Best Movie Night Snack Food

jasonfndr
jasonfndr Posts: 39
edited December 20 in Food and Nutrition
Just wondering what you guys snack on during movie night? My favorite is a extra large bowl of popcorn with real butter. Looking at over 700 calories on that. But I found that sunflower seeds in the shell is a better choice for me. A serving is around 190 calories. It takes me about 30 minutes to go thru a big bowl of popcorn but eating a serving of sunflower seeds takes about an hour if I eat them non stop.

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  • jilliew
    jilliew Posts: 255 Member
    If you're having an at-home movie night, I suggest an extra large bowl of air-popped popcorn with a little bit of butter and salt (or salt-free flavour shakers if you prefer). According to the database, 4.5 cups is 60 calories, and 2 TBS of margarine is 70 cal. Much better for you that movie popcorn.
  • stfuriada
    stfuriada Posts: 445 Member
    Pork rinds. Beef jerky. Those Quaker rice chips.

    Gum, so I can skip the unnecessary calories.
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Popcorn with no butter (salt or some of those low calorie popcorn seasoning)
    Cut up fruit / veggies
    Crispy minis (rice things - you can get butter flavoured I think)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Pizza or nachos - homemade, of course.
  • daisymullins
    daisymullins Posts: 37
    vegetable crisps! the real deal are quite high in fat because of the oil, but if you make it at home... it's basically salty vegetables! just peel the veges into slices with a mandalin or vege peeler, lay them on a baking tray, spray with oil, sprinkle with salt, then put in an oven on a high heat, turning ocasionally and watch until crispy!
    i use things like carrots, beetroots, sweet potato and parsnips, healthy alternative to crisps!
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,629 Member
    We airpopped popcorn, with a bit of melted butter & chili powder ...... but hubby hated the kernels getting stuck in his teeth, now we get a small bag of peanuts in the shell ...... "interactive food" ..... those calories can add up to, so it's just a small bag .... best of luck !
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    kettle corn mixed with almonds, pecans and craisins with a bowl of blackberries on the side.

    but im HUGE into sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. Feels like youre eating forever lol
  • charelg
    charelg Posts: 599 Member
    I like the 100 calorie popcorn bags, and you can use spray butter with no calories. It's actually a lot of popcorn. Or pickles or a good munchie and very low calorie.
  • Hoakiebs
    Hoakiebs Posts: 430 Member
    I'm good with microwave movie butter popcorn. Saves about 3-400 cals.
  • amusgrave
    amusgrave Posts: 79
    I go for 3-4 cups of plain air popped popcorn with light parmasan cheese sprinkled on while its still hot
  • HeealthyMee
    HeealthyMee Posts: 62 Member
    I like air popped pop corn - and it's a whole grain! I almost always will also add some veggies for variety - usually chopped celery and carrots.

    Love some pumpkin seeds too!
  • MyHighestPraise
    MyHighestPraise Posts: 87 Member
    vegetable crisps! the real deal are quite high in fat because of the oil, but if you make it at home... it's basically salty vegetables! just peel the veges into slices with a mandalin or vege peeler, lay them on a baking tray, spray with oil, sprinkle with salt, then put in an oven on a high heat, turning ocasionally and watch until crispy!
    i use things like carrots, beetroots, sweet potato and parsnips, healthy alternative to crisps!

    I tried this tonight! I did sweet potatoes, beets, and carrots. I must have sliced them too thick b/c they weren't really crispy, but they were tasty! I mixed some salt-free Tony's into a little oil and coated them all in a bowl before laying them out. Maybe I should have just brushed them with oil to help with the crispy-ness too :)

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    Thanks for the idea!
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