also serve with apple chips coated in your favorite spice blend--like Apple Chips with Ancho Chile Cinnamon Sugar or Chinese Five Spiced Apple Chips. If you don't have a mandoline, you can use a sharp knife, but your slices won't be quite as even.