Tell Soreen what your go-to car journey snacks are for the chance to win a £300 voucher! NOW CLOSED

[EmmaMumsnet]

It’s the season of holidays and day trips, and that means long car journeys where we have to keep the DC happy. One of the best ways to keep the DC as well as ourselves cheery on a long journey is to make sure we are armed with plenty of snacks. Whether you go for snacks that make the least mess or those that keep the little ones quiet for a while, Soreen would like to know your top snacks for long car journeys.

Here's what Soreen has to say: “Our Lunchbox Loaves - or ‘Glovebox Loaves’ - are individually wrapped, healthy and best of all they don’t make crumbs! So are ideal for in-car snacking whether you’re heading to the countryside or the zoo. Available in Malt and Banana flavour with a satisfyingly squidgy texture, Lunchbox Loaves are individually wrapped, low in fat, contain only 95 calories and provide a source of fibre.”

So what are your tips for the snacks you take on car journeys? Do you chop up fruit and veg into small pots? Perhaps you have special treats just for car journeys? Or purely go for convenience? Whatever snacks you take with you, share them below and one Mumsnetter will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck.

MNHQ

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I try to avoid dc eating in car if possible. On long journeys we try to factor in a stop. On the odd occasion we have been caught out (forth road bridge closing so having to take a massive diversion, stuck on M6 etc then we have given them what snacks we had in my bag. Usually some crisps, raisins, or a cereal bar.

We limit sweet things generally but when travelling I always put a lollipop and a small pkt of sweets in a bag filled with magazines and toys etc which has now become a bit of a thing for us. At the same time I have a freezer bag in the front with drinks and snacks such as dried apricots (in mini plastic pots), mini-rolls, bread sticks/cheese straws and maybe a homemade flapjack or bit of banana bread. I never reveal what's in the bag upfront as the surprise seems to help get us through the journey.

We always have individual bottles of water in the car, and a tin of travel sweets (usually barley sugar) but always make use of service stations to stop so everyone can have a comfort break, and swap drivers, important on a long journey. If I do have snacks in the car it tends to be homemade sandwiches, usually cheese but we eat them at the services, in the car park

We go for convenience.... something in a packet that can be hoovered up when we get home. So single serve cakes, biscuits, crisps. Juice to a pop up lid .. NO straws or squeeze cartons. Nothing sticky. No Lollipops (although they would keep them quiet for longer!). We only snack in the car on longer journeys though ...2hr plus.

We like a bit of crack. But it's very moreish

My mum always had snacks when we went on days out as we couldn't always afford to eat at service stations or cafes, and I've always done this, too, whether with my son or just on a day trip on my own. Depending on the time of year and the journey length, I tend to stick with water - not sticky if it gets spilt on clothing or surroundings - and oatcakes or crackers for slow release energy, along with a piece of fruit and an individual, non chocolatey, cake bar for energy boosts.

I hadn't realised Soreen now made individual bars, must look next time I'm in the supermarket. Have seen a lot about Soreen recently, and it brings back warm memories of childhood so I'm glad it's adapting and evolving as lifestyles change. My mum's a fab baker and it was one of the few cakes she actually bought when we were little.

Not sucking up to Soreen here but it actually is your banana lunch box loaves! My children love them and they are milk free (both are severely allergic to milk and egg)
They are pretty much the only safe snack I can buy in the shop round the corner!

We normally just take whatever we have in the house for lunch boxes. This I is normally crisps, boxes of raisins, fruit bars/ snack bags and my son and I do like a Soreen bar so occasionally have these too.

Short trips are raisins apples and crisps as a treat.
Long trip I get a compartment fits Box and fill the sections with random bits pretzels, dry fruits, nuts, seeds, broken crackers anything than doesn't make them hyper and keeps them busy

Also a fizzy drink for me and my sons as we all suffer from bad car sickness and fine bringing up wind is a great way to make them feel less nauseous

My 18 month old loves chocolate chip brioche! Guaranteed to keep him quiet for 20 min and not too messy!

We don't eat in the car. We do take enough food to feed a village if we are on a long day trip though as DS has food allergies, but we just stop at a cafe or service area and then we can have a stretch and go to the loo as well. Favourite snacks would be flapjacks, fruit, breadsticks and hummus.

To be honest we don't snack on the car. I am trying not to snack at all- my kids are then starving for their main meal. Before they would be full up on snacks.

If we are going on a v long car journey we tend to stop at service stations for a break and food. I do have an emergency stash of raisins as they take ages to eat!

My DS is 8 and knows how to chew his food properly so I feel ok giving him food in the car tbh. When travelling on long journeys we tend to either pack a snack bag from home if we have drink cartons or something similar available at home or we stop at the first petrol station and get snacks.

The snacks tend to be large packs of crisps that can be shared about (reducing the rubbish in the car!), juice boxes or bottled water, dried fruit or bananas.

We've never taken Soreen in the car although we have the mini banana loaves at home for DS lunchbox and he absolutely loves them, don't know why we haven't used them in the car before for snacks to be honest!

In my bag I have all sort of food because my kids don't love to stay in the car for more of....ten minute I think :D So baby crisp, baby biscuit, juice, milk, sandwich, etc etc. I prefer to pack all from home because in the service station is all overprice.

We only had water in the car, but after a horrendous journey when we were caught in a traffic queue for TWELVE HOURS, we always have emergency supplies in the boot - chocolate, malt loaf, fruit and cheese.

Usually water for DD, milk for DS, try not to snack for anything under an hour. Over an hour, usually crisps or something unhealthy before they fall asleep!

We try to stop for a picnic along the way so last week we had chopped up raw veggies (celery, peppers, carrots, cucumber), breadsticks, salsa and hummus dips, cheese and chicken bites, and strawberries and grapes! Yum!

20% sugar in these, just under the government definition of ' high sugar' as usual with low fat foods.

It is cake.

Snacks would be for long car journeys only, short trips I make them wait! We usually pack cereal bars, raisins, crackers and biscuits

No fruit or dairy as it makes them car sick. Like a PP, mostly rice cakes or raisins because they don't make too much mess. Will give Soreen a try as if it's crumb free that is a great idea, but I love it so there is a risk of me scoffing it all before we leave our road :(

Breadsticks and a bottle of water each! Basic prison rations...

If it is a long car journey with 3 teen sons then I find that a Valium and a flask of tequila makes a perfect snack.

It has to been raisins/sultanas.

A sweet treat that is good for you too!

Fruit raisens and juice - and chocolate before the meltdown on the train begins! Usually a magazine is enough distraction to not need much though