After School Healthy Snacks for Kids

Wondering About Healthy and Delicious After School Snacks for Your Kids?

One of the biggest parenting challenges is getting your kid to eat healthier. Children are picky eaters compared to adults. They only have cravings for food that is tasty and appealing. They also like food that is colorful. There are several healthy snacks beneficial for kid's mental and physical health.

Parents often give children processed snacks because they don’t like homemade food. But processed foods are not healthy. 75% of US packaged food contains added sugar. Parents usually don’t know how to meet your kid’s cravings at home. They can make delicious food at home that could be mouth-watering for their child. 

 Healthy Snacks for Kids
Snacks made at home are healthier for your child. Make a list of healthy food that your child can eat and choose one of them regularly to give them a snack after school. The following are some healthy snacks for kids that are easy to cook and delicious. 

1. French Fries
Who doesn’t like French fries? French fries are healthy snacks for kids if you don’t deep fry them. To make a healthy snack, cut the potatoes, and put them on a baking tray. Bake them in the oven. You will get crispy French fries in a minute. Serve them with sauces if your children like them. 

2. Hummus Dip
Hummus is a Middle Eastern food, and most kids love it. To those who don’t know hummus, it is a dip and available in every store. It contains mashed chickpeas blended with lemon juice, tahini, and garlic. Make sure to make it at home. Hummus from stores is not healthy because it contains added chemicals to preserve it.

It is high in protein and best for kids who don’t eat meat. Hummus will meet their need for protein. Peanut butter hummus is also great. Most kids already love peanut butter. You can also add some veggies in hummus or can use it as a spread on pita bread. 

3. Chocolate Chips Cookies
Kids are a fan of cookies and biscuits. Give your kids homemade chocolate chip cookies when they come home. For added nutrition, give them a glass of milk with the cookies. 
You can also make cookies that contain white chocolate, milk chocolate, or dark or white chocolate chip chocolate. Bake them at low temperatures to get a soft and crispy texture.

4. Rainbow Fruit Skewers
It is the easiest to make and is a healthy snack for kids. Rainbows fascinate children. A snack that attracts kids to eat them makes your life easy. 
All you have to do is to cut various fruits; you can also pick fruits that your child loves. After cutting them, put them on stick one by one. Serve it on a plate and top it off with some chocolate syrup. Add fruits of all colors for a vibrant rainbow look. Work with colorful fruits that most kids enjoy eating, such as watermelons, pineapples, and mangoes. 

5. Pizza Pitas
Kids love pizza. but getting takeaway each time they feel like having pizza is a bad idea. Instead, make a healthy, delicious pizza at home. It will contain all the nutrition that your child needs. 
Spread some olive oil on a whole-wheat pita pocket. Fill the pita with some spinach. To make it cheesy, add shredded mozzarella cheese according to your child’s taste. Sprinkle a pinch of garlic salt in the pita pocket.  Put it in the microwave for a minute until the cheese melts. In a few minutes, your pizza is ready. This will satisfy your kid’s pizza cravings.

6. Watermelon Popsicle
Popsicle are a great snack during summer. Surely, your child always insists on you buying Popsicle for them, and you refuse because they are not healthy. You can make Popsicle at home that will be healthy and delicious. 
Make it with different fruits like watermelons, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, kiwi, and cherries. This will make a colorful Popsicle. Don’t add extra sugar to make it sweet. Fruits are enough to make it sweet and delicious. Homemade Popsicle are also great because they do not contain any dyes to give it a colorful look.

 7. Vegetable Wraps
Vegetable wraps are full of nutrients. It is a classy and tasty recipe. Take a whole wheat wrap and stuff it with lots of proteins. Add cheese slice on it and put vegetables like potatoes, lettuce, and cucumber on it. You can also sprinkle some sauces in it like tomato sauce. After putting plenty of healthy ingredients in it, roll it up and cut it into pieces. This is not only a great snack for kids aged five to twelve but adults will also love it.

8.  Pretzels
A pastry baked in the shape of a knot will surely fascinate kids. Pretzels that you buy are not healthy for your kids. They have extra sugar in them. What you can do is, bake it at home. Invite your kids to make pretzels with you. They can make different shapes of the pastry. This way, your kids will have fun and  learn baking from you. Most importantly, they will love eating pretzels that they made themselves. Homemade pretzels are free from hydrogenated oils and addictive. 

Conclusion
If you are searching for healthy snacks for kids at stores, you are probably going in the wrong direction. Nothing is healthier than food made at home. There are lots of recipes available online that you can follow if you don’t know about cooking. You will also feel pleasure in seeing your kids love food that you make.

Make the above snacks. Your kids are sure going to eat them all. Also, don’t make a single snack every day for your kids. They can get bored with the same flavors. Give them different snacks each day to increase their interest in homemade food.