I want to make some fast and healthy snacks for my todddler. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Celery stuffed with peanut butter, and sprinkled with raisins.
Crackers with peanut butter.
Grapes & string cheese.
Apple slices dipped in peanut butter.
Carrot sticks (the baby carrots) with ranch dip.
Flour tortillas browned, then filled with cheese and melted in the microwave. Cut it into pizza style slices.
Cheerios and raisins.
Bagels with strawberry cream cheese.

Answer 2

There are some excellent ideas here. Yay! I am always happy to see people thinking wholesome and healthy!

There are so many things you can do. My kids love cheese and crackers (just try to find crackers free of trans fat), peanut butter on graham crackers, carrot sticks with veggie dip, cinnamon tortillas (butter tortillas and sprinking with cinnamon and sugar-bake), apple banana nachos (whole wheat pitas cut into wedges, baked as the tortillas above, covered with melted peanut butter and topped with chopped apples and bananas). Buy some whole wheat bagels, top with pizza sauce and a bit of mozzarella cheese, broil.

Keep a carton of hardboiled eggs on hand. My kids love hardboild eggs and sometimes i make them into deviled eggs with they also love. Pick one day a week to bake ahead. This is what I do. I pick a day and make like apple sauce bread, mini muffins, and homemade cookies. That way we have them for the week. My kids are not allowed to eat prepackaged cookies or muffins so i have to make my own. I change it up every week, so we have some variety.

Keep it fun and yummy! AND HEALTHY!

Answer 3

One thing that I would do when I worked with toddlers is make "animals" out of apples, celery, peanut better, pretzel sticks, raisins, chex cereal, bananas, honey, etc. Like "ants on a log" (celery, peanut butter and raisins), ladybugs (half an apple, peanut butter, raisins, pretzel sticks) and the like. Kids enjoyed getting a bit messy helping to make their snacks, and it was much healthier than prepackaged snacks.

Answer 4

Veggie sticks or cut in little shapes or faces.Whole wheat biscuits topped with cheese spread or peanut butter.Bread with vegemite.Water biscuits with cheese or minced chicken slivers.
These can be meals, not just snacks. Toddlers llike to eat snacky style meals..

Answer 5

get saltine crackers and those Kraft American cheese slices. tear the piece of cheese and put it on one side of the cracker, than put another cracker on top of the cheese. Then put them in the microwave until the cheese melts.

Answer 6

ants on a log./get celery,peanut butter,nd raisons.spread the peanut butter on the celery stick,and place the raisons on them like ants.they love that.

Answer 7

yea... when i babysit i dont like to feed the kids the chips that the mom leaves so i cut up apple and skin it and cut it into little cubes they love it =]

Answer 8

fruits, veggies ( raw), sugar free jello
Kids love it when to use fruit and veggies to make faces on the plate

Answer 9

That's great you're concerned about giving your child healthy snacks! Here's a couple yummy recipes my goddaugther really enjoys:)

Peanut Butter and Banana Quesadillas

1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. honey
4 flour tortillas (10 inch)
2 medium bananas, sliced
1/2 cup POST Fruity or Cocoa PEBBLES Cereal

MIX peanut butter and honey until well blended; spread evenly onto tortillas.
TOP 2 of the tortillas with banana slices; sprinkle with cereal. Cover with remaining tortillas, peanut butter mixture-sides down.
PREHEAT large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Cook one of the quesadillas 1 min. on each side. Remove from skillet. Repeat with remaining quesadilla. Cut each quesadilla into eight wedges to serve.

Blueberry Cracker Bites

2 tsp. PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese Spread
2 RITZ Reduced Fat Crackers
10 frozen blueberries

SPREAD cream cheese spread evenly onto crackers; top each with 5 blueberries.

Creamy Apple Bites

5 RITZ Reduced Fat Crackers
2 Tbsp. PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese Spread
5 thin apple slices
1/8 tsp. cinnamon sugar

SPREAD crackers with cream cheese spread; top with apple slices.
SPRINKLE with cinnamon sugar. Serve immediately.

Kabobers and Pudding Dip

2 cups fat free milk
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
2 bananas
2 cups small strawberries
2 cups seedless grapes
1-1/2 cups pretzel sticks

ADD milk and dry pudding mix to 3-cup water bottle with tight-fitting lid. Screw on lid. Shake vigorously 2 min. Let stand 5 min. Pour pudding mixture into serving bowl.
PEEL bananas; cut into 1-inch slices. Place fruit on serving plate.
SKEWER fruit with pretzel sticks. Serve as dippers with pudding dip.

Nuts n Fruit Mix


1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine or butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. ground ginger
4 cups POST SPOON SIZE Shredded Wheat Cereal
1 cup PLANTERS COCKTAIL Peanuts
1 cup dried cranberries

PREHEAT oven to 300°F. Place margarine and sugar in large microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 30 sec. or until margarine is completely melted when stirred. Add ginger; mix well. Add cereal; toss lightly. Spread into single layer in greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
BAKE 15 min. Remove pan from oven; stir in peanuts. Return to oven; continue baking 10 min. Cool completely.
ADD cranberries; toss lightly.

Carrot Pinwheels

2 Tbsp. PHILADELPHIA Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. KRAFT FREE Peppercorn Ranch Fat Free Dressing
2 flour tortillas (8 inch)
1 cup finely shredded carrots
2 green onions, thinly sliced
Paprika or ground red pepper (optional)

MIX cream cheese and dressing until well blended. Spread evenly onto tortillas; sprinkle with carrots and onions.
ROLL up tortillas tightly; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
UNWRAP when ready to serve. Cut each roll into 6 pieces. Place on serving plate; sprinkle with paprika.

Creamy Cranberry Stuffed Celery

1/4 cup PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese Spread
1/3 cup dried cranberries
4 stalks celery

MIX cream cheese spread and cranberries until well blended.
SPREAD evenly into hollow centers of celery.
CUT each stalk crosswise into four pieces.

Answer 10

cheddar cheese. . .cubed
seedless grapes
mini marshmallows
chocolate chips