Title: Snacks!
Course: Grades Instructor - DO NOT MODIFY > Section: Types of Chocolate and Production > Forum: Discussion #2: Summer drinks and snacks

I know we all eat lots of snacks, especially while we study for our exams. Can anyone suggest some healthy snacks they eat?

One snack that my mom would always prepare for me at home was cut veggies and dill or ranch dip. Once I start eating them it's hard to stop. You can even buy those mini carrots in bags at the grocery store so you don't have to cut up the celery, cukes, or peppers. My favorite dip is the Ranch, but Dill is pretty good too. No one ever told me eating fresh vegetables was bad!

Oh yeah. And put the dip back in the frig when you're done. Sometimes I would forget and then it's no good the next day. (Mom would get on me for doing that.)

Hey Cookie. The veggies and dip sounds good. I'll have to try it. But what I love to eat while studying is homemade salsa and Tostito chips. My mom buys a small crate of tomatoes from the Framer's Market in Minneapolis, then she cooks them all up one day and splits it in half and makes one batch of the hot stuff for me and my brother and one of mild for her and dad. She gets the salsa mix right from the grocery store.

She got smart last time and put our hot stuff in those small masonry jars. That's so when I open one I can eat the whole jar with my chips because I was forgetting to put those big jars back in the frig like you and the veggie dip. Those small jars also fit nicely in my dorm storage drawers. Sometimes I add a little tabasco sauce to make it even hotter. Yum yum!

Ick! I'm not a fan of veggies! I prefer cookies and milk.

Cookie, I'm right there with you. Fresh vegetables with dill dip is great and healthy.

If I want something salty and crunchy I like tortilla chips with salsa and/or melted mozzarella cheese. Yum.

Well, milk is a healthy snack if you only are dipping the regular Oreos and not the double stuff cookies! It's best to eat your cookies over a napkin and not over the milk glass. This prevents too many crumbs from falling into your milk which means you are more likely to drink it as well as dipping your cookies in it.

Hmmm....  I don't think oreos are a healthy snack!!!

True, but they sure are good!!!

Even though I love hot chocolate, it doesn't provide much nutrition.  I usually then grab an apple.

Me, too!!!  Apples really are the best!  My favorite are the honey crisp apples!!!

Those are my favorite, too!

I love to sink my teeth, long teeth, into apples as well!

I love apples!  The best is to cut them up and dip them in caramel.  I usually get the light caramel dip so that I don't gain too much weight when I'm cramming for a test!!

The best healthy snack is chocolate milk!!! Even though it doesn’t sound that healthy it still is loaded with calcium which makes for strong bones.

When I want a healthy snack, I always reach for some oatmeal cookies. Did you know that oatmeal lowers your bad cholesterol rate!! Being a rather large monster, I need to be conscious of these health concerns.

I love oranges!!! That’s my favorite healthy snack!!! What’s really good is to dip the orange pieces into a chocolate fountain. Too die for!!!

I agree with N. Joy Hershey – oranges dipped in chocolate are fabulous!!! I think I need to talk to my counselor so I don’t fall off the wagon!!!!

My favorite healthy snacks are granola bars. I do really enjoy the one with chocolate chips, but again, my addiction doesn’t make it possible to eat these. I’m starting to think with all of this chocolate talk, I shouldn’t have signed up for this course!!

Blueberries would be my favorite. They are so expensive though and since my parents pay for my bills, I have to be really careful not to buy too many otherwise they would start asking why my grocery bill is so high. They think I just buy cookies for snack food.

Milk and cookies are healthy!  The milk provides the calcium you need for strong bones.