Healthy Snacks For Kids

By Gayot Editors

If you read the ingredient labels of most Halloween candy it’s downright scary. With the rise of conscientious eating, parents are now looking at more than just prices when choosing snacks for the little ones. Kids may not understand terms like “gluten-free” and “organic” but they know what they like and it doesn’t always fall in the healthy category. Whether it’s packing school lunches, deciding what to get for Halloween, the tiniest snacks can sometimes make a big difference.

With that in mind, GAYOT has rounded up a curated list of Healthy Snacks for Kids that includes organic, kosher, gluten-free products that have no artificial flavors or coloring. Before you drop another processed sugar-filled candy bar into trick-or-treaters’ bags, try the items on this list — both kids and adults will approve.

> Get more celebration ideas with GAYOT’s Halloween Guide.

1. Annie’s Organic Fruit Snacks

Price: $15 for 24 pouches

These organic fruit snacks offer all the sweetness kids like without the artificial flavors.

If your kid likes gummy bears or Starbursts (but you can’t stomach the artificial coloring and high sugar count), these fruity snack from Annie’s are a much healthier alternative. Made with real ingredients, these organic fruit snacks contain real fruit juice and 100 percent of the daily value of vitamin C with no artificial flavors, colors or high-fructose corn syrup. Choose from four flavors: Berry Patch, Summer Strawberry, Sunny Citrus and Tropical Treat.

2. GoGo SqueeZ Organic Apple Sauce

Price: $25 for 20 packs

As natural as homemade apple sauce without all the work.

These fun squeezable pouches add a fun twist to enjoying the benefits of eating an apple a day. Each pouch contains 100 percent fruit without high-fructose corn syrup. They’re kosher, vegan and gluten-free, and the pouches are BPA-free. The apple-based flavors include banana, strawberry and cinnamon.

3. Snyders of Hanover Gluten-Free Pretzel Sticks

Low in calories, these pretzel sticks are a fun yet healthy snack

Price: $20 for 24 bags

Gluten-free and only 100 calories, these pretzel sticks are just the ticket when craving a crunchy snack.

Kids don’t always want something sweet — sometimes a crunchy and salty snack is in order. These healthier alternatives to wheat-based pretzels are ideal for those trying to avoid gluten. They’re also made by a bakery that specializes in traditional German pretzels, so the recipe is authentic.

4. Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers

The classic goldfish snack made with organic wheat

Price: $5

The classic goldfish cracker gets an organic makeover that kids and adults will enjoy.

While it’s true that Pepperidge Farms goldfish aren’t exactly a health food, these kid’s favorites are made with organic wheat and non-GMO ingredients. Plus, aside from being made with 100 percent cheddar, the dyes are also natural — the classic orange color is sourced from annatto extracted from the seed of the achiote tree.