Any suggestions on Great toddler snacks?

Answer 1

ANTS ON A LOG - An Old Favorite

Celery sticks filled with either
peanut butter, cream cheese or hummus
and topped with raisins, apple dices, seeds, nuts, banana dices etc..

These are great snacks for Toddlers! Many toddlers will just eat the "filling" and the raisins, which is just fine! Ensure what you add is appropriate for your Toddler


APPLESAUCE GRAHAM CRACKERS

Graham Crackers
Natural Applesauce
Cinnamon
Raisins
Wheat Germ

Mix cinnamon, wheat germ and raisins into the applesauce. Spread over the graham crackers. Use any type of fruit purée you wish!
Using low salt saltines, low-salt Ritz, pita bread slices, or plain rice cakes as your cracker base is just as good!!

YOGURT CEREAL BARS

2 cups corn flakes - 3/4 flour - 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon - 1/2cup butter or margarine
1 cup flavoured yogurt (banana/strawberry etc..) - 1 egg slightly beaten
2 tablespoons flour
Preheat oven to 350F

Combine cereal, 3/4 cup flour, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
Cut in butter or margarine until coarse crumbs form.
Press 1/2 the mixture firmly into the bottom of a greased 8inch square pan.
Mix yogurt, egg and 2 tablespoons flour in another small bowl.
Spread over cereal mixture in pan and then sprinkle the remaining cereal mixture on top
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown; cut into bars when cooled.
Courtesy of Stonyfield Farms Yogurt


Visit our Baby Food site for more "biscuit" and cracker recipes.



ENERGY BALLS

1/4 cup finely grated carrots
1/4 cup rolled oats or Granola*
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 Tablespoon honey
3 Tablespoons peanut butter

Mix and roll into balls. Easy carrots in the tummy!
*Granola makes these Energy Balls more tasty and adds a nice crunch!

TODDLER TRAIL MIX**

granola
peanuts
raisins
dried fruits
cereal rings (Oatie Os, Cheerios, Gorilla Munch, Barbara's Puffins etc. )
carob or yogurt chips
roasted soy "nuts"
** Mix only those food items that you find appropriate for your Toddler**

HOMEMADE FRUIT JIGGLERS

2 cups fruit juice of your choice (100% Natural Fruit Juice Only!)
3 tsp powdered gelatin
1/4 cup small cubed fruit of your choice

Place 1/4 cup of the juice in a cup; sprinkle gelatin over juice.
Stand cup in a small pan of simmering water, stir until gelatin is dissolved.
Stir gelatin mixture and fruits into remaining juice in a medium bowl or square/rectangular pan.
Refrigerate until firm.

Scoop into a cup or cut into shapes to serve. Let your Toddler help with the cutting of the shapes!
Break out the cookie cutters and make this a Toddler activity!

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DIPPIN SAUCES

Peanutty Yogurt Dip (consult your pediatrician about peanut butter!)

1 part plain or vanilla yogurt (1/4 cup)
1/2 part peanut butter (4 tablespoons)
honey to drizzle on top

Blueberry Yogurt Dip

1 part plain or vanilla yogurt (1/4 cup)
1/2 part blueberry puree or 100% natural blueberry preserves (4 tablespoons)
honey to drizzle on top

Honey of a Hummus

1 can drained chick peas (garbanzo beans)
1 cup tahini (add more or less until you get the desired consistency)
1/4 cup honey

In a blender or food process or add chick peas, honey and tahini; blend until you get the desired consistency

Appley-Yogurt Dip

1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup Natural applesauce

Mix yogurt and applesauce and dip in your favorite fruits - some Toddlers even love this for dipping veggies!


FRUIT SALAD

Dice Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Grapes (halve or quarter grapes as needed)
Arrange fruits on a plate around a small bowl of plain, spiced or flavoured yogurt for dipping.

May be made into a parfait by layering fruits, then yogurt then fruits then yogurt in a small clear glass or bowl. Top with wheat germ or granola


STUFFED APPLES

1 large or medium apple - cored but not peeled
Stuff apple with peanut butter, raisins, wheat germ and drizzle with honey, top with coconut or crushed granola
Dig in with a spoon or have fun trying to eat with your hands!
You may wish to microwave the empty cored apple for a few seconds to allow it to soften a bit.

This snack will travel well in a lunchbox or to a play date – the "stuffing" will help retard browning of the apple.


APPLE TOPPED WITH BLUEBERRIES AND MUESLI

Ingredients
2 large apples, peeled and remove seeds - cut into wedges
1 cup frozen blueberries
3/4cup mixed fruit muesli (crush if needed for older babies)
2 tablespoons maple syrup
50g butter, melted
vanilla yogurt to serve (optional) vanilla ice cream or frozen vanilla yogurt if you want to indulge your toddler

Preheat oven to 375F. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Lay apple wedges on baking tray and top with raspberries. Sprinkle muesli over, then drizzle with maple syrup and butter. Bake for 15 minutes, or until tops are golden and fruit tender. Serve apple warm with vanilla yogurt.


CROCK-POT BREAD PUDDING (2 toddler thumbs up from us!!)

4 cups French bread cubes, toasted - 2 1/2 cups milk, scalded, cooled slightly
2 eggs, beaten - 3/4 cup sugar - 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon - dash nutmeg
dash salt - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup raisins, optional (chopped apples are great too!)
dessert sauce or whipped cream for garnish

Prep:
Lightly butter the slow cooker then add bread cubes. In a small bowl, whisk together the scalded milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, vanilla, and melted butter. Pour milk mixture over the bread cubes then add raisins, if desired. Gently, using a large spoon or spatula, press bread cubes down into mixture so all bread pieces will soak up milk mixture. Do not stir. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 5 to 6 hours, until bread pudding is set. Serve - with Frozen Vanilla Yogurt!


QUICK -N- EASY SMOOTHIE

1 cup 100% nothing added fruit juice
1 cup plain, vanilla or fruited yogurt (not with fruit on the bottom!)

Place yogurt and juice in lidded container/cup and shake until mixed well
Pour into Toddler's cup

FROZEN BAN-OLA

1 medium sized banana - peeled
1/2 cup crushed granola
plain or vanilla yogurt (blueberry yogurt is yummy too!)

Dip banana in your choice of yogurt
Roll banana in crushed granola
Place in freezer bag and freeze. May be eaten without being frozen also

Answer 2

My daughter just turned one today and one of the things I've bought recently from Costco is a bunch of snacks including teddy grahams (which dissolve easily, but also can be bitten to work on those new teeth!), graham cracker sticks, and Nilla Wafer cookies. They're all in individual bags, so I keep a few in the diaper bag, and a few in the glove compartment in case of emergencies.

Answer 3

Frozen vegetables while they're still frozen, just put some in a small dish and let your toddler snack on them. My three-year-old has loved these for ages. They're a great, healthy snack.

Fruit salad is always good, I usually use three kinds of fruit each time, and change the fruits so it doesn't become boring.

Rice cakes with salad and either tuna or salmon is another favourite here.

Cherry tomatoes are great too.

Answer 4

I have 5 Kids between the ages of 3 and 11 they all enjoy GRAHMCRACKERS and Milk. Show the toddler how to dunk the cracker in the milk and he/she will go to town. Note: it might make a little mess.

Answer 5

My son likes carrot sticks, grapes, apple slices, cheese, peanut butter (on a spoon only)-He's 3.
Gerber makes toddler snacks for younger ones that are great-they have a good taste and dissolve (so no choking hazard).

Answer 6

I have got you covered on this, because I had to bring things for my son's four year old class parties, and it is healthy, yet a little sweet too: fruit cups, such as Del Monte kind (many of these canned peaches or whatever are made "Lite", so there is little sugar added to them...) Those Del Monte fruit gels with the fruit in them are soooo good!! They are like Jello with fruit inside. oh, and little cups of applesauce, such as by Motts, is a perfect snack too.

Answer 7

Mine loves string cheese, blueberries, etc. Please watch out for all the procesed,salty, fatty stuff, goldfish, cookies, and high fructose corn syrup yogurts, etc. Once they get a taste for it, they never go back. Target also sells these organic fruit things (they're own archer farms brand), they're like fruit rollops, but more of a slab, and no added stuff. They're handy for the diaper bag.

Answer 8

Goldfish
Graham Crackers
Cheerios or fruit loops
Ritz Crackers

Answer 9

Grapes, raisins, dry fruits, fruit wedges, broccoli,. carrot sticks, celery sticks, animal crackers, cookies, chips, mini-juices, snack packs, jello, pudding cups check ur snack aisle at ur nearest grocer.

Answer 10

my cousin's girl LOVES blueberries, and my Godson can't get enough golfish crackers. Depends on if you have a choke-er or not. Stick with small stuff that they can put in their mouth and chew but if they swallow it whole it's not big enough to get stuck. Cheerios, crackers, and berries are pretty choice.

Answer 11

Crackers with cream cheese and brown sugar is yummy, cottage cheese inside a mini ice cream cone, or hummus with pita to dip. All favorites at my house!