Healthy Snacks for Kids

Snacking at Home:

• Fresh fruit - any
• Hummus with raw/steamed baby carrots, cucumber round, other sliced veggies 
• Slices of pear or apple topped with SunButter*, almond butter or other nut butter
• Organic Plain or Vanilla yogurt - plain or topped with berries
• Organic Greek yogurt - plain or topped with berries
• Cubed goat mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, cucumber rounds
• Gluten-free crackers dipped in hummus, SunButter or nut butter  
• Lightly steamed baby carrots

Cookies:

• ShaSha Co. Ginger Snaps - Spelt
• Annie’s Gluten-Free Cocoa & Vanilla Bunny Cookies
• Enjoy Life Snickerdoodles (Gluten-Free)
• Homemade Banana-Coconut-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies 
• Kinnikinnick Chocolate KinniKritter Animal Cookies (gluten-free)
• PC Organics Animal Cookies for Toddlers (not gluten-free)

Individually Packaged Snacks:

•  Happy Squeeze Twist or other strained organic fruit & veggie squeeze pouch
•  Nature’s Path Envirokidz bars (gluten-free) 
•  ShaSha Buckwheat Snacks (higher in protein than most other snacks)
•  Barbara’s Snackimals (cookies packaged for on-the-go)
•  Organic Applesauce (don't forget the spoon!)
•  PC Organics Fruit Snacks (Strawberry Mango, Blueberry Pomegranate)
•  PC Organics Orange Mango Sweet Potato Fruit and Vegetable Snack 
•  Jennie’s Coconut Macaroons

Crackers: 

• Mary's Gone Crackers, Organic Gluten-Free 
• Nabisco Rice Thins, Unflavoured (gluten-free)
• Lentil chips (boxed but also available in snack sized packs)

Salty Snacks:

• Beanitos Original (The Original Bean Snacks)
• Snap Pea Crisps
• Chia Crisps (Lesser Evil brand)
• Neal Brothers Foods Extremely Tasty Tortillas (100% organic nacho chips)
• Popcorn – Organic from PC Organics or Nativa (Shoppers DM)

Juice Boxes:

• Kiju Organic Orange-Mango
• PC Organics Apple or White Grape Juice and water blend

Candy:

• YumEarth Organic Pops 
• YumEarth Organic Fruit Snacks, Gummy Bears or Sour Beans
• Smarties (no artificial colours or flavours)

Prepared by Lisa Tsakos, RHN, LisaTsakos.Blogspot.com