Secrets of Road Trip Snacking Success

ByJanel
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Summer = road trips! I love taking road trips, even with getting on the road with kids along adds a layer of challenge to the trip. I learned early in my parenting days that the key to success on a road trip is having lots of road trip snacks ready to go and easy to access.

I received samples and compensation for this post. All opinions are my own. 

Secrets of Road Trip Snacking Success

Road Trip Snacking



Individual Portions – The most important tip I can give is to portion out your snacks in small, individual sized baggies ready to give out at a moments notice. Nothing creates a meltdown quiet as quickly as a hungry child (or husband, for that matter). Being able to toss a bag back to the back seat when they start to fuss will keep everyone in the car much happier.

Within Reach – Keep snacks close by, within easy reach, of the passenger adult. Or, if your children are old enough, you can divy up a set of snacks in a paper lunchbag. Then, your kids can dip into their snacks whenever they’re feeling bored and have a place to stash any trash, too.

Variety is Key – Start your trip with at least 5 different options. I’m always surprised when we get on the road and their favorite snack is now completely rejected. Especially when you have a lot of miles ahead of you, variety will keep everyone’s interest when they’re seeking a snack.

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Healthy Choices – It’s easy to reach for junk food to pack on your trip, but the healthier the choice you select, the better everyone in the car will feel. It’s okay to pick out one sweet treat to pack long, but also consider healthy options like grapes, nuts, raisins, string cheese, or similar snacks.

“Special” Snacks – I like to pick out something new before our trip. Trying a completely new snack makes it exciting for the kids. Be careful when selecting something new by carefully picking something different than routine, but not something so foreign your kids will reject it at first glace.

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Fisher has introduced a fun new way to bring nuts along on your next road trip with their latest product, Nut Exactly Snack Bites! It’s a fresh new spin to nuts that will make them feel like a treat, even when they’re a healthy option that will keep tummies from being upset. Nuts are perfect as a snack on the road as they are loaded with protein and help give a feeling of being full.

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We had a chance to try these new snack bites, and all my nut lovers loved them! My personal favorite was their Peanut Popcorn variety. I love peanuts, peanut butter, and popcorn – so it was the perfect combo for me! Each snack bite is just 15 calories and they have no artificial flavors or colors and no high fructose corn syrup!

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What’s your favorite road trip snack?


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261 Comments

  2. Thank You for the giveaway…we usually bring along almonds, peanut, & raisins for our road trip snacking.

  10. I eat low carb and protein heavy, but I’m also sooooo lazy. My go to is Atkins bars!

  11. I don’t really have a favorite road trip snack but I usually like something sweet or salty to snack on

  13. Nut Exactly – with popcorn, milk chocolate and roasted almonds, how could you go wrong !!!

  16. Wow, all of these snacks sound great, but I would definitely pick the Almond Popcorn for the almonds and dark chocolate. My usual road trip snack is a fountain drink and whatever looks good at a convenience store, in other words junk! 🙂

  28. My favorite road trip snacks is yogurt covered raisins and cheese sticks!

  32. Thank you for the giveaway. One of my favorite road trip snacks is trail mix, especially spicy trail mix.

  35. My favorite road trip snack is my homemade trail mix with nuts, dried fruit, and pretzels.

  36. My favorite road trip snack is chips. The Fisher Nut Pecan Popcorn sounds delicious and would love to try it on my next road trip. Thanks

  44. One of our favorite is popcorn. we make it before we leave and store in a plastic bags for easy snacking.

  52. We are taking a short road trip tomorrow and one of the snacks we’ll be taking along is nuts.

  53. The Nut Exactly Almond Popcorn sounds great. We also like pepperoni slices and cheese cubes on crackers for a snack.

  55. My favorite road trip snack is tasty, crunchy, and has protein to keep me full longer.

  60. A few of our favorite road trip snacks are almonds, grapes, bananas, popcorn and crackers 🙂

  61. I think my favorite road snack has to be some kind of chips or nuts! Both are crunchy an completely satisfying 🙂

  63. Pecan popcorn dipped in salted caramel sounds the best to us. When we go on road trips we make sure to bring plenty of snacks and meals so we don’t have to go out to eat all the time. It’s nice once in a while, but it gets boring pretty quick. We love the creativity of finding new snacks and meal options.

  64. I love having some good snacks on hand whenever we go on a road trip. Our favorite snacks are usually honey roasted cashews and beef jerky. Those nut bites look yummy!

  68. My daughter’s favorite road trip snack is salted almonds, my husband’s is boiled potatoes and boiled eggs and I like peanuts

  69. We often eat nap crackers, peanut butter and jelly, and grapes on road trips.

  75. I love cubes of cheese, dried fruit, and dark chocolate covered pomegranate.

  76. My favorite road trip snack is licorice! But I would loooove to try these!!!!

  81. As A vegan I always take a variety of nuts with me to get some protein. I like unsalted nuts, but salted nut blends are yummy too.

  83. I love trail mix for a road trip snack and the Peanuts/Popcorn/Peanut Butter sounds fantastic and would love to try it.

  87. I love white cheddar popcorn (Smartfood) but am definitely enticed by peanut popcorn dipped in peanut butter. Thanks for the giveaway!

  88. I visited Fisher Nuts and my favorite road trip snack is Doritos.

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  93. The Almond Popcorn Dipped in Milk Chocolate is my favorite… 3 of my favorite things in it!

  97. My favorite to go snack is fresh fruit, dried fruit, and M&Ms. I’d like to try the Peanut Popcorn Dipped in Peanut Butter.Looks so good! Thank you for the chance 🙂

  98. I always brings nuts on the road with me. I would like to grab some of those Fisher Nuts Almond Blueberry Dark Chocolate clusters – yum!

  103. Yummy. I like to know where to fine these snack. It reminds me of my favorite road trip snack trail mix.

  107. We like Goldfish crackers and fresh fruits to snack on! Although the Peanut Popcorn dipped in peanut butter sounds like something we’d like to snack on in the car too!

  108. We always have nuts as a road trip snack but I think my new favorite may be Almond popcorn dipped in chocolate snack bites.

  113. I have not tried these snacks yet. For snacks in my car, I keep a bag full of nuts in my console, so that I always have a snack, high in protein, and high in yumminess 🙂

  115. I like snacks on road trips that do not make a mess in the car so I pack baby carrots, nuts and pretzels as these are easy to clean up.

  119. My favorite road trip snacks are pretzels and Chex Mix! And I’d love to try the Fisher Peanut Popcorn and Peanut Butter. Sounds SO good

  120. My favorite road snack would have to be,Pretzel crisps,And frito lay french onion dip SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

  121. I usually snack on cheez-its but these look yummy. I want to try the peanut popcorn dipped in peanut butter.

  122. I find myself craving french fries on road trips but the Pecan Popcorn dipped in salted caramel Nut Exactly snack bites xound like a much better option!

  124. I have tried to limit my intake of processed foods and nuts, especially Fisher nuts, are one of my favorite snacks!

  125. The Almond/Blueberry/Dark Chocolate sounds like it would brighten up any road trip.

  126. We love to snack on nuts and carrots! These snack bites look delicious! I think I would love the almond popcorn dipped in chocolate!

  128. Visit Fisher nuts and leave a relevant comment on this post telling me your favorite road trip snack!

    cheetos work for me,but those look good too..thank you

  129. Our favorite road trip snack is dry roasted edamame – lots of protein! I would love to try the pecan popcorn flavor of these Fisher snack bites. Thanks for the chance!

  132. I’d really like to try the almond/popcorn/dark chocolate balls and I see that they should be available at WalMart.

  136. Pecans, popcorn and salted caramel sound awesome. That would make for a good girls weekend snack.

  139. I’d love to try the Pecan Popcorn dipped in Salted Caramel. I love pistachios as a road trip snack.

  141. I would love to try the Fisher Nut Exactly Snack Bites Almond Popcorn dipped in milk chocolate. I think I may have just found my new favorite snack. Usually my favorite snack is trail mix. But these snacks have a little bit and everything and the best part is its only 15 calories per snack bite.

  142. We like to have some white cheddar popcorn when we are having to drive for a while. Thank you!

  143. I like trail mix with peanuts for road trips. Fisher’s Peanut Popcorn looks amazing!

  145. I always carry sunflower seeds because they are tasty and packed with protein on roadtrips.

  146. Almond Blueberry Dark Chocolate would be a great snack for the road – portable, healthy and delicious!

  147. I would love to take the peanut butter variety on a trip! My favorite road trip snack is crackers.

  148. I mean….Almond Popcorn dipped in milk chocolate? I was GOING to say trail mix is my favorite road trip snack, but that just changed!

  149. the almond popcorn dark chocolate sounds great to me. on a road trip i would always have nuts and popcorn, but i’d only bring chocolate if i had a cooler.

  155. Sometimes, my fav roadtrip snack is just pretzels, because it helps with road sickness stomach!

  161. I love popcorn – would love to try the peanut popcorn dipped in peanut butter.

  163. The Almond Popcorn dipped in milk chocolate looks delicious! I don’t usually eat in the car but when I do have a road trip snack, it’s usually a Snickers Bar.

  164. I think I’d really like the almond popcorn dipped in dark chocolate, but may I suggest popcorn with maple sugar. I just love maple!

  167. I love popcorn, and I like nuts-the two together would be my favorite snack ever!

  171. on road trip I always have almonds to snack on, but I would love to try the Almond/Popcorn dipped in dark chocolate

  174. I like eating almonds as a snack while driving, although they are hard to dig out between the seats.

  176. We always leave a can of peanuts in the car for snacking, but those almond popcorn snack bites look amazing! I would love to try them, and I feel sure the whole family would love it!

  186. Ooooh these look yummy! I usually snack on Quest bars, almonds, or dry roasted edamame.

  193. My favorite snack to take right now is chocolate covered pretzels. These would be much better for me and I would love to try the Almond Popcorn dipped in Chocolate.

  195. Wow..these fisher bites sound delish..especially the almond, blueberry dark chocolate.
    The popcorn ones sound good as popcorn is a family fave for snacks on trips. Along with cut up fruit and cheese crackers. And, 100 percent juice that I squeeze or water.
    Thanks.

  197. I’d like the pecan popcorn salted caramel and dipped in dark chocolate, that sounds absolutely delicious.

  202. I love trail mix!

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  206. These are great snack tips. I always bring a variety of snacks that come in individual packaging.

  210. I have to get these – I love nuts and also the popcorn flavored snacks with the low calories and sounding so tasty – I’ll be checking out Costco!

  212. For snacks I like plain popcorn or fresh apples.

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  213. We always liked gummy worms. Now I think I would rather have the Peanut Popcorn dipped in Peanut Butter

  220. My favorite road trip snacks are nuts, and grapes.

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  224. I would love to try the almond, blueberry, dark chocolate! We usually take cut up fruit and veggies, nuts and homemade jerky on road trips.

  231. You know I’ve been wanting to make some protein balls for a while but haven’t had the time. Now I know that I really don’t have to because Fisher now makes what looks like some really yummy and satisfying snack balls.

  233. I bring a cooler sometimes two coolers filled with snacks for our road trips. The Fisher snacks look like a yummy way to keep a variety of good stuff to snack on in the car.

  235. We always take pistachios on road trips with us but their peanut/popcorn/peanut butter mix sounds awesome!

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  236. We never head out on a road trip without LOTS of snacks. Hungry kids are cranky kids.

  247. My favorite road trip snack is grapes. They are juicy and (usually) don’t make a mess.

  250. My favorite would be the almond popcorn dipped in dark chocolate. Available at my Walmart and Costco.

  256. My favorite on the road snack is a Coke with cashews. I really enjoy eating nuts.

  259. The Fisher Nut pecan popcorn dipped in salted caramel could be a favorite snack of mine, but i love snacking on almonds.

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