Cheap alternatives to toddler snacks

[Emalouise25111]

Hey everyone 😊

Hoping someone might be able to help … I’m currently spending a small fortune on snacks for my 18 month old, generally organix. He’s obsessed with the veggie straws, fruit bars etc.

I’d like to just mass buy cheaper alternatives that I can put into zip lock bags for on the go. My concerns are making sure they are low salt/sugar.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you!
x

Oat cakes. Rice crackers.

Aldi and Asda do cheaper alternatives.
Heron regularly stock organix things for a fraction of the price!

We generally just do a banana or piece of baguette with cream cheese on. Apple slices with peanut butter are a good one too.

Carrot sticks
Bread sticks
apple slices
watermelon
Bananas

I have a 19 month old, his fave snacks are the Kiddilicious smoothie melts and blueberry/banana wafers but as you say they aren’t cheap so this is what I keep a stock of;

Fruit
Breadsticks
Aldis mini cheddars
Boiled eggs sliced into quarters
Cucumber
Rice cakes
Digestive biscuits
Cheese cubes
He likes the Suckies yoghurt pouches but I bought my own reusable pouches and fill them with Greek yoghurt and fruit puree

any kind of fruit or veg
Oatcakes, rice cakes
Cheese
Yoghurt

Various recipes online but cheesy oat bite type things are good and also any kind of oat/protein bar or ball type of thing, usually made of dates and oats.

I tend to make some of my own stuff op which is cheaper. I do a thing with porridge oats, chopped apple, cinnamon, banana and some milk, you just mix it up put it in a baking tray and stick it in the oven then slice them into fingers. It's a good way of using fruit that's about to go past its best. If you don't mind the baking part they're cheap and ds loves them. Same for banana bread, i just do a loaf and portion it out. Then I just give a piece of fruit and some yoghurt. Or we also do toast, breadsticks/ cucumber sticks and Hummus. Using whatever fruit is in season is good too and I started growing strawberries/ Blueberries /raspberries in the garden because ds was about to bankrupt me on those!

Can I ask what reusable pouches you have please? Haven't been able to find any easy to clean.

I have these from Cherub Baby, I find them quite easy to clean and just use a bottle brush.

www.cherubbaby.com/en-gb/products/on-the-go-reusable-food-pouches-animal-set-150ml-10pk?variant=47122668290380&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAqk-dO4QYu3pruAjQowLLc6Y23OCP&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2ou2BhCCARIsANAwM2FvBQX7M8y5n7JMLY8vrmy5hxntN-yICAnoNkPewv3uYwiUWOFDJ9MaAtmiEALw_wcB

Also ds loves egg muffins. Just beat an egg and add in chopped bits of whatever your child likes like cheese, chicken/ ham, veg and then bake them in the oven. I do a big batch and keep them in the fridge and they last 5 days.

Thank you so much for the replies everyone!!

A hand full of cheerios (or supermarket equivalent) in a tub, with some rasins mixed in.

fruit or vegetable sticks

Toast fingers

I don't buy those sorts of snacks as they're extortionate.

Our on-the-go snacks are fruit, rice cakes, crackers, cheese, pancakes, sugar and sweetener free yoghurt pouches, and breadsticks.

I don’t have them handy now but there are a few videos on YouTube about making your own fruit bars. I’d say try a few and see which ones are easier for you to make then stick to them and do them every week or every fortnight. You can then freeze them as well. Also home made biscuits with brown sugar or honey instead. If you’ve got the time these are really really cheap alternatives to the snacks you buy. Obviously you can offer your child other alternatives like other comments have said.

Literally any cereal, dry. My son LOVES Special K - they're his "crisps"

Mine loves cheese and tomato