17+ Healthy Snack Ideas Kids Will Love
By: Vickie | Updated: 29th June 2022
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Need some healthy snack ideas your kids will eat? Even if they’re picky eaters? Kids of all ages will LOVE these healthy snack ideas below.
Children love to snack, but they usually turn their noses up when it comes to healthy snacks or any food that is good for them.
And that is exactly why I went on the hunt for snack ideas that kids will enjoy that also are healthy too!
These snack ideas are creative, the recipes are quick, easy, and super healthy snack ideas, and some are fantastic food crafts as well!
Easy healthy snacks are usually just hiding right under our noses. If you can’t think of anything, look around your fridge and kitchen. There are thousands of healthy possibilities!
Fun After School Snack Kitchen Gadget!
This fun gadget will make even the most ordinary foods into fun after-school snacks by cutting them into fun bite-sized pieces. Use it on pancakes, deli, grilled cheese, quesadilla, burgers, and more to make them instantly snackable!
Healthy Fruit Snack Ideas Kids Love
Most kids cannot resist a bowl full of fresh fruit. Why not try some fruits that they have never tried.
A variety of fruit is bound to appeal to even the pickiest eaters. Take the kids shopping and let them pick out fruit that looks interesting to them.
And for special treats, you could help the kids to make chocolate-dipped fruits or banana popsicles.
Smoothies for Kids
Smoothies are an awesome alternative to milkshakes and are super easy to make healthy.
My son is very fussy with fruit, but he cannot get enough when I blend fruit such as strawberries and blueberries with some milk! So, yes, smoothies make easy healthy snacks that kids love.
Use yogurt, fresh fruit, and milk, and whip up a smoothie in the blender in seconds.
Older children will enjoy making their own smoothies and younger ones will still enjoy choosing their favorite fruits and helping prepare them.
Getting Kids to Eat Vegetables
Children are more likely to eat vegetables if they grow them themselves. I know, right, that’s a little hard to believe, but it’s true.
Gardening is an excellent thing to do as a family and a positive way to spend quality time with your kids. With all the delicious vegetables you have grown and picked, why not prepare a snack tray with veggies and dip.
Healthy Popsicle Snacks for Kids
This is the easiest snack to prepare! Just use store-bought popsicle makers or containers and fill them with 100% fruit juice. Freeze them, and don’t forget to stick a Popsicle stick in it if it doesn’t have one already.
They’re healthy, and you can make many at a time and in various flavors.
Fun After School Snacks
What’s one of the first things your kids say when they get home from school?
I’m hungry!
Well, with these fun and healthy snack ideas, you’ll be ready. Not only are they nutritious, but we have ideas for ones that you can make with your kids as a fun after-school activity.
Then instead of “I’m hungry,” it’ll be “What snack are we making today?”
This healthy snack for kids is full of fruity flavor, easy, quick and delicious, the kids will love to make their own.
A healthy allergy friendly snack, are super easy to make and so tasty.
Healthy low sugar strawberry energy bites packed with oats and sunflower seeds.
These no-bake oat balls are super easy to make, they’re tasty and packed with energizing oats and protein sunflower seeds.
These Animal Faces Toast Treats are fun, easy to replicate and you can have even more fun with them by coming up with new ideas of your own.
These Owl Rice Cake Snacks are incredibly simple to make, plus not only are they fun, but they taste amazing too!
These Frozen Yogurt Blueberries are a simple, and super healthy snack that satisfies your sweet tooth big time.
Get your kiddos to love their vegetables with this easy recipe for zucchini chips.
Turn veggies into fun bug snacks for every bug lover. Your kids will totally enjoy creating these easy eatable butterflies, caterpillars, and ladybugs.
Try this rainbow of fruit served on skewers with a yogurt dipping sauce. An easy and healthy snack that the kids will devour!
This fun WEATHER snack about rainbows and clouds is a fun treat that kids can assemble themselves.
Check these out for a fun and healthy ladybugs snack that’s sure to get kids eating more fruit!
These beautiful all natural popsicles will be a hit for kids snacks during the summer.
These easy, no-bake apple donuts are the perfect after-school snack for kids, are full of healthy and good-for-you ingredients.
These creative Graham Cracker Pencils are made with everyone’s favorite cracker (cookie) and chocolate!
These Rainbow Banilla Bites are so fun to make and the kids love them! You can even choose whether you make them with peanut butter or Nutella.
And the last one on my list is these gorgeous nutter butter penguins. The kids will love making these with you for a great after school snack.
