TOP GOLD
OVERALL GOLD AWARDS
Top Healthy Gourmet Snacks for 2023
The world is full of fantastic, delicious, and innovative healthy gourmet snacks. That’s why we’ve tasted some of the best, and here’s what we found.
The 9th Annual Snack Awards selects and rewards the Top Healthy Gourmet Snack creations of the Year.
Products from across the country entered into this competition, and were sent to a select jury panel of food & wine media and industry judges located throughout North America. This panel tasted, reviewed and voted on which they consider to be the “Top Healthy Gourmet Snacks of the Year” by the TASTY AWARDS panel, the Academy of Media Tastemakers
The Healthy Snack Awards look for the tastiest, most appealing , and healthiest snack choices on the market. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bar, a chip, popcorn, or nuts, as long as it looks good and tastes good and is good for you then it has the chance of making the list. Gluten Free, Sugar Free, or just made with fresh and natural ingredients, the bottom line is that they have to satisfy your urge to munch.
The judges and reviewers for this year’s selections come from a panel of gurus from the Academy of Media Tastemakers. Here are their favorites
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST OVERALL SNACK EXPERIENCE
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
TOP SILVER
OVERALL SILVER AWARDS
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
TOP SILVER
OVERALL SILVER AWARDS
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
HONORABLE MENTION
OVERALL HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS
- Scott’s Protein Balls Brownie Batter
- Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies LLC Cran-raisin orange with walnts cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
SELECTED JUDGES COMMENTS
Favorites: Rose sisters chips, Mochi Gummies, Ella’s flats
I loved both the Strawberry Mochi Gummies and the Rose Sisters Chips. Would (will) seek them out.
“Rustic Bakery’s Artisan Crisps.
The Strawberry Yoggies were my second favorite because they tasted so good. However, I wondered about their probiotic effect . .. How many would I need to consume for it? The white text on the back of the package was unreadable, so I don’t know whether the claim was substantiated.
I liked the Rose Sisters Chips Mesquite BBQ because I could use it with a dip and I liked the Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry because it goes well with cheese.
Issei Mochi Gummies + Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies / 5 Star Rating
Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps – I enjoy all of their flavors and seek them out.
“Ella’s Flats All Seed Savory Crisps could be addictive with their light tasty seasoning and crunchiness. And although I enjoy them plain, I look forward to trying them with dips, as suggested.
Rustic Bakery’s Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps are delicious on their own, but would be fabulous with a creamy blue cheese such as Cambozola. Your cheese pairing suggestions on the packaging make me want to try them all.
The tasty little Strawberry Yoggies and Vanilla Mochi Gummies were so easy to snack on — delicious!”
I hope Rose Sisters chips will be available in more markets. They’re a delicious and versatile snack.
In general, I prefer ingredient lists that are not overly long and filled with names of products I do not know. I understand the complexity of producing complex snacks, but I am an old fashioned person who likes some simplicity in my snacks.
“Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps – A very satisfying savory/sweet snack cracker that comes in several different flavor combinations. They are as satisfying as a cookie and taste great with cheeses.
Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat – my first experience with these chips, they’re unique and much better than baked potato chips!
Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything – These crackers are a celebration of sesame. I use black sesame seeds in my cooking and I think these crackers look and taste great!”
STAR RATINGS: OVERALL
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
- Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookie
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies LLC Cran-raisin orange with walnts cookie
- Daily Crunch Snacks Dill Pickle Sprouted Almonds + Pepitas
- Homefree Chocolate Chip Brownies
- Nature’s Path Organic Ketola Crunch Organic Blueberry Cinnamon Granola
- Scott’s Protein Balls Peanut Butter Cacao
- Homefree Chocolate Chip Cookies
AWARD CATEGORY: FLAVOR
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST TEXTURE
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST INGREDIENT COMBINATIONS
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies LLC Cran-raisin orange with walnts cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
- Partners, A Tasteful Choice Company All-American Crispy Cornbread Snack Crackers
- Effie’s Homemade Original Oatcakes – Single Serve
- Partners, A Tasteful Choice Company Partners Stone Ground Wheat Hors d’Oeuvre Crackers
- Popzup Popcorn Butter Me Up Popcorn
HONORABLE MENTION
- Homefree Chocolate Chip Brownies
- Nature’s Path Organic Ketola Crunch Organic Blueberry Cinnamon Granola
AWARD CATEGORY: MOST UNIQUE
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies LLC Cran-raisin orange with walnts cookie
HONORABLE MENTION
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
- Scott’s Protein Balls Brownie Batter
- Scott’s Protein Balls Peanut Butter Cacao
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST PACKAGING
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Scott’s Protein Balls Brownie Batter
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST SNACK WHILE WORKING
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
HONORABLE MENTION
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies LLC Cran-raisin orange with walnts cookie
- Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookie
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST SNACK WHILE RELAXING
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- Ella’s Flats All Seed Crackers – Everything
- Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookie
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
- Scott’s Protein Balls Peanut Butter Cacao
- Homefree Chocolate Chip Brownies
AWARD CATEGORY: BEST SNACK FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Original Family Recipe
- Issei Mochi Gummies
- Rose Sisters Chips Seasoned Flour Tortilla Chips Mesquite BBQ with a touch of heat
- My 3 Sisters Italian Cookies Lemon Ricotta Cookie
- Rustic Bakery Tart Cherry, Cacao Nib & Almond Artisan Crisps
HONORABLE MENTION
- Nature’s Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies
- Homefree Chocolate Chip Brownies
