What is your favourite go-to snack that you would buy regularly?
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edit: thanks for replies but it seems only about 4 of you included the requested details (price, store, discount info). Still looking for more ideas - particularly in the categories of chips/biscuits and chocolate-related products
For when you're just not shitposting regularly
or when not shitting regularly.
But dates as well. Great date flavour.
And like prunes - lots of fibre
Dried FIGs too
Tinned pear juice has same effect.
What is their best before date?
Wow I honestly expected nothing less
If you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like Prunes than rhubarb does.
how does this compare to Flaming Hot Cheese Supreme Doritos?
my ex and my nan love them good heath teat for all.
I like apples, they are apple flavour!
Bravo!
Bravo and Fuji are the best apples
Pink Lady for me
Royal Gala
My guyyy
Kanzi, cold from the fridge….
Jazz stays crunchy longer.
Depends if they're new season or not imo
Can’t go wrong with 2 dozen freshly shucked coffin bay oysters
Nuts and gum?
Together at last
Are they 'oyster flavour' ones?
Cooked Prawns. 18 dollars a kg
Do you really consider these a snack? How many are you eating at a time, on a whim? Do they come pre-cooked? How do you feel about them sitting the fridge if you cook a big batch?
stopped kitkats
Is it possible to learn this power?
It’s a BS flex, like people who pose with someone’s else’s watch/car
Set yourself a limit to only buy them when they're discounted to $1 again. Simples.
Is it possible to learn this power?
Aldi…
11gs of sugar lol
sunflower seeds - salted
What's the best brand? J.C.'s Quality Foods Roasted & Salted Sunflower Seeds 200G?
Before 7pm snack - Cashews and pistachios, both from Costco or Aldi
11pm watching crappy TV - Choceur dark but now it’s $5 a bar!
Try cashews and pistachios from special nuts shops.. much better than Aldi or Costco.
Try cashews and pistachios
Not if you have a nut allergy…
Walnuts and peanuts instead. Got it.
magic brownies
corner of george and west st
after dark only
nod twice, one wink and a smile
brown paper bag with a dollar sign on it
no large notes, nothing in sequence, no coins
Did you just eat some whilst typing this?
Yes, but chicken flavour. Then you spruce that bad boy up with some spring onions, a fried/boiled egg, and some fried shallots.
a fried/boiled egg
Not if you have an egg allergy…
Bananas. I buy them from the banana stand.
I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? 10 dollars?
Here's some money, go see a Star War.
I don't care for job.
Chocolate dipped with all the sprinkles Mr Bluth
There's always money in the banana stand.
sets fire to stand
I like those smaller pieces of tandoori chicken that lots of Indian take away shops sell. Around $3 for a biggish piece. Delicious and good for you!
Darrell Lea dark chocolate coated licorice.
Granted, not good for a regular purchase. It's a miracle if the bag lasts longer than half an episode of a 22-minute comedy. I dream about those things, I see them every time they're half price in the supermarket and wonder if this time, just maybe, I can control myself (I can't).
Anyway, real answer, baked beans. Grab a cheapo can, chuck it in the microwave (not the can, the contents. Preferably in a microwave safe container) and maybe do some toast soldiers to go with it. Recession food at its finest.
You good good poops from a bag full of liquorice.
good good
wut
Level up your baked beans with finely chopped onions and garlic, fry them up in the saucepan first with some oil then chuck the beans in. Ultimate is at the same time fry and egg and put on top when served.
Brilliant meal.
Turtle chips.
aka as the chip that you first eat and go WTF, then you've finished the bag
These were my favourite when you could find them at $3 a bag but they're above $6 most of the time
Are they made from real turtles?
Ninja turtles.
Not great as we head into summer, but these Coles Creamy Mushroom + Crouton soups are super satisfying/ filling for 55c a cup.
I'm pretty sure they lower the price at the start of winter, to around $1 a box.
Aldi $7 cowboy mix 750g. Note I swear Costco sell the same mix for 1.5kg one for $20+.
Nachos, Flanders style. Not too unhealthy and they taste bad enough to not want to binge on them. It's the ultimate snack.
I’ll second this, my kids loved it at imagination Christmas
Pork Crackle. $2 a bag from Coles or Woolworths.
movietime popcorn (coloured sugar coated one from supermarket)
$2 when on special
nom nom nom
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I buy these from my local discount grocery outlet. $7 for a pack of 8. But they ran out of stock recently. Bought the last 3 packs they had left this week. Now I feel lost.
Now I feel lost.
Going from $7 for an 8-pack to $60 for an 8x2-pack, I can see why!
Kimchi. Try different brands until you find one you like. If you don't like hot foods then sauerkraut will do.
You're regularly munging on cabbage by itself as a snack?
Like, surely you're adding it to your sandwiches etc, not just straight up eating fistfuls of fermented cabbage
Only have a small amount, just enough to keep me going for an hour or two before lunch/dinner if I feel hungry. It has almost zero kilojoules so better than eating a pack of chips.
Mate that's wild but I love hearing it. I enjoy kimchi but have never eaten it like that. Will get some on the weekend and try eating it as a snack like you, see if my tongue can get on board.
Your gut health must be god tier
Funny I do the same. I'm loving the Byrne/Wicked (basically Woolies/Coles homebrand - both identical) that are $3 a jar, I just eat it straight out of the jar from the fridge as a low calorie snack after work, knock back jar a week. It's better cold IMO.
Byrne/Wicked baby cucumbers, or the Umami seaweed salad are other similar snacks that are also low calorie and cheap.
Two years ago, we tried a mystery bag of Bulgarian tortilla chips from our greengrocer.
Tomato & black olive flavour — they were $3 for ~180g and AWESOME.
They were a one-off for them, never to be seen again. I found them online at the time but I forget the brand now.
Since then, Tostitos have been next-best. Either the mild Mexican or Smokin Chipotle, but only when they were 50% off at $2.60.
At Coles today @ 2 for $7 — pass.
YES!
Worth a go if you see them.
Small peanut bags from Aldi. 99c each?
I get the cashew one. The peanuts are sooo salty.
Vigorously shake the peanut bag before opening.
Sweet & salty Cobs popcorn, always stock up during half price sales- $1.75/120g bag.
A finger of fudge, it tastes fudgey
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Criteria for best.
E.g. cheap/not cheap, not/from China, reduces/increases health/lifespan, tasty/bearable, etc.
I can't dictate what others consider 'best' but it would be a balancing act between value (price per quantity relative to competing goods) and enjoyment, with some choosing to factor in healthiness. I think snacks are generally considered to capture things with a decent shelf-life (pantry items).
Plain greek style yogurt and I toss some blueberries in. I eat it alternatively not everyday.
Farmer's Union or any home brand greek style yogurt and Eureka blueberries from Coles.
I do also enjoy all the seasonal fruits with nuts and seeds.
Spacefood sticks…. IYKYK
These were amazing! I miss them.
I recently wanted to buy some for my kids but found they went out of business ages ago.
Thankfully, they don't look very difficult to make!
Do your own homework OP
It's not homework I'm just hungry
been browsing the catalogues and nothing seems to tick both my taste and thrift boxes
Asking on ozbargain is a legitimate way of doing homework
The Odd Bunch Carrots (1.5kg), carrot flavour.
Woolworths.
$2.40 - hardly ever on sale, maybe never.
Home made muesli. Lots of him ingredients, toasted. Intended to eat it purely for breakfast, but it's just too appealing to munch on some after opening the pantry. Not too costly too.
Also: sushi… usually $3-$4 per standard roll, cheaper at the end of the day.
Yoghurt pouches… $1-$2 at supermarkets depending on specials. Very portable.
Cheese and beef jerky.
beef jerky is not oz bargain friendly
Always fall back to BBQ or pizza shapes. Though lately I’ve taken to homemade popcorn, made with flavacol.
Prunes. Prune flavour