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    Home » Low-Carb Keto Snacks Recipes

    50 Healthy Sugar-Free Snacks (Free Download)

    Published: Jan 10, 2020· Modified: May 3, 2022· By Libby Jenkinson May contain affiliate links.

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    Healthy Sugar-Free Snacks
    Healthy Sugar-Free Snacks
    Healthy Sugar Free Snacks List | ditchthecarbs.com
    Healthy Sugar Free Snacks List | ditchthecarbs.com

    Discover 50 delicious healthy sugar-free snacks that will help your kids stop their Oreo and Goldfish crackers habit.

    The best healthy sugar-free snacks for children after school, are perfect for adults too. All these snacks are sugar-free, wheat-free, and naturally gluten-free.

    Healthy Sugar-Free Snacks

    If you want to begin reducing the junk carbs and raise lower-carb kids, how do you start? These healthy sugar-free snacks

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    • How much sugar is in kid's snacks?
    • How to slowly cut back on sugar for kids
    • Best sugar-free healthy snacks for kids
    • Sugar-free snack ideas: Sweet
    • Sugar-free snack ideas: Savoury
    • Sugar-free: Smoothies
    • Easy snacks: ready made
    • Tips: How to raise sugar-free kids
    • Healthy lunchbox ideas
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    How much sugar is in kid's snacks?

    Healthy Low Carb Snacks | ditchthecarbs.com

    Photo credit: Life Hacker

    This is a great infographic showing how certain foods leave you crashing soon after eating them. So we may think bread, toast, and cereal fill our children up, but they will soon be hungry again. These foods feed them energy but no nourishment or nutrients.

    The best foods are those based on good quality protein and good healthy fats. Sure children can have unprocessed carbs such as sweet potatoes and fruit but in limited amounts. It is the whole food approach that is important.

    How to slowly cut back on sugar for kids

    50 Keto Kids Snack Ideas + FREE eBook

    Tip 1: Serve savoury snacks, not sweet snacks

    One of the trickiest things parents find when they go sugar-free or low carb is what to give children for after-school snacks. It's hard to change our mindset from giving our children sweet treats such as muesli bars, cereal/granola, toast and sugary spreads, cakes, or baking, to giving them savoury snacks.

    Healthy sugar-free snacks need to be portable while driving to sports and activities. We are so used to having food on hand that has a long shelf life and comes in a packet.

    Tip 2: Serve leftovers

    Leftovers are under-utilised. They're easy and nutritious. Cook once, serve twice.

    Very rarely do I have time to make pancakes after school, but if I do, I make a double or triple batch and keep them for their lunch boxes.

    If you have the oven on, always cook an extra batch of sausages or chicken purely for the next few day's lunch or snacks.

    It's about thinking differently, cooking extra, and making it as easy as you can for yourself.

    Tip 3: Pack car snacks (to avoid emergency fast-food)

    Make sure you have a ready supply of healthy snacks in the car to avoid those emergency situations where your children are hungry, ratty, and about to have a melt-down or tantrum. This inevitably leads to fast food to solve the situation.

    Pack each child a little lunch box for the car to keep them happy, full and it helps contain any mess.

    Have healthy sugar-free snacks in the car such as nuts, pork rinds, beef jerky, and sugar-free granola bars.

    Tip 4: If you have picky eaters - stop snacking so often!

    Try to cut down on how much and how often your children snack. It is so much easier to encourage children to eat a nutritious dinner when they're hungry.

    Sometimes there is no other option, I'm realistic, but let's see if we can do the best we can as often as we can, then there is less pressure on the occasions when we can't.

    Tip 5: Stop the preservatives - for happy kids

    We are the first generation to grow up consuming so many preservatives and so many packaged snacks. Americans now spend more on snacks than meals.

    If those preservatives are stopping the bacteria from growing in our food, what is it doing to the beneficial bacteria in our bodies? Our gut health is incredibly important with 75% of our serotonin (the happy hormone) and our immunity is made in our gut.

    Healthy Sugar Free Snacks List | ditchthecarbs.com
    After School Snacks

    FREE download - healthy sugar-free snacks for kids.

    Best sugar-free healthy snacks for kids

    Sugar-free snack ideas: Sweet

    Grain-Free Granola Bars Recipe
    Easy blender recipe for grain-free granola bars - 2.4g net carbs! Just throw everything in the blender. They are the perfect after school snack.
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    NET carbs = 2.4 g
    grain-free granola bars wrapped in baking paper and placed on a wooden chopping board
    Keto Vanilla Berry Mug Cake Recipe
    How to make a quick and easy 1-minute coconut flour keto vanilla berry mug cake - even when you don't like to cook! 
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    NET carbs = 4.5 g
    Vanilla Berry Low-Carb mug cake in a light blue dish.
    Low-Carb Chocolate Chip Vanilla Chaffles Recipe
    Make delicious low-carb chocolate chip vanilla chaffles in less than 5 minutes.
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    NET carbs = 3.9 g
    Chocolate chip chaffles served with whipped cream and sugar-free chocolate chips
    Sheet Pan Keto Pancakes (oven-baked pancakes)
    Sheet Pan Keto Pancakes (oven-baked pancakes) are simple and delicious. Served with sugar-free maple syrup, whipped cream, and sugar-free chocolate chips.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 1.8 g
    Sheet Pan Keto Pancakes - EEEEEASY coconut flour recipe
    Low-Carb Chia Breakfasts Recipe (4 flavours)
    Low-carb chia breakfast - 4 easy ways. These will be sure to please everyone. This protein in the chia and the healthy fats in the coconut cream will keep you full until lunchtime.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 1.4 g
    collage of 4 chia breakfast ideas
    Keto Cinnamon Churro Chaffles Recipe
    Make delicious Keto Cinnamon Churro Chaffles, in less than 5 minutes.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 3.5 g
    churros on a plate
    Paleo Pancakes Recipe
    Paleo pancakes are dairy and gluten free. Perfect for a longer breakfast at the weekend. They are a little higher in carbs but the kids love them.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 6.7 g
    A stack of Paleo pancakes on a plate with fresh berry sauce
    Sugar-free chocolate bars recipe (dairy-free nut-free)
    Sugar-free chocolate bars are an incredibly nutritious snack for school, work or when you are out and about. Vary the seeds to whatever you prefer. Remember to pack the mixture firmly before baking to make sure they are sturdy.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 1.5 g
    sugar-free chocolate bars stacked on a white plate
    Low-Carb Almond Flour Pancakes
    You will love this light and fluffy almond flour pancakes!
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 3.3 g
    Low-carb almond flour pancakes recipe - sugar-free
    Easy Double Chocolate Chaffles Recipe
    Double chocolate chaffles are perfect for breakfast or dessert. Delicious, easy, and fun chaffle recipes your whole family will love.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 6.5 g
    Chocolate chaffles on a blue plate

    Sugar-free snack ideas: Savoury

    How To Make Pork Crackling (Pork Rinds)
    How to make pork crackling (pork rinds) in the oven OR the air fryer. The perfect keto snack that is zero carbs and naturally gluten-free.
    Check out this recipe ...
    Pork rinds and crackle on a white plate
    1-Minute Keto Muffins Recipe
    The perfect quick keto bread is this 1-minute keto muffin in a mug. Grain free little snacks that can be made both sweet OR savoury depending on which flavours you decide to add.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 2 g
    keto muffins on a white plate with a blue napkin in the background
    Keto mini quiche recipe (with bacon)
    4-ingredients keto mini quiche (with bacon) is the perfect quick and easy high-protein breakfast, lunch, or keto protein snack. You can even hide vegetables in them so picky kids can amp up their greens.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 1 g
    mini keto quiche in a cupcake tray
    Cheesy Keto Chicken Meatballs Recipe (HPLC)
    High-protein low-carb (HPLC) cheesy keto chicken meatballs. With 40g protein and only 4g net carbs, these are the perfect quick and easy high-protein dinner AND high-protein snack.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 4 g
    cheesy chicken meatballs high-protein low-carb (HPLC) with sugar-free ketchup
    Easy Low-Carb Mini Pizza Chaffles Recipe
    Low-carb mini pizza chaffles are the perfect weekend lunch your whole family will love. Make them personalized by adding your own toppings.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 2.3 g
    A pizza chaffle sitting on top of a table
    Low-carb snack tray
    Easy ideas for an after-school snack tray, even the pickiest kid's will love.
    Easy Snack Tray
    low-carb antipasto platter/ charcuterie board
    Fat Head Nachos Recipe (Keto Nacho Chips)
    Whilst the meat and sauce are cooking, you make the Fat Head tortilla chips. See the conversion below to see how to make these using almond flour or coconut flour.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 5.1 g
    keto nachos served on a white plate with keto guacamole
    Low-Carb Salmon Patties Recipe (dairy free)
    A quick and easy meal ready in under 20 minutes. Paleo low-carb salmon patties served with a lime avocado dressing.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 3.2 g
    salmon patties with lime avocado dressing served in a white bowl with baby spinach
    Super Easy Pepperoni Bites
    I love super easy pepperoni bites for dinner and any extras are kept for school lunch boxes for the next few days ahead.
    Check out this recipe ...
    A plate of meatballs with bamboo skewers

    Sugar-free: Smoothies

    Easy Keto Berry Smoothie Recipe (Dairy Free)
    Easy keto mixed berry smoothie is the perfect simple dairy-free smoothie to add to your meal plan for breakfast, a snack, or a keto meal replacement.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 4.7 g
    Keto Berry Smoothie poured in a clear glass cup with frozen berries and chia seeds sprinkled on top. A pink straw is sticking out of the top of the smoothie.
    Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Recipe
    All the flavors of a peanut butter cup milkshake but sugar-free, low-carb, and keto friendly.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 5.7 g
    sugar-free keto peanut butter smoothie
    Keto Green Smoothie Recipe (Dairy Free Smoothie)
    Start your day with a quick and easy keto green smoothie. Easy, healthy and a fresh lovely mint taste to disguise the kale and green veggies.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 4 g
    Keto green smoothie in the glass mason jar
    Sugar-Free Chocolate Smoothie Recipe (Dairy-Free)
    The perfect way to amp up your greens and sneak more into your picky children's diet. A quick sugar-free chocolate smoothie will also keep them full for hours.
    Check out this recipe ...
    NET carbs = 7.8 g
    Chocolate green smoothie ingredients on a kitchen bench

    Easy snacks: ready made

    • 35 best low-carb snacks
    • Eggs any which way. Boiled (boil 10 or so at a time to always have them on hand for snacks and lunches), fried, scrambled, poached. devilled eggs, paleo scotch eggs
    • Cheese, cheese, cheese. Sticks, cubes, grated. Any old how but this is s great way to fill up children for longer
    • Leftover dinners are KING!
    • Beef jerky/biltong/pork crackling
    • Berries and cream
    • Avocado and salt
    • Apple slices with peanut butter/tahini/almond butter etc
    • Chopped up apple or pear with cinnamon sprinkled on top
    • Canned/tinned tuna

    For all the following recipes, head over to my recipe finder and subscribe fro FREE recipes when I post them.

    Tips: How to raise sugar-free kids

    Healthy Sugar-Free Snacks
    • Take a look at my Top 10 Low-Carb Snacks
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    • Low-Carb Kids 2 - ultimate 'school lunch planner' with free printable PDF
    • Low-Carb Kids 3 - 2 weeks of my children's school lunches
    • Low-Carb Kids 4 - how to make a low carb school lunch box and more ideas
    • Low-Carb Kids 6 - an entire month of school lunch ideas
    • Low-Carb Kids 7 - My guest post on Diet Dr, "How To Raise Children On Real Low Carb Food".
    • Low-Carb Kids 8 - How to help your child eat real food - with an action plan
    • Top 10 Myths Of Low-Carb Kids

    Healthy lunchbox ideas

    If you are wanting more ideas for sugar-free snacks and sugar-free lunchboxes, come and join me on my Facebook page Low-Carb Lunch Club and in my closed group - Low-Carb Lunch Box hacks.  Come and join in the fun. I'll see you there.

    The Ultimate LOW-CARB Lunchbox Book: This isn’t about doing more, it’s about doing things DIFFERENTLY!! - CLICK HERE

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    1. Dew

      August 03, 2019 at 4:45 am

      I have put my self on an special eating plan. No sugar, gluten free, no peanuts, no shadow veg,
      I have an autoimmune disease and need to get back to the basics. But I'm trying not to stress because this is part of my problem. But watching one video after another lives the mind with what should I eat. I dont eat processed foods. I eat salads, saur kraut, chicken ect so something I guess I cant eat.

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