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No Added Sugar Snacks – Yummy Toddler Meals


Discover easy-to-make, nutritious, and yummy no added sugar snacks to share with the youngsters. These are nice to make for infants, one yr olds, and older children—and us adults!

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That will help you extra simply discover the snack recipes on my web site that may be most simply made with out added sugar, this checklist of no added sugar snacks is right here to assist. These work as simple child snacks, yummy toddler snacks, and simply fast bites that depend on different substances for sweetness (or are savory).

A few of these wholesome snacks to make have the choice to sweeten to style with honey or maple syrup, however you may skip that in fact.

Use these as simple preschool snacks, after faculty snacks, and even as a part of a toddler lunch concept. And see every recipe for data on allergy swaps and storage.

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Favourite Bliss Balls

I’m an enormous fan of no-bake snacks, together with all method of Power Bites and power balls, and these Bliss Balls are 100% my latest favourite. The berry taste in these is critically the perfect—it type of jogs my memory of the extreme berry taste of a strawberry milkshake.

Favourite Bliss Balls

These no-bake Bliss Balls have vivid berry taste, are filled with protein and useful fat, have solely 5 substances, and retailer ridiculously nicely within the fridge for weeks. They’re a satisfying snack to share with the youngsters.

Favourite Bliss Balls

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Fruit and nut bars cut on parchment paper.

Fruit and Nut Bars (Copycat Larabar)

Larabars have ceaselessly been one in every of my go-to toddler snacks, however since they stopped making the mini ones that have been an ideal measurement for teenagers (and since they are often costly), I began making this recipe.

Fruit and Nut Bars (Copycat Larabar)

With simply 5 easy and nutritious substances and no baking, these Fruit and Nut Bars style like store-bought Larabars however for much less price. You possibly can customise the flavors and retailer them within the fridge or freezer for weeks.

Fruit and Nut Bars (Copycat Larabar)

Fruit and nut bars cut on parchment paper.
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Favourite Chocolate Balls (No-Bake)

I like a straightforward recipe that doesn’t require turning on the oven, and this one is critically satisfying. These simple cookies for teenagers are really easy to make and principally style like a brownie chew. 

Favourite Chocolate Balls (No-Bake)

Hold a batch of those SO-yummy Chocolate Balls readily available for when the subsequent chocolate craving strikes—or just once you wish to share a yummy snack or dessert with the youngsters. They’ve solely 5 substances and retailer ridiculously nicely within the fridge for weeks.

Favourite Chocolate Balls (No-Bake)

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Yogurt Pouches (Yogurt Tubes)

Yogurt Pouches and yogurt tubes are such a straightforward children snack to have readily available. I usually save slightly cash on store-bought pouches and make a batch myself. I like this recipe as a result of it’s really easy to make with substances I normally have readily available and the ensuing yogurt combination is thick and yummy.

Yogurt Pouches (Yogurt Tubes)

Rework easy, inexpensive substances into Yogurt Pouches for snack or breakfast. This simple yogurt tube recipe could be made in about 5 minutes, then saved within the fridge or freezer.

Yogurt Pouches (Yogurt Tubes)

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ABC Child Muffins (Apple, Banana and Carrot!)

Made with a nutrient-packed ingredient checklist, these tender Child Muffins are an ideal first muffin. They’re simpler to chew than a daily muffin, have three sorts of produce, are added sugar free, and so they boast a strong dose of wholesome fat—precisely what the littles want!

ABC Child Muffins (Apple, Banana and Carrot!)

These are intentionally very moist (and moister than common muffins) to make sure they’re simple for child to chew and swallow, so anticipate that from the inside. They’ve three sorts of produce within the combine and are a yummy breakfast or snack.

ABC Child Muffins (Apple, Banana and Carrot!)

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Sugar-Free Banana Muffins

Combine up a batch of those easy-to-make Sugar-Free Banana Muffins to share along with your child or toddler come breakfast or snack time. You don’t want any particular substances and they’re tremendous moist and flavorful. (P.S. There’s a vegan possibility too!)

Sugar-Free Banana Muffins

Make sure to use very ripe bananas (with numerous brown spots!) for the perfect taste and pure sweetness. (I up to date this recipe December 2020 to make sure essentially the most dependable outcomes. The unique model of this recipe is the “Egg-free” possibility within the Notes should you liked that. In the primary recipe, I decreased the oil, added an egg, elevated the baking soda a smidge, and decreased the baking time. They’re nice!)

Sugar-Free Banana Muffins

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Banana oatmeal bars cut into rectangles.

Banana Oatmeal Bars

With simply 5 substances and a texture and taste that’s much like a delicate oatmeal cookie, these Banana Oatmeal Bars are a nutritious (and yummy!) make-ahead breakfast or snack.

Banana Oatmeal Bars

With simply 5 substances and a texture and taste that is much like a delicate oatmeal cookie, these Banana Oatmeal Bars are a nutritious (and yummy!) make-ahead breakfast or snack.

Banana Oatmeal Bars

Banana oatmeal bars cut into rectangles.
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Favourite Child Cookies

Bake up a nourishing snack to share with the littles with this tremendous simple Child Cookies recipe. With a couple of taste choices—and an opportunity to make use of up lingering child meals purees together with candy potato, apple, and banana!—these are each nutritious and yummy.

Favourite Child Cookies

You need to use any puree that you just like the flavour of on this recipe—it really works finest with purees which can be the consistency of mashed banana or mashed candy potato.

Favourite Child Cookies

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Favourite Applesauce Pouches

Be taught the best solution to make a batch of Selfmade Applesauce Pouches for simple snacks and meal parts. It takes lower than half-hour and is an ideal for infants and toddlers—and it shops so nicely, too!

Favourite Applesauce Pouches

Be taught the best solution to make a batch of Applesauce Pouches, with six taste choices, in lower than half-hour. That is simple, scrumptious, and versatile—and an ideal solution to batch-prep a snack or meal part.

Favourite Applesauce Pouches

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So Straightforward Sliced Baked Apples

I are inclined to have an apple or two left on the finish of the week, and whereas my children don’t all the time like to eat them recent, they do love them was sliced baked apples! This tremendous easy methodology transforms apples into candy slices of goodness with none want for additional sugar or fancy substances.

So Straightforward Sliced Baked Apples

Rework recent apples into Sliced Baked Apples as a easy snack, aspect dish, or as child led weaning apples. The tremendous easy methodology takes simply 5 minutes to prep, and so they work as a topping for oatmeal, yogurt, pancakes, and extra!

So Straightforward Sliced Baked Apples

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Straightforward Strawberry Applesauce

Simmer recent strawberries and apples collectively for this no-added-sugar strawberry applesauce. It’s prepared in half-hour and is a wholesome child meals puree toddlers will love too!

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Straightforward Fruit Cups

My children love store-bought fruit cups, nevertheless it’s laborious to purchase sufficient (with out breaking my meals finances)—enter home made Fruit Cups. These work to make forward of time and stash within the fridge and you should use them to repurpose leftover fruit. Win!

Straightforward Fruit Cups

Rework diced fruit into scrumptious home made fruit cups that rival store-bought by way of taste and price. You may make extra cups or much less, in response to your desire.

Straightforward Fruit Cups

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Straightforward Mango Popsicles

My ladies are completely obsessive about mango, and I like how naturally creamy it’s. Which signifies that once you mix it up into mango popsicles, it has critically scrumptious outcomes—with hardly anything added to the combo.

Straightforward Mango Popsicles (2-Substances!)

These tremendous simple Mango Popsicles are loopy easy to make—they’ve simply two substances—and they’re utterly refreshing. Plus, the vitamin C, probiotics, and protein make them a nutritious snack for these little bellies!

Straightforward Mango Popsicles (2-Substances!)

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Fruit Ice Pops Recipe

We’re super-fans of all frozen treats over right here, and it appeared excessive time to make one solely from fruit. This complete fruit Ice Pops recipe is the scrumptious outcome. The ice pops take about 10 minutes to organize and are so versatile that you would be able to make them with nearly any fruit you’ve gotten. Win!

Fruit Ice Pops Recipe

This complete fruit Ice Pops recipe takes about 10 minutes to make and are so versatile that you would be able to make them with nearly any fruit you’ve gotten. Use apple juice or coconut milk (for slightly creaminess) if desired. I used the plastic ice pop sleeves and made 3. Smaller popsicle molds might end in extra.

Fruit Ice Pops Recipe

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2-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream

There are such a lot of issues we will do with an abundance of ripe bananas (or leftover bananas that the youngsters have determined to not eat) and whereas we love Banana BreadBanana Bread MuffinsBanana Cookies, and Banana Cake, we like this Banana Ice Cream.

2-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream

Make a batch of the best Banana Ice Cream to share with the youngsters with simply two substances and the creamiest texture! It takes about 5 minutes, there are simple methods to customise it to your preferences, and it’s simply so good.

2-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream

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Greatest Ideas for Success

  • See every particular person recipe for allergy swaps and storage data.
  • Do not forget that infants below age 1 can’t safely devour honey.
  • These recipes are designed to have loads of taste from substances resembling fruit, complete grains, and protein substances with out the addition of added sugars resembling honey, maple syrup, agave, or granulated sugar. As a result of they’re yummy and simple to make this manner!
  • Take into account that the rules from the American Academy of Pediatrics that say toddlers below age 2 ought to keep away from added sugar miss numerous actual life context—and that our relationship with meals (and nervousness about substances) issues loads, too. Which signifies that in case you have different older children and wish to make a muffin recipe with slightly maple syrup that everybody will get pleasure from; otherwise you love a home made sauce that has slightly sweetener in it; you notice {that a} smoothie tastes loads much less bland and is extra prone to be loved with slightly maple syrup…that’s—to me a minimum of—solely effective. We have to keep in mind that our total meals atmosphere is what issues to the well being of our children, not merely one single ingredient.

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