I'm starting a girl scout troup and i need some advice on HEALTHY quick and easy snacks?

Question

It needs to be something the kids can do
It can't be to long
and please NO ANTS ON A LOG!

Answer 1

Trail mix

Answer 2

Hello Troop Leader:

Remember to get allergy alerts from all the members (and any siblings that may tag along).

Fruit is a great snack, and easy to prepare. Bananas, strawberries, oranges, apples, pears, grapes, and even the "exotics" like star fruit, papaya, kiwi, mango.

Get a mixer some fruit, add yogurt or soy milk and make smoothies.

Crackers and cream cheese or cheddar is quick and easy.

Popcorn can be made during the meeting in a microwave, or use a hot-air popper.

Keep on Scoutin'

Answer 3

Are you trying to do this as a program activity or just to feed them? If it's a program activity, you may need to let it go long - that's part of the experience of the girls actually doing the snack making; they won't be anywhere near as quickly and well as you could the first time, but they'll learn.

Homemade fruit salad is a good one - it gets them cutting different types of fruit, mixing, depending how you do it, they may be able to mix their own favorite variety.

Smoothies were a huge hit with my Brownie troop; we used one of those hand-held blenders and each girl could put whatever mixture of yogurt flavors and fruit she wanted into a large cup, use the mixer, then we dipped it in a huge cup of water to rinse it clean(ish) between girls to keep things speedy.

Of course, if you just want to *feed* them, fresh fruit and pretzels are always good easy choices (my troop met in the evening for the past few years, either right before or right after each girl had dinner, so we didn't have a formal snack, but we always had a bag of pretzels and water available if someone was *really* too hungry to concentrate - it's amazing how the less interesting the snack is, the less of a draw it is unless you're truly hungry).

Enjoy!

Answer 4

Graham crackers and water
cheese and crackers
Fruit like grapes, cherries, strawberries
Baby carrots and hummus dip or ranch.
pudding in a bag

How about Ticks on a Toilet Seat? Cut a horizontal slice out of an apple, remove the core out of the center. Spread with peanut butter and sprinkle with raisins or sunflower seeds. (Well, it's not Ants on a Log ;)

After 6 years of leading a Girl Scout troop, let me tell you that it usually has to be quick OR the girls do it themselves, not both.

Answer 5

Gorp-cheese and crackers-fruit slices-pretzel sticks and peanut butter-celery and cream cheese