Snow peas are edible pea pods - meaning you can eat the seeds and pods together. I love them, especially in quick stir fries. So yes, you can eat snow peas raw—a great healthy snack. Young snow peas are best. Simply remove their hard outer string and eat the whole pod. When we have them in the garden, our snow peas never really make it to the kitchen, as we would pick them off the vines and eat them fresh.