Healthy Christmas Snacks for Kids

November 29, 2018 by Susan

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Are you looking for fun, easy to make healthy Christmas snacks for kids? You and your whole family will love our holiday treat ideas. Their sweetness comes from the goodness of colorful fruits and vegetables. This post is sponsored by HueTrition.

We love the idea of nutritious eating by focusing on the colors of the rainbow. So we’re continuing to partner with our friends at HueTrition to inspire you and your family with healthy and colorful food ideas.

The holiday season is here… and that often means more comfort food and sweet treats than we usually eat. This sugary season can impact what our kids eat and how they feel and behave during the holidays.

But you can make holiday-themed sweet treats with nature’s candy! Colorful fruits and vegetables are the perfect way to nourish your children with the vitamins they need while letting them enjoy a tasty snack. We have made four delicious and healthy holiday snack ideas for you and your kids.

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Huetrition Holiday Gift Guide

The folks at Huetrition have come up with some fantastic and healthy gift ideas in their HueTrition Holiday Gift Guide.

Healthy Christmas Snacks for Kids

We’ve come up with some of our own ideas for healthy Christmas Snacks for kids made from fruits and vegetables.

Strawberry Banana “Peppermint” Sticks

It just wouldn’t feel like the holidays without peppermint sticks and candy canes. For this simple and healthy snack, slices of fresh fruit mimic those iconic candy stripes. This fun, festive treat is so simple it really doesn’t even need instructions.

What You’ll Need:

bananas
strawberries
wooden skewers
knife
cutting board

Directions:

Cut thick slices of strawberries and bananas.
Thread the fruit slices onto wooden skewers in an alternating pattern. For younger children, skip the wooden skewers and lay the fruit onto a plate into a candy cane design.

Cucumber Melon Christmas Trees

Edible trees made with fruits and vegetables are perfect for healthy holiday snacking!

What You’ll Need:

cucumbers
knife
wooden skewers
cantaloupe or melon
star cookie cutter

Directions:

Cut thin slices of cucumber. (Optional: You can peel the cucumbers before slicing. The choice is yours. The unpeeled slices are a little stiffer, but they have a lovely dark green color.)
Scrunch up the slices of cucumber and thread them on wooden skewers. You’ll want to narrow the width as you go to create the illusion of a tree. Thread as many slices onto the wooden skewer as you need.
Cut slices of cantaloupe. Use a star-shaped cookie cutter to cut stars from slices.
Thread the star-shaped fruit onto the wooden skewers to top off your cucumber trees.

Apple Pomegranate Wreath

Apples and pomegranates combine to create a festive fruit tray that’s a cinch to pull together!

What You’ll Need:

apple slices
fresh pomegranate
plate

Directions:

Simply line the outside of a plate with slices of green apple.
Sprinkle pomegranate over the apples to add pops of color and nutrition.
If desired, you can use other pieces of sliced fruit to create a bow. Triangular-shaped pineapple slices put together are just one of many fun options for a bow. Feel free to get creative with other fruits sprinkled in like blueberries or raspberries.

Fun Fruit Santas

Turn fruit into Santas with this fun snack idea.

What You’ll Need:

wooden skewers
bananas
strawberries
grapes

Directions:

Slice off the leafy tops of the strawberries for Santa hats.
Peel and cut a banana into slices to serve as the fuzzy parts of the Santa hats.
Thread a grape, banana slice, strawberry, and banana tip (in that order) onto a wooden skewer. For an added touch, you can even use a food-safe marker to draw faces on the grapes.

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Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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Susan Carraretto and her identical twin, Janice Croze, created 5 Minutes for Mom in 2006. Susan loves all social media, but her top addiction these days is Pinterest.