Finding healthy snacks for kids and toddlers can be challenging, especially considering how many unhealthy options are lining the grocery store shelves. Avoiding seed oils, natural flavors, additives, food dyes, preservatives, and lots of added sugar can seem nearly impossible. But, some amazing brands are making better and healthier snacks for our children. Store-bought snacks are convenient but these are also made intentionally and with more wholesome ingredients than popular or mainstream brands.
Whether you’re packing lunchboxes, planning a road trip, or just need a quick bite for your toddler on the go, I’ve got you covered with snacks you can feel better about giving to your kids. These are the brands and products I trust for my own family, and I help this list becomes your go-to when shopping for store-bought snacks for kids!
Ok, now on to my go-to snacks that you can buy online or at the store…
Cookies & Bars
- Cerebelly Smart Bars
- Dino Bars
- GoMacro Kids Bars
- Larabars
- Made Good Granola Bars
- Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars (Minis)
- Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels
- Simple Mills Almond Flour Bars *contains nuts
- Skout Organic Cookies (code YASMINE)
- Skout Organic Snack Bars (code YASMINE)
- Yo! Bar by Bearded Brothers
- Yumi Organic Bars
- Z Bar Snack Bars
Chips, Crackers, & Crunchy Snacks
- Annie’s Cheddar Snack Mix
- Annie’s Cheddar Squares
- Barnana Plantain Chips
- Boulder Canyon Chips
- FitJoy Gluten-Free Pretzels
- Gimme Seaweed Avocado Oil Crackers
- The Good Crisp Chips
- Jackson’s Sweet Potato Kettle Chips
- Siete Tortilla Chips
- Siete Cinnamon Churro Chips
- Late July Chips
- Lesser Evil Cosmic Rings
- Lesser Evil Popcorn *not recommended for children under the age of 6
- Made Good Cheddar Star Puffs
- Siete Pizza Chips
- Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers
- Simple Mills Pop Mmms Crackers
- Unique Organic Sprouted Pretzels
- 365 Organic Olive Oil Popcorn *not recommended for children under the age of 6
Cereal & Grains
- Bobo’s Oat Bites
- Cascadian Farm Cereal
- Lovebird Cereal *gluten-free
- Lundberg Organic Rice Cakes *gluten-free
- Lundberg Thin Stackers
- Simple Mills Sweet Thins
- Three Wishes Cereal
Fruit-Based Snacks
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- Bare Apple Chips
- Bear Minis Fruit Snacks
- Bear Fruit Rolls
- Fresh Bellies Freeze Dried Strawberries
- GoGo Squeeze Applesauce
- Natierra Freeze Dried Berries
- Organic Raisins
- Santa Cruz Organic Applesauce
- Solely Organic Fruit Gummies
- That’s It Crunchables
- That’s It Mini Fruit Bars
- That’s It Probiotic Fruit Bars
Dairy & Protein Snacks
- Amara Smoothie Melts
- Chomps Beef Sticks
- Happy Baby Fruit and Yogurt Melts
- Kate Farms Protein Drinks *dairy-free
- Once Upon a Farm Melts
- Once Upon a Farm Smoothie Pouches
- Orgain Protein Shakes
- Serenity Kids Smoothie Pouches *dairy-free
- Stonyfield Yogurt Pouches
- Stonyfield Organic Yogurt Pouches
- Organic String Cheese
Superfood Snacks
- Go Raw Organic Pumpkin Seeds
- Made in Nature Figgy Pops
- Mamma Chia Vitality Snacks
- Nature’s Garden Organic Trail Mix *contains nuts
- Navitas Power Snacks
Happy Snacking
I hope this list of my go-to store-bought snacks for kids helps you find healthier choices for your children! Remember: I know that you’re trying to make healthy homemade snacks and I just wanted to say that there’s also a time and place for giving your child prepackaged snacks. You don’t have to go for perfection or cooking from scratch 24/7.
It’s important to remember not every meal needs to be homemade. Trust me… I have struggled with this, letting it weigh on me when I buy prepackaged school snacks. But there is a time for store-bought and a time for homemade, and in my experience, not everything needs to be homemade. Kids also enjoy it when you send them fun packaged snacks. So, drop the mom guilt over any of this! Enjoy and happy snacking.
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