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The Best Snack Ideas for Toddlers + Mama!

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A few weeks ago I took to my Instagram stories to ask for HELP!!! I was out of snack ideas. My babies, now toddlers (what?! When did this happen?!) need more varied snacks and sometimes a mama’s brain has reached maximum capacity. I needed help from the experts. YOU! We need to stick together because momming ain’t easy. And that’s the understatement of the year.

We combined forces to create this great list of snack ideas! I’m going to refer to it on the weekly. Thank you to everyone who helped me come up with this list of great toddler snack ideas!

TODDLER SNACK IDEAS (that mom will love, too)

  • Snap pea crisps
  • Cheese sticks, cubes or string cheese cut into little pieces
  • Fruit and veggie squeeze packs (I like the Go Go Squeeze packets from Costco + Kirkland Signature applesauce)
  • Blueberries
  • Strawberries
  • Peanut butter sandwich (my kids like it with honey, not jam lol)
  • Pretzel sticks
  • Apple slices
  • Carrots (boiled so they are soft)
  • Clementines
  • Grapes
  • Greek yogurt
  • Goldfish
  • Crackers (mini club crackers are a good idea)
  • Lara Bars
  • Clif Z Bars
  • Green smoothies! Harris especially LOVES green smoothies! This is what I put in mine:
    • A couple handfuls of spinach (I buy the organic package from Costco)
    • About 1/2 cup organic frozen berries (I love the mix from Costco)
    • 1 packet WMNutrition blueberry protein (HANDS DOWN the most delicious protein I have ever had! Sweetened with stevia so it’s all natural, tastes like a blueberry muffin, and only 99 calories with 19 grams of protein. I LOVE IT!!! It also comes in small to to-go packets so you can easily travel with it. Use code STYLE47 for 47% off their entire site! Oh, and I love this to curb my cravings + it tastes like mocha and is such a nice, warm treat!)
    • Water
    • Sometimes I add a little bit of Trop 50 if I want it to tastes more tropical
    • Ice
    • I add all of the above and blend!! You’ll need to play with the amount of liquid and keep adding to get the consistency that you like the best.
  • Fig bars (my kids love the fig bars from Costco!)
  • Granola bars
  • Pirates Booty
  • Graham crackers
  • Cereal bars
  • Yogurt drops
  • Trader Joe’s apple sticks
  • Veggie sticks (my kids LOVE these…I buy the big bag at Costco)
  • Cheese curls
  • Marshmallows
  • Raspberries
  • Egg cups (these ones look good! Leave out anything you don’t think your toddler would like)
  • Hard boiled eggs (Goldie especially LOVES these)
  • Hummus and cucumbers
  • Banana
  • Belvita biscuits
  • Diced ham or turkey
  • Frozen peas out of the freezer
  • Yogurt raisins
  • Mini wheats
  • Muffins (someone gave me this recipe – add in a blender spinach, kale, peanut butter, banana, egg and some oats and cook in mini muffin tins at 350)
  • Inner Peas from Traders Joe’s
  • Freeze dried fruit (blueberries, apples, bananas)
  • Nuts
  • Bagel and cream cheese
  • Peanut butter crackers
  • Fruit leathers
  • Vanilla wafers
  • Bread
  • Graham cracker sandwich (Put yogurt in the middle and put in freezer until frozen. Sounds delish!!)

Please leave a comment to give us any additional ideas that we may be missing so I can add it to this list! It’s easy to run out of ideas so I’m excited to be able to refer to this list of toddler snack ideas. Thank you so much to everyone that contributed! We’re a good team.

Easy Garlic Parmesan Rolls

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(Can we all take a moment of silence for Goldie’s delicious double chin?!)

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My outfit: Sweater (can’t stop wearing it!!) | Jeans

My mouth is watering as I type this and I can practically smell these cheesy, garlicky warm rolls like I did when I made them yesterday. When you taste them, you will NEVER know that they aren’t 100% made-from-scratch. Why even take the take to make homemade dough when these taste this good?!! Seriously. These are my signature rolls that I take to Sunday dinners with our families and there is never a single roll left because everyone gobbles them up. What’s almost just as good as how they taste? How easy they are to make!

EASY GARLIC PARMESAN ROLLS

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 12 Rhoades frozen dinner rolls (They are the best price as Costco, but you can buy them at any grocery store in the freezer section)
  • 1 Tbsp garlic (I LOVE this Lighthouse freeze dried garlic! I discovered it at Costco and I will never touch another clove of garlic again. This stuff is AMAZING!)
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions:

  • Melt 1/2 cup butter and 1 Tbsp garlic in the microwave, then stir in 1 cup parmesan cheese.
  • Take frozen dough balls and roll them in the butter mixture. Since they are frozen and the mixture is thick, you may need to use both hands to get the roll covered!
  • Spray a glass baking dish with oil and place the rolls onto the dish.
  • Spoon any remaining mixture onto the top of the rolls.
  • Cover the pan with plastic wrap sprayed with oil and let them raise until doubled in size.
  • Follow instructions on the Rhoades bag for baking instructions!

Tips for success:

  • If the rolls on the edges of the pan look like they are getting too browned while the middle rolls don’t look done enough, lightly cover the pan during baking with a sheet of aluminum foil to protect the top from browning too much!
  • Let the rolls sit in the pan for about 5 minutes after you take them out of the oven. Take each roll out separately with a fork; don’t tip pan upside down and dump the rolls out or they will all get smashed and a lot of the cheese will crumble off. Let them finish cooling on a cooling rack.

ENJOY! Oh, my. And save one for me?!

THE TOOLS

Valentine’s Day Cookie Recipe

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I love Valentine’s Day; always have and always will! I don’t think it has much to do with a romantic love; I think it’s just celebrating LOVE in any way that it happens to show up in your life! I love the colors red, pink and white and I love candy and eating delicious things so you could say that’s why I have always loved it. It’s a simple kind of love for me. The sweet kind. Literally.

These Valentine’s Day cookies might look familiar to you because I love making them for Christmas, too! I love that they are versatile and you can change them up for different seasons by changing out the color of the drizzle on top. They are hands down my favorite cookies. I love that they are so buttery, I love the subtle almond flavor, and I love the raspberry jam in the middle. Oh, my!! I also love that these Valentine’s Day cookies are so easy to make. They have have 7 simple ingredients that you most likely have on hand most of the time.

If you missed my post on the best Valentine’s Day gifts (for yourself or others…he he) then click here. I also included how Tyler and I met, and our engagement story. AKA our love story. I guarantee it’s different than any other you have heard! We are getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit over here!

One tip: If you haven’t used baking mats, get them!! They make baking so easy because 1) you don’t have to wash your pan after you use it since the cookies don’t touch it, and 2) since you don’t have to use baking spray, the bottoms of your cookies don’t get too crispy. Game changed!

MY FAVORITE VALENTINE’S DAY COOKIES

Yield: 16 cookies (deepening on how big you make them)

Ingredients

For the cookies

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup raspberry jam

For the drizzle on top

  • 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 Tbsp milk
  • Food coloring (I used pink here and I like to use green during Christmas!)

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
  • In a mixer, cream together butter and white sugar until smooth. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon almond extract. Mix in flour until dough comes together. It should be pretty crumbly and you should have squeeze the dough pretty hard to shape it into the shape of a cookie!
  • Roll dough into 2 inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Make a small hole in the center of each ball, using your thumb and finger, and fill the hole with raspberry jam. You may need to use your other hand to help shape the dough as you press the small hole so the dough stays together more.
  • Bake for 14 to 18 minutes in preheated oven, or until very, very lightly browned. I like mine less cooked so they are softer. Let cool 1 minute on the cookie sheet then let cool on cooling racks.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the confectioner’s sugar, 3/4 teaspoon almond extract, and milk until smooth. Add more to get the consistency that you want. Add it to a plastic sandwich bag and cut a very small bit off of the corner. Drizzle lightly over warm cookies.
  • Enjoy!!

MY FAVORITE TOOLS TO MAKE DEM COOKIES!

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