Healthy Snacks: Quick tips for parents  

 

Snacks give kids important nutrients and help control hunger between meals.

Healthy snack ideas

• “Ants on a log” (celery with peanut butter and raisins)
• Fresh or canned fruit (in 100% juice, not syrup) with fat-free or low-fat vanilla yogurt
• Whole-grain crackers with fat-free or low-fat cheese
• Frozen grapes (rinse and freeze grapes overnight)
• Whole-wheat bread or apple slices with peanut butter
• Quesadillas (fat-free or low-fat cheese on a whole-wheat tortilla)
• Unsalted pretzels or air-popped popcorn
• Baked tortilla chips and salsa
• Whole-wheat pita bread with hummus
• Water or fat-free or low-fat milk