Finding delicious and easy Keto snacks on the go is the perfect way to help you stay on track with your keto diet when you aren't at home or need simple low carb lunch or keto friendly snacks.
These are the BEST easy keto snack recipes since they can double as easy low carb meals, keto meal prep lunches, or take to work. And most of us will agree, that munching on finger food snacks is way more fun than sitting down for a full meal!
Most of our 50 ideas are keto snack ideas but we also share our favorite snacks to buy and things you can readily eat at home when you're hungry.
Be sure to download our free keto snacks list!
Recipes for Easy Keto Snacks
Here are favorite easy keto snack recipes for weight loss because they're high protein and made with healthy fats - both will keep you full during the day and will prevent food and sugar cravings. You'll find:
- Easy keto snack recipes no cook
- Easy keto snacks for work
- Homemade keto snacks that can double as a meal
- Savory snacks and sweet snacks too
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Best Keto Snacks for on the go
The best way to stick to a weight loss health plan like a ketogenic diet is to set yourself up for success by meal prepping in advance or making simple and ready-to-go high protein foods to help keep you on track. Perfect for beginners or people just needing fresh ideas!
The best grab and go keto friendly snacks that double as mini meals:
- Hard-boiled eggs- while you can quickly make hard boiled eggs at home, when you're in a pinch you can buy them ready to go at the store. It's super easy to turn these into deviled eggs mixed with a bit of mayo and mustard.
- Low carb nuts- almonds, brazil nuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and macadamia nuts make great choices for healthy fats. Macadamia nuts have the lowest net carbs per serving.
- Dill pickles - just make sure they have no added sugar.
- Low carb fruits- raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, avocado, and coconut are all keto-friendly fruit choices.
- Canned protein- tuna, chicken, tiny shrimp, or smoked herring are all great sources of healthy fats too.
- Low carb vegetables- celery sticks, a handful of baby tomatoes, bell pepper strips.
- Easy meats- lunch meat like turkey, chicken, ham, beef, salami, or pepperoni.
- Olives- black olives and green olives are both low carb snack ideas.
- Nut butter- make sure you buy no sugar added nut butter but great options include almond butter, sunflower butter, peanut butter, and macadamia nut butter are all great options.
- Beef jerky - be on the look out for beef jerky without sugar, turkey jerkey is yummy too
- Greek yogurt- add fresh berries and a sprinkle of nuts for a great keto snack
- Cheese sticks - mozzarella cheese sticks or string cheese
- Cheese slices - cheddar, colby jack, white cheddar, gouda, muenster
- Deli meats- especially turkey, chicken, ham, or roast beef with no added sugar
- Canned tuna - either tuna in water or olive oil
Keto Friendly Snacks to Buy
For times when you don't want to cook keto snack recipes, it's good to have some low carb snacks on hand you can purchase at the grocery store.
Here's some of our personal favorites and highly rated options too!
Whisps Cheese Crisps
While it's totally possible to make your own 6-minute cheese crisps at home, the best part about Whisps cheese crisps is the variety of flavors! Besides, who always has time to cook? On the go keto snacks for the win!
Quest Protein Bars
Quest keto protein bars are one of our favorite low carb and keto snacks to buy, while you can purchase them at some big-name stores, they're the same price online which makes it easier to buy in bulk or get a variety pack of keto-friendly snack bars.
Chocolate chip cookie dough and birthday cake are the most popular keto protein bar flavors. My personal favorite low carb keto snack bar is Oreo! When you're looking for sweet keto snacks on the go to buy, these are the BEST for sure.
Keto Grass-Fed Beef Snack Sticks
One thing we love about beef snack sticks is they can double as a high-fat high protein snack that doesn't require refrigeration when you need a quick ketogenic meal on the go.
Keeping extras of these in your car is an easy way to get extra fat and calories when you aren't at home. Just toss a couple of these in your bag or purse and you have a simple keto diet meal in a pinch.
More Highly Rated Store Bought Ideas:
- KIND keto friendly snack bars
- Cinnamon macadamia nuts
- Dry roasted edamame beans
- Lily chocolate bars - variety pack, the best low carb dark chocolate bars out there!
Low Carb Snack FAQs
Popular low carb snacks on the keto diet include olives, low carb nuts, meat sticks, lunch meat and cheese wraps, cheese crackers, low carb veggies, berries, and avocado slices.
Popcorn is ok to eat in moderation on a keto diet, 1 cup of air popped popcorn has 6 carbs per serving and 5 net carbs per serving.
Most people following a ketogenic diet limit themselves to 30 net carbs per day to jump start their weight loss program and kick their body into ketosis.
Eating keto friendly snacks all day on a keto diet is approved as long as they're well balanced mini meals including low carb protein, dairy products, keto approved vegetables, and healthy fats.
Eating processed snack foods whether they're keto approved or not, isn't advised and won't provide adequate nutrition.
More Keto Snack Recipes + Ideas
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Kat Jeter says
Thanks so much for including us in your round-up! I think you mixed up the photo of our cheese taco shells with the pork rind taco shells (which also look delicious!).