Willow is a snacker. Who isn’t, really. She gets snacks twice a day (in between breakfast and lunch, then in between lunch and dinner). I don’t have a lot of time to be making extravagant snacks, though that would be really nice. Instead, I opt for quick and easy choices. Sometimes that means fresh ingredients or sometimes it means packaged food… or a blend of both. We’re not perfect, but we are conscious!
If you need some snack inspiration and ideas for your vegan or plant-based toddler, or just your toddler in general, here are some great realistic choices followed by a list of our favorite packaged snacks.
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Fast & Easy Snacks
– Cheerios with yogurt. I just put about 1/3 cup of cheerios in a bowl and mixed with some soy yogurt (she really loves peach). I’ll usually put some fruit on the side… her most recent favorite is mandarin slices. OH, and mandarin slices from the can in fruit juice… AWESOME quick fruit snack if you don’t have any fresh on hand.
– Smoothie. Anything goes, but her favorite is usually: banana, peanut butter, strawberries, spinach, and almond milk.
– Crackers with nut butter or jam. Crackers are always a quick snack that Willow loves, especially when I skim with some peanut or almond butter. Or even jam some days.
– Sweet potato fries with hummus. I usually bake a huge batch of sweet potato fries for her on the weekend… just a little olive oil and paprika. She likes them plain or with hummus.
– Toast with vegan cream cheese + tomato/cucumber. Just a slice of toast with some Tofutti cream cheese and diced up tomatoes or mild salsa. She’s into it.
– Oatmeal cookies. Very quickly, I will mash up a banana and add some oats, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. Bake them and you have a really healthy cookie. Here’s a good recipe.
– Fruit salad. Simple, but effective. I’ll make a quick fruit salad on the weekend to have on hand.
– Waffle with yogurt to dip. A quick GF waffle defrosted and served with some soy or coconut yogurt dip.
– Strawberries drizzled with almond butter. Sliced strawberries with some almond butter drizzle remind me of a pb&j.
– Lightly roasted chickpeas. I season chickpeas with a little olive oil, paprika, and onion powder. Bake at 400 F for about 10-15 minutes and you have some yummy protein-packed bites.
– Graham cracker with peanut butter. Willow is like her Dad and loooves a good graham cracker. I like to add a little pb to it.
– Olives + vegan cheese shreds. She loves black olive slices… serve with a little vegan cheese and there’s a good savory snack!
Packaged Snacks for Toddlers
If you are like me and looking for some new snacks to add to your stash, maybe you’ll find something new below. Here are some of our favorites that we keep on hand. We don’t have them all at once (of course) but they are definitely the ones we keep in rotation.
Also a note – not saying these are healthy by any means. I say plant-based because they are good for kids who do not have meat or dairy in their diets. Also, she doesn’t eat junk like this all day long. It’s just a treat per day, really. She eats a very well balanced diet. :)
- Applesauce pouches (Target brand, Motts, and Go Go Squeeze are our favorite brands)
- Almond milk chocolate pudding
- Annie’s bunny crackers
- Annie’s bunny fruit snacks
- Enjoy Life mini cookies
- Enjoy Life mini brownies
- Good & Gather fruit & vegetable strips
- Animal crackers
- Kashi fruit bars
- Nature’s Bakery brownies
- Nature’s Bakery fruit bars
- Nature’s Bakery oatmeal crumble bars
- Raisins
- Ritz (or any kind of cracker like this)
- Triscuits
- Larabars
- Freeze-dried fruit (strawberries and apples are her favorite)
- Special K Red Berries
- Teddy Grahams
- Tortilla chips and salsa
Whatever she usually chooses for her afternoon snack is almost always accompanied by a glass of soy milk, too. Sometimes she will ask for some fruit, too.
But there you have it – some packaged snacks for plant-based kiddos. Let me know in the comments if you have some ideas that I did not mention because we can always use the inspiration around here!
What are some snacks your vegan toddlers enjoy that I didn’t list above? Always love some fresh ideas for Willow. I like to keep things interesting (but simple!)
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