Just because you’re keto doesn’t mean you don’t deserve the best keto snacks. And we’re talking about real snacks. Not a hunk of cheese or a handful of almonds of half a poached chicken breast—actual snacks. Crunchy keto snacks, keto sweet snacks—good keto snacks that will scratch that snacky itch. Though we are not keto followers ourselves, we do know what snacks should taste like. So, we gathered up all the keto friendly snacks we could find at the grocery store to find the best keto snacks to buy.
- Elevation Salted Caramel Keto Bar
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If you’re looking for some keto sweet snacks to pack in a bag for a flight or a road trip or an apocalypse preparation kit, stock up on these keto bars. According to Sporked’s Jordan Myrick, “It smells like a Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks.” And it tastes a lot like one too—caramelly and chocolatey. And it’s not sandy like some of the other keto bars we tried; it’s delightfully soft.
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- Simply Nature Organic Keto Dark Chocolate Coconut Clusters
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If you’re looking for a handful of chocolatey keto sweet snacks, grab some of these coconut clusters. These crunchy clumps are filled with coconut, quinoa, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds. And they’re covered in dark chocolate. Sure, there’s a bit of a fake sugar flavor and the chocolate isn’t the highest quality, but they’ll get you through a 4 p.m. slump.
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- Catalina Crunch Cheddar Crunch Mix
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If you’ve been dreaming of Chex Mix, this melange of crunchy keto snacks will…almost satisfy. It doesn’t have the super savory, umami flavor saturation of Chex Mix. But it’s still good. There are mini chickpea pretzels, Catalina Crunch pieces, crispy squares of cheese, and cashews, all tossed in a cheddar powder. Shockingly, the chickpea pretzels were my favorite part (they’re my least favorite part of Chex Mix). They’re some of the best crunchy keto snacks I tasted, just on their own.
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- Catalina Crunch Cinnamon Toast Keto Friendly Cereal
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You don’t need milk to enjoy this cereal as one of the best keto snacks. It’s super crunchy and crispy and sweet—sweeter than Cinnamon Toast Crunch. The cereal pieces themselves are also smaller than Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but that just makes them adorable. Channel Saturday morning cartoons and bowlfuls of sugary cereal and nosh on this crunchy keto snack by the handful.
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- HiLo Life Nacho Cheese
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We liked a lot of HiLo’s keto chips, but the Nacho Cheese flavor was the best. If you’ve been craving Doritos, this is one of the best keto snacks to buy. The chips are savory, crunchy, and cheesy. They taste like actual chips, rather than strange amalgams of oil and almond flavor. And there’s no weird aftertaste. We kept right on snacking on these, well after the taste test, and that’s a sign these are some really good keto snacks.
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- Baken-Ets Traditional
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Forget jerky, pork rinds are the best way to snack on meat—they’re crunchy, you can eat them by the handful, and you can even dip them! And Baken-Ets are our favorite pork rinds. With a keto-approved ingredient list of pork and salt, these pork rinds are light and airy, but with tons of porky flavor. There are a few different flavors on the market, but we liked the original the best. As far as keto friendly snacks go, these pork rinds are aces.
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- Whisps Parmesan Cheese Crisps
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Sometimes, it’s best to keep it simple. Why try and create keto-friendly facsimiles of non-keto snacks when you can just enjoy a crispy, crunchy round of salty, savory cheese. With 13 grams of protein per serving and just 1 gram of carbs, Whisps Parmesan Cheese Crisps are the best keto snacks we tasted. Each bite-sized round is packed with so much parmesan flavor—lots of tang and salt. But these crisps are also good cracker replacements. They’re crunchy and sturdy enough that you could dip them into something if you wanted. We also tried the Asiago & Pepper Jack flavor, but the parmesan was better—less oily with a better flavor overall. I keep a bag of these near my desk now because I can’t get enough. They’re not just good keto snacks, they’re the best keto snacks to buy.
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Would be helpful if you would ad in the price or price per ounce on the food, particularly the keto snacks which are always notoriously overpriced.