Healthy Recipes For Toddler Snacks
Let’s face it, feeding a toddler can be a chore at times. As moms, we can totally stress out about what our kids are eating (or NOT eating). It’s good to make sure we have delicious, wholesome snacks for our little ones on hand! Today, we’re sharing a full list of our favorite, go-to Healthy Toddler Snack Ideas that are easy, simple, and sure to make your little one happy!
Yes! Rest assured sweet momma, this is totally normal! After infancy a toddler’s growth rate slows down significantly, along with their appetite.
It’s suggested to offer your toddler 3 meals a day, but don’t be surprised if they skip meals. Although it can be stressful to watch our kids skip a meal, it’s very common. Keeping a schedule for meal and snack times can be helpful so your child knows when to expect food.
Healthy Homemade Toddler Snacks
These delicious Cranberry Almond Healthy Oatmeal Bars are the perfect breakfast or snack recipe! They are a great option for taking on-the-go (perfect for the busy toddlers). Made with rolled oats, almond butter, dried cranberries, sliced almonds, and cinnamon!
This Simple Healthy Banana Bread Recipe is the BEST as an easy and healthy toddler snack idea! It’s, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and delicious. Keep this banana bread on hand for easy breakfasts, snacks, and dessert!
The BEST Peanut Butter Energy Balls are vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free. Keep these tiny, healthy bites on hand for easy snacking or take them on-the-go!
Healthy Vegan Toddler Recipes And Meals Your Baby'll Love
These No-Bake Oatmeal Protein Bars are gluten-free and refined sugar-free. These delicious bars are full of flavor and healthy ingredients. Plus they are so easy to adapt for your little one. Great for taking in your bag on-the-go!
This is the BEST Vegan Zucchini Bread! It’s sweet, warm, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Perfect as an easy and healthy breakfast loaf or snack recipe!
These Strawberry Cheesecake No-Bake Energy Bites are loaded with protein, creamy cashew butter, sweet strawberries, and so many good things. These are perfect for toddlers!
Healthy Evening Snacks For Toddlers And Kids
ThisBlueberry Banana Baked Oatmeal is gluten-free, vegetarian, and can be made the night before for an easy, on-the-go breakfast or snack! You can serve this warm or at room temperature depending on your toddler’s preference.
This Vegan Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding is sure to please any picky eater. And the best part? It’s loaded with Omega-3s, calcium, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.
This Chocolate Banana Smoothie is so creamy and sweet! Your toddler will think they’re getting a milkshake. It’s perfect as a great go-to recipe for breakfast or a delicious snack!
Healthy Snacks For Toddlers (quick And Easy)
These easy Raspberry Breakfast Quinoa Bars are sure to brighten up your toddler’s day! They’re sweet, wholesome, and perfect to take with you on-the-go!
These easy Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars are healthy, vegan, gluten-free, and DELICIOUS!If you have a peanut butter lover on your hands, this is the perfect recipe for them!
This sweet, warm, fresh-out-of-the-oven, Gluten-Free Blueberry Bread is everything your toddler will need! It’s SO GOOD!! This one will end up being a staple in your household!
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This Chocolate Zucchini Muffin recipe is a great option for breakfast or a snack. Made with Reduced Fat Chocolate milkand fresh zucchini, this zucchini muffins recipe is definitely a win for any chocolate-loving toddler!
These are the most amazing Strawberry Frozen Yogurt Bars! Not only are these bars healthy but they are so much fun to make and your toddler won’t waste any time eating them!
This edible cookie dough recipe is healthy and delicious! Feel good about giving this recipe to your little one because it’s vegetarian, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free!
The Best Healthy Snacks For Kids
These Healthy Rice Krispie Treats are so good, you might want to get your whole family in on this recipe! This recipe is made with brown rice and cashew butter. Everyone will love this one!
This Easy Cinnamon Crunch Protein Bites Recipe is amazingly delicious. They taste like cinnamon cookie dough, and they’re loaded with protein. Wins in all directions!
This amazing popsicle recipe is vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free. Did I mention it’s also full of anti-oxidants? Your little one will love this cool treat!
Easter Snack: Egg Hunt Snack Tray
TheseFruit & Nut Breakfast Cupsare fun, easy and so delicious! Your little one will be drawn to the bright colors and you can feel good about them devouring a healthy snack!
This is the perfect chocolate recipe for your little one! These Superfood Chocolate Bites are so delicious and packed with superfood goodness!
Here is another sweet, deliciouswholesome muffin recipe. It’s perfect for an easy & healthy summer breakfast or dessert! It’s also vegetarian and gluten-free!
Easy & Healthy After School Snacks
This Matcha Chia Seed Energy Bite Recipe is creamy and sweet. All the good things for your little one! These are a perfect on-the-go good-for-ya snack!
These popsicles are creamy, sweet, and slightly tart. This recipe is made with strawberries and soft chia seeds that come together to create frozenperfection!
These Gluten-Free Healthy Rhubarb Muffins are super delicious! This recipe is gluten-free, full of flavor, super easy, and filled with good-for-you ingredients. It’s the perfect easy toddler snack idea!
Healthy Snack Recipes
These Healthy Banana S’mores Bites are creamy, chocolatey, and delicious! This recipe is good for you (and your little one), and only takes 5 minutes to put together!
This is the perfect sweet treat for your toddler! It’s made with only 3 ingredients and I’m pretty sure your little one will be hooked!
Love these healthy toddler snack ideas? Be sure to sign up for our email list below to get healthy meal ideas the entire family will love delivered to your inbox!Need ideas for healthy snacks for toddlers? This list is specifically geared towards kids 1-3 years old, with homemade and storebought ideas for at home and on the go.
Healthy Toddler Meal Ideas & Tips
Let’s talk about healthy snacks for toddlers. I think a lot of snack ideas posts are geared towards kids in general but there always seems to be a fair amount of ideas on the lists that aren’t safe for toddlers, mainly because of choking hazards. So I wanted to put together a list of toddler-safe snacks.
We all know that most toddlers seem to want to eat constantly but remember that all-day grazing is not ideal. Try to stick to set meals and snack times when possible so that they have a chance to start listening to their body, recognizing signs of hunger and fullness etc.
Snacks are a great idea for toddlers and a great way to get some extra nutrients in them that they might not eat at actual meal times. Most toddlers do best with 3 meals and 2-3 snacks per day. Try a snack mid-morning, mid-afternoon and potentially after dinner if needed.
Toddler Meal Ideas
If you’re looking for ideas for toddler meals vs snacks I’ve got you covered as well! Here are 150+ Toddler Meal Ideas with pictures of actual plates I served my kids from ages 1-3. And if that’s enough, here’s another 100 Healthy Toddler Meals.
When considering what snacks and foods to give your toddler, it’s important to remember that there are several choices that frequently lead to choking in this age group. These are things that are either hard, hard to chew, a similar size to their windpipe, sticky etc so we want to avoid them.
The good news is you don’t have to avoid most of these foods completely. Here’s how to modify some of the common choking hazards so they’re safer for toddlers:
Healthy Snacks For Toddlers
Popcorn is a huge choking hazard for kids under age 4 so I’d really recommend holding off serving it to younger kiddos. If you’re looking for something similar, popcorn cakes or rice cakes are safer than popcorn kernels
If you’re looking for snacks for older kids, I have several posts to check out. These lists will have some snacks that are good for toddlers but not all of them:
And a lot of these snacks would be great in lunch boxes so if you need more lunch box ideas, check out my Month of Easy Packed Lunches for Kids resource!
Easy Toddler Meals Huge List With Free Printable
So let’s dive right into toddler snacks, shall we? Here are some of my favorite healthy snack ideas for toddlers. And remember these are good for older kids too!
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Lindsay Livingston is a Registered Dietitian and new mom from Columbus, Ohio. On her blog, she shares simple, healthy recipes, nutrition tips, workouts and snapshots of her life. Follow her on Twitter @LeanGrnBeanBlog and Instagram @ and be sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you never miss a post!
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Get my free Table Talk email series where I share bite-sized nutrition information about carbs, protein, and fat, plus bonus information about snacks and sugar!If you find yourself serving the same snacks day in and out, I can completely relate! As a mom of two littles, I feel like all I do is feed my kids.
That's why snacks NEED to be quick to make. With the simple formula and list that I'm sharing here, you'll be able to whip up simple yet nutritious mini meals that will fuel your toddler.
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