{"id":5207,"date":"2022-02-23T01:50:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T01:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/17-healthy-snacks-kids-on-the-go\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T20:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:30:03","slug":"17-healthy-snacks-kids-on-the-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/17-healthy-snacks-kids-on-the-go\/","title":{"rendered":"17 healthy snack ideas for kids on the go"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the end-of-school bell rings in the afternoon, dinner<\/a> can feel like it’s days away instead of hours — especially when you’re a kid who is just so huuuuuungry (insert whine here). Enter the after-school snack, beloved by school-aged kids everywhere and almost guaranteed to buy you some whine-free hours until dinnertime.<\/p>

The word “snack<\/a>” has gotten a bad rap, thanks to sugary junk food, but kids really do need to eat every three to four hours, says Mandy Johnson, lead clinical dietitian at OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital.<\/p>

“Younger kids eat less at each sitting, and it is recommended they have three meals and two snacks per day,” Johnson says. “Older kids need three meals and one snack, or two snacks if they are physically active.”<\/p>

But when you have after-school activities<\/a> on the schedule and homework<\/a> to check, you don’t have a whole lot of time to put Pinterest-level effort into your snack game. Don’t worry. Try these easy, after-school snacks designed with busy parents and caregivers in mind. And did we mention they’re healthy too?<\/p>

1. Energy bites<\/h2>
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The Connecticut mom Brett Martin behind This Mama Loves<\/a> runs a tight ship after school, limiting her three kids to fruits and veggies before dinner. But she makes an exception for her easy one-bowl energy bites<\/a>. Made from nothing more than oats, peanut butter, flax seed, mini chocolate chips, honey and coconut oil, they’re little balls of protein and fiber that get gobbled down in seconds. Bonus? You don’t have to bake them! Just form balls, and you’re done!<\/p>

2. Animal face toast<\/h2>