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Snacks

Snacks offer a smaller serving between meals or several bites to share. Chips, nuts, popcorn, stuffed breads, dips, and fruit treats bring different textures to this collection. Browse for something crisp, creamy, savory, or sweet, then choose a recipe that fits the portion and preparation you want for the occasion.

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  • Chips, Crackers & Crisps

    Pasta chips, beet chips, and other crisp preparations offer alternatives to a familiar snack. Browse crackers and chips for the base ingredient, seasoning, and texture that suit your serving.

  • Fries, Fritters & Crispy Snacks

    Fritters and crisp potato bites bring a browned exterior into a small serving. Pickle and onion preparations offer different flavors within snacks shaped by their batter, coating, or cooking method.

  • Nuts, Seeds & Granola

    Candied pecans, rosemary almonds, and granola bring nuts and seeds into small servings. Sweet and savory seasonings offer different directions for a snack or a component to share.

  • Pickled & Fermented Snacks

    Pickled eggs, jalapeño relish, and fermented carrots offer tangy snack preparations. Browse for the ingredients and method you want, following each recipe’s handling and storage guidance.

  • Pizza, Pastry & Bread Snacks

    Pizza pockets, bagel preparations, and bread-based bites gather a filling or topping into a snack-sized form. These recipes offer different combinations of dough, sauce, and savory ingredients.

  • Popcorn, Pretzels & Snack Mixes

    Toffee pretzels, flavored popcorn, and snack mixes bring several textures into a bowl to share. Sweet or savory additions give each preparation a different direction for a small serving.

  • Savory Bites, Rolls & Stuffed Snacks

    Deviled eggs, filled potato skins, and stuffed biscuit bites offer savory snacks with several components. Browse the filling, shape, and portion that suit what you want to serve.

  • Snack Dips & Spreads

    Cheese balls, almond poppy seed dip, and other spreads offer a snack to serve with a suitable partner. These preparations bring creamy or spoonable textures to a shared plate.

  • Sweet Snacks & Fruit Treats

    Banana quesadillas, oat squares, and chocolate-nut treats offer different forms for a sweet snack. Browse small servings that use fruit, grains, or confectionery ingredients in distinct ways.

  • Toasts & Snack Sandwiches

    Fruit-and-cheese toasts and small sandwiches bring flavor to a bread base. These snack servings offer contrasts between the toast, filling, and topping in a portion suited to the occasion.

In this collection

  • Jalapeno, Crab, and Corn Dip

    Jalapenos take the mildness of corn and crab up a notch and add heat and color to a dip so chunky, its almost a meal in itself. Ingredients…

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  • Hidden Valley Oyster Crackers

    Hidden Valley Oyster Crackers

    Ingredients 1 1-ounce packet Hidden Valley Original Ranch Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2½ tablespoons freshly chopped dill (or 1 teaspoon dried) 1 teaspoon…

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  • Melty Queso Dip

    Ingredients 1 1/8 cups cold water or beer 1/2 teaspoon sodium citrate 4 cups pepper jack cheese, finely grated Preparation Combine water or beer with the sodium citrate…

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  • The Creamiest Nacho Sauce Ever

    The Creamiest Nacho Sauce Ever

    There are all tastes in nacho cheese — some people enjoy it sprinkled atop tortilla chips and baked, meaning those people enjoy miniature cement blocks of cold, hardened…

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  • Perfect Nachos

    Perfect Nachos

    Making nachos at home gives you the freedom to use a tastier, fancier cheese instead of processed nacho cheese, but those nicer cheeses quickly harden, or separate and…

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  • Grilled Cheese Crescent Doughnuts

    I mean, the world needs more savory doughnuts right?! So, what can I say? I can talk about buttery, flaky layers of crescent dough, toasted perfectly, held together…

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  • Sugary Apple Fritters

    Sugary Apple Fritters

    Ingredients 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder 1/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup water 2 cups…

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  • Fried Zucchini Straws

    If you’re looking for something different to do with your garden surplus of zucchini, one bite of these Fried Zucchini Straws and you’ll be hooked. Ingredients 2 cups…

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  • Peppery Hush Puppies

    Ingredients 2 cups cornmeal 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 egg 2/3…

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  • Crispy Cheese Sticks With a Quick Salsa

    Ingredients For Dough: 1 cup shortening 6 ounces cold, light beer 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting For Salsa:…

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