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Home » Best Of

The Best Road-Trip Snacks

Published: Jul 25, 2013 · Updated: Jul 11, 2023 by Laura Fuentes · This post may contain affiliate links

Need some quick and easy snacks for your road trip? Here are some of the best road-trip snack tips you can find!

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So finally, the time comes when you get to enjoy your mini vacation! You’ve decided to do a little vacation nearby, so you’ll be driving there. A road trip! Clothes and toiletries are packed. The kids have picked out their favorite stuffed animals to bring, everyone’s choice of music has been loaded into the car, simple toys and books are all within each child’s grasp, and you’re all ready to go!

But wait—what about snacks? I’m sure you all have experienced the “I’m not hungry” child turning into the “I’m starving” monster, right after you’ve pulled away from the house.

I speak from experience; believe me when I say it’s always better to prepare for hunger to strike at any moment without warning. Even if you don’t end up eating everything you packed while on the road, you can then have those snacks and use them for the duration of your trip instead of buying something while you’re out!  It’s really a win-win situation.

So what to pack? Depending on whether your trip will be lengthy or not will determine what kind of snacks you can bring. Should you bring finger foods, snacks, or full lunches?

For my family, it’s always important to pack healthy snacks that require little refrigeration. 

The convenience of packaged food might call out to you or your kids at the rest stop, but try making your own homemade lunchable first. Healthy lunches are super simple to make quickly at home. Your kids will love them just as much, and so will you. With all the fresh fruits, vegetables, and food you put into it, you don’t have to worry about an ingredient list that is a mile long.

You can also pack hearty meals! How does macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, lasagna, or soup sound? If you want to pack food that will stay warm while you drive, you can always use your thermos. For more details, check out this post on how to warm a thermos.

And what about something to drink? Water is always an easy option. Packing water in a reusable container means you can refill your container along the way. For those times where you might want something more than water, you can easily pack a smoothie to go (in a thermos cup or even in a squeezable fruit pouch!)

So now that the food is taken care of, I think you are ready to go on your trip!

1. Water
2. Trail Mix
3. Freeze-Dried Fruit
4. Freeze-Dried Vegetables
5. Cheese Crackers
6. Whole Wheat Crackers
7. Nuts
8. Applesauce
9. Homemade Granola Bars
10. Popcorn
11. Dried Fruit (dried apricots, raisins, etc.)
12. Fresh Fruit (bananas, apples, pears, grapes, etc.)
13. Fresh Vegetables (carrots, celery, grape tomatoes, etc.)
14. Cheese Sticks
15. Homemade Cookies
16. Pretzels
17. Muffins
18. Fruit Leather
19. Nut Butters (peanut butter, sunflower seed spread, soy nut butter, etc.)
20. Brown Rice Krispy Treats
21. Mini Nut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
22. Oatmeal Energy Bites
23. Cereal or Granola
24. Organic/Natural Fruit Snacks
25. Animal Crackers

by Laura Fuentes
onJuly 25, 2013

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  1. Autumn

    June 07, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    thanks this helps a lot for my 12 hour bus ride to washington

    Reply
  2. Amber

    July 30, 2019 at 11:48 am

    thanks for the list! me and my dad are going to see my aunt who lives 2 hours away and i needed some snack ideas

    Reply
  3. Marie Solt

    June 16, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    Once you open the list it is not allowing me to click on the blue links. For example cheese crackers is in bllue but will not allow me to click on it. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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    • MOMables

      June 17, 2014 at 12:02 pm

      the cheese crackers is in our recipe index.

      Reply
  4. Cameron

    July 28, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    Couldn’t open it on my phone either! :/

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    • MOMables

      July 28, 2013 at 10:31 pm

      Cameron, we’ve fixed the link so it will work from any browser and device. to download it click here.

      Reply
  5. Colleen

    July 27, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    I was so excited to check out your list, as we’re leaving on a road trip in the morning. Unfortunately, I can’t open the link on my Kindle. Perhaps it’s the file type? I’m sad. :(

    Reply
    • Michelle

      July 28, 2013 at 6:55 pm

      I’m sorry you couldn’t open up the link on your Kindle Colleen! I do hope you had a wonderful road trip though!!

      Reply
      • nita

        July 28, 2013 at 9:19 pm

        Hi…I had trouble opening up in my Chrome as well.

        Nita

        Reply
        • MOMables

          July 28, 2013 at 10:32 pm

          Nita, I’ve fixed the link so it will work from any browser and device. to download it click here.

          Reply

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