How to Buy The Best Chips, Pretzels and Snacks: Buying Guide

It's time to stock up on snacks. What will you buy? Sweet options, like fruit snacks or cups, chocolate chip cookies, banana chips or ice cream? Or savory snacks, like Cheez-It Crackers, beef jerky, mixed nuts, snack bars with sea salt, meat sticks or sour cream and your favorite bag of tortilla chips? Whatever you're craving, you'll find tons of delicious snacks at Sam's Club.

What are chips?

Potato chips are a packaged product usually made by thinly slicing and frying potatoes. Other popular varieties include corn-based tortilla chips. You can even find chips made out of vegetables, like kale chips.

What are pretzels?

German in origin, pretzels have made their way to the United States and can be found freshly baked all around the country. Today, they come in many forms, including sweet pretzels, salty pretzels, flavored pretzels, pretzels stuffed with peanut butter and in trail mix, where they're often paired with dark chocolate chips and sunflower seeds.

What is considered a snack?

The average person eats three full meals a day. Snacks are the smaller foods we fit in throughout the rest of the day, including anything from dried fruit to granola bars.

What snacks are the healthiest snacks?

Apples and other fruit snacks and vegetables grilled with olive oil are healthy whole food options. There are plenty of healthy packaged products, snack bars, rice cakes and other snack foods, too:

• Keto snacks, Keto chips
• Snacks containing high protein
• Snacks low in calories
• Vegan snacks
• Whole 30 snacks
• Low-fat snacks
• Whole-grain snacks
• Gluten-free snacks
• Snacks with no sugar or low sugar
• Fruit cups
• Snacks low in saturated fat

How much do chips and pretzels cost?

At Sam's Club, you can find chips for as little as $3.98 (or $0.14 per ounce) when you buy snacks in bulk or bulk sized-bags. Some of our pretzels and snacks with pretzels cost as little as $4.98.

How much do snacks cost?

At Sam's Club, you can find snacks for as little as $0.08 per ounce. In general, our bulk snacks cost anywhere from $4 to $37.

Where can I buy bulk chips and snacks?

At Sam's Club, you can buy bulk chips and snacks, like potato chips and tortilla chips, in a wide range of varieties.

Where can I buy chips and snacks?

At Sam's Club, you can buy chips and snacks in a wide range of varieties, including tortilla chips, snack mix, snacks kids will enjoy and other types of snacks packs.

What Different Types of Chips, Pretzels and Snacks Are There?

Sam's Club offers a wide variety of snacks:

• Flavored chips: These include options like sour cream chips
• Potato chips
• Tortilla chips: These go great with sour cream and salsa and are available in flavored options like crispy nacho cheese
• Assorted chips
• Snack packs
• Salted pretzels
• Chocolate covered pretzels: These are available in milk, white and dark chocolate varieties
• Snack/trail mixes
• Healthy chips: Healthy chip options include gluten-free, vegan, and dried fruit, like apple chips

What Sizes of Chips, Pretzels and Snacks Can I Choose?

At Sam's Club you can find snacks in a variety of sizes so you can stock up with just the right amount:

• Large tubs of pretzels and snack mix
• Boxes of assorted snack mix
• Bulk snacks and chips
• Family-sized snacks

What to Consider When Buying Chips, Pretzels and Snacks

When deciding which snacks to buy, you'll need to consider a few different questions:

• What size snack size do you need?
• What occasion do you need snacks for?
• What flavor of snacks do you need?
• What nutritional values should you consider?
• How much do you want to spend?

And what will go best with your next binge from Amazon Prime Video or when you pop in the next Blu-ray?

What Brands of Chips, Pretzels and Snacks Does Sam's Club Sell?

At Sam's Club you can find a wide variety of chips, pretzels and snacks from popular brands:

• Utz
• Popchips
• Frito-Lay
• Cape Cod
• T.G.I. Fridays
• Sargento
• Member's Mark
• Austin
• Chex Mix

FAQ: Chips, Pretzels and Snacks

What chips are keto?

The ketogenic diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet that has specific guidelines for what kinds of foods you can eat. Specific "keto" brands offer keto chips and other keto snacks. Look for these terms on product labels.

How many snacks should you eat a day?

If you're eating three meals a day, you can supplement these with one to two healthy snacks.

What chips are gluten free?

Look for "gluten-free" labels on Sam's Club products. Sam's Club offers many different gluten-free options:

• WildRoots Red Quinoa Chia Chips (16 ounce)
• Popchips Variety Box (0.8 ounce, 30 count)
• Utz Jumbo Snack Pack (1 ounce, 42 count)
• Terra Original Chips (15 ounce)
• Boulder Canyon Olive Oil Kettle Cooked Chips (24 ounce)

What chips are vegan?

Chips are vegan as long as they do not contain dairy or other animal products. Look for "vegan" labels to find the vegan products that Sam's Club offers:

• Terra Original Chips (15 oz.)

What snacks are gluten-free?

Look for "gluten-free" labels on Sam's Club products. You'll find many gluten-free snacks at Sam's Club:

• Utz Jumbo Snack Pack (1 ounce., 42 count.)
• KIND Minis Variety Pack (32 pack)
• EPIC Performance Bars Variety Pack (12 pack)
• Emerald Nuts 100 Calorie Variety Pack (18 pack)
• Nature Valley Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Chewy Bars (1.42 ounce, 30 pack)

What snacks are high in protein?

High-protein snacks contain nuts and seeds, peanut butter and other high-protein ingredients. Sam's Club has a great variety of high-protein snacks:

• thinkThin High Protein Bars, Chunky Peanut Butter & Brownie Crunch, 2.1-ounce Bar (18 count)
• Wella Organics Protein Bars, Peanut Variety Pack (12 count)
• Hampton Farms Unsalted In-Shell Peanuts (5 pounds)

What snacks can I eat on keto?

Some types of snacks, like beef jerky, string cheese, keto chips and nut or seed butters, may be appropriate for those trying to stick to a keto diet.

What snacks are vegan?

Snacks are vegan as long as they do not contain dairy or other animal products. You'll find plenty of vegan snacks at Sam's Club:

• Annie's Organic Fruit Snack Variety Pack (0.8 ounce, 42 count.)
• Nature's Bakery Fig Bar Variety Pack (2 ounce, 24 pack)
• Lotus Biscoff & Go Cookie Butter Snack Pack (12 pack)
• Glenda's Farmhouse Whole Natural Unsalted/Unroasted Cashews (26 ounce)

How do I save money on snacks?

You can save money on snacks by buying in bulk and paying less per ounce or per snack.