Healthy Snacks for Kids and Tweens

Getting kids to snack is never hard to do. Finding healthy snacks for kids is the difficult part. If your tween is always looking for something to munch on, consider these snacks for kids of all ages. They're great for after-school snacking, summer snacking, weekend snacking, or anytime snacking. And they're loaded with the nutrients your child's body needs, rather than the preservatives and added ingredients you'll find in most processed, ready-to-eat foods.

• Organic fruit yogurt (avoid sugar-laced yogurt drinks or yogurt sticks that are heavy on added ingredients and dye)
• Whole-wheat crackers served with peanut butter (or almond butter) and fruit spread
• A handful of nuts (peanuts, almonds, cashews or a mix)
• Popcorn (pop your own, you can control butter and salt content and there are no added preservatives or ingredients)
• A veggie plate (broccoli florets, celery sticks, carrot sticks, green pepper sticks, etc) served with ranch dressing
• Fresh fruit (choose from in season fruit such as bananas, apples, oranges, clementines, pears, berries, etc.)
• Celery sticks (cut into bite-sized pieces and fill with peanut butter or cream cheese, dot with raisins or Craisins)
• Apple slices or banana rounds topped with peanut butter or almond butter (or a cocoa hazelnut spread like Nutella)
• Yogurt smoothies (make your own with organic yogurt, milk, orange juice and fresh fruit)
• Home-made trail mix
• Deviled eggs
• Banana Pops
• Cheese cubes and ham or turkey cubes served with a side of ranch dressing