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    Home / Cooking for Kids

    Kids' Snack Ideas

    Kids are notoriously fickle. This week's favorite food may be tossed aside next week with an inexplicable, "I don't like it anymore." Moms on TheHomeSchoolMom in the Kitchen Yahoo Group are familiar with that frustration and have suggested the following snacks to help you find something that will keep the kids happy when last week's favorite is ancient history.

    Kid-friendly Snack Ideas

    1. Quesadillas and salsa
    2. Chopped apples microwaved with a bit of cinnamon and sugar
    3. Fill graham crackers with whipped cream or pudding and frozen
    4. Granola
    5. Apples with peanut butter
    6. Apples with yogurt
    7. Jell-O squares
    8. Mini muffins
    9. Hummus with pita triangles or tortilla triangles
    10. Cream cheese spread on tortillas with a little bit of deli-style meat, rolled up and cut into bite-size pieces
    11. Apples with PB Crackers and cheese slices
    12. Soft pretzels Cheese and crackers
    13. Peanut butter crackers
    14. Vegetables and dip
    15. Chips and salsa or other dip
    16. Fruit and homemade fruit dip
    17. Ants on a log
    18. Oatmeal cookies
    19. Bagel or English muffin pizzas
    20. Trail mix
    21. Meat and cheese crackers
    22. Vanilla wafers and peanut butter
    23. Yogurt-covered raisins
    24. All kinds of fruit, sliced and ready to eat
    25. String or shaped cheese
    26. Fruit and yogurt smoothies (use fresh fruit in season or frozen fruit out of season)
    27. Mini sandwiches (cut off crust and cut into fourths)
    28. Banana, pumpkin, or zucchini bread (low sugar recipes are best)
    29. Homemade fruit juice or yogurt ice pops


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    Posted by Mary Ann on June 7, 2012; Updated on October 4, 2019Filed Under: Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack Ideas, Cooking for Kids

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