Office Snack Hacks

Put BuzzFeed's Snack Room To Work For You. Hacks by Ori and Emily.    Office Snack Hacks

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Snack Hack #26: Mini Pretzel Hand Rolls Salty and weird but classy af.

INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

roasted seaweed snacks

hummus

pretzels

smoked almonds

1. Crush the almonds. Hot tip: use a plastic cup or mug to crush the almonds wrapped in a paper towel or sandwiched between two paper plates. 2. Smear hummus on a seaweed crisp. 3. Place pretzel pieces onto hummus. 4. Sprinkle crushed almonds on pretzels. 5. Wrap into rough hand roll.

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Snack Hack #25: Three “Cheese” Hummus Nachos

The best cheeses--nacho, nacho, and baked cheddar.

INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

doritos

cheetos

goldfish

hummus

bean or tortilla chips

1. Crush the doritos, cheetos, and goldfish roughly. 2. Top each chip with a dollop of hummus. 3. Sprinkle crushed cheese products on top of hummus. 4. Fiesta.

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Snack Hack #24: Banana Honey Milkshake

Dependent on having fro-yo in your office but, doesn’t everyone? INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

a banana

vanilla fro-yo

milk

honey

What you will need, equipment:

a tall glass

a fork

1. Use a fork to mash the banana with honey until well blended. 2. Blend milk with fro-yo until it’s a drinkable consistency 3. In alternating layers, spoon the fro-yo mixture and the banana into the tall glass. 4. Top with a drizzle of honey. 5. Parade it around your office so everyone can marvel at your cleverness.

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #23: Chocolate-Dipped Mini Cookie Pops

Perfect for “impressing” your “boss” at your “progress meeting.”

INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

Nilla wafers

Reese’s cups

Peanut butter

What you will need, equipment:

Wooden coffee stirrers

A plate

A microwavable bowl

1. Spread half your Nilla wafers with peanut butter 2. Place stirrer firmly onto the pb 3. Add another dollop 4. Top with another Nilla 5. Push centers out of Reese’s and discard (into your mouth, probably) 6. Microwave the more chocolatey rims in 20 second intervals 7. Dip your pops halfway into the chocolate. Pro-tip: Hold the cookie to dip, and not the stick.  8. Take over the world, you twee son of a gun.

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BuzzFeed snack hack #22: Orange-Honey Dressed Fruit Salad

Sweet and healthy. Or, at least sweet. Mix and match with whatever fruit your office supplies. INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

1 mandarin orange

1 apple

1 banana

1/4 cup orange juice

1 tsp. honey

whipped cream, optional

What you will need, equipment:

A bowl

1. Slice apple, orange, and banana. 2. Mix orange juice and honey until combined. 3. Pour dressing over fruit. 4. Top with whipped cream, if desired. 5. Rule the actual world.

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #21: Caramel “Corn”

The final verdict on this cheesy caramel concoction was “Weird, but good. But weird. But good.”

INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

3-4 Cow Tales

one bag of Pirate’s Booty

a splash of whole milk

What you will need, equipment:

A microwave

A microwaveable bowl

A plate

1. Place milk and Cow Tales in a microwaveable bowl. 2. Microwave for ~45 seconds, stirring until combined. 3. Place Pirate’s Booty on the plate. 4. Drizzle with melted caramel. 5. Feast.

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #20: Chewy Chocolate Pretzel Bark

So good. And healthy, as long as you have a very, very loose definition of “healthy.” 

INSTRUCTIONS:

What you will need, food:

4-8 fun size Milky Ways

handful of pretzel nuggets

handful of mixed nuts

sea salt, optional

butter or coconut oil or crisco or cooking spray--anything to stop caramel from sticking to tin foil.

What you will need, equipment:

microwave

freezer or refrigerator

tin foil or wax paper.

microwaveable bowl

1. Crush pretzels. 2. Repeat with mixed nuts. 3. Break the milky way bars into smaller pieces. Place in microwaveable bowl and microwave in 20-second intervals, stirring frequently, until fully (mostly) melted. 4. Cover plate with tinfoil or wax paper. If using tinfoil, grease with butter/cooking spray/whatever you can find that’s edible. If using wax paper, you good. 5. Place pretzels on plate.  6. Pour melted Milky Ways over the pretzels. Tap plate firmly against counter to remove air bubbles. 7. Sprinkle crushed nuts on top. 8. Optional, sprinkle sea salt on top. 9. Place in freezer for 15-20 min, fridge for 30-45 min. 10. Carefully peel off tinfoil/wax paper.  11. Slice and serve immediately.

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #19: Chocolate & Peanut Butter Fluff Covered Apples.

h/t Allie Lichtenstein for peanut butter fluff.

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #18: Honey Granola Banana Skewers

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #17: Virgin Mimosa

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #16: Pumpkin Froyo Galette

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #15: PB&J Yogurt Stack

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #14: Chipotle Peach Greek Yogurt Dip

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #13: Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Nachos

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #12: Honey Butter

Simple? Yes. Also the most delicious way to eat a salt bagel.

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #11: Chocolate Caramel-Dipped Peanut Butter Crackers

This hack inspired by Alix McAlpine!

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BuzzFeed Snack Hack #10: Cereal