Healthy school snack ideas

[AmandaKDT]

The only one of my kids in school is 16, but he loves bite-sized food, so some of his favourites might work for your daughter I'm assuming you don't need ideas for fruit/ veg, just carbs and protein?

- hummus and pita or pretzels
- crackers and slices of cold sausage and/ or cheese
- mini pitas with cream cheese and a slice of cucumber inside
- pizza puffs (mini muffins with pizza ingredients in them- pepperoni, cheese, green peppers, sliced olives)
-chick peas
- homemade trail mix (pretzels, dried fruit, etc.- just leave out the nuts)
- baked cinnamon-apple chips or sweet potato chips
- homemade whole-wheat and oat cookies with raisins
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- homemade chex mix (leave out the nuts)
- triscuits baked with cheese

I really like the mini pita with cuccumber and cream cheese, that sounds good! Thanks for all the ideas

I am going to try the granola bites recipe. But I don't have mini muffin tins. Could I just make balls and put on cookie sheet?

[torontokids]

I made the granola bites today! I halved the sugar and used chocolate chips instead of raisins. I found the recipe a bit too dry so I added a little extra melted butter. I only had liquid honey on hand however if you use creamed honey I think they will stick better together.

Warning- they are super crumbly and dry and you will think you did something wrong. Push them in to the muffin tin and all will be fine!