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3 Healthy Snacks Your Kids Can Make Without Any Help

The Cinnamon Mom, stay at home mom bloggerThe only thing better than healthy snacks are ones that you don’t have to make yourself! I am all about encouraging independence in young kids and I’m so glad that I’ve found a few things my 3-year-old can make by herself.

These snacks are great for when your kids have the munchies at home or if you’re packing snacks for an outing. Just have a few ingredients on hand (they don’t even need utensils) and they can do the rest!

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All of these yummy snacks are made with Little Nut Peanut Butter. Both of my girls love the way this peanut butter tastes because it’s super smooth with just a hint of banana and coconut. They even just released a new berry flavor! I love the convenience because they’re individually packed into perfect little portions and are easy for both of my girls to use.

My favorite part of Little Nut Peanut Butter is the humanitarian effort behind it. 100% of the proceeds from Little Nut help Edesia feed children in vulnerable populations and end malnutrition worldwide. I hope that you support them as you try our healthy snack ideas!


Ants on a Log

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Ants on a Log are an easy way to get kids to eat celery. They love that they’re “eating ants” and Goose asks if she can make this every time we have celery in the house!

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Squeeze a line of peanut butter down the middle of each celery stick.
  2. Place raisins on top of peanut butter in a line to make the ants.
  3. Eat it all up!

Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches

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With only two ingredients, kids can quickly build this classic snack!

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Squeeze a dollop of peanut butter onto 3 of the crackers.
  2. Place remaining 3 crackers on top of peanut butter to make sandwiches and press down gently.
  3. Enjoy!

Apple Nachos

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Apple nachos are super fun to make and surprisingly not that messy to eat. The peanut butter works like a glue and holds everything together as you pick it up. The chocolate chips are optional, but they turn this healthy snack into a sweet treat!

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Arrange apple slices on a plate.
  2. Squeeze peanut butter across apple slices.
  3. Sprinkle shredded coconut, sliced almonds, and chocolate chips over the top.
  4. Dig in!

What’s your kid’s favorite healthy snack?

If you prefer homemade food, see how we make our own juicy raisins and delicious peanut butter!

And for one more healthy treat, try our banana spinach smoothies!

Talk to you soon!

The Cinnamon Mom, stay at home mom, mommy blogger

 

 


healthy snacks for kids, quick snacks for kids, snacks with peanut butter
healthy snacks for kids, quick snacks for kids, snacks with peanut butter
healthy snacks for kids, quick snacks for kids, snacks with peanut butter
healthy snacks for kids, quick snacks for kids, snacks with peanut butter
healthy snacks for kids, quick snacks for kids, snacks with peanut butter
healthy snacks for kids, quick snacks for kids, snacks with peanut butter



22 thoughts on “3 Healthy Snacks Your Kids Can Make Without Any Help

    1. Hi Sarah! Of course, I had to sample some myself and it’s really good! Super smooth so it’s easy for young kids to eat!

    1. Thanks, Athena! Little Nut peanut butter is actually recommended for babies as young as 6 months. You can always introduce it alone before adding the other ingredients!

    1. Hey Joanna! I’ve actually made a huge platter of apple nachos for a party and they were the first thing gone! So yummy!

  1. I love the apple nacho idea! One thing we used to do for our kids when they were younger is set up a Montessori snack station in the kitchen so they could learn to prepare their own snacks. They loved it and so did we. Our kids gained so much confidence and self-sufficiency from those activities. As teenagers, they now love to be in the kitchen and help us cook.

    1. Thanks, Grandi! A snack station sounds like an amazing idea! It’s such a big help when the kids are more self-sufficient!

  2. yum! Too bad my oldest doesn’t like peanut butter. Maybe I should try this one, she might like that it’s slightly different flavour…

    1. Hi Diana! The banana coconut flavor of this is awesome! Does your daughter like other nut butters? Like almond or cashew? I bet those would taste great, too!

  3. hi taseena, thank you for sending a healthy recipe because my daughter has a scince activity to make a healthy snack and it sure does help

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