My Favorite Packaged Snacks
While my first choice when giving snacks to my kids is to offer whole, organic foods, that’s not always realistic. A supply of packaged snacks is essential between school, camp, afternoon activities, sports practices, impromptu park dates, travel, etc. Fortunately, there are a lot of great healthier packaged snack options that are based in real, wholesome ingredients with minimal processing available these days. I love attending Natural Products Expo West each year to learn about the best new products on the market. I still do my best to moderate the amount of packaged snacks my kids are consuming, but like I say about everything, 80/20 when possible and no need to make yourself crazy. Here are a few of my current favorite packaged snacks. These are also my go-to picks when it’s my week for team snack during soccer and baseball season. They’re easy to pass out and the kids actually love them.:
☆Lovebird snack packs: Lovebird snack packs: Grain-free cereal in grab-and-go packs.
☆ Skout Organic: Plant-based ingredients and free of gluten, dairy, and soy. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Asha Pops: Popped water lily seeds plant-based puffed snack. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Solely gummies and Solely fruit snacks: dried mango and pineapple, when eating these make sure your kids floss their teeth. I tape a floss stick to the package so my kids can floss their teeth after eating this.
☆ Chomps organic beef sticks: Grass-fed and finished. I only use these for travel when needed.
☆ Brami beans: Lupini superbean is one of the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet.
☆ SeaSnax seaweed: Sustainably grown roasted organic seaweed with a touch of organic extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of sea salt.
☆ Lundberg Thin Stackers: Great to eat plain or add hummus or guacamole.
☆ Philosopher’s Foods Gut Nuts: Fermented and dehydrated almonds. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Bare baked apple snacks: I make sure to get organic.
☆ Joolie's dates: Pit free and organic.
☆ Feel Sunnie: Grab and go snack boxes my kids love, made with real ingredients. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Masa chips: Even better if you can pair with cottage cheese or guacamole. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Wise Bars Wise Bars: Made with functional mushrooms. These are more of a grown up snack for me. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Happy Wolf Bars : Sweetened with honey and dates and taste amazing.
☆ Big Picture Foods is regeneratively farmed and has minimal ingredients.
☆ Seedly organic dark chocolate seed bark
☆ Pan’s mushroom jerky : Made with coconut sugar. I love that I can keep it in my bag and it won’t go bad.
☆ Good Sam Foods: Amazing snacks from regenerative farms.
☆ Thrive Market Sweet Potato chips
A few that aren’t exactly packaged snacks, but I love including:
Organic pickles
Organic hearts of palm
Homemade fruit leathers. I have a reel on how I make these. It’s a great way to use up leftover fruit, and you can also turn it into chia jam or cobbler.
Tip: Fruit leathers are sticky, so make sure your kids floss after eating them. I tape a floss stick to the package so they can floss right after.Bison and beef meatballs from Force of Nature
Two-ingredient potato tots from Roots