My Favourite Slimming World low syn snacks and syn 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 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 yourself.
Low-syn Popcorns
You could make your own popcorn with 25g of unpopped kernels being approx 4.5 syns and makes quite a lot!
If you buy it at the Odeon it could be 61 syns for a large sweet box! Alternatively, here are some easy supermarket buys you could consider.
Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn syns – all approximate
- Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn cinema sweet 11g pack – 2.5 syns
- Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn cinnamon sweet 25g pack – 5.5 syns
- Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn Sweet and salty 17g pack – 4 syns.
My Favourite Low Syn biscuits
These are just some of the lovely biscuits and such you can enjoy on Slimming World easily within your daily syn allowance. Here are some tasty choices to try for low syn 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 syn snacks!
- Chocolate chip cookies – 2 syns each
- Maria – 1 syn each
- Shortbread biscuits 1.5 syns each
- Cookies 1 syn each
- Fibre biscuits – 2 syns each
- Plain digestives – 2.5 syns each
- Vanilla wafers 2 syns each
- Dark chocolate digestives – 3 syns each
- Chocolate wafers – 2 syns each
- Wholegrain breakfast biscuits – 3.5 syns each.
Approx syns of Mikado sticks
- Mikado sticks 0.5 syns each
- Mikado king double choco 1 syn each
Syns of Pink and Whites (approximate)
These are so popular with Slimming World members as 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 syns
- Caxton Pink and Whites Jammies – 3 syns.
My favourite Cereal bars syns
Cereal bars can be very high in sugar, some are good though, and in general, for low syn snacks, avoid any that are over 100 calories!
- Alpen light cereal bars, all flavours, usually around 3 syns each.
- Aldi Harvest Morn Benefit cereal bars, usually around 3 syns each.
My favourite Rice cakes syns
- Snack a jacks jumbo varying from 2-3 syns each.
- Snack a jacks bags varying syns from 4-6 syns a bag.
- Morrisons Sweet and Salty rice cakes, 1.5 syns 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 syns for 25g and as they are so light that is quite a few!
Dessert recipes as low syn snacks
Flavoured Quark syns, fat-free fromage frais or fat-free yoghurt.
Using flavourings to give this syn-free staple a nice flavour is a perfect way to make a delicious dessert whilst using minimal syns.
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 syn-free.
- Flavour with a hot chocolate sachet from 2 syns.
Slimming World friendly 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, syns may change as recipes change, check the Slimming World website for the latest information on these low syn snacks.
- Muller light yoghurts most varieties 0.5 syns each.
- Danone Light & Free Greek-style yoghurts, Blueberry/Vanilla/Lemon flavours 0.5 syns each.
- Danone Light & Free Greek style yoghurts, Strawberry/ Raspberry/ Cherry/ Coconut/ Lavish Lemon/ Blueberry Burst/ Strawberry Sensation/ Peach Passion Fruit flavours 1 syn each.
- Danone Light & Free Icelandic style yoghurt, playfully plain syn free per pot. Raspberry & Blueberry flavours 0.5 syns each.
- Rolo Dessert, 70g pot – 8.5 syns.
- Muller light chocolate fix layers, chocolate and caramel flavour – 3.5 syns, mint chocolate – 4.5 syns, milk chocolate 5 syns.
Approximate Jelly syns
Jelly is a great for low syn treats but the syns can vary significantly. A 135g block of jelly cubes is generally around 20 syns, ready to eat jelly in a 125g pot is around 4.5 syns. 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 syn each.
- Hartley’s jelly pots, no added sugar, 125g pots are usually half a syn each in every flavour.
- Hartley’s sugar-free jelly crystals are just 1.5 syns for an 11.5g sachet approx, so perfect to make your own jelly.
Approximate meringue syns
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 all the family!
- Large meringue nests are around 2.5 syns each but can depend a little on brands.
- Mini meringues are around 1 syn 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 syn for 3 tablespoons
For a few syns, it means you can have lots of squirty cream with strawberries in a meringue nest. What a tasty dessert.
Approx Fibre One bar syns
These are some of our go-to snacks, my favourites are the popcorn ones, which are around 4 syns each, or you can even have them as your healthy extra b choice! The birthday cake ones make great low syn snacks too!
Low syn Chocolate
The approximate syns for Skinny Bakery low syn chocolate snacks
- Chocolate Pearls 85g pot – 9.5 syns.
- Sweet potato brownies 85g pot – 9.5 syns.
- Chocolate chip cookies 50g pack – 9.5 syns.
Low syn Chocolate bars
The following are all approximate as recipes and syns can change and we all know how often Freddos seem to shrink! Chocolate bars are my favourite low syn snacks!
- Freddo 18g or Caramel 19.5g – 5 syns each. Sprinkles/popping candy 18g, 4.5 syns each, Freddo faces are 1 syn for each face.
- Twirl 34g (from multipack) – 9 syns, treat-size 14g – 3.5 syns
- Flake 25.6g – 6.5 syns.
- Cadbury Buttons 14.4g treat size pack – 4 syns, 24g bag – 6.5 syns, 2 giant buttons for 1.5 syns.
- Crunchie 32g bar – 7.5 syns, 40g bar – 9.5 syns, treat size 17.5g – 4 syns.
- Creme egg standard size 40g – 9 syns.
- Mini Eggs 25g – 6 syns, or around 1 syn per egg.
- Cadbury fudge 25.5g bar – 5.5 syns
- Chomp 23.5g bar – 5.5 syns.
- Nutella B Ready crispy wafer 22g – 5.5 syns.
- Skinny crunch 20g bar – 3 syns or 2 bars for healthy extra b choice
Other low syn chocolate sweet treats
Again, these are approximate as recipes vary!
- Chocolate spread including Nutella 4 syns for 1 tbsp, or 1.5 syns for 1 tsp.
- Milk or Dark Chocolate digestive biscuits 4 syns each.
- Chocolate fingers 1.5 syns each.
- Dark Chocolate 25g – 7 syns.
- Chocolate with fruit and nuts (milk or dark) 25g – 6.5 syns.
Low syn Ice Cream and lollies
As recipes can change, please take these as approximate and if in doubt, check the latest syns yourself.
Skinny Cow Syns
- Mint double chocolate ice cream lollies or vanilla ice cream sandwich with chocolate biscuits, 100ml each – 6 syns.
- Mini caramel bite lollies 3.5 syns each
- Caramel shortcake ice cream lollies from a triple pack 4.5 syns 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 – 4 syns
- Vanilla bean – 4 syns
- chocolate – 3.5 syns
- Birthday cake – 3 syns
- Red velvet – 4 syns
- Oatmeal cookie 3.5 syns
- Cookies and Cream – 3.5 syns
- Candy bar – 4 syns
- Strawberry cheesecake 4 syns
- Sea salted caramel 3.5 syns
- Peanut butter cup – 3.5 syns
- Chocolate dairy free – 3 syns
- Toasted coconut dairy-free 3.5 syns
- Sea salt dairy-free – 3.5 syns
Hot chocolate syns
As always, take these as approximate syns!
- Highlights hot chocolate 11g serving – 2 syns.
- Options hot chocolate 11g sachet – 1.5 – 2 syns depending on the flavour
- Options indulgence varieties 2.5 syns.
Milkshake syns
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 syn drink.
If you can only get the standard version that is around 2 syns per 25ml. All flavours including cookies and cream have the same syns.
Nesquik milkshake powder, 1 syn per level tsp of all flavours.
Remember you can enjoy your milk as part of your healthy extra A allowance so only need to syn the syrup/powder. Read all the healthy extra A allowances.
Low syn crisps
If you love crisps, one of the key things to do is to avoid buying family bags unless you have the willpower to weigh the individual portions out.
Here are some great low syn crisp choices. Be mindful of the size of the bags you use and that these syns can change, so take them as approximations! Crisps are great low syn snacks though!
- French fries – 4 syns for an 18g bag,4.5 syns for a 21g bag.
- Quavers – 4.5 syns for a 16g bag and 5.5 syns for a 20g bag.
- Snaps spicy tomato crisps (my favourite!) – 3.5 syns for a 13g bag, 4.5 for an 18g bag and 5.5 for a 21g bag.
- Pom bear crisps – 3.5 syns for a 13g bag, 4 syns for a 15g bag and 5 syns for a 19g bag.
Other low syn 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 syn choice. Who would have thought you could have pizza as low syn 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!
How to calculate approximate syns for Slimming World Treats
If you are looking to eat something which has no free food component, then use a simple rule of every 20 calories is one syn for low syn snacks.
Additionally, 10 calories is 0.5 syn. So a chocolate bar, which is 99 calories is 5 syns as this is so close to 100 calories, the difference is negligible. If something is 110 calories, then count it as 5.5 syns. If you prefer, you can use my calculator to help.
If you enjoy baking then you need to add up the syns in each individual ingredient and 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 syns for, not only that, but delicious too!
Tips for low syn snacks
Here are a few tips to help your syns go further when you are choosing low syn snacks.
- Only have 5 syns left? Check out my favourite snacks for 5 syns or less guide!
- Run out of syns? Check out my favourite syn-free snacks.
- Use fruit to make chocolate go further and cover strawberries for low syn snacks
- Adding hot chocolate powder to yoghurt or quark makes a quick, low syn treat.
- Using your healthy extra b choice for a syn 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 syn snacks!
- If you enjoy using syns 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 syn snacks? Let me know in the comments below your favourites! Are there any low syn snacks you love and I have forgotten?
