Meat free Monday: road trip snacks

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 Hello!!!

We are back from our summer trip to Vermont/Canada and had an absolute blast!!! I’ll do a full recap so we can remember these amazing adventures in the years to come but right now the important things. Our favorite road trip snacks! 😉

Leo and I did a Trader Joe’s run before leaving and got a variety, I’m only going to mention the sugary ones now but we did pack healthier options too (lots of carrot sticks, peas, hummus, cheese, multigrain crackers, etc. 



These were a HIT. The boys LOVE ice cream and so this was a no messy way to fill that need. Also worked as a great “tactical wee” bribe to get Leo to use the restroom when he insisted that he didn’t need to! 😉

Leo loves waffles, Leo loves snacks things, Leo thinks these are the bees knees!!! We got to try a few too and they were as delicious as Great British Bake Off advertised! 😋

These are Jamie’s and my favorites. We loved them and it’s a great way to get a peanut butter cup feel without that not-so-pleasant lingering aftertaste on a long car ride.

These were OK. I LOVE the Christmas version, this was good but not as good. Will probably not get again unless for a specific recipe.

This is one of our favorites and we go for every season’s option. Always a win with Leo… I mean pretzels and chocolate. Hello!

Another good but not great for a road trip. Would have been delightful for a afternoon snack with tea though!


I want to love these so much and they’re really cool but just not my thing. The pineapple tasted too artificial for the texture. Would probably be great in a fancy trail mix though!!!

So those are the main sugary snacks for this trip. It was a combined 28 hours of driving over the up and back so lots of time for us all to test and review! 😉

💛Jess


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