Kid-Approved After School Snacks — When the kids come home from school and they are starving, these After School Snacks are quick and easy to make and are filled with things they will love to eat!
Having two growing boys, I know that when it comes to after school, I better have the snacks ready! They are starving after they come home from a busy day at school.
While it’s easy to grab a bag of chips or handful of cookies, I like to make sure I have some healthy snacks on hand that are quick and easy to make.
And, now that the boys are getting older, they can make a lot of these snack ideas themselves!
After School Snack Essentials
One of the best ways to make it easier on everyone after school is to have all of the after school snack essentials together! If you have the ingredients in the kitchen, the more likely they will make a quick and healthy snack. If you don’t have these ingredients easily accessible, they will for sure grab chips and cookies!
- cut up fruit and veggies
- cheese
- crackers
- pretzels
- popcorn
- dips: peanut butter, yogurt, hummus, guacamole
- trail mix
- milk
- nuts
- granola
Kid-Approved After-School Snack Ideas
Kid-Approved After-School Snack Ideas
When the kids come home from school and they are starving, these After School Snacks are quick and easy to make and are filled with things they will love to eat!
No Bake Energy Bites
These easy No Bake Energy Bites are filled with oats, honey, peanut butter, and chocolate chips.
Barbecue Chicken Pizza Pinwheels
Barbecue Chicken Pizza wrapped up in refrigerated crescent or pizza dough for an easy and tasty snack!
Frozen Yogurt Dipped Mango Pops
A sweet, frozen treat to cool off with made with mangoes and Greek yogurt!
Frozen Banana Pops
With just three ingredients, these Frozen Banana Pops take just minutes to make and disappear just as quickly!
Chocolate Dipped Clementines
They are truly a breeze to make and the flavor combination of sweet juice clementines with smooth, dark chocolate is perfection.
Homemade Seasoned Ranch Cheese Crackers Recipe
This recipe for ranch crackers are even BETTER than the seasoned ranch oyster cracker recipe we had been using. Why? Because of the cheese crackers. They added one more layer of cheese goodness to the flavors we had already become addicted to.
S'mores Salted Caramel Apple Nachos
S’mores Salted Caramel Apple Nachos – great for snacks or a quick dessert! Think caramel apples, but better!!
Homemade Kettle Corn
Shorter days and chilly weather are the perfect conditions for homemade kettle corn. Gather the family, put on a movie, and dig into this deliciously simple snack!
Mini Tomato Pies
The tomatoes are piled high in a pie crust and mixed with herbs and sometimes other things, and topped with a mixture of cheese and mayo that melts as it bakes and seeps into the the tomatoes.
Easy No-Bake Cereal Bars
Easy no-bake cereal bars take about 5 minutes to make and require only three ingredients: cereal, peanut butter, and honey. Perfect as an on-the-go breakfast or afternoon snack!
Prosciutto Cheddar Apple Wraps
Prosciutto Cheddar Apple Wraps are a quick and easy high protein snack made with crisp and sweet Autumn Glory Apples, cheddar cheese and prosciutto ham.
Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Bites
Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Bites are sweet, salty, and creamy with a slight crunch, and make a yummy snack or treat.
Sour Cherry and Dark Chocolate Granola Cookies
Dried cherry in combination with dark chocolate is a heavenly twist on the traditional oatmeal raisin.
Banana & Peanut Butter Roll Ups
These Banana & Peanut Butter Roll Ups are super easy to make and the kids love to help make them.
How to Make Popcorn Ball Snacks
These would be such a fun treat for a birthday party, an after school snack or even a fun snack to bring for all the soccer kids after a big game.
PB&J Snack Cake
It’s super moist and peanut-buttery with addictive swirls of sweet strawberry jam that sort of melt into the cake.
Frozen Yogurt Bark with Berries and Chocolate
An easy dessert made with a few simple ingredients – vanilla yogurt, dark chocolate, nuts, dried fruits and coconut. All the decadence of ice cream, but on the better-for-you side. Fun to eat, too!
Banana Sushi
If you’re a mom or dad (or just a big kid) looking for a healthy, fun snack for the kids, you’re going to love this banana sushi made with a perfectly ripe banana, your favorite nut butter, and crunchies on top!
Rainbow Fruit Skewers with Yogurt Fruit Dip
Rainbow Fruit Skewers with Yogurt Fruit Dip – A healthy snack or dessert for kids and adults alike!
Baked Apple Chips
Full of fibre, and sweet with absolutely no added sugar. Vegan and gluten-free.
Simple Homemade Pretzel Dogs
Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins
These PB&J muffins make a fun breakfast, lunch box treat, or after school snack on the first day of school or any day!
Banana Split Bites
These Banana Split Bites are a healthy dessert or a fun after school snack for kids that is full of fruity flavour!
Fruit Pizza Crackers
These mini fruit pizza crackers just look so pretty and they are incredible easy to make.
Creamsicle Yogurt Bites
Creamsicle Yogurt Bites, clementines dipped in vanilla yogurt and frozen for a fun, healthy snack! Yogurt bites are easy to make and quite tasty!
Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites Recipe
Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites Recipe
EASY APPLE FRUIT DONUTS: HEALTHY KID SNACK
Enjoy this healthier “donut” for kids that makes a yummy and adorable snack.
Frozen Yogurt Blueberries (2 ingredients, use any fruit!)
These Frozen Yogurt Blueberries are a simple, healthy snack that satisfy your sweet tooth big time.
Rainbow Fruit Cups {Healthy Snack for Children}
It is so quick and so easy and this would be a great option for birthday parties or class parties as an alternative to sweets.
5 Ingredient Blender Muffins
These Blender Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are ridiculously easy, made with items that you most likely have on hand and bonus - they’re healthy!
Berry Green Smoothies for Kids
No-Bake S'mores Treats Dessert Recipe
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We loves pretzels and crackers in this house!
big cookie fan here 🙂
I loved pretzels as an afternoon snack.
Pretzels! Great giveaway! Thanks!
rice cakes with PB!
Two of my kids share a plate of cheddar cheese, triscuits and sliced apple or pear every day after school. My third kid asks for a bowl of chickpeas 🙂
My personal favorite is nachos!
I’m enjoying the pretzels dipped in Nutella.
adorable! Pretzels are the best. I keep them on hand all the time.
apples & peanut butter 🙂
Pretzels and peanut butter!
Apple slices with PB and low fat granola YUM!
Usually junk food. Lately it’s been chocolate or ice cream.
Those look SO good! My favorite is apple slices with peanut butter and mini chocolate chips 😉
We love pretzels, goldfish, and chocolate Fiber One bars here.
We LOVE pretzels here, too, and they are a frequent lunchtime snack. I’d LVOE to win, so I can make those YUMMY looking chocolate Peanut Butter bite. I may just make tomorrow for a party…
ok, you had me when you said “Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Bites ” 🙂 We love pretzels here & I’d most likely make these first 🙂
We love good old-fashioned PB & crackers in this house! 🙂
I loved when my mom would make something like brownies.
Around Halloween I like to make fun pretzel spiders, with pretzel sticks, candy melts, and a little bit of icing! I LOVE making fun pretzel treats!
I am one week in on a no carb 2 week diet. This was the wrong blog to look at tonight. My girls would love the choc. peanut pretzel combo.
My son loves apples and peanut butter or peanut butter filled pretzels as a snack. Love your ideas!
apples with peanut butter
As a kid it was always apples and peanut butter.
celery and carrot sticks with a side of peanut butter my kids love it!!!
Awesome ideas. Just followed your pinterest .
the kids really love ants on a log. which of course if peanut butter on celery with raisins.
My favorite is celery with almond butter.
Fresh Fruit !:)
Our favorite is apple slices and peanut butter. Thanks for the chance!!
Pretzels and peanut butter
grapes and apples or carrot sticks with veggie dip
My 2 year old loves his fruit snacks!
Apples and pb.
Love your ideas. Pretzels are a staple snack in this house. You’ll be hard pressed not to find a bag of snyders mini pretzels.