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Vending machine snack options we’d like to see

By Judy Sutton Taylor
Published: October 4, 2011

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    Veggie Pirate’s Booty $6 for six one-ounce bags at Whole Foods (locations around the city)

    Photo: Nicole Radja011.so.fw.tock.op.vendingmachine14x476.jpg[title]642451
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    Quaker Cheddar Mini Rice Cakes $1.75 at Mariano’s Fresh Market (3350 N Western Ave, 773-327-2093)

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    Earthbound Farm organic carrot snack packs $4 for a pack of ten at Whole Foods (locations around the city)

    Photo: Nicole Radja011.so.fw.tock.op.vendingmachine12x476.jpg[title]642493
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    Go-Go Squeez 100 percent fruit applesauce, $2.50 at Whole Foods (locations around the city)

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    Funky Monkey Purple Funk (freeze-dried banana and acai), $2.40 for a one-ounce bag at Whole Foods (locations around the city)

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    Surf Sweets Sour Worms (sweetened with organic fruit juice instead of corn syrup), $20 for a pack of 12 2.75-ounce bags at amazon.com

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    Naked strawberry-banana smoothie $3.30 at Kramer’s Health Foods (230 S Wabash Ave, 312-922-0077)

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    Fage Total 2% honey yogurt $1.50 at Trader Joe’s (1840 N Clybourn Ave, 312-274-9733 and other city locations)

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    Fage Total 2% honey yogurt $1.50 at Trader Joe’s (1840 N Clybourn Ave, 312-274-9733 and other city locations)

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    Lucy’s gluten-free chocolate chip cookies $10 for a pack of 16 1.25–ounce bags at amazon.com.

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    Kind Fruit & Nut Bar $2 at Kramer’s Health Foods (230 S Wabash Ave, 312-922-0077)

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    Kind Fruit & Nut Bar $2 at Kramer’s Health Foods (230 S Wabash Ave, 312-922-0077)

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    Dagoba organic dark chocolate bar $3.45 for a two-ounce bar at dagobachocolate.com

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    Emerald 100-calorie unsalted almond packs $2.70 for a box of seven at Mariano’s Fresh Market

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Veggie Pirate’s Booty $6 for six one-ounce bags at Whole Foods (locations around the city)

Photo: Nicole Radja

When the Chicago Park District recently announced it was making an effort to stock vending machines at 20 city parks with healthy snacks, it got us thinking about what we’d like to see in machines (and in our kitchen pantries, too).

Which snacks would you like to see in Chicago's healthy vending machines? Tell us in the comments section below.

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