50 Yummy Snack Ideas

Ever notice how whenever one child asks for a snack in your home, everyone else suddenly decides he or she is hungry, too?  Here's a great list of yummy, healthy, quick ideas we've thought of so you don't have to!

No Prep Necessary
1. Popcorn
2. Frozen grapes
3. Nuts
4. Pretzels with spreadable cheese
5. Peach salsa and cinnamon pita chips
6. Rice cakes
7. Almond butter on crackers, pretzels, veggies
8. Nutella (just grab a spoonful, it's great all by itself)
9. Bowl of whole grain cereal
10. Hummus with baby carrots, pretzels, pita or tortilla chips
11. Cheese sticks
12. Cottage cheese with peaches 
13. Rolled up cold cuts with cream cheese
14. Yogurt popsicles (just freeze tubes of yogurt ahead so they are ready to go!)
15. Ice cream from the Ice Cream Man (not so healthy, but it's fun to indulge every once in a while!)

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Minimal Prep Needed
16. Homemade trail mix (combine M&Ms, peanuts, pretzels, and raisins in a bowl)
17. Fruit skewer
18. Ants on a log (celery filled with PB or pimento cheese and topped with raisins)
19. Mini pizza (English muffin with pizza sauce and cheese)
20. Fruit smoothies (sneak in spinach, kale, or yogurt)
21. Ham and cheese crescent rolls
22. Chocolate covered strawberries
23. Peanut butter and sliced apples
24. Raw veggies and ranch dressing
25. Fresh fruit (pick up the best seasonal finds at your local farmer's market!)
26. Multi-grain waffle with peanut butter spread on top
27. Cheese quesadillas (throw in some chopped veggies)
28. Banana slices drizzled with chocolate sauce
29. Kale chips
30. Sweet potato fries

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31. Frozen bananas covered in peanut butter; or cover with honey and roll in peanuts, cereal, or mini chocolate chips
32. Cheese and crackers
33. Parfait with yogurt, dried fruit, granola
34. Homemade juice (orange, apple, pineapple, carrot)
35. Fresh squeezed lemonade (add strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and freeze in paper cups…yum!)
36. Yogurt based dip for fruit, crackers, or pretzels
37. Nachos
38. Bagel and cream cheese
39. Cheese toast
40. Flour tortilla roll up (meat, cheese, veggies)
41. Nutter Fluffer (PB and marshmallow cream)
42. Mini quiches
43. Toast with PB, honey, and banana

More Prep Needed
44. Homemade granola bars
45. Apple cartwheels (core an apple, fill with PB, honey, raisins, choc. chips, then slice it up)
46. Homemade guacamole (avocado, tomato, onion, garlic, salt, lime juice)
47. Deviled eggs
48. Homemade muffins with fruit, nuts, and whole grains
49. Baked apple fritters
50. Rice Krispy Treat "sushi" (fruit leather, Rice Krispy treat, raisins)

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