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List of healthy snack ideas for toddlers
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Best Healthy Snack Ideas For Toddlers

A list of healthy snack ideas for toddlers, both fresh, store-bought (no added sugar or nasty ingredients), and homemade which are yummy and nutritious. Including on-the-go, airplane/travel snacks, pantry snacks, bedtime snacks, and high-fiber kids' food.
Course Snack
Cuisine Healthy
Diet Low Salt
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1
Author Dora

Ingredients

Fresh Fruit Snack

  • apple cut up into thin slices or whole
  • banana
  • kiwi peeled, halved, or quartered
  • berries strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
  • grapes  halved (whole grapes are a choking hazard)
  • mango peeled and cubed
  • nectarine or peach either halved or whole (watch out for the pit)
  • apricots either halved or whole (watch out for the pit)
  • pear softer whole, harder cut into slices like apples
  • dried fruits dates, raisins, apricots, prunes (cut up for younger children)

Fresh vegetables

  • cucumber cut in circles or sticks
  • carrot cut in sticks
  • red pepper cut in sticks
  • avocado mashed on a cracker or use a smashed avocado to dip other vegetables in
  • cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
  • snap peas slivered as needed
  • edamame thawed
  • olives halved, rinse to avoid excessive salt
  • eggplant  in a dip like babaganoush
  • kale chips homemade or store-bought

Carb Snacks

  • wholegrain crackers
  • wholegrain toast
  • wholegrain tortilla
  • wholegrain breadsticks
  • wholegrain muffin
  • healthy pancakes
  • rice cakes
  • homemade granola (dry)

Healthy Dairy Snacks

  • Cottage cheese
  • Mozzarella sticks
  • Hard Cheese (sliced or cubed)
  • Drinkable or plain yogurt
  • Fruit yogurt (mashed fresh fruit stirred in plain yogurt; store-bought fruit yogurts have flavoring and sugar added)
  • Greek yogurt
  • Goat's cheese
  • Kefir
  • Milk
  • Smoothies with yogurt or milk
  • Broccoli Cheesecake
  • Yogurt Berry Bark Snack

Protein Snacks

  • Hummus with crackers or veggie sticks
  • Hard-boiled egg
  • Mozzarella sticks
  • Deli meats that have minimal processed ingredients and nitrites not too often
  • Chopped walnuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans
  • Nut butter with fruit like apple or banana or on crackers and bread
  • 10-min no bake energy balls

Instructions

  • Pick ingredients from the list. For a lighter snack offer fruit and vegetables. For a heavier snack combine them with protein, carbs and/or dairy.
  • For produce, usually serve 1 produce, and for other ingredients about ½ a cup. Offer more if the child wants more.
  • Let them decide when they are full.

Notes

Refer to post to find recommendations for store-bought pantry snacks, on-the-go, travel and airplane snacks and bedtime snacks. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g