When Jackson and Olivia come home from school in the afternoon, they are famished. They run through the door practically begging for a snack.
I would love to be the kind of mom who had a healthy, colorful snack waiting on the kitchen table when the kids come home each day….but that’s just not me. More often than not, the kids snack on something quick and easy (and not always healthy!).
What do your kids love to snack on in between meals? Do they grab an apple to munch on or do they reach for a cookie? Are you the kind of mom who bakes new snacks each day or stock the kitchen shelves with snacking staples?
This week’s Disney D-Lightful Living video challenge is all about helping kids snack in moderation. Kids are going to snack….how do you find the balance between healthy alternatives and those snacks that your kids want to eat?
Try these tips from Disney to guide your kids to enjoy treats in moderation:
- Treats in moderation are a great way to celebrate and bring smiles to the faces in your family
- Kids love to use their imagination, get your kids involved with making delicious treats so they feel accomplished
Enter to Win!
Enter now for a chance to win this week’s featured “Right Road to Treat Street” products. To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post with your kids’ favorite mid-day snack. The prize pack includes:
- Cookies by Design Cookie Arrangements (Edible custom cookie arrangements)
- Lofthouse Cookies (Bite-sized sugar cookies with creamy frosting and butter vanilla cookies topped with colorful sugar crystals in the shapes of Disney characters)
- Frankford Candy Disney • Pixar Cars-inspired Dig ‘n Dips
- PEZ Dispenser
- I3’s – Disney•Pixar Cars-Shaped Gummies
- Insignia Snack Bags (Disney·Pixar Cars- and Disney Princess-themed snack bags)
This giveaway will end on November 29, 2011 at midnight ET and a winner will be chosen at random and announced on Sunday in the weekly Around The Blogosphere. Please see our site’s terms and conditions for more information.
D’Lightful Living Grand Prize Sweetpstakes
Getting kids to become animated about healthy lifestyle habits is not always easy. To thank families for striving to embrace healthy habits and following the 12-week D-Lightful Living program, Disney Consumer Products (DCP) invites fans to enter to win the ultimate grand prize – a trip for four to a special Disney Magic of Healthy Living experience at a Disney resort in 2012. Fans can enter now through Dec. 11 by visiting the D-Lightful Living portal on DCP’s official Facebook page, Disney Living.
Please note that we are compensated Disney Brand Ambassadors, but as I said, our love of Disney and all of our opinions are completely our own!
Written by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom.
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My kids love string cheese
I like apples mid day.
My daughter loves fruit for her mid-day snack – preferably apples or blueberries/strawberries.
This all looks soooooo yummy, my sweet tooth is starting to bother me right now! But I will go with a healthy snack of carrot sticks, shucks.
They usually want something different. Today they asked for graham crackers and cheese slices.
My daughters favorite snack at the moment is tubes of yogurt. She just loves them!
My 4 yr old niece absolutely loves oranges. Whether they be the “baby” oranges, or just a fruit cup, they’re her favorite food. She usually follows up with a little fruit snack or some crackers.
My kids usually want yogurt
my kids love grapes..
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Favorite mid-day snack is pretzels.
My son’s favorite is mandarin oranges. Thanks.
lunchables
My son’s favorite mid-day snack is french bread I toast in the panini press with jam.
My daughter likes to eat sliced apples and she loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…..sometimes she will go for some crackers with cheese….she loves yogurt too….she is a good eater
Yogurt, fruit and cheeses are typical snack choices in our house, along with pretzels, trail mix, and veggies/dip. I also have a really good fruit dip that I shared as a guest blogger recently and it’s a favorite for my kids. If you’d like to check it out: and get the recipe, it’s here: http://www.goodparentgoodchild.com/5-tips-1-recipe-for-easy-family-dinners
Oh, my little fellow would love that! Let’s see… believe it or not, his favorite snack is sliced apples, but he also loves pretzels.
Sliced apples with a peanut butter cinnamon dip!
My son loves apple slices and grapes!
Those cookies look yummy!!!
They love to snack on baby carrots surprisingly!
carrots and hummus
any fruit or vegatable and every once in a while a cupcake
My son loves cinnamon toast and apple slices after school.
Nothing beats a freshly-baked oatmeal raisin cookie.
My son’s favorite midday snack is crackers and cheese
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November 17, 2011 at 12:29 pm
My toddler eats anything (whew!) but my 6 yr old is picky. Fortunately, what she likes most is healthy “whole” foods, and prefers apple slices, sugar snap peas, mini carrots, and string cheese.
My girls love grapes
Goldfish crackers
Peeled apples are the favorite snack here
vlbelk(at)Hotmail.com
I eat fruit’s & vegetables as much as I can during the day at work.
my daughter likes lunchables
ryanac32 at yahoo dot com
My kids love string cheese, cereal bars, and fruit leather for snacks.
My kids love Yogurt tubes and fruit.
My daughter loves strawberries,andpretsles and peanutbutter.
My son’s favorite midday snack is yogurt!
We like healthy snacks like string cheese or yogurt.
My kids love clementines and apples.
My kids love seaweed and yougurt.
She loves cottage cheese and string cheese…and the occasional teddy graham!
string cheese
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my son loves a little ‘trailmix’ of mini cookies and dried fruit
My kids love yogurt as a snack.
My grandson likes fruit roll ups
rjs682 at yahoo dot com
My daughter loves grapes with feta cheese!
My kids like sliced fresh fruit
tmc480 at yahoo dot com
annie’s fruit snacks are our favorite
My kids love goldfish!
my kids love cheese and goldfish crackers for snack
My 3-year old’s favorite snack is chips & salsa…with lots of salsa!
Cracker’s & cheese, you can not go wrong with a mid day snack like that.