85 Snack Ideas for Kids (and Adults)!

Skip the potato chips, fruit snacks, graham crackers, and candy. If you’re in a rut here are some quick, great real food any-time or after-school snack ideas for inspiration that kids will love (and adults, too!). Sticking with simple ingredients keeps snack time easy and fun.

Keep these tips in mind:

• Combine some of the suggestions below in creative ways (for example, combine some fruit with yogurt to make a yogurt parfait, or make a fruit salad and drizzle some honey on top)
• Most of the fruits below are also great frozen. Ever blended up frozen bananas to make “ice cream”? Try it!
• If you’re looking for school lunch ideas, any of these would be great in a school lunch box!
• If you have a picky eater, combining several of these snacks onto a plate – tapas style! – could make a well-rounded lunch or easy breakfast

Please leave any additional suggestions in the comments below…

Fruits and Vegetable Snack Ideas

1. Apple (good with peanut butter, or almond butter)

   

2. Banana (good with peanut butter, or almond butter)
3. Carrots (good with hummus or ranch dip)
4. Celery (good with peanut butter and raisins a.k.a. “Ants on a Log”)
5. Mango
6. Pear
7. Grapes
8. Strawberries (good with regular or Greek yogurt)
9. Blueberries (good with regular or Greek yogurt)
10. Raspberries (good with regular or Greek yogurt)
11. Oranges
12. Peaches (good with regular or Greek yogurt)
13. Plums
14. Kiwi
15. Grapefruit
16. Avocado (good with soy sauce and brown rice)

    

17. Pineapple
18. Papaya
19. Star Fruit
20. Figs (good with goat cheese)
21. Honeydew Melon
22. Cantaloupe
23. Watermelon
24. Cherries
25. Edamame (good with soy sauce, or drizzle with a little olive oil + kosher salt)
26. Raw Sugar Snap Peas (good with hummus)
27. Cooked Green Beans
28. Mashed Sweet Potato (good with butter and cinnamon)
29. Raw Sliced Bell Peppers (good with hummus or ranch dip)
30. Cucumber Slices (good with ranch dip)
31. Jicama
32. Cherry Tomatoes (good with ranch dip)
33. Cooked Snow Peas
34. Frozen Peas (frozen…no cooking necessary!)
35. Raw Cauliflower
36. Raw Broccoli (good with ranch dip)

    

37. Applesauce
38. Unsweetened Raisins
39. Fruit Leathers
40. Freeze Dried Fruit (like mango, banana, blueberries or strawberries)
41. Dried Apple Rings, or pineapple rings
42. Canned Fruit like Mandarin Oranges (Native Forest brand does not use sugary syrups in their cans)
43. Olives

Whole-Grain Snack Ideas

1. Whole Grain Crackers (like Triscuits, Multi-Seed, Ak-Mak, Whole-Wheat Matzos, Brown Rice Crackers/Snaps, Whole-Grain Rye Crackers topped with cheese, peanut butter, almond butter, or a cream cheese and jelly combo)
2. Popcorn (make it using “The Popcorn Trick”)
3. Oatmeal (served warm in a Thermos if sending to school)
4. Shredded Wheat (look for brands that contain 1-ingredient)
5. Arrowhead Mills Puffed Whole Grain Cereal (corn, brown rice, wheat or millet variety)
6. Brown Rice Cakes
7. Whole-Wheat Pretzels

   

8. Whole-Grain Toast
9. Small, Cooked Whole-Grain Noodles

Nuts and Seeds Snack Ideas

1. Larabars
2. Peanuts
3. Cashews
4. Almonds
5. Pecans
6. Walnuts
7. Pine Nuts (they are good lightly toasted)
8. Pistachios
9. Sesame Seeds
10. Pumpkin Seeds
11. Nut Trail Mix including Dried Fruit

Other Snack Ideas

1. Hard-Boiled Eggs
2. Garbanzo Beans
3. Cheese (cubes or sticks…with or without crackers)
4. Plain Whole Milk or Greek Yogurt (flavored with a little honey or maple syrup and vanilla extract)
5. Organic and/or Local Bacon

Homemade Snack Ideas

1. Homemade Granola Bars
2. Homemade “Larabars”
3. Whole-Wheat Toaster Pastries (a.k.a. Pop Tarts!)
4. Smoothies or Smoothie Pops
5. Whole-Wheat Banana Bread

   

6. Zucchini Chips
7. Whole-Wheat Zucchini Bread (made into muffins)
8. Whole-Wheat Pumpkin Bread (made into muffins)
9. Whole-Grain Cornbread (made into muffins)
10. Whole-Wheat Berry Muffins
11. Pecan Maple Breakfast Cookies
12. Easy Cheesy Crackers
13. Kale Chips
14. Homemade Powerballs
15. Whole-Wheat Biscuits (good with butter and jelly) or Buttermilk Cheese Biscuits
16. Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn<
17. Whole-Wheat “Baked” Donuts

Share your snack ideas with us in the comments below!