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10 Easy Travel Snacks to Pack

Whether you travel by car, boat or plane for any length of time, you are bound to get hungry.  You take care to plan and pack your outfits and make sure all of your personal items make it with you to your travel destination. Then, on the way, you realize you don’t have anything to snack on.  What do you do?  You grab gas station food or pay an arm and a leg for a wilted salad at the airport.  It’s not always healthy or tasty. With a little advance planning, you’ll have great tasting travel snacks ready when you are!

traveling family enjoying healthy travel snacks outside of their car

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Plan Ahead for Better Snacking

You tell yourself next time you travel you will plan ahead.  Now you have no excuse with these easy to prepare, portable snacks that are travel friendly and will fill you up in a healthy way.  Just because you are traveling doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice your good eating habits or go off the diet track and you don’t have to eat gas station burritos ever again! However, if you do want to pack one cheat, try these Road Trip Peanut Butter Pretzel Brownies.

Make one or more of these easy to make travel snacks and you won't have to buy sad, old airport food ever again! #roadtrip #healthysnacks #easytomake

Delicious and Healthy Too!

Silence the tummy grumbles and satisfy your travel cravings with these 10 Easy Snacks to Pack When You Travel.  These travel snacks are on the healthier side, are easy to prepare ahead and won’t make a mess in your carry on.  They are bite sized and easy to eat.  If you are a fan of chips and crunchy snacks when you travel, check out the Chex Mix, chili lime popcorn or salt and pepper kale chips.  For the traveler who needs a meal en route there are pizza bites, homemade protein bars and even a salad in a wrap!

Easy to Prep Travel Snacks

You might want to screenshot or bookmark these 10 hand selected snacks to pack when you travel so they are handy the next time you are preparing for a trip.  Bon Voyage!

Copycat Banana Bread Larabars | Mom Always Finds Out

Extra Bold Chex Mix | Gimme Some Oven

Smoked Paprika and Rosemary Almonds | Cookin Canuck

Chili and Lime Popcorn | Killing Thyme

Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas | Joy Food Sunshine

Salt and Pepper Kale Chips | Best of Life Magazine

Hatch Chili and Cheddar Egg Bites | What a Girl Eats

Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal Cups | Happy Healthy Mama

Cobb Salad Wrap | Written Reality

Easy Stuffed Crust Pizza Bites | Budget Savvy Diva

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  1. Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says

    November 3, 2018 at 3:06 PM

    thank you for including me in this collection of travel snacks. I really don’t like to have to resort to fast food when we’re on a road trip, so these are all great ideas!

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  2. Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says

    November 3, 2018 at 3:13 PM

    Love this! I don’t like to stop for fast food when we’re on a road trip. Thank you for including me!

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