KEY POINTS Experts say pristine snow can be safe to eat, but it depends on the situation. But it does raise a question: Is snow safe to eat? “When my kid wants to eat snow, I always think back to when I used to eat snow as a kid,” said Max Huddleston, a certified physician assistant. It may seem like common sense not to eat yellow or black snow, but it bears repeating. “But you also don’t know what someone can dump onto snow to cause it to become discolored.”It may seem like common sense not to eat yellow or black snow, but it bears repeating.