Healthy store cupboard snacks.

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Looking for some ideas to have in the cupboards. Both for ourselves but also grandchildren who are 5 and 7. They come sporadically so sometimes 3 times a week sometimes none. They are always hungry and are straight in the cupboards we often have fruit yoghurts, houmous and cheese in fridge but not always. What can I get that will not go out of date within a week or two.

Mini plain breadsticks, (would go nice with cheese cubes)
Dried fruit such as apricots, prunes, raisins

Babybel, laughing cow and cheddar cheese sticks tend to have good long use by dates. Add some heathier crackers and veg sticks made from whatever you have in the fridge (carrots, celery, peppers, cucumber etc) and that's option 1.

There are lots of healthier crisp-type things around now that are lower fat and often made from lentil flour. The mini philidephia pots also have good long dates so can be a standby for dipping them in. Or rice cakes and peanut butter?

There are lots of mini fruit pots around now that can live in the cupboard on standby. Depending on how you all feel about dried fruit, that's another option.

Thanks, some great ideas

Oatcakes, corncakes, water biscuits, cream crackers, rice cakes - spread with ham, peanut butter or marmite. Dried fruit, nuts. Tinned fruit like peaches. Olives out of a jar. Cereal. Bread you can freeze then microwave or toast to defrost like tortilla wraps, pitta bread. Malt loaf packs.

Oatcakes, rice cakes great for us but the kids don't like then

Our go to snack for our kids is either oatcakes and good quality peanut butter or plain crackers (like jacobs) and cheese. One likes those hard small spicy crackers and houmus. Stuff that can be kept a long time like soreen/malt loaf.

Popcorn. Either the kernels to pop at home or the mini packs. The big sharer type ones seem to go stale quite quickly once opened

Brilliant idea, I'll figure my popcorn duck out.

That meant to say dig out.

Melba toast and cheese triangles

They shouldn't be going in your cupboards.

They ask but we only have crisps and chocolate bars

Fruit leather
Nuts
Dried fruit
Trail mix
Root veg crisps
Popcorn (?)

Oh come on surely the place for a kit kat is at Grandma's
My teen DD'S and their cousins still go straight to the cupboard at my DF's where they had a sweetie jar for all of their childhood.
I take it as the height of compliment if anyone I love rummages in my food cupboards.
Obviously they have manners and would not do this where it was not welcome.
By all means have the healthy snacks in as well but I still remember my Grandma's sweet drawer.
Sweetie rant aside if they are hungry for real food just make them a quick sandwich or some toast and peanut butter with an apple.
Can you bake some muffins and have them in the freezer or do you get no notice at all?
Mini cheddars slices of cheese and little bits of good ham make a healthy version of those lunchables kids like to stack up.

Home made flapjacks will keep well (if they last that long), you could make up different batches with different flavours.

Apples with a blob of peanut butter on them, nuts with dried fruit, chunks of cheese etc

Peanut butter on oat cakes, assuming no allergies? A little bit of jam on top is lovely too

Sorry op I've just RTFT and see they don't like oatcakes

Shame as they really are the better of many snacks. Could you tempt them with a little Nutella on?

If you have freezer space, crumpets or tea cakes/hot cross buns which can be taken out individually? Not as healthy as eg fruit but filling.
I was mad on peanut butter and jam when I was a child so that on toast.

There's a biscuit dough you can make and roll in a log, store in freezer and slice off & bake as needed. You can reduce the amount of sugar so healthier than shop bought biscuits.

@ilovebagpuss , OP's grandchildren are 5 and 7. That's too young to be helping themselves to treats.

I agree about the kitkats

When my grandkids come over, they raid the cupboards too, so I’ve had to get creative with snacks that last. A few things that have worked well for us are dried fruits like apricots and raisins, oatcakes, and even rice cakes with peanut butter. I also keep some organic milk powder on hand—it’s a great backup for making quick, healthy snacks like smoothies or adding to baking recipes. Keeps for a long time and comes in handy when I need something nutritious fast.

If you feel like making something, have ingredients in for pancakes/drop scones. Every kid loves pancakes straight out of the pan. Squeeze of golden syrup, honey or jam and they're gobbled up. I often stir in chopped or grated apple and/or raisins and a pinch of cinnamon before cooking.

Freshly popped popcorn.
Mini breadsticks.
Dates with peanut butter and apple slices.
Plain yogurt with honey stirred in, topped with slices of banana and chopped apple.