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Stuck for ideas for school snack?

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anothereastlondonmum · 01/06/2026 12:10

My son attends clubs after school and is allowed to bring in a snack to eat just before clubs start. They are not allowed nuts. The snack will remain in his bag until clubs so nothing needing refrigeration. He can’t eat apples at the moment as he has multiple wobbly teeth (age 5).

What ideas are there for healthy options please? Other than a banana, everything else seems to be unhealthy!

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Rawrrawr1 · 01/06/2026 12:16

I regularly put in snack a Jack's or veggie straws a piece of fruit as well.. obviously not the healthiest but not bad and they last well in the school bag

anothereastlondonmum · 01/06/2026 18:43

Thank you! I feel like snack a jacks might not fill him up enough - he barely eats any school lunch and is starving by 3.30!

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VIII · 01/06/2026 18:43

Soreen bar?

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GoodVibesHere · 01/06/2026 18:46

A bagel with cheese

hopspot · 01/06/2026 18:46

flapjack
soreen
raisins or other dry fruit
cereal bar
brioche

anothereastlondonmum · 01/06/2026 18:50

GoodVibesHere · 01/06/2026 18:46

A bagel with cheese

Nothing that has to be refrigerated

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anothereastlondonmum · 01/06/2026 18:51

hopspot · 01/06/2026 18:46

flapjack
soreen
raisins or other dry fruit
cereal bar
brioche

Great ideas, thanks

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SparkyBlue · 01/06/2026 18:54

Mini packs of breadsticks or whatever type of savoury crackers or rice cakes that he will eat. Chocolate chip brioche from Tesco are the current favourite with my DC. The mini snack sized peppers and cucumbers go down well here also and carrot sticks last well in a lunch box.

Nowthatshuge · 01/06/2026 18:55

Popcorn
malt loaf
cereal bar
homemade protein flapjacks
grapes
yogurt covered raisins / strawberries etc
freeze dried apple slices
homemade healthy muffin (batch cook and freeze)

bear in mind it can be more than one snack if he’s a hungry lad? I’d probs make him a little bento box

tiramisugelato · 01/06/2026 18:56

Flapjacks are always a good call. You can make them in bulk, they're cheap and you can put whatever you want in them.

JustToBeMe · 01/06/2026 19:06

The children at the after school club that I drop off too
seem to have.. sandwiches/wraps/bagels with ham or cheese.
crisps seem to be eaten,
raisins, pepperami sticks, cheese sticks.
fruit ie strawberries, kiwi, berries, apple, citrus etc etc
justto be clear, I drop off, Idont stay!

DelphiniumBlue · 01/06/2026 19:07

Frozen yogurt pouches/tubes. They'll defrost but stay cold if they are in an insulated lunch bag. Yogurt covered raisins. Cereal bar or flapjack.

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