DESSERTS & SNACKS
Kid-Friendly Desserts and Snacks
From filling snacks to festive treats, let's share our favorite kid-friendly ideas for enjoying a little something extra.
Protein snacks for kids...on the go or at home?
Post-workout, my teen likes to make himself a glass of chocolate milk.
Hard boiled eggs. We will hard boil maybe 6-8 on Sunday for my teen to eat throughout the week. Stinks up the fridge, but worth it! (And actually, when I store them in a container with a lid it’s not so bad.)
Peanut butter. By itself, on a sandwich, with sliced fruits - it’s a delicious work horse in the protein department!
Deli turkey is a good protein food that we usually have in the fridge. My kids will just roll up a piece and eat it for a snack.
Creative s'mores recipes?
We buy small Graham cracker crusts (in the tiny pan) and add chocolate chips or pieces of chocolate bars. Then top with small marshmallows. Perfect on a grill or oven!
S'mores nachos: lay out graham crackers on a skillet and top them with mini chocolate kisses and mini marshmallows. Toast and enjoy! Add more toppings if you want too (i.e., peanuts, coconut, m&ms)
Grasshopper S'more: made with traditional graham crackers and marshmallows - and Andes chocolate mints!
Reese's peanut butter cup, marshmallow and graham crackers
What snacks for kids do you keep on hand?
Cheese sticks, Babybel, or any other pre-portioned cheese.
I always have cheese zits for on the go, juice boxes, sliced fruits of their liking and also yogurt packets . Even a favorite cereal of theres put in a zip lock baggie.
Grapes are an easy way to get some fruit in hungry kids. When we keep a bowl of washed grapes in the fridge, my kids are way more likely to reach for them. When they have to do the work of picking and washing them, not so much.
Roasted seaweed snacks are a favorite for my kids right now. We like the ones from Trader Joe's because the individual packages are a little smaller and sized right for a 1-person snack.
Good Snacks for Kids With Braces
Smoothies. But not ones made with too many seeds :)
Yogurt!
Popsicles!
Olives are braces friendly snacks! Trader Joe's sells small individual serving packs of pitted olives that are good for taking on the go.
Healthy snacks for school?
Clementines. Our school requires that snacks be fruits or veggies "in their own skin" (so, no applesauce), and while we often rotate through different fruits depending on what the kids are into at the time, clementines are my favorite because they are easy to grab and go with no effort (plus, sweet and tasty!). Though most are easy enough for kids to peel, when the kids were younger I sometimes pulled up an end of the peel for them to make it even easier.
Z Bars
Regular string cheese or Babybel® brand cheese transports well inside the backpack. Maybe include some wheat crackers, too?
Trader Joe's plantain chips with guacamole
