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Yum! 15 Healthy Snacks for Hungry Toddlers

Got a hungry kiddo? Serve up one of these good-for-them snacks! (16 Photos)

Joanne Van Zuidam on Mar 21, 2013 at 5:41PM

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Yum! 15 Healthy Snacks for Hungry Toddlers

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Go-To Guacamole

Avocado provides a good concentration of calories, plus antioxidants, fiber and heart-healthy mono-unsaturated fats that help kids’ bodies absorb the vitamins in veggies. To make, just mash an avocado (kids can help!) and add diced tomatoes or a spoonful of salsa and a squeeze of lime juice. Serve it with baked tortilla chips, pita bread, bell pepper sticks, carrots or sugar snap peas. (You can even make a fun face on the dip by adding two cucumber slices and two pimento-stuffed olives for eyes and bending two chives into the shape of a mouth.) Get your little one involved, too. “When they’re part of making a snack, they’re more likely to eat it -- especially if it’s something new,” says Krieger.