My Favourite Slimming World low Swip snacks and Swip free snacks
If you are always looking for lower calorie or low syn snacks then here is an ultimate list to help you. Of course, it is not all the best Slimming World snacks you could possibly have, but a pretty good list!
All are favourite low syn snacks of mine and my friends, so I know you will love them too. There are lots to help with that sugar fix or craving, but also some great savoury ideas too.
Perfect for car journeys or when you like a low syn snack to nibble whilst watching the TV.
Just Average Jen is an independent blog not connected with any weight loss plan. Please check nutritional values and/or syns/Swips yourself. Information correct at time of writing – always check official Slimming World materials for updates.
What is a Slimming World swip?
A SWIP is the new name Slimming World uses for what used to be called “Syns.” From January 2026, Slimming World refreshed its healthy eating plan and changed the terminology to make things feel more positive and personal. The term SWIP stands for Slimming World’s Individual Picks, and it refers to the foods you choose to enjoy that aren’t classed as Free Foods or Healthy Extras.
In practical terms, SWIPs include higher-energy items – such as a slice of cake, a glass of wine, crisps, or chocolate. Instead of thinking of these foods as “sins or syns,” the new wording encourages you to see them as choices you can fit into your day, in moderation, if you want to. You still have a daily allowance of SWIPs, and counting them helps you balance treats alongside nutritious eating, which makes it easier to stick with the plan and avoid feeling guilty about food.
Low-Swip Popcorns
You could make your own popcorn with 25g of unpopped kernels being approx 4.5 swips and makes quite a lot!
If you buy it at the Odeon it could be 61 swips for a large sweet box! Alternatively, here are some easy supermarket buys you could consider.
Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn swips – all approximate
- Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn cinema sweet 11g pack – 2.5 swips
- Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn cinnamon sweet 25g pack – 5.5 swips
- Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn Sweet and salty 17g pack – 4 swips.
My Favourite Low Swip biscuits
These are just some of the lovely biscuits and such you can enjoy for the best Slimming World snacks easily within your daily syn allowance. Here are some tasty choices to try for low swip snacks.
Approx syns of Gullon sugar-free products
These are available in a variety of places including B&M bargains and all syn values are approximate, as always, recipes can change. I wasn’t as keen on the digestives but loved the wafers, they much very moreish low swip or low syn snacks!
- Chocolate chip cookies – 2 swips each
- Maria – 1 swip each
- Shortbread biscuits 1.5 swips each
- Cookies 1 swip each
- Fibre biscuits – 2 swips each
- Plain digestives – 2.5 swips each
- Vanilla wafers 2 swips each
- Dark chocolate digestives – 3 swips each
- Chocolate wafers – 2 swips each
- Wholegrain breakfast biscuits – 3.5 swips each.
Approx syns of Mikado sticks
- Mikado sticks 0.5 swips each
- Mikado king double choco 1 swip each
Syns of Pink and Whites (approximate)
These are so popular with Slimming World members as low swip, previously low syn snacks, but I don’t like them myself! Stuart and Ben like them, though!
- Caxton Pink and Whites less than 2% fat from 6 pack – 2.5 swips
- Caxton Pink and Whites Jammies – 3 swips.
My favourite Cereal bars syns
Cereal bars can be very high in sugar, some are good though, and in general, for low swip snacks, avoid any that are over 100 calories!
- Alpen light cereal bars, all flavours, usually around 3 swips each.
- Aldi Harvest Morn Benefit cereal bars, usually around 3 swips each.
My favourite Rice cakes syns
- Snack a jacks jumbo varying from 2-3 swips each.
- Snack a jacks bags varying syns from 4-6 swips a bag.
- Morrisons Sweet and Salty rice cakes, 1.5 swips each approx.
Don’t dismiss these as savoury snacks as well as sweet snacks!
Approx syns for Rainbow drops
These delicious multi-coloured yummy low syn snacks are only around 4.5 swips for 25g and as they are so light that is quite a few!
Dessert recipes as low swip treats or low syn snacks
Flavoured Quark syns, fat-free fromage frais or fat-free yoghurt.
Using flavourings to give this swip-free staple a nice flavour is a perfect way to make a delicious dessert whilst keeping syns to a minimum. It is one of the best Slimming World snacks if you have no swips and want something a little cheesecake-like!
If you would like to know more about Quark, then check out my Quark guide.
- Flavour Quark with vanilla essence and other similar flavourings from the baking section are usually swip-free.
- Flavour with a hot chocolate sachet from 2 swips.
The best Slimming World snacks and desserts to buy
Muller lights, yoghurts and similar desserts
I love yoghurt in the morning with fruit or as a dessert if I want a sweet treat after the main meal. Why not try freezing them for a different flavour? Again, swips may change as recipes change, check the Slimming World website for the latest information on these low swip snacks.
- Muller light yoghurts most varieties 0.5 swips each.
- Danone Light & Free Greek-style yoghurts, Blueberry/Vanilla/Lemon flavours 0.5 swips each.
- Danone Light & Free Greek style yoghurts, Strawberry/ Raspberry/ Cherry/ Coconut/ Lavish Lemon/ Blueberry Burst/ Strawberry Sensation/ Peach Passion Fruit flavours 1 swip each.
- Danone Light & Free Icelandic style yoghurt, playfully plain swip free per pot. Raspberry & Blueberry flavours 0.5 swips each.
- Rolo Dessert, 70g pot – 8.5 swips.
- Muller light chocolate fix layers, chocolate and caramel flavour – 3.5 swips, mint chocolate – 4.5 swips, milk chocolate 5 swips.
Approximate Jelly Swips
Jelly is a great for low swip treats but the swips can vary significantly. A 135g block of jelly cubes is generally around 20 swips, and ready-to-eat jelly in a 125g pot is around 4.5 swips. There are much better choices you could make and here are some popular ones.
- No added sugar ready to eat jelly pot, 175g, usually about half a swip each.
- Hartley’s jelly pots, no added sugar, 125g pots are usually half a swip each in every flavour.
- Hartley’s sugar-free jelly crystals are just 1.5 swips for an 11.5g sachet approx, so perfect to make your own jelly.
Approximate meringue swips
Meringues are a great way to add sweetness and crunch to yoghurt or to make a bowl of berries seem so much more special. A great way to make low syn snacks for the whole family! I love them and they, in my opinion, are one of the best best Slimming World snacks for having fruit and sweetness in one.
- Large meringue nests are around 2.5 swips each but can depend a little on brands.
- Mini meringues are around 1 swip each.
For extra flavour add a yoghurt, fat-free fromage frais or quark. If you fancy cream it isn’t off-limits just because you are dieting.
Light squirty cream is usually half a swip for 3 tablespoons
For a few swips, it means you can have lots of squirty cream with strawberries in a meringue nest. What a tasty dessert.
Approx Fibre One bar swips
These are some of our go-to snacks, my favourites are the popcorn ones, which are around 4 swips each, or you can even have them as your healthy extra b choice! The birthday cake ones make great low swip snacks too!
Low Swip Chocolate
The approximate swips for Skinny Bakery low swip chocolate snacks
- Chocolate Pearls 85g pot – 9.5 swips.
- Sweet potato brownies 85g pot – 9.5 swips.
- Chocolate chip cookies 50g pack – 9.5 swips.
Low Swip Chocolate bars
The following are all approximate as recipes and swips can change and we all know how often Freddos seem to shrink! Chocolate bars are my favourite low swip snacks!
- Freddo 18g or Caramel 19.5g – 5 swips each. Sprinkles/popping candy 18g, 4.5 swips each, Freddo faces are 1 swip for each face.
- Twirl 34g (from multipack) – 9 swips, treat-size 14g – 3.5 swips
- Flake 25.6g – 6.5 swips.
- Cadbury Buttons 14.4g treat size pack – 4 swips, 24g bag – 6.5 swips, 2 giant buttons for 1.5 swips.
- Crunchie 32g bar – 7.5 swips, 40g bar – 9.5 swips, treat size 17.5g – 4 swips.
- Creme egg standard size 40g – 9 swips.
- Mini Eggs 25g – 6 swips, or around 1 swip per egg.
- Cadbury fudge 25.5g bar – 5.5 swips
- Chomp 23.5g bar – 5.5 swips.
- Nutella B Ready crispy wafer 22g – 5.5 swips.
- Skinny crunch 20g bar – 3 swips or 2 bars for healthy extra b choice
The best Slimming World snacks – chocolate sweet treats
Again, these are approximate, as recipes vary, but these are my absolute favourites!
- Chocolate spread including Nutella 4 swips for 1 tbsp, or 1.5 swips for 1 tsp.
- Milk or Dark Chocolate digestive biscuits 4 swips each.
- Chocolate fingers 1.5 swips each.
- Dark Chocolate 25g – 7 swips.
- Chocolate with fruit and nuts (milk or dark) 25g – 6.5 swips.
Low Swip Ice Cream and lollies
As recipes can change, please take these as approximate and if in doubt, check the latest swips yourself.
Skinny Cow Swips
- Mint double chocolate ice cream lollies or vanilla ice cream sandwich with chocolate biscuits, 100ml each – 6 swips.
- Mini caramel bite lollies 3.5 swips each
- Caramel shortcake ice cream lollies from a triple pack 4.5 swips each
Syns of Halo Top ice cream tubs per 100ml
These are my favourite low-calorie ice creams. I am yet to try all flavours, but they sound great. My favourite so far is the sea-salted caramel. Remember, recipes change, so always double-check if you are unsure about syns or not losing weight as you would like.
- Cinnamon roll, Vanilla Bean, Candy Bar, strawberry cheesecake, red velvet – 4 swips each
- Chocolate, oatmeal cookie, cookies and cream, sea salt dairy free, toasted coconut dairy free, sea salted caramel, peanut butter cup – 3.5 swips each
- Birthday cake, chocolate dairy free- 3 swips each
Hot chocolate Swips
As always, take these as approximate syns!
- Highlights hot chocolate 11g serving – 2 swips.
- Options hot chocolate 11g sachet – 1.5 – 2 swips depending on the flavour
- Options indulgence varieties 2.5 swips.
Milkshake swips
Crusha milkshake syrup, no added sugar version, 25ml serving for around 0.5 syns, and if using healthy extra a milk, it makes a low swip drink.
If you can only get the standard version, that is around 2 swips per 25ml. All flavours, including cookies and cream, have the same syns.
Nesquik milkshake powder, 1 swip per level tsp of all flavours.
Remember, you can enjoy your milk as part of your healthy extra allowance, so only need to count the syrup/powder. Read all the healthy extra A allowances.
Low Swip crisps
If you love crisps, one key thing to do is avoid buying family bags unless you have the willpower to weigh out individual portions. The best Slimming World snacks will always be smaller portions!
Here are some great low swip crisp choices. Be mindful of the size of the bags you use and that these swips can change, so take them as approximations! Crisps are great low Swip snacks though!
- French fries – 4 swips for an 18g bag,4.5 swips for a 21g bag.
- Quavers – 4.5 swips for a 16g bag and 5.5 swips for a 20g bag.
- Snaps spicy tomato crisps (my favourite!) – 3.5 swips for a 13g bag, 4.5 for an 18g bag and 5.5 for a 21g bag.
- Pom bear crisps – 3.5 swips for a 13g bag, 4 swips for a 15g bag and 5 swips for a 19g bag.
Other low swip snacks – savoury ideas
If you want someone a bit more substantial and are tempted by a takeaway, then maybe these ideas could help.
- Homemade chips
- Crustless Quiche
- Easy Curry loaf
- Boiled eggs make great low syn snacks high in protein
- Pasta or pasta salad
- Leftovers from the previous meal
- Cooked breakfast using low syn sausages
- Dips and vegetable sticks (easy dip recipes)
- Omelette
- Pickled vegetables
- Savoury rice
- Cottage cheese
- Crab sticks
- Cooked meats
- Chunky vegetable soup or other soups
- Mushy peas
- Couscous a vegetable couscous or a mango couscous is perfect.
- Caribbean rice
- Pizza made with bread from your healthy extra allowance for the lowest swip choice. Who would have thought you could have pizza as low swip snacks!
Remember, if you read my unofficial Slimming World guide, nothing is off-limits in moderation, just check how the syns of it fit in with your allowance and what you have already eaten that day! The best Slimming World snacks are ones you love and stop you feeling deprived.
How to calculate approximate swips for Slimming World Treats
If you are looking to eat something with no free food component, use a simple rule: every 20 calories is 1 swip for low swip snacks.
Additionally, 10 calories is 0.5 swip. So a chocolate bar, which is 99 calories, is 5 swips as this is so close to 100 calories, the difference is negligible. If something is 110 calories, then count it as 5.5 swips. If you prefer, you can use my calculator to help.
If you enjoy baking, add up the swips for each ingredient, then divide by the number of portions you make. How about trying this three-ingredient shortbread? Easy to make and easy to work out the swips for, not only that, but delicious too!
Tips for low swip snacks
Here are a few tips to help your syns go further when choosing low swip snacks.
- Only have 5 swips left? Check out my favourite snacks for 5 syns or less guide!
- Run out of swips? Check out my favourite syn-free snacks.
- Use fruit to make chocolate go further and cover strawberries for low swip snacks which used to be called low syn snacks
- Adding hot chocolate powder to yoghurt or quark makes a quick, low swip treat.
- Using your healthy extra b choice for a swip free sweet fix is great if you have a sweet tooth!
- Cut portions small and put them in the fridge or freezer to make them last longer. This way you can turn a huge bar of chocolate into tasty low swip snacks!
- If you enjoy using swips for nuts, seeds etc, then be sure to weigh them out before tucking in. It may help to try things like the Graze boxes, as they are conveniently portioned.
- Buy portioned cheese, as you can have a cheese fix in a convenient, easy way.
Has this given you any new ideas for low swip snacks? Let me know in the comments below your favourites! Are there any low swip snacks you love that I have forgotten? What are the best Slimming World snacks in your opinion?
