It seems lately my kids have been bottomless pits- ALWAYS hungry! They must be growing!
Our usual routine is- after school they can pick 1 after school treat from the bucket (one of my Tupperware accessmates- LOVE these! *they’re 40% off right now too)  The treats in the bucket include things like: granola bars, fruit snacks, crackers & cheese, cookies, rice krispies and crackers.  They’re the only junk food type treats we have for them.
Then after they have had 1 treat out of that bucket (they’re only allowed one of those a day) they can have a healthy snack such as: a apple, orange, cheese stick, yogurt, or other fresh fruit we have on hand.

Usually between the two they have had enough of a snack and are satisfied.  But lately it seems they can’t get enough- Marshall, my 5 year old for example came home one day and had: 1 treat from the bucket I think it was a fruit snack, 1 orange, 2 string cheeses, and he was STILL hungry!

I refuse to budge on the more than 1 treat bucket treat a day- so my goal is to find more healthy snacks they can have.  Last night I got a bunch of carrots that I’m going to slice into thin sticks and about 4″ long, I also got some celery sticks I’ll pre-slice 4″ long as well and let them have those with peanut butter.  When fruit comes back into the stores cheaper again I’ll get strawberries & grapes, but until then I can’t justify $6 for a tub of strawberries and $3/lb for grapes!  Actually, maybe I’ll check costco in the next week or two for fruits.

I’d like to make some fruit leather this summer when fruit is in season.

Another idea I had was to fill ziploc treat bags with things like teddy grahams, gold fish crackers, and maybe some dried fruit, peanuts- basically make my own kid trail mix. And have those as a healthy option.

What are some healthy snacks you have done that your kids like?

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