31 Healthy and Portable High-Protein Snacks

Whether its fueling up before hitting the gym or taking a midday snack break to avoid the 2 p.m. lull, high-protein snacks are the tastiest way to keep on going. Protein snacks are the perfect way to fill up just enough, and give us longer-lasting energy than the usual, carb-heavy options. Here are 31 of our favorite protein-packed snacks!

1. Cottage-Style Fruit:

Top 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 cup of your favorite fruit. Not sure what fruit to pick? Try some superfoods! Bananas, mixed berries, and melon are a few Greatist favorites.

2. Beef or Turkey Jerky

3. Mixed Nuts or Trail Mix

4. Pumpkin Seeds

5. Hard-Boiled Eggs

6. Nut Butter Boat

7. Deli Rollup

8. Mini Bean-and-Cheese Quesadilla

9. Shake It Up

10. KIND Bar

11. Chunky Monkey Shake

12. Easy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

13. Tofu Sticks

14. Edamame Poppers :The only thing more fun than how much protein you can get from a serving of edamame (one cup offers about 17 grams of protein!) is getting to eat these little beans out of their bright green pods. Buy them fresh and steam for about 6 minutes, or use the pre-cooked frozen variety and briefly microwave to defrost (about 2 minutes) before chowing down.

15. Hummus Dippers

16. Soy Milk Smoothie

17. Portable Cheese Platter

18. Banana Nutter

19. Silver Dollar Protein Pancakes

20. Chocolate Milk

21. Get Greek Berry Parfait

22. Almond Butter Toast Sticks

23. A Little Lentil :We know what youre thinking: Lentils? As a snack?! Yes! Dont worry, were not talking about a bowl of the bland ol things. Lentils are great protein-packed legumes that are easy to turn into super, shelf-stable salads. One cup has a whopping 22 grams of protein in just 300 calories! Not sure where to start? Try this lentil tabbouleh or this simple veggie and lentil mix.

24. Grape-and-Cheese Sticks

25. Perfect Little Parfait

26. Mini Black-Bean Mash Taco

27. Gobble, Gobble28. Protein Bar

29. Overnight Choco-Oats

30. Recovery Rice Crispies

31. Blueberry Flax Microwave Muffins

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