You may have found it difficult to find healthy snacks if you are on a ketogenic diet. This is because many traditional snack foods, like chips and crackers, are high in carbohydrates. This is because traditional snacks, such as chips and crackers are high in carbohydrates.
We were tired of eating eggs all the time, so we set out to find better alternatives. And we found a lot! Check out our recipes to reap the rewards of our quest for better keto snacks. You’ll love our crunchy keto crackers and fulfulling fatty bombs.
The Best Keto Snacks to Enjoy on a Low Carb Diet
You’ll want to take a moment to relax if you are on a low carb diet and have trouble finding satisfying snacks. You can switch up your snacking with our keto-friendly snack recipes. They are full of flavor and simple to prepare. Below is our list of best keto-friendly snack recipes.
1. Pizza Keto Snack Dip
This delicious keto snack has all the goodness of pizza without the carbohydrate-laden crust. You can eat it straight out of the bowl or with keto chips and veggies sticks (read on for some delicious recipes).
SERVES 8
Ingredients
1/2 cup sour cream
8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
Half a teaspoon of onion powder
Oregano, 1 tablespoon
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 ounces mozzarella shredded cheese
2 ounces pepperoni
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350degF and prepare baking dish using non-stick spray, or very lightly coat with olive oil.
- Mix the spices and sourcream in a bowl. Transfer to a baking dish.
- Add tomato sauce to the mixture and top with pepperoni.
- Bake the mixture in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Add mozzarella cheese to the mixture and bake for 10 more minutes.
- Enjoy with crackers, veggies or keto-friendly crackers.
2. DIY Muddy Buddies for Keto Dieters
This recipe uses crunchy pork rinds to replace Muddy Buddies, which are not allowed on a Keto diet because of their high carb content. This recipe may sound strange, but it works beautifully. These sweet treats make a great snack while drinking a keto-friendly smoothie.
SERVES 10
Ingredients
5 ounces pork rinds
Peanut Butter No Sugar Added, 1/2 Cup
Chocolate chips for ketosis – 1 cup
6 tablespoons of butter
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons
Low-carb confectioner’s sugar substitute, 1.5 cups
Instructions
- Use a rolling-pin or your hands to break up the pork rinds. The pieces should be roughly the same size as Chex cereal – the main ingredient in Muddy Buddies.
- Heat the double boiler on low heat until all ingredients are melted. Stir the mixture to make it smooth.
- Stir well the cinnamon and vanilla into the chocolate mixture.
- Pour the shredded pork into a bowl and top it with the chocolate mixture.
- To coat, gently stir the chocolate and pork rinds together. It may take several minutes of stirring to get an even coating.
- Pour the sugar substitute in a bowl and then pour the mixture of pork rinds on top. Shake the bowl to evenly coat the pork rinds in powdered sugar. It may be necessary to break up any clumps with a spoon and to coat the pork rinds evenly.
- Spread the mixture on a cookie sheet evenly to allow it to cool. Once cooled, serve immediately or store in a container that is airtight for future use.
3. Low-Carb Zucchini Bites
Low-carb zucchini snacks are a great keto snack when you want tater tots. These bites have fewer net carbs than the original tater tots and are great as a quick dinner or snack.
SERVES 4
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups zucchini, shredded.
1 cup low carb breadcrumbs
Half a cup of shredded Parmesan Cheese
1 egg
Half a tablespoon of Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 400degF and prepare a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Mix shredded zucchini with breadcrumbs, cheese and Italian seasoning.
- Gently squeeze a tablespoon of the zucchini mixture over an empty mixing dish. Squeeze the mixture until there is no water left.
- Place the tater-tot-shaped mixture on the baking sheet.
- Repeat this process with the remaining zucchini mixture.
- Bake the raw tots of zucchini for 15 minutes. Make sure the bottoms of your tots have a golden brown and are crispy. Then flip them over and bake an additional five minutes.
- Serve warm, with your favorite low-carb sauce or fresh herbs.
4. Keto Tortilla Chips
These faux tortilla chips are deliciously crunchy. The recipe is easy to make and only takes 15 minutes. It uses almond flour and mozzarella cheese instead of corn or wheat. Our favorite way to enjoy these chips is with a cream cheese or cheddar cheese dip.
SERVES 6
Ingredients
2 cups mozzarella cheese
1 cup almond flour
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of salt
Black pepper, 1/8 teaspoon
Half a teaspoon of chili powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350degF and prepare baking sheet with parchment.
- Melt the cheese in a bowl that can be microwaved for 90 seconds.
- Add the almond powder, garlic powder and black pepper to the melted cheese.
- Form a ball of dough by kneading the dough until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Roll the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and flatten to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut the dough into triangles similar to tortilla chips.
- Bake the triangles for 12 minutes or until they turn golden brown.
- Allow the chips to cool down before serving.
5. Chocolate Mousse for Keto Dieters
Many people prefer savory and salty snacks, but sometimes you need something sweet. This chocolate mousse is a favorite of ours. After all, it’s a delicious treat. This chocolate mousse is quick, easy, and sugary. We use it to dip celery sticks and other veggies in a creamy, but unconventional way.
SERVES 2
Ingredients
1 cup heavy cream, chilled
Sugar alternative: 4 tablespoons
Unsweetened cocoa powder, 4 tablespoons
Regular cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- Whip the cream heavy using a stand-mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Add the sugar substitute and cocoa powders and continue to whip until all ingredients are combined and the consistency is smooth.
- Serve chilled, as is, or with your favorite toppings, such as sugar-free chips, whipped cream or pine nuts.
6. Easy Peanut Butter Balls
These PB Balls are a great keto snack for people who are always on the go. These PB balls are a healthy snack that you can prepare ahead and enjoy throughout the week. You only need three simple ingredients to make these.
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Ingredients
2 cups of smooth peanut butter with no added sugar
1/4 cup coconut flour
1 cup sweetened monk fruit maple syrup
Instructions
- Prepare a plate for serving with parchment paper.
- Mix the coconut flour and syrup with the peanut butter in a large bowl.
- Take about a tablespoon of batter and roll it between your hands to form a small ball.
- Repeat the process of forming the remaining batter.
- Serve the chilled peanut butter balls after 30 minutes of refrigeration to firm them up.
7. Kale Wannabe Potato Chips
If you’re looking for something light, these kale chips are a great option. These kale chips are a delicious snack that has the crunch of potato chips without the carbs. These are great to keep on hand for a quick snack of salty, crispy goodness.
SERVES 1
Ingredients
Kale leaves
Olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
Instructions
- Mix the kale and olive oil together in a bowl, until all the leaves are well coated.
- Sprinkle the kale evenly with salt and pepper.
- Transfer the kale into the air fryer and fry it for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, shake your fry basket to redistribute kale chips and continue frying for 5 more minutes.
- Serve warm or let cool completely before storing.
8. Low-Carb Cheese Puffs
It’s true: this is one of the more complex keto snack recipes. The delicious reward is worth the effort. You can make these delicious keto snacks by dedicating a small corner of your kitchen for drying the cheese over three days.
SERVES 8
Ingredients
8 ounces provolone cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Butter 1 tablespoon
Sweet corn extract, 1 teaspoon
White cheddar cheese powder, 3 tablespoons
Instructions
- Cover the cheese cubes with a paper-towel and place them in a small bowl.
- Place the bowl covered in a cool place of your kitchen. Let the cheese dry for 3 days. When you squeeze the cheese, it should be very hard.
- Pre-heat oven to 350degF.
- Bake the cheese for 5 minutes or until it puffs up.
- Once the cheese has puffed up, remove it from the oven.
- Let the cheese puffs cool completely before proceeding.
- Add the sweet corn essence to the melted butter and mix until well combined.
- Toss the cheese puffs in the butter mixture and coat.
- Sprinkle the cheese powder over the puffs and toss them until they are evenly coated.
- Serve immediately
9. Savory Burger Bites
Butter adds a lot of flavor to these burger bites and makes them so rich that you can consider each one a fat bomb. You can add some peppers to the burger bites if you want them to have a little more kick.
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Ingredients
1 pound of ground beef
Half a teaspoon of garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
Butter 2 tablespoons
2 ounces cheddar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375degF and spray a non-cooking muffin pan.
- Cut the butter into 20 pieces.
- Mix together the ground beef with the garlic powder, pepper, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Press one tablespoon of beef into the muffin well.
- Cover the beef with another tablespoon and place one butter piece on top.
- Cover the beef with a second tablespoon and place a piece of cheese on top.
- Continue the process with the remaining ingredients.
- Bake the beef for 15 minutes or until it is cooked.
- Serve the burgers hot, with condiments that are keto-friendly. Remove the muffin pan from the oven.
10. Avocado Keto Chips
The avocado is an important part of many ketogenic diets because it contains healthy fats, and less than four net carbs in a half. It’s creamy texture is well-known, but did know that it can be made crunchier with some additional ingredients and baking? We’ll show you how.
SERVES 2
Ingredients
1 ripe avocado
Half a teaspoon of Italian seasoning
Half a teaspoon of garlic powder
Parmesan cheese, 3/4 cup
Lemon juice, 1 tablespoon
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 325degF and prepare baking sheet with parchment.
- Peel the avocado and mash it in a bowl.
- Add the Italian seasoning and garlic powder to the avocado mash, then stir in the cheese, lemon, salt and pepper.
- Place one teaspoon of avocado mixture on the baking sheet.
- Flatten the avocado mix using the side of the cup or the back of the spoon.
- Continue with the rest of the ingredients, leaving a distance of three inches between each chip.
- Bake the avocado chips until they are golden brown and crispy.
- Allow the chips to cool completely after removing them from the oven.
11. Bacon and Deviled Eggs
Many keto diets feature eggs as a main ingredient. And for good reason. Eggs are versatile, high in proteins, healthy fats and have almost no net carbohydrates. Eggs can become boring, particularly if you only eat hard-boiled or egg cups. This recipe is a fun way to add a little tang and make eggs more exciting.
SERVES 6
Ingredients
6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons of cooked and chopped bacon
Instructions
- Remove the yolks from the hard-boiled egg by removing the slices.
- Mix the bacon bits, mayo and mustard with the egg yolks. If you like, season with salt and/or pepper.
- Fill each cavity of the egg whites with the yolk mixture. Place the sliced eggs on a serving plate.
- Serve immediately with garnishes of your choice.
12. Keto-Friendly Beef Jerky
This beef jerky is perfect for the keto diet and can be taken anywhere. As long as the beef is properly dehydrated, you don’t need to refrigerate it. You can store bags in your car, office desk or backpack.
SERVES 8
Ingredients
Frozen for 90 minutes, 1.5 pounds of flank steak
1 Tablespoon chili powder
Black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place the flank on the cutting board, and make note of the direction the grain runs.
- Cut the beef into pieces of two inches wide, cutting against the grain.
- Slices thicker than 1/8 inch should be cut in half, resulting in two smaller pieces.
- Place the beef pieces in one layer on your cutting board after you have finished slicing.
- Use a meat mallet and a plastic sheet to pound each piece until it reaches a uniform thickness.
- Remove the clingfilm from the meat and sprinkle each piece with chili powder, black powder, garlic powder and salt. Toss the pieces of beef with your hands to evenly coat them in seasoning.
- Spread the meat slices on the dehydrator trays and dehydrate them for four hours or until they are completely dried.
- Enjoy the beef jerky after 30 minutes or store it in an airtight container.
13. Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cups
The peanut butter cups contain so many healthy fats that they can easily be used as fat bombs when you are working on your macros. You don’t even have to use PB. Try a different nut, like almond butter, to add a new flavor.
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Ingredients
Peanut butter without sugar (or any other nut butter): 3/4 cup
Coconut oil 14 tablespoons
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Use 8 drops liquid stevia
Cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- Prepare a 12-cup Muffin Tray with paper or silicone liners.
- Melt 8 tablespoons coconut oil in a bowl that can be heated up using the microwave.
- Add the vanilla extract, 4 drops liquid stevia, and the PB (or alternative nut butter) to the melted olive oil and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the muffin wells.
- The filling will set if you refrigerate the muffin pan for an hour.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the cocoa and stevia with the coconut oil until smooth.
- Spread the chocolate topping on the muffin cups after removing the muffin pan from the fridge.
- Refrigerate again the PB cups for 30 minutes.
14. Garlicky Zucchini Chips
Garlicky zucchini chips make a delicious keto snack when you crave salty, flavorful chips. These chips are a fraction the size of potato chips, with a fraction the amount of carbs and fat. You can eat them as is or with a dip that’s keto-safe.
SERVES 4
Ingredients
2 zucchini
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Sea salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 250degF and prepare a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Remove the ends of the zucchini and clean it. Peel the zucchini.
- Slice the zucchini thinly, either with a mandoline or by hand.
- Spread the zucchini slices on paper towels, and sprinkle with salt.
- After 10 minutes, pat the zucchini slices dry with paper towel.
- Spread the garlic powder evenly over the zucchini slices and brush them with olive oil.
- Bake the zucchini slices until they are golden brown and crispy.
- Allow the zucchini keto chip to cool completely before serving.
15. Low-Carb No-Bake peanut butter cookies
We’re not going to argue against saving time in the cooking. This is part of why we love these PB no-bake cookies. They are also delicious. You can enjoy them at any time. If you want something more decadent, drizzle them with melted dark chocolate.
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Ingredients
Butter 2 tablespoons
Peanut butter without sugar
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
Vanilla-flavored Stevia 4 drops
Instructions
- Prepare a cookie tray with parchment paper.
- Melt butter in a mixing bowl that can be heated up using a microwave.
- Stir in the peanut butter.
- Stir in the coconut flakes and stevia until well combined.
- Spoon cookie batter onto the cookie sheet.
- Set the cookies by freezing the cookie sheet for 10 minutes.
- You can serve the cookies straight from the freezer or keep them chilled in the fridge until you are ready to eat.
Wrapping up
Snacking can be an important and enjoyable part of any diet. This includes the ketogenic diet. These recipes are great for quick snacks or to feed a large crowd. They’re also easy to make.
