Best 50 Healthy Work Snack Recipes - Easy Healthy Snacks For Work

PHOTO: RYAN LIEBE; FOOD STYLING: TAYLOR ANN SPENCER

Team Delish has a solution that helps us jumpstart our work week with a lot less anxiety: making sure we're set with some fun snacks for the whole week long. Picture it—you're at your workplace (home, or the office, your fave coffee shop, wherever), and you don't have any snacks? The horror! Getting from to and lunch to without noshing on something is hard. We'd never skip altogether, especially since enjoying a midday bite is actually great for your metabolism (and your mental health), so set yourself up for success with a healthier, homemade option. Whether you like , , crunchy (or all three!), there are plenty of snack ideas here for you, wherever you work. Check out our 50 healthy work snacks—they’re sure to curb your hanger and help you get through whatever your day throws at you.

Working from home? We’ve all made the mistake of thinking we don’t need to prepare for what we’ll eat during the day when we’re WFH. Then we found ourselves without a plan, eating a pickle out of the fridge every time we went by instead of a proper meal 😱. The same goes for snacks. If you’ve got them prepared ahead of time, it’ll be way easier to reach for something healthy. You do have your whole kitchen at your disposal, so spare a few minutes of your day to whip up snacks that are slightly more involved. Try our , our , our chicharrones, or our (try it with different toppings, like in our or our !). You’ll be SO glad you made the effort.

If you’re not working from within the comfort of your own home, your snacks need to be just as yummy, easy to grab, but also portable. Instead of things that need to be eaten right away or kept refrigerated, you’re going to want shelf-stable snacks that can sit out. Craving something salty? Try our or our . More into sweets? Try our or our . You can control what goes into them, meaning these healthy snacks will always win out over last-minute store-bought options.

If you really don’t have the time to make your own (we’ve ALL been there), check out our favorite . Don't forget the main events—we’ve got , , and too.

Tofu Nuggets

PHOTO: JULIA GARTLAND; FOOD STYLING: SAM SENEVIRATNE

Soggy baked nuggets are a thing of the past with this one-ingredient upgrade. These bites are perfect if you're looking for an easy, nostalgic , or want a meal that will keep your guests coming back for more.

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Salami Chips

PHOTO: RYAN LIEBE; FOOD STYLING: TAYLOR ANN SPENCER

While you may be used to serving salami on a or atop crackers, turning it into chips is even better. Not only do you reduce the amount of grease by baking them, but they’re also infinitely crispy and poppable, and who doesn’t love that?

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Strawberry Crunch Protein Bites

protein bites covered in strawberry powder

PHOTO: LINDA PUGLIESE; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

We’re no strangers when it comes to strawberry crunch —we’ve made everything from , a , a WHOLE —so trust us on this one, we know how to deliver the theme. Here we’ve turned it into a craveable bite + protein, and it’s a match made in heaven.

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Cool Ranch Zucchini Chips

thinly sliced and baked zucchini rounds with cool ranch seasoning

PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

How thinly you slice your will affect how long these flavorful chips will take in the oven. We recommend checking on the chips after about an hour, though it'll almost definitely take longer than that. Better safe than sorry for this delicious snack!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bark

a layer of bananas gets covered in smooth, unsweetened peanut butter, then drizzled with melted chocolate and frozen until stiff enough to snap into single servings

PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: TAYLOR ANN SPENCER

The ingredients for this quick dessert are right there in the name! A layer of gets covered in smooth, unsweetened , then drizzled with melted chocolate and frozen until stiff enough to snap into single servings. Hot tip: the flaky sea salt is optional but a remarkably delicious upgrade if you have it on hand.

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Brie Crisps

PHOTO CREDIT: FRANCESCA ZANI

is a rich, buttery, creamy cheese that's a favorite in the Delish Test Kitchen and always makes a just a little more enticing. But did you know you could turn brie into quick, easy crisps for a go-to snack? All you need is brie, 5 minutes, and a microwave!

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Cucumber Sushi

hollowed out cucumber circles with veggies in the middle

PHOTO: ERIK BERNSTEIN; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

Crisp, refreshing, and packed with veggies, this cucumber sushi will become your new favorite addition to your mid-day snack routine. It might not be “real ,” but it sure is delicious!

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Sour Patch Grapes

red, yellow, and green colored sour patch green grapes on a light pink background

PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

Put down that bag of candy! This magical recipe transforms green grapes into a sweet-and-sour snack that tastes suspiciously like Sour Patch Kids.

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Fauxtato Chips

Parker feierbach

Craving chips but avoiding potatoes? We get it. Try these crispy, salty, light-as-air version that are a million times better than the carb-y alternative. Try them dipped in or —we bet you won't even miss the potato!

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Veggie Peel Chips

roasted veggie peels on a platter served with a creamy dip

PHOTO: LUCY SCHAEFFER; FOOD STYLING: TAYLOR ANN SPENCER

these days, and there’s no reason to waste good-for-you and tasty vegetable peels that often get discarded. Instead, turn them into a crispy everyone will love. Often packed with more beneficial vitamins and minerals than the produce inside, peels should be enjoyed.

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Air Fryer Kale Chips

ERIK BERNSTEIN

These air fryer are a super-tasty way to start a healthy chip habit. They take just minutes to prepare, and using your air fryer means less grease and guilt. Feel free to customize your chips with different herbs and spices—the possibilities really are endless.

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Chicharrones

garlic, sour orange, and oregano marinated cubes of pork belly are boiled until tender then fried until deep golden brown, crunchy, and insanely juicy

PHOTO: JULIA GARTLAND; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

In this homemade pork rinds, garlic-, lime juice- and oregano-marinated cubes of are boiled until tender then fried until deep golden brown and crunchy. Topped with a sprinkle of flaky salt and a squeeze of , these are the perfect two-bite, -friendly snack

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Sushi Popcorn

PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

This -inspired popcorn is flavored with a mix of Japanese seasonings like togarashi (a chile blend) and crumbled nori (dried seaweed). The result is an -packed that will have you skipping ordering that sushi takeout.

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Cosmic Brownie Protein Bites

PHOTO: JULIA GARTLAND; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

Need a little sweet something at 4 p.m. to carry you until ? protein bites are here for you. Made with a handful of pantry ingredients plus your favorite protein powder, these simple stir-together bites will become as integral to your adult snacking life as their namesake was to your childhood.

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Crispy Hot Honey Cauliflower Nuggets

PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

If with honey mustard were your childhood fave, prepare to meet your new obsession. Coated with toasty bread crumbs and drizzled in a ridiculously craveable sauce, these crispy nuggets are reinventing that childhood snack into a sweet and spicy sensation.

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Caramel Apple Bark

chocolate bark with apple pieces, pretzels and caramel

PHOTO: JULIA GARTLAND; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

What could be better than a ? How about this chocolate-covered pretzel bark with fresh green and a salty drizzle. This bark is the perfect treat to have on hand for your afternoon sugar cravings, midnight snack, and everything in between.

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Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites

whipped eggs and cottage cheese blended with crispy bacon or sauteed kale and mushroom and steamed in the oven until fluffy

PHOTO: JOSEPH DE LEO; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

Giving cold hard cash to Starbucks seems far-fetched in this economy. Even if that cash is in exchange for their fluffy, cheesy -packed egg bites. Lucky for you, we've figured out a perfect dupe for the iconic bites that will make you swear you shelled out $5 for a serving.

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Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

PHOTO: LUCY SCHAEFFER; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

Tossing fruit in a blender beats cooking and washing dishes (and that's coming from people who cook for a living). With this easy recipe, all you need are a few staple pantry ingredients and 5 minutes, for a versatile, filling, and quick that'll keep you going through the day.

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Air Fryer Crunchy Chili-Spiced Chickpeas

PHOTO: JOEL GOLDBERG; FOOD STYLING: BARRETT WASHBURNE

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, these snack-able are delicious as a crunchy topper for salads, creamy soups, or grain bowls, too. You can also toss them with hot popcorn for a pretty killer, protein-packed .

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Herby Baked Falafel Bites With Spicy Mint Tahini Dip

Emily Hlavac Green

Pistachios, mint, cilantro, dill, and parsley combine to turn these a lovely shade of green. Bonus: These are baked, not fried, to make them healthier with less mess.

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