5 Homemade Snacks Under $1 That Save Us Hundreds

Here are five easy snack recipes that cost us way less than $1 a serve to make.
These quick homemade eats have only five ingredients each, and our kids love them in their lunchboxes.
One big, enormous snacking WIN, helping us cut grocery costs every week.
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Chocolate brownies
200 grams of unsalted butter
1 cup of brown sugar
Three eggs
½ cup of plain flour
¼ cup of cocoa powder

Melt the butter (and choc chips if you’re using them).
Stir in the sugar and let it cool a bit.
Add the eggs one at a time.
Then fold in the flour.
If you’re adding extras, like the nuts, now’s the time.
Pour it all into a lined tin and bake at 320F that’s 160C for 25 to 30 minutes.

Mini banana pancake
1 cup of plain flour - or oats
1 ripe banana
1 egg
1 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of baking soda
(Add some chia seeds if you’re ok stretching it to 6 ingredients!)

If you have a NutriBullet, wizz it all up in that
If not, mix your wet ingredients in one bowl, then add them to the dry in another
Whisk it all together.
Heat a non-stick pan or a big griddle over medium heat.
Dollop tablespoon-sized amounts on and cook for about a minute each side.

Mini muffins
2 large bananas
½ cup brown sugar
4 tbsp butter
¼ cup (homemade!) Greek yogurt
1 cup plain flour

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a large mini muffin tin.
In a bowl, mash the bananas.
Add brown sugar, melted butter, yogurt. Stir well.
Fold in the flour and mix until just combined.
Spoon into tin and bake for 12–14 mins.

Oat bars
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup peanut butter
½ cup honey
2 tbsp cocoa powder
Pinch of salt

Warm the honey and peanut butter together over a medium heat until it stirs smoothly.
Add the rolled oats, the cocoa powder, pinch of salt.
Mix it all together, press into a lined tray, and chill until set.


0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Why It's Hard Quitting Store-Bought
2:02 - Chocolate Brownies
4:37 - Mini Banana Pancakes
6:46 - Mini Muffins
8:50 - Oat Bars
10:53 - Popcorn
11:59 - Outro

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