Tasty Recipes with Edible Insects

The potential for cooking with edible insects is almost limitless! From adding cricket flour to baked goods, to sprinkling toasted ants on salads, to dissolving cricket powder in milk to make hot chocolate, the possibilities for adding healthy, natural, protein-rich nutrition to your diet are endless. Here we provide a small sampling of edible insect recipes. Try some and see what you like! A small selection of edible insect cookbooks follows the recipe list.

• Baked goods
• Snacks
• Smoothies and Drinks
• Main dishes
• Breakfast

Please note: People who are allergic to crustacean shellfish or house dust mites may also have an allergic reaction to edible insects.

Baked Goods

Apple Pastries courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crickets courtesy of Craft Crickets in Eugene, Oregon

Chocolate chip cookies

Oatmeal Cookies courtesy of BugVivant

Pear and Cricket Tea Cakes courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Chocolate Espresso Banana Bread courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Banana Army Worm Bread courtesy of Manataka American Indian Council in Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas

Carrot Cake courtesy of Crunchy Critters in Derby, UK

Carrot cake

Mini Lemon and Valencia Orange Raspberry Scones courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Biscuits courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Orange Cranberry and Beet Powder Muffins courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Snacks

Granola Bar with Cricketscourtesy of Craft Crickets in Eugene, Oregon

Amber candy and fossil cookies courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Chocolate Covered Crickets courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Smoothies and Drinks

Goji Cricket Smoothie courtesy of Craft Crickets in Eugene, Oregon

Tropical Pear Juice Boost courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Tropical Pear Juice Boost, from Portland, Oregon based Cricket Flours

Pineapple Banana Smoothie courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Main Dishes

Cricket Burgers courtesy of Craft Crickets in Eugene, Oregon

Critter Burgers (made with crickets, mealworms and chapulines) courtesy of Crunchy Critters in Derby, UK

Bee-LT Burger courtesy of Girl Meets Bug

Burgers

Mealworm Fried Rice courtesy of Manataka American Indian Council in Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas

Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmas) courtesy of BugVivant

Cricket Kofta Patties courtesy of Crunchy Critters in Derby, UK

Greek meal including kofta patties

Cricket Nachos courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Spicy Baked Cheese Peppers courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Mexican Green Hooper Tortillas courtesy of Manataka American Indian Council in Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas

Tacos de Chapulines courtesy of Manataka American Indian Council in Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas

Crispy Tacos

Waxworm Tacos courtesy of Girl Meets Bug

Simple Carrot Buffalo Worm Soup courtesy of BugVivant

Breakfast

Cricket Protein Spicy Omelet courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Protein Pancakes courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Pancakes topped with raspberries and confectioner’s sugar

Cricket Flour Spiced French Toast courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Banana Oatmeal courtesy of Cricket Flours in Portland, Oregon

Edible Insect Cookbooks

The Insect Cookbook

The Cricket Cookbook

Creepy Crawly Cuisine

Edible Insect Cookbook

Eat Grub

Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet

Bugs For Beginners

On Eating Insects

Entertaining with Insects

12 Edible Insect Recipes

Butterflies in my Stomach

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