Healthy Rice Cake Snacks – 10 Macro-Friendly Ideas!

Healthy Rice Cake Snacks are a wonderful way to enjoy a versatile, macro-balanced snack pre or post-workout or between meals. If you have the notion that rice cakes are bland and boring, these 10 healthy rice cake snack ideas will change your mind! All 10 rice cake-based snack recipes are easy to make, delicious, and perfect for holding you over until your next meal. So grab your favorite rice cakes, roll up your sleeves, and let’s elevate our snack game!

3 Reasons Why You’ll Love This Recipe

1. It’s an easy snack. Rice cakes are one of the easiest, most convenient snack options out there. You can eat them on their own for a quick boost of carbs, or add your favorite toppings and enjoy a macro-balanced snack that will tide you over until your next meal.
2. Options, options, options. Craving something sweet? Make a sweet rice cake combination. Yearning for something savory? Go for a savory rice cake recipe. There are so many ways to make delicious rice cake-based snacks!
3. Low calories. Rice cakes on their own are a very low-calorie food option, which is why you see a lot of people in the fitness and nutrition space eating them while dieting. And while the toppings you choose will certainly add additional calories, you can easily keep the calories low and the taste and satisfaction high!

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10 Macro-Friendly, Healthy Rice Cake Snack Recipes

I could probably easily come up with 100 different rice cake snack options, but I narrowed it down to my top 10 favorites. We have everything from sweet and indulgent to savory and high protein.

1. Strawberry Cream Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• 1 tbsp. Strawberry cream cheese
• 3 large strawberries, sliced

How to make:

1. Spread strawberry cream cheese on top of rice cake.
2. Slice strawberries into thin coins.
3. Lay strawberries on top of cream cheese & enjoy!

2. Turkey & Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• 1 Laughing Cow Light cheese wedge
• 2 oz. deli sliced turkey breast

How to make:

1. Spread Laughing Cow cheese wedge on top of rice cake.
2. Fold the deli turkey, add on top of the cheese layer, & enjoy!

3. Spicy Buffalo Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• 2 tbsp. Buffalo sauce
• 1 oz. cooked, shredded chicken
• 1 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese

How to make:

1. Spread 1 tbsp. buffalo sauce on top of rice cake.
2. Add shredded chicken.
3. Add remaining 1 tbsp. Buffalo sauce on top of chicken.
4. Top with shredded mozzarella, & enjoy!

4. Chocolate PB Banana

Ingredients:

• 1 chocolate rice cake
• 1 tbsp. Creamy peanut butter
• ½ banana, sliced
• Sprinkle of cinnamon (optional)

How to make:

1. Spread 1 tbsp. Peanut butter on top of rice cake.
2. Slice ½ banana into small coins and place on top of the peanut butter layer.
3. Dust with cinnamon, & enjoy!

5. Cottage Cheese EBTB (Everything But the Bagel)

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• ¼ cup low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 tbsp. Everything but the bagel seasoning

How to make:

1. Spread the cottage cheese on top of the rice cake.
2. Sprinkle EBTB seasoning on top of the cottage cheese, & enjoy!

6. Caramel Almond Butter Chip

Ingredients:

• 1 caramel rice cake
• 1 tbsp. Almond butter
• 1 tbsp. Caramel chips

How to make:

1. Spread almond butter on top of rice cake.
2. Sprinkle caramel chips on top of almond butter, & enjoy!

7. Raspberry Vanilla Yogurt

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• 2 tbsp. Vanilla non-fat Greek yogurt
• 2 tbsp. Raspberries
• 1 tbsp. Raspberry jam or syrup

How to make:

1. Spread vanilla yogurt on top of rice cake.
2. Sprinkle raspberries on top of yogurt.
3. Drizzle fruit syrup over top, & enjoy!

8. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip

Ingredients:

• 1 chocolate rice cake
• 1 tbsp. Creamy peanut butter
• 2 tbsp. Mini chocolate chips

How to make:

1. Spread peanut butter on top of rice cake.
2. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips on top of peanut butter, & enjoy!

9. Peanut Butter & Jelly

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• 1 tbsp. peanut butter
• 1 tbsp. Jelly or jam

How to make:

1. Spread peanut butter on top of rice cake.
2. Spread jelly on top of peanut butter, & enjoy!

10. Blueberry Maple Cottage Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 plain rice cake
• ¼ cup low-fat cottage cheese
• 2 tbsp. Blueberries
• Drizzle sugar-free maple syrup

How to make:

1. Spread cottage cheese on top of rice cake
2. Place berries on top of cottage cheese.
3. Drizzle sugar-free maple syrup on top, & enjoy!