24 satisfying snacks that won't blow your diet

by Amy Palanjian

Experts say that up to 10 percent of your daily calories can come from a "fun food." A woman on a 1,500-calorie diet can easily afford one or two of the snacks below per day. Choose one by the type of craving you're having.

crunchy

1 graham cracker

59 cal

1.5 g fat

OR TRY

1/4 cup soy nuts

55 cal

3 g fat

6 mini breadsticks

70 cal

3 g fat

1 caramel-corn rice cake

80 cal

0.5 g fat
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salty

25 salted peanuts

146 cal

12 g fat

OR TRY

5 pretzels

114 cal

1 g fat

20 baked tortilla chips