25 Healthy Snacks for Kids

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Food, Nutrition and Health Tips from the American Dietetic Association
25 Healthy Snacks for Kids

When a snack attack strikes, refuel with these nutrition-packed snacks.
Easy, Tasty (and Healthy) Snacks
You may need an adult to help with some of these snacks.

1. Peel a banana and dip it in yogurt. Roll in crushed cereal and freeze.
2. Spread celery sticks with peanut butter or low-fat cream cheese. Top with raisins. Enjoy your “ants on
a log.”
3. Stuff a whole-grain pita pocket with ricotta cheese and Granny Smith apple slices. Add a dash of
cinnamon.
4. Mix together ready-to-eat cereal, dried fruit and nuts in a sandwich bag for an on-the-go snack.
5. Smear a scoop of frozen yogurt on two graham crackers and add sliced banana to make a yummy
sandwich.
6. Top low-fat vanilla yogurt with crunchy granola and sprinkle with blueberries.
7. Microwave a small baked potato. Top with
reduced-fat cheddar cheese and salsa.
8. Make snack kabobs. Put cubes of low-fat cheese
and grapes on pretzel sticks.
9. Toast a whole grain waffle and top with low-fat
yogurt and sliced peaches.
10. Spread peanut butter on apple slices.
11. Blend low-fat milk, frozen strawberries and a
banana for thirty seconds for a delicious smoothie.
12. Make a mini-sandwich with tuna or egg salad on a
dinner roll.
13. Sprinkle grated Monterey Jack cheese over a corn
tortilla; fold in half and microwave for twenty
seconds. Top with salsa.
14. Toss dried cranberries and chopped walnuts in
instant oatmeal.
15. Mix together peanut butter and cornflakes in
a bowl. Shape into balls and roll in crushed
graham crackers.
16. Microwave a cup of tomato or vegetable soup
and enjoy with whole grain crackers.
17. Fill a waffle cone with cut-up fruit and top
with low-fat vanilla yogurt.
18. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on hot
popcorn.
19. Banana Split: Top a banana with low-fat
vanilla and strawberry frozen yogurt. Sprinkle
with your favorite whole-grain cereal.
20. Sandwich Cut-Outs: Make a sandwich on
whole grain bread. Cut out your favorite
shape using a big cookie cutter. Eat the fun
shape and the edges, too!
21. Spread mustard on a flour tortilla. Top with
a slice of turkey or ham, low-fat cheese and
lettuce. Then roll it up.
22. Mini Pizza: Toast an English muffin, drizzle
with pizza sauce and sprinkle with low-fat
mozzarella cheese.
23. Rocky Road: Break a graham cracker into
bite-size pieces. Add to low-fat chocolate
pudding along with a few miniature
marshmallows.
24. Inside-Out Sandwich: Spread mustard on a
slice of deli turkey. Wrap around a sesame
breadstick.
25. Parfait: Layer vanilla yogurt and mandarin
oranges or blueberries in a tall glass. Top with
a sprinkle of granola.

Authored by American Dietetic Association staff registered dietitians.