Video is only out 4 hours as of now and I've already made the cheese crackers. Now onto the fruit roll ups. I flipping love this video! Thanks MikeyG 😊

The problem with that cheese cracker recipe is that historically, I've treated the family size box as a single serving...

A tip for popcorn. You can heat the oil with 3-4 popcorns until they pop, remove from heat and then cover the bottom of the pan with popcorn, replace on heat after 30secs. This way you are gonna have 100% success on the popcorn popping!

I'm 73yo and have been baking since age 13 with my mother. It took 60 years to learn how to get rid of rough edges! Thx. I love homemade crackers and can't wait to try this.

Quick note, if you turn your oven up after the initial 350 for 10 min, to around 425-450 on convection, you’ll get a more cheese-it like consistency and crunch, just don’t burn them

Highly recommend a homemade "Dorito" popcorn spice mix! For 1/4 cup unpopped popcorn: 2 tbsp nutritional yeast .5 tsp garlic powder .5 tsp onion powder .5 tsp paprika .25 tsp salt .25 tsp chili powder .25 tsp cumin (or less, the cumin can really overpower)

Can I just say that as a recent culinary graduate, I LOVE this? Like, for example, the cheez-its are almost a synthetic pastry with cheese substituted for the butter. That yields the flakiness he talks about, and his methodology even closely mimics that for a large batch of Pate Brisee. Pro Home Cooks is right, that’s all I have to say.

I wish you'd just put the recipe in the description instead of referring people to a site where the recipe doesn't exist.

Great ideas, I especially love the cheese crackers. To avoid the popcorn burning, put 4 kernels in while the oil heats and once those pop, remove and put in the rest of the popcorn, cap the pan with a lid, and slide the pan back and forth a few times to coat all the kernels in oil. Then let them pop as you normally do.

I feel like while those Cheese Its would be soo much better for you, I could easily devour all of what Mike made in one sitting.

OMG the tip about folding in the ragged edges of your dough!!! How many times I could have done this, thank you thank you

The kids and I made the cheeze-its with almond flour, the popcorn with seasoning, and fruit roll-ups todat and they were all great! Thanks for the video and recipes!

The energy ball recipe reminds me of a medieval sugar plum recipe. It was amazing. It satisfied my sweet tooth without me wanting to overeat, like modern candies and snacks can do. I wish I hadn't lost the recipe, because I haven't been able to duplicate it since.

I think it would be really fun to have a prep day with the whole family helping make everything for the week. Great bonding activity! Then you get to enjoy more time together before and after meals instead of one person sequestered cooking before and another cleaning after! Just throw some music on, maybe a favorite movie sound track for the kids and have a blast! I used to love it when I got to help my Grandma cook!

Ahhh, that popcorn method. I cry. ;) Place the oil in the saucepan with three to five kernels of corn, put the lid on and add to heat. Once the kernels have started popping, remove the lid and add the rest of the popcorn and put the lid back on. Place the pot away from the flame for thirty seconds, and then add back to the heat and cook while agitating the pan until only a few kernels are popping per second. What this does is heat the oil to the perfect temperature for popping (tested by the 3-5 kernels). When you then place the rest of the kernels in and give them 30 seconds in the oil away from heat, you are heating them with oil at the exact right temperature while also preventing burning. Placing them back on the heat source finishes the cooking process (and replaces heat lost in that 30 seconds away from flame). This produces perfect popcorn and very few burned kernels or leftover uncooked kernels.

When I had the time, I used to meal prep energy bars like that quite frequently. Other things that added variety into them: shaved coconut, dried fruit (cranberries and strawberries), agave syrup, small amounts of chocolate bark. One of my favorites we did had pumpkin seeds, cinnamon, white chocolate, and oats - amazing fall snack

The ice cream, popcorn and craving-satisfactors, I am definitely gonna make. Thank you for sharing your precious recipes. Please make more snack videos.

Those fruit roll ups got me feeling nostalgic! Mango fruit leather (aka Aam shotto) is a traditional snack back home in Bangladesh. They get the layers super thin, sun dry over days, and stack the thin layers to make an insanely tasty dried fruit snack. That dragon fruit roll up looks legit delicious!

To keep the kernels from burning, start with just a few kernels; once those few pop, add in the rest, as the oil is now at the proper temp, and they'll all start popping quickly, keeping them from burning.

I absolutely love a cooking video where its relaxed and mom is bringing/leaving cheese that is being used in the video

I like making strawberry or pineapple whip using frozen fruit and milk. Refreshing during hot summer months and easy to make batch whenever I'm in the mood.

I had no idea you have so much "added sugar" free recipes! I am LOVING these. Tried atleast 5 of yours so far and they are great

I bet these crackers would be delicious using a sourdough discard! Maybe a good idea for an upcoming video? Love these recipes!

I am looking for cracker ideas and going to give this a try - thanks for sharing your fun snack ideas! I love your kitchen!

For nice flavor in popcorn, try popping it in just a bit of clarified butter or ghee. Adds a nice buttery undertone to the plain popcorn.

Ok your daughter stole the show! What a love. I am eager to make all of these, but at 5am I’ll wake up the house. So gotta plan a day for snack making.

Thank you for making these videos. Im definitely a snacker and am kn the process of making the fruit rollups. Im excited to watch your other videos and try out those dishes as well. Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge

In summer I make fruit rollups with sun power. Until you put it in the oven I do everything the same, then I set the pan on my deck in direct sun. I cover it with a screen to keep the birds and bugs out. Depending on humidity and temperature it needs 1.5 - 2 days to dry into leather. I bring the pan inside overnight and put it back out in the morning.

My “go to” for popcorn seasoning is grated Parmesan, rosemary, salt & cracked black pepper :-)

You rock, dude. Thanks for the continuous positive energy, enthusiasm, and encouragement that you give out every video. Crazy to me that this level of knowledge from a high class dude is free. Keep it up, and thanks again.

Absolutely love this video! I will definitely try every recipe. I have made the banana ice cream before, with peanut butter and chocolate chips and it was delicious. I have also made the fruit roll-ups, using up kombucha pellicles and random fruit/berries and crackers from sourdough discard but not cheese crackers. Love the inspiration you provide in your videos, will definitely try all these recipes!

You are amazing, just amazing! Thank you for your recipes that I cannot find and your efforts to make everything better! ❤

Your "energy" balls absolutely pulled me through 30 days of no added sugars, as seen on my channel. Thank you for such a delicious and easy to make snack! :)

I've been watching your videos for years and you've always been one of my favorite cooking personalities on KZfaq, but I'm really happy to see you've found your footing with the quick meal/snack setting of videos. Really happy to see you racking up millions of views on videos, you deserve it! Side note, do you still have your studio?

I love your channel! I keep coming back to these videos to learn, get inspired, and to make delicious things! Thank you!!

You're the answer to my prayers thank you for the nutritional snacks😊❤ I'm motivated to try them all sharing is caring keep sharing

Omg everything looks so balanced!!! No wheat overdose or dairy. I still have those but if there is a recipe that doesn't include them my body definitely prefers it and these look delicious, can't wait to experiment! Thank you for the inspiration 😭❤️

Oh my gosh, more “snacks” type recipes. 2 kids in this household, and I just need more of this kind of inspiration.

Thanks so much. My last frontier on homecooking and healthy food for my brand new family is snacks. Definitely subscribing.

Awesome ideas!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Best tip ever.. Fold the Dough back on your Cracker for a precise edge!!

Holy crap he has done it again! This video is amazing Mike. You killed it. These snacks are the exact things my kids crave. Your contributions to the home cooking community are incredible. I know that personally this will help me continue to move away from premade processed foods that are often the source of dietary issues. In short, you rock dude

Looks delicious! We had a huge orchard growing up and we made fruit leather with Apricot pulp and sugar added to taste and just spread it outside on a table covered in plastic and left in sun for the day or until dry and cut and strips in roll them up and store in airtight containers. Love the tanginess of Apricots. I will most definitely make the cheezy biscuits

I would literally eat all the food he made just now in one sitting. If I buy bulk ingredients and spend one whole month converting them into snacks I would have snacks for one whole month at the cost of maybe less than regular price for the value/store brand I buy but it cost me all my free time. It's not a battle you can win lol.

Man I love your videos like this! Addicted to the 15 min videos and now this one. Please I would absolutely LOVE one pot recipes, don’t even have to be 15 mins but a one pot video would be so good.

Living solo for a few weeks, you just added some recipes to my cook book.

Oh my goodness! I am totally making these! Thank you!!

Fantastic video, thanks for the inspiration

I can't wait to try all of these out. You have nailed my top 5 snack foods here. You have inspired this working mom to find the nooks and crannies of time to elevate my home cooking.

I made the banana "ice cream" snack, preparing to add chocolate chips because I did not think banana + milk would be enough. It tasted amazing with just the two ingredients, it was mind blowing! I skipped the chocolate and added some pecans. I let my husband try and he said "so why do we need to buy ice cream?" 😂 That's his seal of approval. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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Thank you for giving us your knowledge! Truly appreciate all your hard work and effort! Definitely going to try all these snacks. Yum!

you're literally saving my life i just moved out of my parent's and with a full time job don't have much time to cook but this is just great! not just this video, I love your channel! thankful for your work!

I’ve enjoyed watching your growth from the Brothers green tiny apartment kitchen to now. Really inspiring!

This is gold! I had a bag of mixed nuts just sitting on my cupboard for days because nobody wants to eat them. I tried to make the energy balls and the result is delicious and it takes less than 5 minutes. I am looking forward to try and make the other snacks. Awesome video! Thank you!

To get the spice to stick to the popcorn, mix a little coconut oil into the popcorn first. Tastes amazing!

Hey Mike, I just started watching a few videos of how you were able to make quick and easy dishes, and I wanna say thank you for doing it. I feel much better with getting more ideas of what to cook in less than an hour. I wanted to know so you happen to know how to make Doritos homemade? Whether it’s 15 minutes or more, I wanna learn and make it my own soon. Thank you again for doing this series.✨❤️

The reason you are never getting 100% poppage and some of your kernels are burning is that you are heating the oil with the kernels in it. You can get a much more consistent pop and make it much easier to avoid burning if you heat the oil to popping temperature first. Add 3 kernels to your oil, put it on the heat, when all 3 kernels have popped add the rest. The sudden heat rapidly expands the moisture in the kernel and makes it pop, where as if you heat the oil while the kernels are in it you'll get a lot more of those kernels that either half pop (because the pressure built too slowly and just tore the casing rather than pop it) or they just dry out and don't pop at all. This is what makes people burn their oil, because they see a bunch of unpopped kernels, think the popcorn needs longer and the oil starts to reach it's smoke point. I consistently get 100% poppage with no burning with this method. Also, you shouldn't use olive oil (don't know if that's what was used in the video, but it looks like it and it's worth mentioning). It has a much lower smoke point than vegetable so the window between good popcorn and horrible bitter smoked popcorn is narrower. And even if you don't burn the olive oil, your popcorn is going to taste like olive oil, which is not usually that desirable for savoury popcorn, and just worse for sweet. Also, I haven't tried your spice mix so maybe it doesn't need this, but adding knob of butter with your pan just as it finishes popping will give your mix something to stick to and give you a lot more flavour. It's usually less necessary for savoury (because you've probably got some kind of cheese in there), but is basically essential for sweet if you don't want your sugar to just sift to the bottom of the bowl.

Good Job, Thank you Thrive, keep em coming.

Awesome! I am going to make all of this and I am going to love it!

Mike, you have changed my life with this video. The cheese crackers & fruit roll-ups are going to be a game-changer in my homemade snack repertoire. THANK YOU!

Appreciate the popcorn idea. Trader Joe's Everything But The Elote seasoning is also great with popcorn.

I happen to watch your air fryer recipes(I don't even have an air fryer). I enjoyed watching it. I saw this snack video today and I'm loving all your recipes. I can't wait to try them. Your daughter is absolutely adorable! No better endorsement than that little cutie!

Thanks much! Looking fwd to making all the snacks!!!

We just had our kid and we want to start cut out processed sugar as much as possible for our childs sake and our own! These tips where fantastic, been following you for about a year or two and you have great content, but this is the top. Quick, simple, essential. Love that! Take care man and keep making the videos!! (Also Loved the collab with Ethan)

I want to make allll of these. I've been intimidated by the idea of making crackers but actually watching you do it makes me feel better. I'm especially excited to do it with the almond meal I get leftover from my homemade almond milk!

I like that you knock the shop bought factory crap into space. I love that you love your own snacks soooo much. Thank you. Gonna make sure I got me some nibbly jars 😁👌👏👍Your little "energy ball" is very cute 🤗

Love your channel. I air-pop my popcorn and that makes it even healthier!!

I love it: "As for the recipe, I dunno, just eyeball it. Roll it out, I dunno how thick... Bake it for I dunno, 10-20-30 minutes." Just as I give instructions to my girls in the kitchen :)

Him: "I hope you're inspired to make at least one of these." Me: "I'M GONNA MAKE ALL OF THEM!" I'm already big on the fruit leather game. If you open your oven, the moisture can get out and you won't have those moist bits. But also I use my dehydrator for that. Gonna try the cheesy crackers today for sure! Maybe even the popcorn!

I love the jars ;) great content!

Never seen anythin like it, this are awsome, thankyou so much , i will be making all of this for my grandkids. Blessings

these past few videos have been the best you’ve put out yet! LOVE this channel

I am lactose intolerant and have a limited diet due to recovering from a bad case of ulcerative colitis. I really appreciate this video because I can make most of these with a couple changes (like using goat cheese over other cheese, replace cashews because cashews contribute to digestive issues, corn is a no) but everything looks pretty good and easy to make! TIn general, your videos are very helpful in eating healthy. Thank you!

LOVE the tip on folding in the ragged edges using the parchment.

You are such a kick to watch and so many good ideas. Your roll and fold looked like fun! I'm going to try everything. This is a must have video. Your daughter is a doll!

Really love the energy in this video! Definitely gonna try the ice cream one and experiment with the fruit rolls!

Thanks for this video! I recently made my own ice cream by freezing in intervals and using a hand mixer in between. I’m a glutton for dairy so I used heavy cream and h&h. I drizzled some peanut butter and threw in some chocolate chips and it was worth the time put in! I gotta try your ice cream recipe once I get a food processor. (They’re so expensive wtf) thanks again!

These are fabulous. I love your comment at the end about "not my industry". Thank you for sharing your wisdom

Thanks for the video. These look so good!!

I make a popcorn spice mix almost exactly the same way, just without the sesame seeds. It's soooo good. My friends always devour it when I make it. I'll have to try the sesame seeds next time, thank you!

The energy balls are amazing. Since they have no added sugar, they are Whole30. My husband and I love these to give us a little sweetness when we are following Whole30.

Ok...This is my first visit to this channel...And I'm already hooked!! Pro Home Cooks...You just got yourself a new Subscriber, lol! And I will definitely be trying these amazing quick & easy recipes...Thanks a bunch & God Bless!!

Goodness for sure! Thanks for sharing!

Homemade cheese it's, now that's a great idea! Congrats on getting to 3 million, well deserved 🍻

I've been looking for a good, healthy substitute for store-bought cheese crackers. Very eager to try this simple recipe. Thanks!

thank you so much for giving us the knowledge! I want to tell you that it is very precious for me. Way more than another product that I could by. Just thank you.

Love your tips! 👍🏾

The banana ice-cream is my favourite! I used to make that all the time when I went sugar free for a month! I actually love it with some frozen berries, it tastes just like black forest sorbet😍

All of those look so satisfying, but I’m most excited to make the energy balls, cheese crackers, cheesy popcorn, non-dairy banana ice cream, and fruit leather. Shoot, I’m excited to make them all I guess 😂 Thank you so much for the awesome video!

I’m making these right now! Can’t wait

First time watching you. This is extremely intetesting! Healthy is on my radar for some time now. Thank you so much for sharing! New subscriber. Love how down to earth, you are. God send to you and your loved ones. ❤

Tell me why are you so talented? Love your channel and your ideas ☺️🙏🏼

A couple of years ago I suddenly became allergic to all chili peppers and haven't been able to have cheez-its among several other foods because they have paprika. I'm excited to try this version with custom flavoring! I've made the banana "nice" cream a few times in the past and can vouch that its pretty good stuff. Thanks for the recipes!

Hi Mike, your content is game changer for me as I try to feed my family and my self less processed food. Please do some toddler related snacks . Thank you

I’m so inspired! I want to make all of these!

These are fantastic. I have made the energy bars before, and I like them much better than any mass produced product out there. I never even thought about making my own cheez its but I am sure as hell going to do that now! And I think my personal best for unpopped kernels is 4. Still waiting for that perfect pop :)

Popcorn tips: Try using a splatter shield instead of a lid for popping the corn (they're like metal mesh sieves that you put over a wok or frying pan to stop oil from causing carnage over the kitchen... sometimes they're plastic or silicone... basically a vented shield to stop kernels from escaping but also allow steam to escape). That was a really long bracket thing! Basically, moisture content in the popcorn can cause it to turn chewy, venting it like this greatly helps to reduce that. Somewhat linked to the previous tip: If you want buttered or 'buttery' popcorn, using a non-dairy alternative, but you find that when you pour over melted 'butter', the popcorn dissolves and ends up mushy and depressingly disappointing, try heating up your 'butter' first. Butters and spreads like this contain a lot of water, this water, as mentioned previously, soaks into the starchy white crunchy stuff that makes popcorn so glorious, and it makes it glum. When you heat up your 'butter', whether you do it in a saucepan over a low to medium heat, or in a mug in a microwave, as I do (because I'm usually drunk when I have a popcorn craving, and it's usually ~3AM, as it is for me right now, as I type this), you'll notice an oily 'slick' on the top of the liquid. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!!! Take this very carefully with a teaspoon and discard the rest, then use this oily stuff to season your popcorn for that cinema 'buttered' experience! You might be alarmed at how little of this you get from a decent amount of 'butter' but for me, when I'm doing this, I've lost most of my cares for the evening. Another one: When using nooch, if it comes to you in flakes, as mine does, try grinding it with a mortar and pestle to form a powder, much better that way... and add a little coarse salt to help it grind, as well as a pinch of onion granules. Finally, have a look through your local store; many will stock 'instant' sauce mixes, such as casserole sauces, garlic sauces, shepherd's pie sauces and other such spice and sauce mixes which make life easier... try adding these to popcorn for another dimension in popcornery!!! If the mix contains chunky herb pieces, just grind them up with a mortar and pestle prior to adding them to the popcorn. I've had many pleasant surprises from store-bought powder sachets like this, it's well worth a go! Mustard powder (in great moderation) is a lovely addition, as is wasabi powder. Basically anything you can get as a powder, give it a try! But please... please don't put a lid on your popcorn as it pops... when I saw that, it was like taking a zester to my eyeballs, lol!

Perfect! I have been in search of good alternatives to store bought, especially for health reasons. Thank you!!

The ice cream recipe is so amazing 💕💕💕