Sweet + Packaged

A Magical and Healthy Packaged Snack

Snack Girl has a confession to make. She has begun to receive MANY snack samples in the mail....

Need Some Intense Dark Twilight Delight?

Since this is a family blog, you KNOW I am talking about dark chocolate. Snack Girl was cruising through the candy aisle when she found these....

A Low Cal Fudge Snack That Works

The ice cream aisle is flooded with low calorie choices. Last week, I shared one of my favorites - Haagen Dazs small cups....

A Healthy Snack Friend In The Ice Cream Aisle

Snack Girl tends to avoid the frozen foods aisle. Why? Well, when she sees the 2 for $5 Ben & Jerry's she gets weak in the knees....

Kashi Cereal Bars - Are They Healthy?

Cereal bars are a grab and go meal for many busy people. They make it easy to get out the door when time is running short.

Try This Breakfast Solution: Faster and Healthier Than Cereal

Are you running out of time every morning and grabbing a cereal bar? Try this instead....

The Worst Snack of 2010

It was a difficult decision. Snack Girl has made her choice.

Don't Forget This Classic

Out of fresh fruit? Can't make it to the store?...

Lessons From a Coconut

I was driving my minivan packed with soccer kids, drinking a pina colada.....when I woke up....

Check Out This Cookie (Scary)

Snack Girl has a problem she wants to share....

Cut Your Morning Sugar Consumption in Half With This Cereal

Since posting: Candy or Breakfast? Evaluate Your Cereal, Snack Girl has scoured the cereal aisle looking for healthy choices....

Healthier Brownies With A Secret Ingredient

Snack Girl is not someone who thinks you should alter the almighty brownie treat. Why take something so indulgent and delicious and change it?....

Can A New Drink Change Your Life?

Recently, a reader sent me a strange message about Almond Breeze. She wrote that it had CHANGED HER LIFE!...

Healthy Halloween Candy

Snack Girl visited her neighborhood Target this weekend and found Halloween candy stacked to the rafters. So, I decided I would beat out all the other healthy eating blogs on October's favorite topic - candy....

A Great Choice For A Frozen Waffle

Breakfastpalooza continues here on Snack Girl with a question about frozen waffles....

Are High Fiber Pop-Tarts a Healthy Choice?

Lately, Snack Girl has been deluged by requests about toaster pastries and frozen waffles. So, I decided to take a walk down the cereal aisle....

Avoid The Evil Muffin at Starbucks With This Healthy Snack (Giveaway, too!)

Starbucks is a great place for a pick me up. People stop there and grab something to keep them awake....

A Yummy and Healthy Cookie Under 100 Calories

One holy grail of healthy snack foods is the healthy cookie. A tasty cookie, that has natural ingredients, and won't make you fat is a beautiful thing....

Is This A Healthy Snack Food?

There is an entire portion of an aisle in your supermarket devoted to "fruit snacks". If you don't have kids, you might have missed it....

A Breakfast Cereal You Can Feel Good About

Back in March, I wrote Candy or Breakfast? Evaluate Your Cereal and since then I have been on a search for cereals that pass my, "Healthy or Crappy Cereal Test" (patent pending :)...