Finding snacks that picky eaters will actually eat can be a challenge.This list of healthy snacks for picky eaters will help! Snack time at school or home can seem overwhelming if you are dealing with picky eaters (like my daughter!). These kids snack ideas are great for kids of any age.
Snack Ideas for Picky Eaters
Most days lunch will come home ‘as made’ with a little nibble bite here or there! I’m always on the search for creative ways to get my daughter to eat, or at the very least show an interest in eating, and this school year I am on a mission to succeed!
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Check out these 18 classic kid snack favorite recipes I have gathered that are easy to pack, send to school, and of course tempt your picky eaters.
Favorite Kids Snacks Picky Eaters Will Eat!
1. Homemade Energy Balls Snack Recipe
Homemade energy balls are easy to make and they are the perfect go-to snack, on-the-go breakfast, or dessert! There are two energy ball recipes we really like and think your picky eater will like too:
- Breakfast balls – these breakfast energy balls make the best breakfast on the go, but they also make great snacks!
- No bake chocolate energy balls – these no-bake energy balls are sweet and simple!
2. Homemade Trail Mix Recipe Makes a Great Snack
Invite your kids to pick their favorite snacks and help you make your own homemade trail mix. The theory is that they will love taking it to school when they have helped you pick just what they want! This theory actually works!
3. Muffins, Muffins and More Muffin Recipes for Snacking
Muffins are the ultimate food for kids. Slightly sweet and full of good stuff. Choose the taste that your picky eater prefers… We have a few to choose from:
- Blueberry muffin recipe – these are so good!
- Apple cinnamon muffin recipe – mmmmm, it just smells like fall when you bake these!
- Chocolate chip muffin recipe – OK, this is one to pull out when nothing else works…or for you!
- Apple Snickerdoodle muffin recipe – this is soooooo yummy!
- A dozen more muffins we love!
4. Sandwich Kebabs Snack
I love this slight variation on the plain old sandwich – it’s a DIY sandwich kabob from Simple as That Blog. What makes this so genius is that you can start with the ingredients you know your child already likes.
5. Homemade Granola Bars Recipe
I would feel happy and confident sending these homemade granola bars to school for snack time from I Heart Naptime. You could even substitute the fruit for mini chocolate chips and marshmallows for treat days.
6. Oven Dried Apple Chips Snack
Let’s make the easiest snack…ever! Homemade apple chips are something you can have on hand. ‘Most’ kids love to eat fruit and love chips even more!
My little miss will eat ‘any’ fruit as long as it’s a banana! so here’s hoping these chips will get her interested in apples.
7. Homemade Fruit Leather Recipe Makes for Great Snacking
This homemade fruit leather is so easy to make with great ingredients so your kids are eating exactly what you want them to eat. Here are some of our favorite easy fruit leather recipes:
- Homemade apple fruit roll ups
- Strawberry fruit roll ups
- How to make fruit leather
8. Kale Chips Recipe…Yep, Your Picky Eater will Eat Kale!
Kale is one of the healthiest greens you can eat, and they get so deliciously crispy. I know this sounds crazy to include kale chips from Oh She Glows in this picky eater list, but try it before you giggle!
9. Homemade Animal Cookies are a Favorite Snack
Little cute oatie bites perfect with a sweet dip are these sweet homemade animal crackers from How Sweet Eats. This is such a yummy idea that I can’t wait to try it at my house.
10. Homemade Cheese Crackers Recipe
With only six easy ingredients you can have flaky delicious homemade cheese crackers in under an hour with this recipe from Love & Olive Oil.
11. Homemade Potato Chips Recipe for the Best Snacking
Customize flavors of homemade chips and make them exactly how you’d like them, from super basic to super fancy. They look so so so good! Make these yummy homemade vegetable chips from the veggies you have on hand.
12. Homemade Popcorn Snacks
A traditional snack that can be flavored in a million ways is popcorn! Here are some of our favorite ways to make popcorn:
- Make popcorn in your instant pot
- I love this honey butter popcorn recipe
- Sweet & salty strawberry popcorn recipe
13. Popcorn Trail Mix Recipe
Instead of the traditional popcorn and butter, try this Popcorn Trail Mix for your school snacking needs from The Baker Mama.
14. Crockpot Chex Mix Recipe
Another tasty snack that is so simple to throw together! I love this crockpot Chex mix you can make in your crockpot from Skip to My Lou.
15. Tasty Pizza Buns Recipe for a Hearty Snack
I love that these pizza buns can be made ahead and frozen, which makes for a quick lunch snack for the kids any day. Here are some of my favorite recipes for pizza at home:
- Make pizza runzas!
- Make French bread pizza bites!
- Make homemade pizza balls!
- Make pepperoni pizza bread!
- Make pizza rolls!
- Make pizza bagels!
16. Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
One of the few times you will read cookies and health in the same sentence! These are my family’s favorite recipes for homemade breakfast cookies which make a really lovely snack.
More Picky Eater Information from Kids Activities Blog
- What Do I Do About A Picky Eater?
- 18 Kid-Friendly Snack Hacks
- Choosing a Healthy Plate: A Nutrition Activity for Preschoolers
- Dinner Table Challenges with Toddlers
- Toddler snacks we love
- See these school themed snacks!
- Check out these 15 back to school lunch ideas!
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What is your favorite picky eater snack idea from this list? What other homemade snacks for picky eaters do you recommend?
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