The ABC's of Afterschool Snacks:
Snack Suggestions

(printable version)

Applesauce on pancakes, animal crackers, apricots, almonds, apple slices with peanut butter or yogurt dip

Breakfast bars, bagels, baked chips with low-fat cheese or salsa, breads -- whole wheat, banana, zucchini

Cheese (slices, chunks, string), crackers, cottage cheese with fruit, chex morning mix, carrots with dip, celery (ants on a log)
Try "satellite snacks": a cheese cube with several pretzel sticks stuck in it

Dried fruit (raisins, craisins, etc), can mix with nuts or sunflower seeds

Eggs (hard-boiled, scrambled, sandwich), can decorate even when it's not Easter

Fruit rolls, fruit slices with dip, fruit leather, frozen juice bars, frozen bananas

Gogurt, graham crackers, grapes, granola

Hummus (made from pureed chickpeas and sesame seeds) with veggies, pita triangles or crackers, ham slices, ham and cheese muffins

Instant cocoa, ice crushed into juice smoothies

Juice, jelly on rice cakes (or good old bread)

Kebabs (with fruit or veggies), kiwi, kosher pickle spears wrapped in turkey slices

Low-fat chocolate milk (can freeze to make slush too!)

Muffins, multigrain toaster waffles

Nibblers (frozen half ears of corn), noodles (ie, ragu express, mac and cheese)

Oatmeal cookies, ovaltine, oatmeal (instant packets)

Pizza rolls, popsicles, peanut butter, pears, popcorn, pretzels, pancakes or waffles with fruit toppings, pitas, peas

Quick soups, quesadillas (with cheese, veggies and/or meat)

R

Sweet potato chips, smoothies (use non-fat vanilla yogurt, orange juice and a banana), sunflower seeds, snack mix

Toast, trail mix, tortillas with cheese, salsa, eggs, veggies, whatever!

U

Vegetable egg rolls, veggies with dip

Whole grain cereal with milk and fruit, whole wheat english muffins

X

Yogurt, can mix with fruit or cereal

Zucchini bread

More ideas for snacks:

• Mozzarella cheese sticks with baked tortilla chips, a container of salsa, and orange segments
• Fruit, cheese, and meat kabobs: Alternately thread turkey (or other low-fat meat), cheese cubes, bell pepper, and pineapple chunks on Popsicle sticks.
• Yogurt parfait: A 6-8 oz. container of low-fat yogurt, a snack pack of low-sugar, high-fiber cereal, berries, grapes, apple slices, and/or banana
• A low-fat tortilla spread with low-fat cream cheese, sprinkled with shredded carrots and raisins.
• A pita pocket stuffed with lunchtime favorites like tuna, turkey and/or cheese, and chopped vegetables (or with peanut butter and jelly).
• Cinnamon-raisin pita bread stuffed with cream cheese and grated carrots.
• Whole-wheat bread with peanut butter, banana, and chopped dates.
• A hollowed-out red or green pepper stuffed with tuna salad.
• A hollowed apple filled with a mixture of farmer cheese, granola, and raisins
• Scooped-out dinner rolls filled with tuna or egg salad.