Non-messy snacks

i'm looking for ideas for non-messy snacks. i thank god that cheerios are neat...my kids love them and i feel like they eat them a lot while we are out. i want to change it up a bit and give them some other things. any ideas? i have a myriad of snacks i give them when we are home...but they just don't do well for travel.

thanks!

Lois

 

I do ritz bits pb crackers and pretzel sticks and goldfish. Those are all non messy. Also, Mozz cheese sticks!

 

I just bought some Cheerios snack mix this weekend. It is cheddar flavored cheerios, pretzels, chex cereal, cheese crackers and bread sticks. It's pretty good. I also do goldfish, and I like the graham goldfish, but I can only find those in the snack size variety packs that come with goldfish and chocolate chip cookies. I wish I could find only the grahams. Teddy Grahams are also good.

 

like the PPs, we like the baby goldfish (they are smaller, close to the size of a cheerio), cheerios of course, teddy grahms, the gerber puffs, arrowroot 'cookies'.......they love cracker "sandwiches" too (like peanut butter & cheese or cheese on cheese crackers)

 

I like the "Toasted" brand crackers, the wheat ones. They don't make too many crumbs. We also like Craisins, raisins, any dried fruit, really. Dry cereal of various kinds also makes a good snack.

 

Lots of good ideas! I also do animal crackers and break them in half so they are bite-sized and don't get them all mushy with their slobber.

 

thanks everyone. i don't know why i didn't think of some of these.

Lois

 

Try your local health food store or grocery store for some dried veggies and fruits.
I found that most kids love to snack on corn, peas and many other veggies that they wouldn't normally have. Because they are a "snack" they seem to like them much better.
We get what is called, Just Peas, Just Corn, Just Strawberries, Just Veggies (a mix)
Also the 100 calorie snacks are great too!

 

I second the idea of the Just Veggies and Just Fruits! All three of my girls LOVE LOVE LOVE these snacks! Basically, it is just freeze dried veggies and fruit- same as the Gerber stuff at the grocery store, only different varieties and a bit cheaper.
Costco has a huge container of animal crackers, organic, which does not matter to me too much, but I do not like snacks with the hydronated oils in them (trans fats), and those little circus animal crackers have trans fats.

 

Goldfish, raisins (I guess they have to be a little older than yours for raisins), Nutrigrain bars (a little sticky, but not too bad), pretzels (when they have enough teeth to crunch them. Costco also sometimes sells little packets of dehydrated fruit -- they're not chewy like dried apricots, but very dry, and they almost melt in the mouth. They leave a powdery dust on the kids' fingers but they LOVE them.

 

Try the Yogurt Burst Cheerios for a little variety. They are great. I think the Fruity Cheerios are a little crunchier, so stay away from those on tender gums. I have found that fruit can be less messy than many crackers - and it doesn't "stick" to clothes. Pears are FABULOUS. Yours may be a little young for grapes, but if you have the patience to peel the skin, quartering them makes a great size for snacks.

Our pedi has told us to stay away from PB, so we haven't tried any snacks with PB, but I can't wait! I think they'll love it.

 

Animal crackers, goldfish, rice cakes, chex mix, vanilla wafers, string cheese. These are some of our staples.

 

I agree with the PP's and would add ice cream cones (no ice cream, just the cone), sliced apples, any freeze dried fruit, fruit strips/leathers, roll up slices of turkey, corn on the cob (they love eating this while in their stroller), and YoGo's (pretty sweet, though). HTH!

 

As well as all the excellent suggestions from pp, we use "snack traps". I'm not sure what they'd be called in the USA, but I'm sure they sell something similar. They're not perfect (my two are pretty good at shaking the contraption upsidedown and emptying everything everywhere when they want to) but do save on an awful lot of mess.