5 Healthy Snacks for Kids – Healthy snack ideas

Kids may not eat a lot in a sitting, but they often do get hungry before their next meal. Here are a few healthy snacks for kids that are quick, easy, healthy, and tasty.

Whole wheat Almond cookies

#1 Healthy Snacks for Kids

Ingredients

• Powdered almonds – 1/4 cup
• Baking powder – 1/4 tsp
• Whole wheat flour – 3/4 cup
• Jaggery / Brown sugar – 1/2 cup
• Vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp
• Almond cut slices – 8 for garnish
• Butter – 1/2 cup or 130 grams

Procedure

• Take butter (room temperature) in a mixing bowl and add-in jaggery and mix well until you get a creamy consistency
• Once done add wheat flour, powdered almonds, vanilla essence, and baking powder to the bowl
• Use your hands and start mixing until you get a soft dough consistency
• Keep the dough in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes (optional)
• Take a tbsp of dough in your hand and start rolling between your palms,  pat slightly to flatten it to get a more biscuit shape
• Place parchment paper on the tray and arrange the cookies in it.
• Garnish with almonds and bake in preheated oven at 180c for 15-20 minutes until the cookies have browned at the bottom.

Nutrition Breakdown

For around 12 pieces

Per piece Energy = 96.6 cal

Protein = 1.33g Fats = 7.7g Carbs = 5.51g Fiber = 0.8g 

Fruity and Healthy Ice Lollies

#2 Healthy Snacks for Kids

Ingredients

• Maple syrup or honey – 1/2 tbsp
• Fruit (Mango, raspberry) – 1 cup
• Banana – 1 medium
• Milk (regular, almond or any) – 1/2 cup
• Ice lolly moulds

Procedure

• Take a blender and add mango, banana, milk and maple syrup
• Blend everything together and add the mixture to the lolly moulds
• Freeze for a while and enjoy. You can try replacing mango with fruits like raspberry, blueberry, strawberry etc

Nutrition Breakdown

Energy = 318 cal

Protein = 6g Fats = 6g Carbs = 60g Fiber = 5.1g 

Apple Nachos

#3 Healthy Snacks for Kids

Ingredients

• Apple – 1 full
• Peanut butter (or any nut butter)-  1 ½ tbsp
• Chocolate chips – a few
• Cinnamon powder – a pinch
• Maple syrup or honey – 1 tbsp
• Almonds (chopped) – 4

Procedure

• Take a full apple and cut it off the core and into thin slices
• Add the slices to a plate and spread them
• Take peanut butter in a small bowl and add 1-2 tbsp of water till the butter becomes more saucy (thin consistency) from pasty.
• Add a pinch of cinnamon powder and mix again.
• Use a spoon to drizzle the sauce over the apple slices.
• Drizzle some maple syrup and sprinkle some chocolate chips and almonds on the apple slices

Nutrition Breakdown

Energy = 322.7 cal

Protein = 6.7g Fats = 15.1g Carbs = 40g Fiber = 7.9g 

Tasty Energy Balls

#4 Healthy Snacks for Kids

Ingredients

• Quick cooking oats – 3 cups
• Peanut butter – 1/2 cup
• Ground flax seed – 1/2 cup
• Dates – 1 cup
• Coconut oil – 1/3 cup
• Extra add-ins ( Dried cranberries, Dark chocolate chips, chopped almonds or walnuts )

Procedure

• Take the dates in a jar with hot water and cover it with a lid for an hour
• Then take all the ingredients in a food processor and blend into a smooth paste (mixture can be saved in refrigerator for about 3 months).
• Add some water is mixture is too dry, then add the add-ins and give it a final mix.
• Scoop 1 tbsp of mixture in your hands and with the help of your palms form bite sized balls. Enjoy.

Nutrition Breakdown

Per serving Energy = 230.7 cal

Protein = 6.85g Fats = 9.26g Carbs = 30g Fiber = 9.91g 

Date-Nut Roll (Khajur Barfi)

# 5 Healthy Snacks for Kids

Ingredients

• Seedless dates (Khajur) – 400-500 grams
• Ghee (clarified butter) – 2 tbsp
• Poppy seeds (khuskhus) – 2 tbsp
• Mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, pistachios) – 150 gms
• Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp

Procedure

• Transfer the dates (room temperature) into a blender and without adding water blend for 1 – 2 minutes. Your dates mix is ready
• Make sure the resulting mixture is neither too chunky nor pasty. Transfer to plate
• In a pan dry roast poppy seeds over low to medium heat for 1 – 2 minutes (till slight golden brown). Transfer to plate
• Now take ghee in a pan and add roughly chopped mixed nuts. Cook over medium heat with continuous stirring till roasted slightly. Transfer to another plate
• In the same pan add leftover ghee and with it add the dates mix. Cook on low to medium heat until dates become softer (3 – 4 mins) and then add the mixed nuts.
• Keep mixing till the nuts and dates completely mix with each other.
• Add few pinches of cardamom powder with a few teaspoons of previously cooked poppy seeds (keep some for garnishing at the end). Keep mixing till everything combines with each other.
• Once you get dough like consistency, transfer to plate and let it cool.
• With the dough form a ‘log’, by rolling the dough and pressing on the sides.
• Put some crushed pistachios and poppy seeds on a plate / table and roll this log on it
• Take an aluminum foil and wrap the log inside it by just rolling the log over the foil and closing the ends.
• Let it set in refrigerator for around 2 hours. Cut into desired sizes, remove the foil and enjoy !

Nutrition Breakdown

10 Pieces: Per piece: Energy = 234.4

Protein = 4.5g Fats = 9.6g Carbs = 32.5g Fiber = 5.6g 

Let me know in the comments if you liked the above recipes. Don’t forget to check out these 5 Healthy Snacks for Weight Loss