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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

  • Basil Guacamole

    Just as addicting as the original, this delicious party dip features basil in place of cilantro for an unexpected twist. 2 ripe, medium avocados, halved, seeded, and peeled…

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  • Stuffed Fresh Apricots

    You may think this recipe sounds a little too exotic and too difficult to make, and you would be wrong! They are amazing, light and tasty, with enough…

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  • Cheese-Stuffed Apricots

    Dried apricot halves 8 ounces cream cheese or goat cheese; softened Walnut halves Place dried apricot halves on a plate, cut side up. Spread each with ½ teaspoon…

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  • Tostones

    Craving fries? Try our tostones. We baked slices of plaintain — banana’s cousin — instead of frying, but they’re just as good. 3 medium to large light-yellow plaintains…

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  • Fried Dill Pickles

    1 24-ounce Jar Kosher dill pickle spears or slices 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ cup Louisiana hot sauce (I like Texas Pete) ½ cup buttermilk 1 gallon peanut…

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  • Quick-Pickled Green Beans with Peppers

    Green beans are marinated in cider vinegar-dill dressing and tossed with red pepper, snow peas, and asparagus. 2 lb. thin green beans 4 to 8 cloves garlic, thinly…

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  • Smashed Peas with Ricotta Toasts

    Ground black pepper adds heat and flavor to sweet peas, soybeans, and sauteed garlic. 1 16-ounce package frozen sweet peas 1 12-ounce package frozen sweet soybeans (edamame) shelled…

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  • Chocolate-Covered Figs

    For a small-bite dessert, dip figs in melted chocolate. Green, Calimyrna, and black mission figs are in season now, but dried figs work, too. Sprinkled with salt, they’re…

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  • Half-Time Bread Bowl

    1½ to 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 envelope FLEISCHMANN’S RapidRise Yeast 1 teaspoon dried dill weed 1 teaspoon caraway seed 1 teaspoon salt…

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  • Soft Pretzels

    4 to 4½ cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar 1 envelope FLEISCHMANN’S RapidRise Yeast 1½ teaspoons salt 1 cup milk ½ cup water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2…

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