Cosmo Snack Awards 2022 - Best Portable Snacks of the Year - Cosmopolitan
If there’s one fact in this life that we know to be indisputably true, it’s this: People come and go, but snacks? Snacks are forever. Whether salty, sweet, fruity, chewy, healthy, or just so damn crave-able…no matter the state of the world, snacks are there for us.
That’s why we decided to launch the Cosmo Snack Awards back in 2021. We needed a platform to give our favorite bars and jars the delicious spotlight they deserve. Last year was all about the GOAT snacks—eats that have soothed our editors’ souls since the dawn of time—but this year, we’re changing things up.
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Why? Because 2022 is the year of leaving the house (shh, we’re manifesting this), yet we’ve forgotten how to nosh outside the glow of the fridge. Thankfully, that’s where purse snacks enter the chat. Yep, we’ve dedicated this year’s awards to—drumroll, please—exclusively portable snacks. Hungry editors spent hours and hours sampling all sorts of tasty treats to come up with this list of the 25 best picks perfect for throwing in your bag before concerts, park hangs, plane rides, movie dates, road trips, and anywhere else you might wanna go.
Scroll on to see which chips, popcorn, pretzels, nuts, cookies, and ice cream (things are about to get melty) we’ll be toting with us all year long. Apologies in advance for the munchies.
Best Concert Snack
Pop-Tarts Frosted Boston Creme Donuttarget.com
$2.29
It’s four hours from the time you find your seat till the show ends, and this new Boston Creme flavor is the sugar rush you need to stay standing through the encore.
Best Park Snack
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Mega Bites Cheddar Jalapeñotarget.com
$1.99
Slightly larger, more cracker-y, and a little zesty, these next-level Goldfish are here to crash your next outdoor group hang or solo picnic. Sure, the Sharp Cheddar flavor has classic appeal, but these tangy munchies will keep your mouth guessing. Don’t be scared. They’re not that spicy. Promise!
Best Movie Snack
M&M’s Classic Mixriteaid.com
$1.99
Take your seat in the back, drop the plains into your popcorn, pass the peanut ones to a friend, and hold the peanut butter guys in your hand until they’re just a little melty. Bon appétit.
Best Popcorn Snack
SkinnyPop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corntarget.com
$3.29
“Well, I guess I am now 99 percent lightly sweet, just-salty-enough kettle corn.” —you thriving out in the world after finishing the perfectly snack-sized bag of magical taste-bud entertainment.
Best Cookie Snack
Dunkaroos Vanilla Cookies and Chocolate Frostingwalmart.com
$16.15
There’s no better way to take your mind off *gestures broadly* than eating a quintessential ’90s cookie. No matter how much has changed in the past 30ish years, dipping crunchy cookies in thick frosting is a timeless pursuit.
Best Chip Snack
Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Truffle & Sea Salt Potato Chipsamazon.com
$8.99
Truffles belong on everything, but consuming said umami deliciousness gets costly. Well, at least it did before this tote- appropriate bag of truffle potato chips existed. You’ll never feel more chic eating chips from a handbag.
Best Salty Snack
Wonderful Sea Salt & Vinegar Pistachiosamazon.com
$4.99
You could spend your time tediously cracking pistachios and stashing those shells in a gross pile, or you could rip open this snack emergency kit for some instant gratification. It has all the flavor of salt and vinegar chips with a nutty bonus.
Best Organic Snack
Solely Organic Mango and Guava Whole Fruit Gummiesthrivemarket.com
$4.99
Fruit and vitamin C. That’s the entire ingredient list for these juicy bites. Each portable pink pouch packs the same satisfying chew you love in a gummy sans weird gelatin and other unpronounceable things.
Bert and Ernie, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, pretzels and honey mustard. That last one is the everlasting romance you didn’t know you needed and will never get enough of—ever.
Best Sweet and Salty Snack
Moku Sweet & Spicy Jerkythrivemarket.com
$5.99
Watch your back, beef jerky. There’s a new meaty snack in town...and it’s made from mushrooms. This one features savory and sweet flavors plus a hint of spice just for the hell of it. Please clap for the creativity.
You might think creamy mozz is a thing only at your fave Italian restaurant, but nay. These delicate little cheeses can go anywhere and taste just as good as they do with fresh cracked pepper service. Ciao.
Best Healthy Snack
Justin’s Dark Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Protein Bartarget.com
$2.29
Lower in sugar, higher in protein, this gym-bag-friendly plant-based snack will keep you full from kickboxing class through the “where’s dinner” group text right up until the apps arrive at the table. Praise be.
Best Sweet Snack
Sheila G’s Brown Brittle Reese’s Piecesinstacart.com
$4.39
Why choose between a fudgy brownie, a crispy cookie, or crunchy candy when you can have all three?
Best Chocolate Snack
ChocXO Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupamazon.com
$22.00
These are the ultimate “treat yourself” snack, whether it’s because you’re feeling happy or sad or just because you deserve something awesome for being you. They’re the perfect balance of dark chocolate and almond butter with a pinch of salt that brings out the sweetness.
Best Bar Snack
Clio Granola & Yogurt ParfaitInstacart
$1.98
A portable parfait that requires zero work? Yes please! Crunchy granola and chewy cranberries get smothered in white chocolate yogurt with a creamy Greek yogurt filling to create this ultimate bougie breakfast to go!
Best Plane Snack
Brave Good Kind Hot Honey Tender Chicken Baramazon.com
$69.99
These little spicy and sweet bars take up almost zero space in your carry-on yet they’ll fill you up between flights, during flights, and, let’s be honest, as you frantically pack at the very last minute for said flights.
Best Car Snack
Shār Snacks Original Trail Mixsharsnacks.com
$22.79
This is trail mix perfected. Not too sugary or salty; just nine ethically sourced ingredients in a reusable, cup-holder-sized container. The tube also makes the perfect mic for road trip karaoke.
Best Vegan Snack
Love, Corn Cheezy Crunchy Cornkroger.com
$5.00
“Vegan cheese” has quite possibly the worst food reputation of all the food reputations. But don’t give up hope yet. These crispy corn kernels are dusted in yummy plant-based flavor that tastes like the real deal. Can you believe?
Best Drinkable Snack
Koia Magic Mango Smoothietarget.com
$3.19
This refreshing smoothie is blended with a whole coconut, which makes it sort of like a bottled vacation you can drink. Another thing: You’ll cure your hunger and thirst at once—no extra charge.
Best Ice Cream Snack
Magnum Ice Cream Cookie Duetinstacart.com
$6.89
There’s no way to prepare thyself for this ice cream snack on a stick dipped in two types of decadent Belgian chocolate and coated in chocolate cookie pieces. Just unwrap and go at it wherever you are. The car? The pool? The post-pool shower? Sure!
Best Protein Snack
Hillshire Farms Genoa Salame Small PlatesInstacart
$4.79
Imagine a way less messy version of a charcuterie board—savory meat, white-cheddar cheese, and tiny toasts—that fits in your purse. And with 16 grams of muscle-building protein, its hanger-fighting powers are strong.
Best Sour Snack
Sour Strips Rainbowamazon.com
$17.47
These little strips of rainbow-hued bliss are equal parts fruity and sour, making them the ultimate pots o’ gold for any and all sour-heads. A warning: You’ll be in full pucker mode even as you reach back into the bag for “just one more.” It’s fine.
Best Fruity Snack
Skittles Gummiestarget.com
$1.89
Just when you thought there’s no way Skittles can get any better, these fruit bombs drop. The same flavors minus the candy shell equals an entirely different Skittles experience. Naked Skittles 5ever!
Your adult lunchbox is about to get way more fun. These packable Fudge Stripes–yes, the same cookies of your childhood–are sooo much better with marshmallow dip.
Best Cheesy Snack
Moon Cheese White Chedda Black Peppaamazon.com
$25.99
These crunchy, tangy, peppery morsels of 100 percent cheese are like having a snack-size bowl of cacio e pepe right in your pocket.
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