iVillage

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

chime in now

Single View
View All

1 of 16

Yum! 15 Healthy Snacks for Hungry Toddlers

MealMakeoverMoms.com

Our Favorite Healthy Snacks for Hungry Little Kids

Are your kids getting bored with apple slices and Goldfish crackers? Check out these creative and nutritious ideas for mid-afternoon munching. (We’ll even help you get your kids eating kale. Kale!)

Fun Fruit Kebabs
Naturally sweet fruit is a no-brainer for snacks. Kids love it, it’s portable, and it provides much-needed fiber and antioxidants. Make it fun again by threading halved strawberries, halved grapes and small chunks of pineapple and melon on a frilly toothpick, suggests Liz Weiss, coauthor with Janice Newell Bissex of No Whine with Dinner and the website MealMakeoverMoms.com. (They’re great for kids age four and up -- for younger kids, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends cutting food into bite-size pieces no larger than ½ inch). Pump up the nutritional quotient even more with cubes of low-fat cheese or baked chicken. “The end result is playful and colorful, so it will really appeal to a toddler,” she says.