Sugar-Free Snacks - Dried Cranberries 2r2m25
Dried fruits make excellent healthy snacks, but store-bought dried fruits are usually sugar!) and half a cup of water.
Directions: 3s104z
- Dissolve the artifical sweetener in water, pour it over the cranberries and cook it in a large pan on medium heat.
- Cook the cranberries, stirring occasionally, until they start to pop (about four to five minutes).
- Let the cranberries cool for 10 minutes, and then squish them down with the back of a large spoon.
- Spread the cranberries on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
- Put it in the oven to "dehydrate" at 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
- It may take up to eight hours to dry the cranberries, depending on whether you want them to be soft and chewy or on the crispier side.
Sugar-Free Snacks - Air-Popped Popcorn 6u2250
Plain, air-popped popcorn is a whole-grain food that's a much better option than microwave popcorn. It's healthier (there's little or no sugar, popcorn instead. You can add some dried fruits and nuts to make it even tastier!
Sugar-Free Snacks - Homemade Cookies 6g2h1l
Baking your own snacks is usually the healthiest way to go. Here's an easy recipe for sugar-free cookies to try! This recipe makes about five dozen cookies, so you can share 'em with your friends and classmates.
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 3/4 cup butter 1 tsp. vanilla 1 egg 1 package of strawberry, raspberry or lime sugar-free Jello 6v2m4y
Directions: 3s104z
- Mix flour and baking powder.
- In another bowl, mix butter, sugar-free Jello, egg and vanilla.
- Gradually add the flour mix to the Jello mix.
- Cut out cool shapes with cookie cutters, or use a teaspoon to drop the cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 400 degrees for about eight minutes, or until edges are golden brown. Enjoy!
