Ideas for after-school club snacks that keep well in a bag

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My 5yo DD does after school clubs three times a week and I have to provide snacks for her in her school bag on those days.

Struggling a bit with what to send - crisps/choc etc not allowed and would probably avoid sending anyway. She will happily eat fruit and veg etc but given most of that would need to be cut up I feel like that will be a bit limp by the end of the day, especially in summer?

What are people sending in that will still be appetising at the end of the day?

Babybell

Peperami
mini cucumbers - Lidl do them
marmite sandwich?

Crackers with butter or Marmite.
Yoyo bears snacks
Apples
Cereal bars
Bread sticks
Raisins

My DD takes a snack every day for after school. She has a carby thing eg crackers and a triangle of laughing cow, or homemade granola bars, or a puff pastry pinwheel, or homemade banana pancakes, plus a handful of nuts and a piece of fruit (apple, pear or tangerine). Why would you need to cut the fruit up?
Another good one for when we are organised enough to make them are energy balls - just roll date paste, cocoa powder and grated coconut together.

A whole banana or apple, crackers or breadsticks, pepperami,.

Cereal bar, mini soreen loaf, carrot sticks (could put a dip in a tiny tub to go with it), apple, tangerine, banana, Whitworth's 'shots', dried fruit e.g. raisins, banana chips, dates, dried apricots, dried mango. Our school won't allow anything with egg, nuts or sesame in - not sure how common that is.

You’re allowed nuts in school?

Mini cheese straws in a tub. Cheesestrigs always seem to last well too - I suspect that's a sign of how non-proper cheese they are but dd2 likes one if she is in afterschool club late.

I make oaty bars at the weekend which keep well - there’s a Nigella version which uses condensed milk instead of melted butter, it is so quick and easy - and I use mixed seeds instead of nuts, lots of oats, chopped dried apricots and loads of cacao nibs and dried coconut they are GORGEOUS. Very forgiving recipe so you can chuck in basically anything that you think might be nice in a bar.

For simplicity though - yo-yo fruit thing, apple, mini pepperami, small jam sandwich, homemade sausage roll if it’s not too hot

Oatcakes, a chunk of cheese, a whole tomato, red pepper, carrot, apple in a sistema lunch box or on its own.I never chop anything up as things get soggy.I also try to avoid over processed snacks. I know oatcakes are processed but they are more nutritionally dense than a rice cake and don't lead to a massive sugar spike.

I think our family help keep Nairns in business.

I really struggle with this as DS so fussy and underweight - Little Freddie blueberry & banana yoghurt has been a saviour as it doesn’t need to be refrigerated until open, it has some protein to keep him full - wouldn’t recommend on cost grounds though!

Yes, (not UK). We have no restrictions on anything we can give.

If allowed, peanut butter sandwich I use Warburtons thins. A few Quorn picnic eggs. Hummus and carrots pack. Maybe a Soreen or Bonne Maman cake bar. Cucumber sticks. Pepperami. Baby bel. Dairylea triangles. All these 7 year old nephew devours.

DNephew loves cheesestrings. You can always get mini cheddar cheese wrapped if you don’t fancy wrapping chunk of cheese. The Nairn oatcakes are a good shout too. Add radishes to that.

Individual cheese portions, so baby bell but you can also get cheddar and probably red Leicester. A couple of crackers to go with it, if you butter them and then put the buttered sides together they should last all day7.

I think foods that are in small packages work for snacks so grapes, cherry tomatoes, maybe spring onions cut in half.

Hummus in a screw top jar.

Sandwiches? Wraps?

Sausage rolls / cheese and onion rolls.

Olives and cheese in a tub. Crackers. Rice/Corn/lentil cakes. Savory muffins. Mini carrots and hummus. Cherry tomatoes. Bread sticks and dip. Wraps.

Get one of the thermal lunch boxes and a mini ice pack- works well to keep things fresh.

Can you get nutino lab or similar, fruit puree pouches in the UK? They don't need refrigerating until open, and keep quite well in a school bag.

With the sistema big lunch boxes they have a small round tub which I’ve put hummus in before. And other sections for food eg dates. I also have a small separate round plastic tub which I can put a whole pack or some oatcakes. I prefer the Nairns cheese ones. You could also roll up ham to go in there. Itsu seaweed slices if kids like those.

My dd loves the cathedral city minis, pretzels (decant into a tub, or get the small packs from aldi), mini cheddars, soreen little loaves and fruit and grain bars. All travel fairly well

You can get very thin flat ice packs that help keep things cold.

yoghurt and fruit/veg
you can freeze the yoghurt to act as ice pack during the day.

Yeah the flexible ones. I have those. Or a frozen eg capri sun.

Would Ryvita mini bites or pop chips be classed as crisps? You could include popcorn, either in small bags or put into ziplook small plastic bag. The Snack Company do nice sweet chilli rice crackers. Bagels with cream cheese.

You can get round mini pizza from Sainsbury’s and larger slices of pizza too. Plus croissant or other pastry.

The tiny mini pizzas that are in the party food sections are good for these kind of snacks.