Looking for quick and easy after school snacks for your kids? It’s tough to find healthy snack options. Here are our Mumbler recommendations- perfect for keeping your little ones going between meals, particularly after school or after nursery.
Easy after school snacks with no/limited preparation
- Hummus with breadsticks/ carrots/ cucumber/ peppers
- Rice cakes
- Malt loaf
- Crumpets/ toast/ bagels (with cream cheese/ rasberry ‘chia jam’)
- Cereal
- Mumbler Kate suggests freezing options because ‘it takes so much longer to eat’. Frozen frubes, Frozen strawberries, Freeze little orange juices for ice lollies
- Potato waffles (try the ones that go in the toaster for super speedy readiness)
- Yogurt
- Cheese; Babybels, cheese cubes, cheese slices
- Cooked meat; shredded chicken, roast ham
- Crackers and cheese
- Cereal Bars
Mumbler Ruth suggests this homemade recipe; Mash 2 bananas; Mix in oats, raisins or dried cranberries, sunflower & pumpkin seeds & maple syrup; Flatten & bake on a tray for 20-30 mins.
- Cheese Twists- Mumbler Heather recommends the Homemade cheese twists from the ‘What Mummy Makes’ book
Fruity after school snacks
- Fruit bowl- chuck in a variety of chopped up fruits. Apples and bananas keep you fuller for longer, and berries are fab to add something sweet
- Raisins and dried fruit
- Apple wedges- fried in a little bit of butter to soften and sprinkled with cinnamon or dipped in peanut butter
- Smoothies
- Banana rolled in hemp seeds
Hot after school snacks
- Mini pancakes
- Wraps with cheese and melted in toastie machine cut into triangles ( quesadilla)
- Spaghetti/beans on toast
- Scrambled egg
- Mini Muffin Omlettes (freezer friendly for batch cooking lovers) Recipe HERE
- Hotdogs
- Mumbler Katie makes little frittatas bakes in a muffin tin
“Do all sorts breakfast one with beans, sausage, cheese and cubes of potato. Pea mint and feta. Chopped bacon sweetcorn and paprika. Can freeze them and grown ups can eat them too! Or pizza wheels can be sweet or savoury. Filo cheese rolls big hit as well”
