Celiac travel can be hard. You can’t rely on having safe, gluten-free food to eat on the plane (even if you’ve ordered the gluten-free meal in advance). Out exploring a new city or on a road-trip? You might not be able to just stop into any restaurant you want and find something gluten-free and satisfying to eat.

This doesn’t mean you can’t travel and enjoy local delicacies — it just means that you should pack some snacks to stave off hunger until you can get to a place serving safe gluten-free food. These gluten-free travel snacks can mean the difference between “I have to eat RIGHT NOW” and “Let’s wander over to that cool Celiac-safe restaurant”.

I’ve divided this list into the best gluten-free road trip snacks as well as the best gluten-free snacks for planes (that you can take in your carry-on without losing to the TSA), plus gluten-free snacks that are easily carried around in a cooler.

Best Gluten-Free Road Trip Snacks & Best Gluten-Free Snacks for the Plane

These easy-to-pack snacks will keep without refrigeration for long road trips or flights, and keep you from having to stand in the aisle of a gas station frantically reading the labels on all the snacks.

These are all solid foods or pass the 3-1-1 rule for flying. Remember, if you are packing snacks to bring abroad an international flight, you’ll need to declare any food you intend to bring in on the customs form, and many countries are strict about allowing in nuts, seeds, fruits, and other snacks. (The solution to this is to just eat it all or throw away on the plane whatever you don’t finish before disembarking.)

• A quick bread or muffins. I feel like a piece of pumpkin bread or a muffin can fill me up more than a packaged snack bar can. Right before I leave on a trip, I like to bake up a batch of King Arthur Flour’s super easy and delicious pumpkin muffins and pack them for my trip.
• Gluten-free trail mix. (Weirdly, lots of trail mix “may contain” gluten.) I like these ones from Kar’s because they are gluten-free, and individually packaged, which is great for portion control, and more sanitary than digging your hand into a shared large bag of trail mix.
• Fruit. Bananas are filling and easily portable—try packing a mix of ripe and green ones to make them last for your whole trip. Pre-washed grapes are also easy to eat while driving.
• Gluten-free almonds. These will give you plenty of protein and help keep you full. To make them feel like more of a fun treat, I love these cinnamon sugar flavored ones.
• Gluten-free oatmeal. Bring individual packets of gluten-free oatmeal, and you can get a cup of hot water from any coffee shop or gas station to make it. (You can even request a cup of hot water on a plane to make these.) This variety pack is good to keep you from getting bored, and takes up minimal space in your bag. For road trips, I like the gluten-free oatmeal like this one that comes in its own container so you don’t need a bowl or a cup. This one is the best of both worlds, as it packs flat but pops up into its own bowl. For extra protein, these ones from RX Bars are like their famous RX bars, but in oatmeal form.
• Speaking of RX bars, they make a great portable and healthy snack, with minimal ingredients and lots of protein.
• Annie’s Organic Original Crispy Snack Bars taste exactly like a Rice Crispy treat, but are gluten free and healthy thanks to their rice and quinoa blend.
• Boom Chicka Pop. These individually packaged bags of popcorn are the perfect serving size, and will fill you up without adding a ton of calories (and has plenty of fiber to keep you full). Available in a bunch of flavors, my favorite is the salty and sweet kettle corn style.
• Freakin Awesome Chocolate Covered Almond Protein Balls. Made with real ingredients, these gluten-free snacks are Gluten Free, Palm Oil Free, GMO-Free, Soy Free, and vegan
• Bare Fruit Snacks are made from 100 percent real fruit, baked until crunchy. These are a healthier alternative to dried fruit snacks.
• Worthy Bowl Blended Fruit and Veggie Bowls are shelf-stable, but do taste better chilled, so pop one in your hotel room’s fridge to have for breakfast the next day. They’re high in fiber and protein, but low on sugar.
• Bear Real Fruit Snack Rolls. These gluten-free treats are the healthy version of Fruit Roll-Ups, and don’t contain anything besides real fruit and vegetables.
• Pirate’s Booty is sneakily gluten-free, and these snack-size bags are great for travel. The new ranch flavor is amazing if you can find it!
• Craving a candy bar but want something healthy? Kind’s chocolate-covered or caramel-drizzled ones are super tasty. The mini versions are great for kids or travel, and the variety pack prevents you from getting sick of them.
• Nature’s Bakery Gluten-Free Fig Bars taste exactly like a Fig Newton, but are actually good for you.
• Lance’s Gluten-free Peanut Butter Crackers are the closest thing you can get to a classic peanut butter sandwich on a trip.
• Annie’s Gluten-Free Chewy Granola Bars taste just like regular granola bars, but are gluten-free.
• Keep yourself from getting bored while traveling by getting this fun gluten-free healthy snack box, which comes with a huge variety of gluten-free snacks to try. You might even find a new favorite brand!
• Organic Superfoods’ Carrot Sticks in Ranch flavor are like having carrots dipped in Ranch, no refrigeration required.

The Best Gluten-Free Travel Snacks (If You Have a Cooler)

On a road trip, packing a small cooler and ice packs (or simply filling ziplock bags with ice at home and refilling them from a hotel ice machine on the road) can greatly expand your snack options. Having fresh food can make you feel better than endless packaged snacks. If you can keep them cold, these options make great gluten-free travel snacks:

• Baby carrots (I like to get these that are cut like chips, to fool myself into thinking I’m snacking on chips).
• Individual cups of hummus, for lots of protein and fiber.
• String cheese
• Greek yogurt cups (get in those probiotics!)
• Sargento’s Balanced Breaks, which are delightfully-packaged and delicious mixes of cheese, dried fruit or chocolate, and nuts.
• Perennial Plant-Based Nutrition Drink. These tasty drinks can replace an entire meal, and are vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free.