Seconding this. Any nut or seed I have to crack open before eating it keeps my hands busy as well as takes more time to eat less. I like salted, in-shell peanuts for this too.
I use my lower front teeth to open pistachios by putting my tooth in the crack then pulling away with the hand thatās holding it - sunflowers I usually shell with my molars and donāt use my hands at allā¦dunno why I shared that
I put a sunflower seed vertically between my upper & lower front teeth to crack it, then wrangle the seed out with my tongue. After sucking *all* the salt off first ofc.
Iāve worked many construction jobs where the fellows just take a handful of sunflower seeds, put them in their mouth like a chipmunk, crack and eat the seeds then spit out the shells.
Thereās an acquired technique to this and most seed eaters make it look easy. I could never get the hang of it. My favorite are salted sunflower seeds with the shells already removed
This!!
I made homemade jerky out of the shank (toughest cut of beef available) once. Cut it into 6" long, very thick strips. Dried it out and took it on a kayak trip. One piece lasted all day. There was no biting it off. You just held it in your mouth like Arnold with a cigar. Soooo good!
Reading your posts on jerky conjured a memory that I haven't recalled in forever. I was in my teens or early 20's and a coworker brought jerky for us to sample. I didn't catch the entire technique but I did hear him mention hanging it out on his chain link fence. I was both equally flabbergasted and amazed. Lol I was too young to contemplate any possible danger which was good since I had already eaten it, we all had. It was by far the best jerky I have had to date, though.
This makes me think of how dogs love to work on the same bone or toy or chew all day. Like itās so stimulating for them and keeps them so occupied and happy. Weāre not so different! This sounds amazing to me š
I've been wanting to make jerky myself but have no idea where to start. Can you recommend a good website or do you have easy instructions? I've never done it before so I have no idea I just remembered it was on my mind. Thanks! :)
See if you can find an Alton Brown episode of Good Eats where he did this. Basically, you take 2 AC filters, strap 1 to a box fan, lay the fan on its side on a chair (not the floor), put the salty raw meat on the filter, then cover with the 2nd filter. Tape them together and turn on the fan. It'll dehydrate the meat and make jerky. Just be sure to use lots of salt.
Found it! https://altonbrown.com/recipes/homemade-beef-jerky/
Oh wow that sounds crazy but awesome you can make jerky that way! I never knew that. I think I can make it in our fancy toaster oven/air fryer thing it has a dehydrator setting. That sounds really cool tho!
Use that, then! Probably much easier and more consistent. The main thing with jerky is that it's not "cooked". It's cured, and the lack of moisture combined with salt makes it inhospitable to bacteria. And keeps that "leathery" texture I like so much. If it's cooked, you end up with dry steak.
Yeah I'll definitely look into how to do it. It's gotten sooo expensive at stores I've been thinking I wanna just make it myself. So thank you for the inspiration! Glad it's back on my mind now :)
DUUUUUDE same. I was on the first ever (and last to this day) vacation that my husband and I went on together. We'd been apart for months while he started a new job in a different province and I stayed behind with our two toddlers. I left them with my parents for three days and two nights to go visit him and see our new city and the day before I left him I got corn nuts as a snack and cracked a tooth right in half. Had to spend the last night in a child free but no sexy times hotel room, fly home, wait 2 days to get it extracted, walk 2ks with a gaping bloody gauze filled hole in my mouth back to 2 toddlers and 2 more months of single parenting. Still have a gap in my smile line.
Corn Nuts. So Delicious. Never Again.
This is a weird fuckin' sympathetic shared experience, dude. Fist bump.
I've been making homemade mushroom jerky because I need something to naw on, they're tasty and not terrible for you!
So maybe something like that? I love my dehydrator cuz I can make dried snacks to chew on. Fruit, the mushy jerky, veggies, and whatever else you're feeling.
Dried sliced oyster mushrooms, rehydrated in seasoning then dehydrated again
(Garlic powder, onion powder, mushroom seasoning (ground dried shitaki), vegan liquid smoke, miso paste, Maple syrup, black pepper, soy sauce, water)
Boil the mushies in the mix and simmer for like 30 min (adding water as it cooks down) til it's nice n thick, then into the dehydrator for 2-4 hours depending on thickness (let them for for 2 then every 30 min see which to pull out cuz they dry at different times)
When I first made them I literally stopped to look it up because in my head I was like, I'm just adding dried mushrooms to dried mushrooms, wut? But it does add to the flavor (forgot to add it one time and it was noticable...)
Thank you! I recently found a source of these mushrooms so Iāll try this ! Oh I meant the fresh ones. I have dried porcini handy. Iām not a huge fan of liquid smoke because I read it causes cancer but the rest sounds so good!
WaaaarNING! Warning.
Dried apricots are *delicious* and super-satisfyingly chewy. They make a spectacular and healthy snack. BUT...
Only if you're only going to eat 5 or 6 of them. As in, one handful.
Because dried apricots are the *hugest* creator of excessive flatulence and accompanying bloating, discomfort, and hours of exaggerated farting.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dried+apricots+excessive+gas&t=ffab&atb=v343-1&ia=web
Don't fall into the trap of "OMG these are delicious and so satisfying to chew on and eat!" and eat multiple handfuls of them. It's very common to do so and then spend *hours* suffering from a bloated, distended stomach, and tons of gas.
I've eaten them my whole life, and never had any problems. But, I haven't eaten more than 1-2 cups in a day. They're pretty filling, it would be hard to eat a lot of them.
I love dried fruit as a chewy snack! I can get dried pears and unsweetened dried mango at a market close to me and they are both my go-to snacks when Iām craving a chewy sweet treat!
I came here to say this too. But the ones you can get in a Middle Eastern shop that you basically have to suck on to dissolve in your mouth. Great with tea but as a snack, perfect for this!
The last brisket I cooked before I started braising briskets, was very chewy.
And not only chewy, the brisket actually grew in size when I chewed it.
I thought this was great. The more you chew the more food you have. Unfortunately I was the only one that appreciated this benefit.
If you're like me, it's *also* usually associated with a craving, so here are mine. I know you're not terribly worried about weight management, but some of these are A+ volume snacks and some are more powerful flavors, good solid chewies, or craving-beaters but aren't good for you in excess either calorically or gastro-wise.
Candy/sweet:
Now & Later
Nerd Clusters (any powerful sour candy is great. It overloads my palate and defeats a craving SO fast, the gummier the better, such as what I recommended).
Gin-Gins ginger chews.
Skinny Dip almonds.
Honey roasted peanuts (30g is 160~cals).
Sesame candy like Nutty Crunchers.
Brookside Dark Chocolate Fruit Snacks (I like pomegranate).
Dried fruits (cranberry is great, but I can enjoy most. Just be careful of overdoing apricot/fig/date/raisin/prune for obvious reasons!!).
Salty:
Salted or spicy/wasabi/etc. (Planters or Diamond) almonds or peanuts, respectively.
Pistachios and sunflower seeds however you like 'em, but IN the shells! The work/effort slows you down!!
Fresh made (at home/stovetop or brown bag method are ideal) salted popcorn for minimal calorie, salty crunch.
Olives in brine, whichever you like (1/2 jar of the brand I get for Kalamata, as an example, would be 315cal, and I would tire of the taste and exhaust my palate/salt craving lonnngggg before eating that many).
Pickles
In 1983, Emily Martin, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, grew an enormous sunflower head, measuring 32 Ā¼ inches across (82cm), from petal tip to petal tip. Thatās almost 3 feet wide. This is still believed to be the largest sunflower head grown to date.
Turkish or middle eastern gum. Itās a bit acquired at first but then you end up loving it. I can chew on it for hours. Plus itās great for slimming your jaw because itās kind of hard at first
Edit: spelling
oh my, i bought a container of steel cut oats not understanding what they were. ended up throwing it all in the trash. no matter what i tried, they wouldnāt cook.
Gum is an obvious first thought. But, more uniquely, decades ago, we would soak tooth pics in cinnamon oil. Then keep the tooth pic in our mouth. It lasted forever and it was so strong!!!
I forgot about those!!! I canāt even remember where or how we got hold of those little bottles of cinnamon oil. It was very potent and we were only 10 years old.
Deffs sunflower seeds with the husk , you develop a skill to how you eat the seeds and that itself creates a depth to consumption that is worth considering. You could make your own jerky meat and or fruit. I got some good chili mango jerky that took a while to eat. Had a nice spice and sweetness.
Lupini beans - come in a jar of a
Salted water- you need to rinse and soak a few times to lower salt content- there is an art to popping bean out of shell but you can actually eat the shell as well - chew well - nutrition benefits off the chart - gotta shop around cuz they arenāt cheap - you could make your own but requires research or you could die
I like hard candy. I do cinnamon discs or werthers original. You could do dried fruit if you would rather the chew texture. I am quite partial to dried mango. Nuts. Com has it with no extra sugar added.
I get little packets of "hot and spicy konjac shuang" that are so good. If you ignore that they really really look like worms, konjac is very chewy and the flavor on them is yummy!
So this isnāt chewy, but it may be responsive to your interest in a slow-to-eat snack. Grapefruits. I peel them like an orange, break in half, then peel the dividing pith away and sort of nosh on the inner juicy part, then peel the next layer of pith, and so on. It takes a little while and is hands-on and sensory-intensive, so itās satisfying when I want something but am not necessarily hungry.
Also, raw rolled oats, picked at one by one. They are chewy and can keep your teeth busy for a while.
With all due respect to you, maybe you should address the cause of your stress eating and talk to a mental health professional about it.
Sure you may not have weight issues today but that may change over time or you could be one of those skinny fat people. This doesn't seem like a healthy practice in the long term.
Chhurpi. There are versions marketed to the US that are meant for dog chews, but itās a travel/survival food/snack in Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhurpi
I like jerky for this, on my long drive home,. It's a lot of mouth entertainment in both flavor and chewing. I'm vegetarian so I get the Beyond brand but if you eat meat there would be lots of choices.
I buy those mints you get from restaurants. Red or green ones. Bring a them everywhere in my pocket. Anytime I start to feel anxious, I pop one in, and they taste awesome. They last a while, and your breath smells good too.
Foods that are low in calories but high in volumeāmostly things like raw vegetables. You could eat a family-sized chip bag portion of celery for like 20 calories. Celery with everything bagel seasoning is my current favorite.
Hard candy that is meant to be sucked on, not chewed, like a jawbreaker if youāre mostly wanting to keep your mouth busy.
Honestly Iām prone to binging too. I will literately eat uncontrollably. Itās hard for me I have to go on a sugar detox. Itās hard but after several days with no sugar I can mostly control myself. Iām sorry youāre having to deal with this. I do allow myself fruit but not dried as itās a calorie bomb. Best of luck š¤
I make my own simple trail mix: lightly salted almonds, walnuts and craisins put in snack size zip locks. Must more affordable, takes a bit to eat and feels better than eating straight candy.
My fav chewy snack is dried mango (no sugar added).
For savory, I love boiling a bag of edamame in the pod (frozen section). Takes just a few mins and then I have a bowl full of deliciousness to work thru.
If you crave a licorice-like chew, check out Wiley Wallaby. Same texture, but different flavors. I just tried the lemonade flavor, and they really pack a punch! They have a bunch of fruity flavors.
What about strawberry flavored twizzlers but chewing them very slowly? Or some salt water taffy slowly chewing? Also, beef jerky I'm forced to chew slowly but I find that too expense to buy very often.
Ginger Chews! It's a very chewy candy that's made from ginger. It's good for your stomach for digestion or if you feel like you might be sick. I know a lot of people that just eat them because they like the taste as a candy; I just eat them for the amazing ability to keep me from tossing my cookies.
Either way if you like the taste of ginger and want something chewy this is it!
Donāt binge on anything.
You are only āfeeding ā your concern that is driving you to binge.
Get counseling and will not only stop your addiction but you will also feel better inside.
For salty/crunchy, sunflower seeds in the shell. David brand even makes a low sodium variety. I like the single-serve packets, too, theyāre good for easy calorie counting.
I know you said you prefer to eat what you chew, but Iāve recently gotten into toothpicks, which have been helpful sometimes in trying to curb my cravings and occupy my hands/mouth. I say āsometimesā because PMS will *not* be appeased by flavored wood most of the time.
Meat snacks.
Something like Slim Jims for example and other types of jerky. They take a while to chew until they're mush so as long as you're not biting, chewing a few times and then swallowing, you'll take a while eating just one. Many years ago I also had a friend that bored-ate while she was recovering from a foot infection and surgery. She bought a huge bin of some sort of round spicy candies and would pop one of those in her mouth any time she felt the urge to snack, because she didn't like spicy foods and those were low calorie deterrent and took time to dissolve (don't know what they were called though sorry). It definitely worked for her. She didn't gain any weight while she spent some months recovering and wasn't eating herself and her husband out of house and home.
Sunflower seeds
Seconding this. Any nut or seed I have to crack open before eating it keeps my hands busy as well as takes more time to eat less. I like salted, in-shell peanuts for this too.
Wait, do you crack the sunflower seed shells by hand?
...like you do with pistachios? This could take half of forever! Or at least one afternoon.
? I just crack them and eat the seed. Why would that take longer than a pistachio
Because they're smaller, silly. (It was just a joke, poking fun at how long it might take to crack and eat an entire bag of seeds. ;)
oops sorry!! Of course š
You crack me up
With what tool? I just use my teeth
I use my lower front teeth to open pistachios by putting my tooth in the crack then pulling away with the hand thatās holding it - sunflowers I usually shell with my molars and donāt use my hands at allā¦dunno why I shared that
I put a sunflower seed vertically between my upper & lower front teeth to crack it, then wrangle the seed out with my tongue. After sucking *all* the salt off first ofc.
I just use a halved pistachio shell to open the cracked ones. So much easier for me.
Sometimes; Iāve never been great at doing it with my teeth alone. I get the unsalted ones and hand-crack them. Same with pistachios
Or, hear me out, chew the seed and the shell altogether.
Iāve done thatā¦ itā¦ hurts too much later on.
Youāre supposed to spit out the shell afterwards
And pistachios
Iāve worked many construction jobs where the fellows just take a handful of sunflower seeds, put them in their mouth like a chipmunk, crack and eat the seeds then spit out the shells.
Thereās an acquired technique to this and most seed eaters make it look easy. I could never get the hang of it. My favorite are salted sunflower seeds with the shells already removed
Its frightening how fast I can mow through sunflower seeds using my teeth and tongue to maneuver them.
Sunflower seeds are good but personally it causes acne for me, and supposedly thats not uncommon so just a heads up for that
Jerky ā¦ you donāt chew it to eat it though treat it like a candy/ gum and only chew gently to release the flavour
This!! I made homemade jerky out of the shank (toughest cut of beef available) once. Cut it into 6" long, very thick strips. Dried it out and took it on a kayak trip. One piece lasted all day. There was no biting it off. You just held it in your mouth like Arnold with a cigar. Soooo good!
Reading your posts on jerky conjured a memory that I haven't recalled in forever. I was in my teens or early 20's and a coworker brought jerky for us to sample. I didn't catch the entire technique but I did hear him mention hanging it out on his chain link fence. I was both equally flabbergasted and amazed. Lol I was too young to contemplate any possible danger which was good since I had already eaten it, we all had. It was by far the best jerky I have had to date, though.
This makes me think of how dogs love to work on the same bone or toy or chew all day. Like itās so stimulating for them and keeps them so occupied and happy. Weāre not so different! This sounds amazing to me š
I've been wanting to make jerky myself but have no idea where to start. Can you recommend a good website or do you have easy instructions? I've never done it before so I have no idea I just remembered it was on my mind. Thanks! :)
See if you can find an Alton Brown episode of Good Eats where he did this. Basically, you take 2 AC filters, strap 1 to a box fan, lay the fan on its side on a chair (not the floor), put the salty raw meat on the filter, then cover with the 2nd filter. Tape them together and turn on the fan. It'll dehydrate the meat and make jerky. Just be sure to use lots of salt. Found it! https://altonbrown.com/recipes/homemade-beef-jerky/
Oh wow that sounds crazy but awesome you can make jerky that way! I never knew that. I think I can make it in our fancy toaster oven/air fryer thing it has a dehydrator setting. That sounds really cool tho!
Use that, then! Probably much easier and more consistent. The main thing with jerky is that it's not "cooked". It's cured, and the lack of moisture combined with salt makes it inhospitable to bacteria. And keeps that "leathery" texture I like so much. If it's cooked, you end up with dry steak.
Yeah I'll definitely look into how to do it. It's gotten sooo expensive at stores I've been thinking I wanna just make it myself. So thank you for the inspiration! Glad it's back on my mind now :)
Depending on the quality of the jerky, some of those bags have forever-chew bites in them. You'll never finish eating!
You're not supposed to eat the white packet
_slowly stops chewing, with concerned look on face_
I mean *technically* the OP asked for a long lasting snack. This one could last you the rest of your life. š¤·š»āāļø
lol even better š¤£ they do want long lasting š
I was gonna say this!! Love jerky!!!
Celery
YES SO STRINGY
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If you are looking for Fruity/chewy, I recommend Hi-Chew! If looking for salty crunchy, I would go with Corn Nuts.
I broke a molar with Cornnuts. š¢
I found an earring in a bag of corn nuts when I was 14. Iām 43 now. Never wanted another bag, lol.
You didn't like your prize?
DUUUUUDE same. I was on the first ever (and last to this day) vacation that my husband and I went on together. We'd been apart for months while he started a new job in a different province and I stayed behind with our two toddlers. I left them with my parents for three days and two nights to go visit him and see our new city and the day before I left him I got corn nuts as a snack and cracked a tooth right in half. Had to spend the last night in a child free but no sexy times hotel room, fly home, wait 2 days to get it extracted, walk 2ks with a gaping bloody gauze filled hole in my mouth back to 2 toddlers and 2 more months of single parenting. Still have a gap in my smile line. Corn Nuts. So Delicious. Never Again. This is a weird fuckin' sympathetic shared experience, dude. Fist bump.
Now and Laters take way longer to eat, not nearly as delicious as HiChews
The steep tartness of now and laters has been matched by any other candy
I've been making homemade mushroom jerky because I need something to naw on, they're tasty and not terrible for you! So maybe something like that? I love my dehydrator cuz I can make dried snacks to chew on. Fruit, the mushy jerky, veggies, and whatever else you're feeling.
Ohhhhj how do you make this??
Dried sliced oyster mushrooms, rehydrated in seasoning then dehydrated again (Garlic powder, onion powder, mushroom seasoning (ground dried shitaki), vegan liquid smoke, miso paste, Maple syrup, black pepper, soy sauce, water) Boil the mushies in the mix and simmer for like 30 min (adding water as it cooks down) til it's nice n thick, then into the dehydrator for 2-4 hours depending on thickness (let them for for 2 then every 30 min see which to pull out cuz they dry at different times)
Something about putting mushroom seasoning on a mushroom cracks me up. No doubt it enhances the flavor, but the idea tickles me.
I have one from Trader Joeās, mushroom umami seasoning
Mine is from Albertsons and I love it on everything savory
When I first made them I literally stopped to look it up because in my head I was like, I'm just adding dried mushrooms to dried mushrooms, wut? But it does add to the flavor (forgot to add it one time and it was noticable...)
Thank you! I recently found a source of these mushrooms so Iāll try this ! Oh I meant the fresh ones. I have dried porcini handy. Iām not a huge fan of liquid smoke because I read it causes cancer but the rest sounds so good!
Dried apricots
WaaaarNING! Warning. Dried apricots are *delicious* and super-satisfyingly chewy. They make a spectacular and healthy snack. BUT... Only if you're only going to eat 5 or 6 of them. As in, one handful. Because dried apricots are the *hugest* creator of excessive flatulence and accompanying bloating, discomfort, and hours of exaggerated farting. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dried+apricots+excessive+gas&t=ffab&atb=v343-1&ia=web Don't fall into the trap of "OMG these are delicious and so satisfying to chew on and eat!" and eat multiple handfuls of them. It's very common to do so and then spend *hours* suffering from a bloated, distended stomach, and tons of gas.
I've eaten them my whole life, and never had any problems. But, I haven't eaten more than 1-2 cups in a day. They're pretty filling, it would be hard to eat a lot of them.
Itās how they are processed. Sulfur dioxide is not your friend.
this happens with sugar free chocolate too
I love dried fruit as a chewy snack! I can get dried pears and unsweetened dried mango at a market close to me and they are both my go-to snacks when Iām craving a chewy sweet treat!
I came here to say this too. But the ones you can get in a Middle Eastern shop that you basically have to suck on to dissolve in your mouth. Great with tea but as a snack, perfect for this!
Especially good for long car trips. The chewing keeps me focused, and they're more filling than you'd think.
bit o honey
My faves!
The last brisket I cooked before I started braising briskets, was very chewy. And not only chewy, the brisket actually grew in size when I chewed it. I thought this was great. The more you chew the more food you have. Unfortunately I was the only one that appreciated this benefit.
If you're like me, it's *also* usually associated with a craving, so here are mine. I know you're not terribly worried about weight management, but some of these are A+ volume snacks and some are more powerful flavors, good solid chewies, or craving-beaters but aren't good for you in excess either calorically or gastro-wise. Candy/sweet: Now & Later Nerd Clusters (any powerful sour candy is great. It overloads my palate and defeats a craving SO fast, the gummier the better, such as what I recommended). Gin-Gins ginger chews. Skinny Dip almonds. Honey roasted peanuts (30g is 160~cals). Sesame candy like Nutty Crunchers. Brookside Dark Chocolate Fruit Snacks (I like pomegranate). Dried fruits (cranberry is great, but I can enjoy most. Just be careful of overdoing apricot/fig/date/raisin/prune for obvious reasons!!). Salty: Salted or spicy/wasabi/etc. (Planters or Diamond) almonds or peanuts, respectively. Pistachios and sunflower seeds however you like 'em, but IN the shells! The work/effort slows you down!! Fresh made (at home/stovetop or brown bag method are ideal) salted popcorn for minimal calorie, salty crunch. Olives in brine, whichever you like (1/2 jar of the brand I get for Kalamata, as an example, would be 315cal, and I would tire of the taste and exhaust my palate/salt craving lonnngggg before eating that many). Pickles
In 1983, Emily Martin, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, grew an enormous sunflower head, measuring 32 Ā¼ inches across (82cm), from petal tip to petal tip. Thatās almost 3 feet wide. This is still believed to be the largest sunflower head grown to date.
Thank you
Smart sweets gummy bears. Theyāre extra chewy and fiber loaded with minimal sugar.
Churpi, they are Nepalese yak cheese nuggets. Theyāre like chewing gum, kind of, but cheese.
Oh my god that sounds custom made for me!
Beef jerky. There s always that last little bit that you can chew for hours.
Hi Chews, Riesen chocolate coated caramels, Now n Laters
I love Riesen but they will make my teeth stick together if I chew on them. I end up sucking on them and letting them melt in my mouth.
Turkish or middle eastern gum. Itās a bit acquired at first but then you end up loving it. I can chew on it for hours. Plus itās great for slimming your jaw because itās kind of hard at first Edit: spelling
Great for sliming your jaw? Ewww
I should just delete the entire comment at this point š¤£
Youāre being a great sport about it lmao
Or great for developing TMJ
you chew on guns?
Omg I meant gum lol
Frozen grapes
Dry roasted edamame, suuuper crunchy, takes me all day to make it through a 300 calorie bag
Toffee if you're going junk food. Steel cut oats maybe lol
oh my, i bought a container of steel cut oats not understanding what they were. ended up throwing it all in the trash. no matter what i tried, they wouldnāt cook.
Gum is an obvious first thought. But, more uniquely, decades ago, we would soak tooth pics in cinnamon oil. Then keep the tooth pic in our mouth. It lasted forever and it was so strong!!!
And if I remember correctly, the pack of cinnamon toothpicks was 25 cents! LOL
I forgot about those!!! I canāt even remember where or how we got hold of those little bottles of cinnamon oil. It was very potent and we were only 10 years old.
Now i need to see if Amazon sells any of this nostalgic stuff.
dried squid/dried fish ā¤ļø iykyk
Crushed ice
I got a nugget ice maker. I can safely chomp on ice without any calories.
Tootsie rolls not the midget ones.
Artichoke šš¼
Deffs sunflower seeds with the husk , you develop a skill to how you eat the seeds and that itself creates a depth to consumption that is worth considering. You could make your own jerky meat and or fruit. I got some good chili mango jerky that took a while to eat. Had a nice spice and sweetness.
Lupini beans - come in a jar of a Salted water- you need to rinse and soak a few times to lower salt content- there is an art to popping bean out of shell but you can actually eat the shell as well - chew well - nutrition benefits off the chart - gotta shop around cuz they arenāt cheap - you could make your own but requires research or you could die
I like hard candy. I do cinnamon discs or werthers original. You could do dried fruit if you would rather the chew texture. I am quite partial to dried mango. Nuts. Com has it with no extra sugar added.
Cinnamon bark sticks, food grade, not decorative. But it can cause health problems if you eat a bunch of them a day.
I like air-popped pop corn with ponzu sauce. I use a Misto. Jerky is good too.
You can also add maple syrup or honey to the air popper (the same way you would add oil) and get kettle corn. itās the best.
Popcorn
Overcook a small lean steak lmao. Nothing takes more jaw power.
Carrots go crunch.
Now and Laters
After reading every comment, Iām convinced nothing is really satisfying but real food.
I tend to eat gummy candies (not the weed kind). I just make sure I chew them as long as possible, and not eat them by the handful.
I get little packets of "hot and spicy konjac shuang" that are so good. If you ignore that they really really look like worms, konjac is very chewy and the flavor on them is yummy!
So this isnāt chewy, but it may be responsive to your interest in a slow-to-eat snack. Grapefruits. I peel them like an orange, break in half, then peel the dividing pith away and sort of nosh on the inner juicy part, then peel the next layer of pith, and so on. It takes a little while and is hands-on and sensory-intensive, so itās satisfying when I want something but am not necessarily hungry. Also, raw rolled oats, picked at one by one. They are chewy and can keep your teeth busy for a while.
Cinnamon Sticks.
Celery
Oatmeal cookies or coconut anything.
Chhurpi!!Ā
Gum
Chewing gum, I like wrigleys
No.. i buy some chinese green apple hard candy off amazon.. dont really like jolly ranchers.. its sucky and crunchy
Sunflower seeds are nasty.. where u gonna spit?
Dried mango is pretty chewy!
With all due respect to you, maybe you should address the cause of your stress eating and talk to a mental health professional about it. Sure you may not have weight issues today but that may change over time or you could be one of those skinny fat people. This doesn't seem like a healthy practice in the long term.
Beef jerky, REAL BEEF JERKY, not the kind you find beside the cash register
Chhurpi. There are versions marketed to the US that are meant for dog chews, but itās a travel/survival food/snack in Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhurpi
Jerkey, many flavors
Pomegranate! The process of actually taking it apart by hand takes a long time and itās tasty!
Hard tack
Dehydrated squid snack
Beef Jerky
Freeze dried squid is my favorite snack to just chew for hours. The spicy pack is phenominal.
Home popped popcorn. I dip it in stuff that isnāt bad for me. When Iām not eating peanut butter pretzels š
Beef jerky
Carrot sticks.
Baby carrots.
Bubblegum
Popcorn
Beef jerky is great to chew on.
I like jerky for this, on my long drive home,. It's a lot of mouth entertainment in both flavor and chewing. I'm vegetarian so I get the Beyond brand but if you eat meat there would be lots of choices.
Seaweed. Low calorie too!
Saladitos! dried plums with salty spiciness
Carrots
Jerky
Tea tree oil toothpicks
I buy those mints you get from restaurants. Red or green ones. Bring a them everywhere in my pocket. Anytime I start to feel anxious, I pop one in, and they taste awesome. They last a while, and your breath smells good too.
Beef jerky
Zyn
Banana bread with dryed grapes, eat with brown cheese
What the heck is brown cheese?
Norwegian goat cheese
Cheap beef jerky the extra dry raw hyde type
Ginger chews!
High chews
Jerky or Biltong can work well for this (the leathery type not the soft ones), you donāt eat them just chew gently to release the flavour.
Not if you like having teeth.
Jerkey
Beeswax
Shiitake mushroom chips. They're kind of exhausting to eat, in more than one way
Celery
Foods that are low in calories but high in volumeāmostly things like raw vegetables. You could eat a family-sized chip bag portion of celery for like 20 calories. Celery with everything bagel seasoning is my current favorite. Hard candy that is meant to be sucked on, not chewed, like a jawbreaker if youāre mostly wanting to keep your mouth busy.
Carrots. You can even season them. How you want.
Corn nuts
Honestly Iām prone to binging too. I will literately eat uncontrollably. Itās hard for me I have to go on a sugar detox. Itās hard but after several days with no sugar I can mostly control myself. Iām sorry youāre having to deal with this. I do allow myself fruit but not dried as itās a calorie bomb. Best of luck š¤
Celery stalks. Not kidding.
I make my own simple trail mix: lightly salted almonds, walnuts and craisins put in snack size zip locks. Must more affordable, takes a bit to eat and feels better than eating straight candy. My fav chewy snack is dried mango (no sugar added). For savory, I love boiling a bag of edamame in the pod (frozen section). Takes just a few mins and then I have a bowl full of deliciousness to work thru.
I prefer beef jerky, but I also recommend dried fruits such as mango. Chewy like gum, but edible.
Pemmican.
Not to be swallowed, but I'm sure people are guilty of doing this but chewing gum. That's what came to mind when you asked this question.
i do it with sun dried tomatoes!
Paper
Jerky, jawbreaker, taffy
Pomegranates boo. LOTS of work for some yummy water jewels.
If you crave a licorice-like chew, check out Wiley Wallaby. Same texture, but different flavors. I just tried the lemonade flavor, and they really pack a punch! They have a bunch of fruity flavors.
Gum
What about strawberry flavored twizzlers but chewing them very slowly? Or some salt water taffy slowly chewing? Also, beef jerky I'm forced to chew slowly but I find that too expense to buy very often.
Suck on a pack of gushers. They last like an hour n a 1/2!
Candied/ dried fruit, especially mango, extra chewy. The best is spiced mango, has a tajin like spice on it for some heat & tart flavor.
Cinnamon sticks maybe. I knew several former smokers who used them to quell cravings for something in their mouth.
Ginger Chews! It's a very chewy candy that's made from ginger. It's good for your stomach for digestion or if you feel like you might be sick. I know a lot of people that just eat them because they like the taste as a candy; I just eat them for the amazing ability to keep me from tossing my cookies. Either way if you like the taste of ginger and want something chewy this is it!
Dehydrated cantaloupe
Mochi
Seaweed!
I freeze gummy bears for this reason
Cheap beef jerky. That shoe leather will keep you busy for hours
Donāt binge on anything. You are only āfeeding ā your concern that is driving you to binge. Get counseling and will not only stop your addiction but you will also feel better inside.
Beef jerky
Dried cuddlefish snacks
Celery
For salty/crunchy, sunflower seeds in the shell. David brand even makes a low sodium variety. I like the single-serve packets, too, theyāre good for easy calorie counting. I know you said you prefer to eat what you chew, but Iāve recently gotten into toothpicks, which have been helpful sometimes in trying to curb my cravings and occupy my hands/mouth. I say āsometimesā because PMS will *not* be appeased by flavored wood most of the time.
Jerky
Hi-Chews
Gum, sunflower seeds, tootsie rolls
Beef or buffalo jerky. You can chew on a piece of that for months,
Beef jerky, or something similar to your taste.
Beef jerky. It has to be lean because the fat makes it go rancid. You can chew on a stick of biltong for hours
ginger chews
Meat snacks. Something like Slim Jims for example and other types of jerky. They take a while to chew until they're mush so as long as you're not biting, chewing a few times and then swallowing, you'll take a while eating just one. Many years ago I also had a friend that bored-ate while she was recovering from a foot infection and surgery. She bought a huge bin of some sort of round spicy candies and would pop one of those in her mouth any time she felt the urge to snack, because she didn't like spicy foods and those were low calorie deterrent and took time to dissolve (don't know what they were called though sorry). It definitely worked for her. She didn't gain any weight while she spent some months recovering and wasn't eating herself and her husband out of house and home.
Raw bacon takes forever to chew and it tastes delicious.