Kid-Friendly Healthy Summer Snacks

It seems like every summer snack is loaded with sugar, whether it’s ice cream, shakes, or slushies. How on earth do you get your kids excited about fruits and veggies again?! During the summertime when your little ones run around more than usual (and therefore require more snacks than usual), get creative with some kid-friendly healthy summer snacks that you might just enjoy too.

Apple Nachos

Finally, an easy way to trick your little ones into eating apples! While staying healthy, these apple nachos introduce a little sweetness to your palette with a drizzle of peanut butter or chocolate syrup. The best part is that apple nachos require zero cooking and can be thrown together in minutes with ingredients that are already sitting in your fridge.

Check out the full recipe here.

Ants on a Log

Ditch the salty chips for some celery. After washing, slice the celery stalks down the middle. Then, lather on some peanut butter or almond butter for some gooey sweetness. Top off the celery with raisins or nuts to create the “ants.”

Peanut Butter Banana Yogurt Popsicles

As much as it’s tempting to use ice cream and popsicles to cool down on those hot summer days, they’re not as healthy as we’d like them to be. Lucky for you, you just stumbled upon a healthy recipe for a summer treat, and it tastes just like ice cream.

This recipe only takes five ingredients and a little patience.

Check out the full recipe here.

Chocolate-Covered Banana Pops

This is a kid-friendly health summer snack you can store and keep for up to two weeks. With only three ingredients, make this healthy alternative to popsicles. Instead of nuts, you can also cover the bananas with cookie crumbs or sprinkles to make them a little more fun!

Check out the full recipe here.

English Muffin Breakfast Pizza

Do your little ones have trouble with breakfast? While it’s the most important meal of the day, sometimes, it’s hard to get kids enthused about breakfast unless it’s with sugary pancakes or waffles. You can reintroduce them to a favourite – pizza – but in the form of an English muffin. This is the kind of recipe adults will enjoy too.

Check out the full recipe here.

Frozen Yogurt Bark

You can’t go wrong with some crunchy bark. But almost all bark is loaded with sugar and other ingredients you feel guilty about eating too much of. Kick the guilt to the curb with Frozen Yogurt Bark. With some Greek yogurt, honey, and fruit, you can make a healthy and crunchy treat that your kids will enjoy all summer.

Make the recipe your own by adding a bit of chocolate or nuts depending on what your family likes.

Check out the full recipe here.

Healthy No Bake Chocolate Fruit Pizza

Kids, meet fruit. A Healthy No Bake Fruit Pizza is the best way to get some fruit and nourishment into your kids’ tummies without spending too much time in the kitchen. A fresh and healthy take on pizza, this fruity treat is enjoyable for adults and kids alike.

Check out the full recipe here.

---

Kinder Buddies Oakville Child Care is a Quality First Daycare and Infant Care facility in Oakville, Ontario. We take care of children from the age of 6 weeks to 5 1/2 providing nutritious meals and fun activities all day long.