What do you eat at the movies?

The other day I brought in a cinnamon sugar trail mix from Target. I'm doing low carb, so it had nuts, dried fruit, and yogurt covered pieces. It was really hard to not eat a ton, though, and the bag had something like 11 servings in it. You can also do make your own trail mix at Whole Foods Market and there are a lot of healthy options, like dried fruit.

Stuff I smuggle in:
light microwave popcorn
"fun" cereal in a ziplock bag
baby carrots
apples
nuts or seeds
granola bars
cup of herbal tea
chewing gum
mini bottle of wine and a can of beer (only done this once, I was in another city watching the Met opera streaming, and visited the liquor store down the street because intermission was so long)

Stuff I occasionally buy at the concession stand:
soft pretzls
pizza slice
frozen yogurt
tea, coffee or diet pop

I went to my first movie in ages last week. I took with me a container full of the sweetest strawberries with a teaspoon of sugar on top (I like a sweet treat) and a bottle of alcoholic cider. It was the perfect treat for me and killed any kind of a candy craving. Unfortunately, the cider made me a bit tipsy and I lost the plot in the last half hour. Zombies... There were definitely hordes of zombies....

I usually never eat anything at the movies, don't feel the need to, plus it ain't cheap! I hardly go to the movies anyway and last time I had half a bag of popcorn just cause it was free (and I hadn't begun counting calories or anything). If I had to buy something there, perhaps I'd do plain popcorn. Otherwise I'd consider dried fruits, trail mix, or some healthy cereal if you like the crunchy part.

Low fat popcorn popped at home with white cheddar flavor sprinkled on it and a small serving of my custom movie mix: red mini Swedish Fish, Good & Plenty, and Hot Tamales :happy:

I don't eat at the movies. When I was a kid, they played 2 shows plus cartoon and intermission. Now it's only one movie. I figure for just sitting through one show, it's not worth it. Calorie or money wise.

Smuggled in food usually. Partly cuz I am cheap, but mostly cuz I don't like movie theater food. And it's hard to find stuff that fits my particular needs. I do get hummus and pretzels though because that is something that fits my budget, my particular needs, and they taste pretty good too.

I smuggled in some beef jerky and berries to one movie, and some almonds to another.

Bring in your own food.

agree with most of the other people on this thread. not paying for that crap (both in terms of being overpriced and every single thing being junk food). i bring my own snacks!

Get a big purse, and smuggle in healthy snacks and bottled water. When you pack your own healthy snacks you can have what you like. I have been known to pack my purse full of healthy goodies.....I usually have to pack a variety of stuff for my husband and three teenage boys.