Healthy Snack Ideas | Quick Healthy Snacks for Runners – Runner’s World

If you love oatmeal, lemon poppyseed muffins, or both, you have to try these bites. Gluten free, vegan, non-GMO, and free of refined sugars, these mini muffin-like oat bars are the perfect grab-and-go snack. The 100 percent whole grains will keep you feeling fuller, longer and can help maintain a healthy blood pressure. Above all, they are insanely moist, delicious, and come in .

You should always be wary of granola bars, which tend to be high in sugar. With just 8 grams of sugar, KIND Protein bars are made with a whole nut base (not granola) to give you a boost of protein (12 grams per bar), which will help you feel full and help your muscles recover post workout.

Toss one of these bars in your glove compartment, desk drawer, or gym bag for a quick snack made with simple ingredients. Each package contains two servings.

There’s no excuse for not having a healthy snack when you have access to baby carrots. You can dress them up with to-go packets of peanut butter or hummus, or eat them as-is, for a boost of beta-carotene and a satisfying crunch.

Four bites have 10 grams of sugar, but you’ll also get protein, fiber, and simple ingredients, making these a healthier (and still delicious) alternative to a candy bar.

Peanut butter is an excellent source of quality protein and healthy monounsaturated fat. These packets are great portable snacks on their own, or you can serve them with baby carrots, a banana, or an apple.

Thanks to simple and natural ingredients, this is the healthier (and organic) version of the vending machine cheese sandwich crackers. They also come in peanut butter.

These perfectly portioned and easy-to-grab hummus cups have zero grams of sugar, three grams of fiber, and its label offers a handy recommended daily limit for certain foods, like sugar and sodium.

You can easily prepare your own trail mix (try more than a dozen trail mix recipes from The Runner’s World Vegetarian Cookbook) but to make this snack even easier, try Emerald Nut Trail Mix for a plant protein-powered snack.

Beef jerky (or turkey jerky, if you prefer) is an excellent source of lean protein. Just a serving of Brooklyn Biltong has 15 grams of protein. Jerky is often laden with added sugar, but this brand has zero, making it a smart snacking choice.

You can eat this tuna straight from the pouch with a fork or add it to your desk salad for a high-protein lunch. Keep your tuna intake to just one or two servings per week due to its mercury levels.

When done right—without the loads of butter and salt—popcorn can be a healthy snack. Try this variety, sprinkled with Himalayan pink sea salt. (Spoiler: That’s not a healthier kind of salt, but it does look pretty and feels fancy.)

Pop a waffle into the toaster and have a quick, healthy-ish breakfast for the road. This brand is lower in sugar than others (four grams per two-waffle serving) and topped with peanut butter, it’ll give you a boost of protein to start your day.

You usually think of cornbread as a splurge-worthy side to a big barbecue feast. But this protein-enriched version (10 grams) is made with 100 percent whole grains and real jalapeño peppers and comes in a convenient portion-controlled cup. Just pop it in the microwave for a filling snack, no BBQ required.