Healthy Snacks for Home and School

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Healthy Snacks

Choosing smart snacks is a great way to get all of the nutrition a child’s body needs to stay healthy.

Children may need snacks in order to get enough calories (energy) throughout the day. Choosing healthy foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals is a great way to meet nutrient requirements.

Dairy* Snacks

String cheese with fruit
Milk or yogurt smoothies with 100% juice and sliced bananas or strawberries
Cottage cheese or yogurt with fruit (fresh or canned in own juices)
Fat-free or 1% Milk
Fat-free or 1% flavored milk (chocolate or strawberry)

Fruits & Vegetables

Raw vegetables with low-fat yogurt dip, cottage cheese or hummus (baby carrots, celery sticks, cucumber slices)
Apples and cheese – pears and other fresh fruits work, too!
Snack-size natural applesauce
Frozen fruit bars
Trail mix with nuts and dried fruit
100% fruit juice box

Grains

Whole-grain crackers with cheese or peanut butter
Whole grain cereal with milk*
Rice cakes with peanut butter or soy butter
Baked tortilla chips with salsa
Popcorn – air popped or low-fat microwave
Pretzel sticks and a glass of milk
Vanilla wafers, gingersnaps, graham crackers, animal crackers, fig bars or raisins and a glass of milk*

* If you are unable to tolerate dairy due to lactose intolerance try lactose-free milk, soy milk, rice milk or almond milk fortified with calcium and vitamin D.
If you are milk protein allergic consider soy milk, rice milk or almond milk.