Favourite Snacks from Costco?

daisyverma

I have been to Costco (Canada) once and found it overwhelming. There was so much food, in such large quantities with people just picking things from almost every aisle.

The one thing I noticed that there were boxes with 'single serving snacks'. This seems like a great idea for the avid 'snacker' (like me!). However, sometimes its a hit and miss, and when its a miss, your stuck with this huge volume of crap.

So just wondering what is everyone's favorite (healthy) snacks from Costco?

I tried the Kirkland nut and seed brittle and really liked that. I take a small amount to work and sometimes use it on my oatmeal

Suzie's thin cakes with some type of nut butter also tastes good

I am wanting to get the brookside single serving pack to combat my chocolate addiction.
Also, want to try Popcorners, as it seems like a healthier option to chips (my other addiction)

routehero

Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats, Hemp Hearts and Chia Seeds are good deals at Costco Canada.

emilyesq

I'm addicted to their Calbee Snappea Crisps. They're single serving, though I have been known to eat two or three.

fishgutzy

Detour Protein bars and the extra large peanuts.

wkwebby

They have great humongous frozen fruit bags. They last a lifetime (if only one person does the smoothies). I think one bag of strawberries lasted a month for me alone.

AngryViking1970

I haven't been yet, but my friend swears by the individual cups of Cranberry Almond Chicken salad.

sgthaggard

emilyesq wrote: »

I'm addicted to their Calbee Snappea Crisps. They're single serving, though I have been known to eat two or three.

Ooo, those are awesome! I've never seen them in the single servings although I have been known to treat the large bag that way.

nickatine

Giant tub of cashews, pumpkin tortilla chips, trident layers in bulk, protein bars. Big box of keurig k cups.

4bettermenow

In just to say I am so glad that Costco has their watermelons in already and they are delish!

auddii

Sadly, my first thought was the twist frozen yogurt I always get so that I can eat something while wandering around the store... I've heard good things about the brownie brittle, but I haven't picked any up yet. I love buying veggies there, but so much (there's only two of us in the house). Quinoa, vitamins, protein powder, protein bars, etc. I actually don't like a lot of their stuff because it's a lot of high calorie snacks that I typically wouldn't buy and eat. We're still trying to determine if the cost of the membership is worth the savings or not.

gin_fb33

I love the mini cukes and mini bell peppers as snacks.

Bj0223

Naked popcorn is amazing!

andnottoyield

i'm just a uni student so a lot of things at costco just aren't worth the hassle for me but some of my personal favourite things from costco are definitely:

quaker quickoats (i like the large unflavoured bags)
frozen fruit, particularly berries/mangoes
frozen broccoli/green beans in the steamable bags
fresh chicken/tilapia (i like to marinate and freeze)
brown rice / quinoa
laundry soap
vitamins

in terms of snacks since you mentioned those in particular i like:

unsalted fancy mixed nuts (i preportion these in baggies)
halfpops (these are salty, crunchy, half popped popcorn -- so good!)
calbee snappea crisps (more salty individually packed goodness)
clif mojo bars (these are not protein bars, just granola bars with dark chocolate)
brookside dark chocolate pouches (fruity jelly beans covered in dark chocolate, they sound pretty questionable but i really like them as an evening treat)
most crunchy veggies last a reasonable time like baby carrots / small bell peppers
clementines/tangerines the large cases are good too

azulvioleta6

daisyverma wrote: »

So just wondering what is everyone's favorite (healthy) snacks from Costco?

I tried the Kirkland nut and seed brittle and really liked that. I take a small amount to work and sometimes use it on my oatmeal

Brittle is caramelized sugar. Not sure how that counts as a "healthy" snack.

Other than plain mixed nuts, I've never bought snack foods from Costco.

daisyverma

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

daisyverma wrote: »

So just wondering what is everyone's favorite (healthy) snacks from Costco?

I tried the Kirkland nut and seed brittle and really liked that. I take a small amount to work and sometimes use it on my oatmeal

Brittle is caramelized sugar. Not sure how that counts as a "healthy" snack.

Other than plain mixed nuts, I've never bought snack foods from Costco.

I don't recall the ingredients exactly, however I remember it uses honey and not caramelized sugar. Its a very thin brittle and easily breaks apart so I can crumble it on oatmeal

extra_medium

Peanut butter filled pretzels. Just keep them on a very high shelf.

Tubbs216

Individual bags of beef jerky! I made a special trip this week just for those. Also stocked up on lemon Fibre One bars. I sometimes buy the big things of nuts, but didn't this time because find them a bit too tempting... They also sell the boxes of Cliff bars, that I know are popular, plus various tubs of protein supplements. You can be pretty sure they'll be cheaper at Costco than anywhere else.

cwolfman13

Hard to say, we buy pretty much everything at Costco...there's like 2 things we buy at the regular store.

daisyverma

Tubbs216 wrote: »

Individual bags of beef jerky! I made a special trip this week just for those. Also stocked up on lemon Fibre One bars. I sometimes buy the big things of nuts, but didn't this time because find them a bit too tempting... They also sell the boxes of Cliff bars, that I know are popular, plus various tubs of protein supplements. You can be pretty sure they'll be cheaper at Costco than anywhere else.

I like those Fibre 1 lemon bars when craving baked goods!

Liftng4Lis

My OLD favorite snack was their muffins. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? WTG MFP for enlightening me. Costco muffins made me fat! :laugh:

4bettermenow

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

My OLD favorite snack was their muffins. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? WTG MFP for enlightening me. Costco muffins made me fat! :laugh:

Haha! I just bought some yesterday for my husband and kids. Knowing that I wasn't gonna eat them, my husband asked me if he wanted to know the caloric intake of one...I said "No". LOL He can handle them...me, not so much. :disagree:

Tubbs216

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

My OLD favorite snack was their muffins. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? WTG MFP for enlightening me. Costco muffins made me fat! :laugh:

I was in a hospital waiting room recently and there were two large parents with their equally large son, probably around 7-8. There was a bit of a wait (E.R.) so they were sat opposite me for about 1.5 hours, in which time I watched the little boy drink two cans of Pepsi, and eat one of those 600 calorie muffins plus a giant bag of chips. It made me really sad.

Tubbs216

daisyverma wrote: »

Tubbs216 wrote: »

Individual bags of beef jerky! I made a special trip this week just for those. Also stocked up on lemon Fibre One bars. I sometimes buy the big things of nuts, but didn't this time because find them a bit too tempting... They also sell the boxes of Cliff bars, that I know are popular, plus various tubs of protein supplements. You can be pretty sure they'll be cheaper at Costco than anywhere else.

I like those Fibre 1 lemon bars when craving baked goods!

Me too! They are the same price per 24 box as for 2 x 6 boxes at another store.

fevrale

I have a huge tub of Jolly Time popcorn kernels and these glorious boxes of single-serve packages of frozen chocolate-covered fruit called FruitChocs. FruitChocs pineapple is the beeeesssttt!

belimawr

Their Kirkland brand "Trek Mix". My father always buys it when he visits, and I have to be careful.

The Nature Valley Crunchy Granola bars, I buy the whole box, they go quick.

Peanut butter filled pretzels.

The 2lb packages of dates. Dangerous.

Tubbs216

Can't believe I forgot about cheese! Pre-portioned Balderson cheddar packs and mini-Babybels.

sheldonklein

Crunchy Rice Rollers. The best 45 calories on earth.

hlvincent15

I would stay away from costco.

Eat homemade hummus or buy a hot air popcorn maker. For filling snacks. I find raw carrots lower my sugar levels as well.

daisyverma

I tried to find mini bell peppers at Costco and couldn't find em. They had baby kale when I went the first time but not today

It's bit of a hit and miss I guess

So I got the brittle which I like to crumble on plain oatmeal..always use a small amount
Skinny pop popcorn (they didn't have the boom chicka one)
Pure protein bars since they were on sale (wish they sold quest bars!)
Quinoa Gluten free vegan cookies
Some kind of Gluten free crackers that had a few simple ingredients

I chose to stay away from single serving chocolate cause I will eat more than that

I've tried snacking on veggies and it's not fulfilling for me. Instead I usually eat salad at lunch and dinner with my meal

jgnatca

Oooo, you guys remind me of some of the great deals there. Low fat cheddar, yessss to the frozen fruit, tuna snack packs, the Premier Protein are practically a staple, the snappea crisps, and the Simply Protein bars.