Right now is the best time of year to bring out the warm blankets, cozy pajamas, and hunker down for a long movie night! But no movie marathon is complete without yummy snacks and drinks. You can go nuts if you want, but there are some better-for-you options that will satisfy your sweet tooth and crunchy cravings without giving you a stomach ache. Here are 3 of my faves!
Bare Snacks Fuji & REds Apple Chips
Bare snacks Fuji & Reds Apple Chips are great in place of unhealthy potato chips. Munch on these real apples that are baked into crave-ably crunchy chips. With no added sugar or preservatives, these gluten-free and non-GMO Project Verified apple chips are the ideal treat to snack on during National Apple Month.
Fuji Apple Dry Soda
Fuji Apple DRY Sparkling is perfect for a movie date night or if you just want to feel fancy. An apple (DRY) a day keeps the boring away. This botanical bubbly is a refreshing and crisp non-alcoholic beverage, perfect to sip on this fall and winter. For extra pizzazz, mix into a mocktail such as this Apple Thyme Fizz beverage (recipe bbelow)
Alter Eco Deepest Dark Super Blackout Bar
For ultimate indulgence, step into the heart of dark with Alter Eco’s keto-friendly Deepest Dark Super Blackout Bar. This 90 percent cocoa organic chocolate bar is a perfect treat for chocolate lovers with a smooth, creamy bite, and crafted with clean, whole ingredients. Deepest Dark Super Blackout Bar contains 3g of sugar per serving, no artificial flavors and is also gluten-free and Fair Trade Certified. Ingredients: organic cacao beans, organic cocoa butter, organic raw cane sugar, organic vanilla beans.
Apple Thyme Fizz Recipe
Ingredients:
Fuji Apple DRY Sparkling soda
3 oz good quality apple cider
½ oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
½ oz thyme simple syrup
Cinnamon sugar for rim
Sprig of thyme and apple slice for garnish if desired
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine apple cider, lemon juice, and thyme simple syrup and shake until cold. Pour evenly into two coupe glasses (rimmed with cinnamon sugar) and top with Fuji Apple DRY Sparkling. Garnish with a sprig of thyme and an apple slice if desired.
Thyme Simple Syrup: Combine in sauce pan and bring to boil, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup water, 2 sprigs of fresh thyme. Let simmer for a bit to infuse, then strain out thyme.
And there you go! Better for you doesn’t have to be boring! Let me know your favorite “better for you” movie night snacks in the comments below!
Disclosure: Press samples were provided by the brand/PR for editorial consideration, product testing, photography and honest review.
