12 Healthy Snacks Your Kids Will Love

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Let’s face it… Snack time is ALLLL the time now. And I, personally, am tired of my kids being hopped up on all the food I bought when I stocked up when I thought the world was ending. Here is a list of the best, kid-approved, kid-friendly healthy and delicious snacks that are so easy to make. I’m so excited to share with you 12 healthy snacks your kids will love! The key to a healthy snack is to try to use clean ingredients and always include a protein, a fat, and a carb so it sticks with them longer. Protein Balls. Protein Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Protein Banana Bites. Packed Muffins. Lunchable Bites. Healthy Shakes.

12 Healthy Snacks Your Kids Will Love

Protein Balls

There are so many fun varieties of protein balls and so many great recipes! Clean Simple Eats has some great ones in every single one of their cookbooks. This recipe is one of my favs (not from Clean Simple Eats).

What you’ll need:

• 2 Cups Oats
• 1/3 Cup Shredded Coconut
• 1 Cup Rice Crispies
• 1 Cup Ground Flax
• 1/2 Scoop Vanilla Protein Powder
• 2/3 Cup Chocolate Chips (I prefer Guittard Milk Chocolate, but you can mix in mini M&M’s, raisins, white chocolate chips, craisins, dried blueberries – really whatever you want)
• 1/2 Cup Honey
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 2 TBSP Coconut Oil

Instructions:

• Mix dry ingredients (including chocolate chips)
• Make a well with dry ingredients
• Pour wet ingredients into well and mix thoroughly
• Use a cookie scoop to form balls
• Spoon into airtight container and refrigerate or freeze

Popcorn with Yogurt Raisins

My kids LOVE popcorn with fun mix-ins! I don’t know why it’s one of their very favorite things to watch our popcorn maker do it’s thing, but they love it. And there’s only one thing better than fresh popcorn! Popcorn with mix-ins. Yogurt raisins are among the most popular of the “healthier” mix-ins ’round here.

What you’ll need:

• Popcorn
• Butter
• Salt
• Yogurt Raisins (or raisins, dried fruit, etc.)

Packed Muffins

What you’ll need:

• 2 Cups Flour (I like Whole Wheat Pastry Flour)
• 2 TBSP Ground Flaxseed
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Applesauce
• 2 TBSP Oil
• 1/2 Cup Milk
• Optional: Add a cup total of anything you want. We like Chocolate chips and pecans or frozen blueberries, raisins and almonds.

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Put muffin cups in muffin pan and butter them
• Mix dry ingredients in bowl
• Add wet ingredients and mix well
• Fold in optional add-ins
• Spoon into muffin cups
• Bake for 15-20 minutes

Protein Chocolate Bananas

What you’ll need:

• Bananas Sliced
• 1/4 Cup Chocolate Chips
• 1 TBSP Coconut Oil
• 1/2 Scoop Vanilla Protein Powder (I linked the one I like best)
• Optional: Sliced Almonds

Instructions

• Heat coconut oil and chocolate chips in microwave for 20, stir and then heat for 20 more seconds
• Mix in protein powder
• Drizzle on sliced bananas
• Top with toothpick and optional almonds
• We like it this way or popped in the freezer for 5 minutes for chocolate to harden

Protein Chocolate Covered Strawberries

What you’ll need:

• Strawberries – Washed and Dried
• 1/4 Cup Chocolate Chips
• 1 TBSP Coconut Oil
• 1/2 Scoop Chocolate Protein Powder (I linked the one I like best)

Instructions:

• Heat coconut oil and chocolate chips in microwave for 20, stir and then heat for 20 more seconds
• Mix in protein powder
• Dip strawberries
• Put in fridge until ready to eat

Veggie Tray

What you’ll need:

• All the veggies your kids might eat (throw some on you think they might not – they’ll surprise you!)
• Hummus
• Sour Cream
• Ranch Seasoning

Instructions:

• Cut up and display veggies on a tray, plate or even a baking sheet
• Mix ranch seasoning into sour cream
• Set it all out and watch them devour

12 Healthy Snacks Your Kids Will Love

Wake-Up Shake

What you’ll need:

• 2 Scoops Frozen OJ Concentrate
• 1 Cup Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• Any Flavor Individual Yogurt
• A Handful of Fruit
• 3-5 Ice Cubes
• Optional: Half A Banana

Instructions:

• Throw everything in blender and blend

Banana Bread

What you’ll need:

• Use my Famous Banana Bread Recipe!

Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Protein Shake

What you’ll need:

• 1 Cup Milk
• 1/2 Banana
• 1 Scoop Peanut Butter
• 1 Scoop Chocolate Protein Powder
• 3 Ice Cubes
• Optional: A Handful of Spinach or Power Greens

Instructions:

• Throw ingredients in blender and blend

Fruit Skewers with Yogurt Dip

What you’ll need:

• 5 Different Fruits – Cut Into Bite-Sized Pieces
• Skewers
• Vanilla Yogurt for Dip

Instructions:

• Thread fruit onto skewers
• Spoon yogurt into bowl
• Serve on platter

Trail Mix

instructiions:

• Go to the binned nuts and dried fruits at the grocery store
• Pick out 5 different kinds
• Make sure you have at least 2 salty and two sweet
• Mix them together in a bag
• Change it up every time you go

Lunchable Bites:

What you’ll need:

• Bread
• Lettuce
• Lunch Meat
• Cheese
• Toothpick

Instructions:

• Cut bread into small squares
• Cube cheese
• Cut meat into strips
• Wrap meat around cheese
• Skewer with bread on bottom, (optional: dollop mayo and mustard on bread) then lettuce, then meat wrapped cheese

I hope your kids love all of these snacks as much as mine do! Really, just taking things they like and presenting them in a different way makes snacks interesting and new!

XOXO – Ash

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