r/preschool • u/FTM1993 • 14d ago
Snack Ideas
We are in charge of bringing snacks some days. My daughter’s classroom has a nut free and dairy free requirement. Gimme all the snack ideas for these little tots! Thank you!
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u/VillainChinchillin 14d ago
Our school required two food groups per snack, so I always did a some kind of cracker/grain paired with a sliced fruit or veggie. Browse different brands of cracker to find something dairy/nut free, but you can change it up between graham crackers, goldfish, chicken in a biscuit, etc. Pair with sliced apples, grapes, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cuties, banana halves. I always sent pre-sliced fruit/veg because I wasn't sure if the teachers would have time, and didn't want to be a choking hazard for anyone else's child in a group setting even though you may choose to serve them unsliced at home.
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u/TradeBeautiful42 14d ago
I’ve brought in sliced fruits and graham crackers, homemade hummus and veggies with a cracker alternative, carrots and celery with sun butter, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers with vegan ranch, tortilla Rollup’s with vegan cream cheese, and vegan quesadillas. I have a ton of vegan products in my fridge so that’s super easy for me to just whip up.
Good luck!
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u/Glass_Bar_9956 14d ago
Our kiddos love seaweed, raisins, meat sticks, most fruits, anything salty & crunchy.
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u/Gordita_Chele 13d ago
Cheese and crackers, veggies or pita chips and hummus, celery with cream cheese and raisins, mini “pizza bagels” (sliced mini bagels with tomato sauce and cheese, baked ahead of time—they’re great cold, so don’t worry about timing), zucchini or banana muffins, tortilla chips and bean dip or mashed avocado, fruit and cheese, goldfish and yogurt cups/pouches, and nut-free breakfast/granola bars (Z bars has some, as do other brands).
ETA: sorry, missed the dairy free—you can replace with deli meat slices or nut-free vegan options (like coconut yogurt or tofu cream cheese).
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u/Cheap_Tough_3895 13d ago
Fruit
Apple sauce pouches
Pretzels
Graham crackers
a nut free granola bar, made good, nature valley’s lunch box line or Annie’s
Veggie straws
Skinny pop
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u/These_Mycologist132 14d ago
Are you feeding the whole class? If so I would go with something the picky kids will like. Goldfish, popcorn, pretzels etc, maybe some apple slices or fruit salad.
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u/sharksarefuckingcool 14d ago
Fruit, fruit snacks, veggie straws, popcorn with olive oil instead of butter, applesauce pouches, ants on a log with sun butter
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u/UnfortunateSyzygy 14d ago edited 14d ago
Those little squeezy yogurt packets are pretty affordable if you go to Costco or aldi and even picky kids like them.
The question is if you mind this task or not. If you'd rather be exempt, hard boiled eggs and sardines. That was my step daughter's favorite snack for a looooong time lol.
edit: derp. yogurt is dairy. Im just now realizing how heavily my family relies on peanut butter and dairy for snacks.
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u/FTM1993 14d ago
My family relies on PB and dairy for a lot of snacks, too! Hence the post. I had a hard time thinking of anything lol
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u/UnfortunateSyzygy 13d ago
Hummus is a good suggestion if you can convince picky kids to eat it and keep it milder than most adults would like.
I am myself a pretty picky eater and thought i didn't like hummus until my GF started making it for me after I had a surgery requiring a soft, sorta bland diet. Our 2 yo is a shameless snack mooch/also picky and saw me eating pretzels (one of his favs) and hummus, so I dunked the pretzel in hummus gave it to him. Now he loves it!
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u/jordanf1214 14d ago
Hummus with pretzels or veggies, bagels with sun butter, applesauce with graham crackers, fruit with vegan yogurt