Healthy Snack Ideas for Kids You Can Make this Summer

Fresh Fruit Cocktail

• Gather fun shaped ice cream sundae dishes or 8oz glass mason jars.
• Place your favorite fresh fruit such as berries, pitted cherries cut in half or diced cantaloupe, pears, melon, mango, pineapple, nectarine or peaches.  
• Add unsweetened juice such as tropical blends, mango or cranberry juice.

Fruity Frozen Yogurt Bark 

• Mix equal parts of full fat plain Greek yogurt mixed with a drizzle of maple syrup OR full fat vanilla Greek yogurt and fruit. Try fruit such as sliced strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, diced mango and more!
• Other potential add-ons include: mini chocolate chips, finely chopped nuts, chia seeds, hemp hearts, peanut butter, cocoa powder and unsweetened coconut.

Fruit Nachos

• Thinly slice apples, pears, peaches or nectarines in thin slices. If not serving immediately you can toss the fruit in any type of citrus or vitamin C rich juice to prevent browning (while fresh squeezed lemon or lime work note that this may be too sour for some kids so instead consider orange juice).
• Arrange the fruit slices on a plate and drizzle with melted peanut butter or almond butter. Sprinkle with coconut, mini chocolate chips and crushed peanuts or slivered almonds.

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