Need some healthy snack ideas to feed your kids after school? Here are some easy, nutritious ideas that you can prep ahead of time and freeze!
Hi Friends!
I’m excited to share some healthy freezer snacks with you today! If you’ve followed for a while, you know I love my freezer and that I often use it mostly to make my life easier at snack time vs dinner time like some people.
Over the years I’ve found several snacks that can be frozen. Ie you prep them ahead of time and store them in the freezer so that when you have three kids screaming about how hungry they are, you can quickly pull something out for them! Lots of these ideas can be found in my After School Healthy Snacks and Healthy Snacks for Toddlers posts.
If you want some non-freezer snack ideas, check out these posts:
- Healthy Amazon Snacks
- Best Trader Joe’s Snacks
- Best Healthy Walmart Snacks
- Healthy Snacks At Costco For The Whole Family
- Peanut & Tree Nut Free Packaged Snacks
- Lower Sugar Cereals For Kids
- Healthy Store Bought Granola Bars for Kids
- 60+ Healthy Packaged Snacks For Kids
Here are a few freezer snack ideas:
Healthy Freezer Snacks
Energy balls
Energy balls and bars are great for the freezer. They don’t freeze all the way through, so you can eat them straight from the freezer and they last forever so you can make a big batch to have them on hand when you need them.
A few favorites:
Pro tip- If you don’t want to spend the time rolling them into balls, just press into a 9×9 pan, then freeze and cut into bars.
Smoothies
Did you know you can prep smoothies ahead of time and freeze in glass jars? Then just pop them in the microwave when you’re ready to eat. I usually make a big batch in my Vitamix – enough for 6 smoothies – and freeze them all which gets me through 3 snack times with my boys.
A few favorites
- Silken Tofu Mixed Berry Smoothie (If you’re not into tofu, swap in yogurt or milk!)
- Kid-Friendly Smoothies with Vegetables
- My go-to smoothie for the boys is mixed berries, milk, spinach and a splash of OJ
If you don’t have glass jars, you can also freeze smoothies in popsicle molds and enjoy them that way!
English Muffin Pizzas
These are a fan favorite around here. Just prep, freeze and microwave for 1 min when ready to eat.
Here’s my Freezer English Muffin Pizza recipe.
Oatmeal
Make a big batch of oatmeal, freeze in muffin tins and reheat as needed! Top with nut butter and fruit.
Here’s my recipe for Freezer Oatmeal Cups.
Waffles
Waffles freeze beautifully and all you have to do is pop them in the toaster. I always make a double batch then let them cool completely, break in half and freeze. Use them in place of bread for a sandwich to change things up!
A few favorites:
- Banana Flax Waffles
- Sweet Potato Waffles
- Whole Wheat Yogurt Waffles
- Try these Pumpkin Oat Flour Muffins for a gluten-free option
Muffins and Bars
Almost all muffins and bars freeze well. Make a double batch, freeze and just thaw on the counter or in the microwave as needed!
Favorites around here:
You can find all my muffin and bar recipes in one spot in the post: Kid-Friendly Baking Recipes.
Other ideas:
Frozen bananas
Slice bananas lengthwise, cut in half, top with peanut butter, sprinkle with hemp seeds and chocolate chips and freeze. Eat straight from the freezer.
Frozen yogurt
- Dip blueberries in yogurt, freeze on a parchment lined baking tray, store in a bag in the freezer
- Put yogurt in a ziploc bag, cut off the corner and squeeze yogurt drops onto parchment paper. Freeze, store in a bag in the freezer.
- Freeze yogurt tubes so they can be eaten frozen.
- Mix granola, chopped nuts and seeds, fruit and chocolate chips into yogurt. Spread on a parchment-lined tray and freeze. Break into chunks for frozen yogurt bark.
- Try these Chocolate Covered Raspberries to change things up!
Eggs
Not everyone likes eggs frozen and reheated but if they get the thumbs up for your eaters, they are a great freezer option. Make them egg cups like these Ham and Cheese Egg Cups or scramble a bunch of eggs to make breakfast-style burritos that you can freeze and reheat.
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Want more snack ideas? I have a whole snack resource for you. Check out The Snack Spark for simple snack pairings, allergy-friendly snacks, my favorite bars and cereals and more!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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anything with nut butter! but your fro yo bites are so good – i need to make those again!
As if you didn’t include your epic pretzel bites (which I’m making this weekend!)
My favourite afternoon snack is some dried prunes! Odd I know but I love it! Or a frozen banana done soft serve style with almond butter!
Thanks for the reminder about those fro yo bites, must make them! 🙂
My favorite afternoon snack is either a smoothie or apples and peanut butter. 🙂
apple + peanut butter!
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YEAH. ALL OF THEM.
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That Monkey Munch looks deeeelicious!!
pumpkin pie balls? yes please!
You make healthy food look SO good!!
Thanks for the killer snack list, I’ve been collecting one so this will be a great resource!!
I’ve been loving peanut butter balls lately!
I don’t have any kiddos to feed after school (yet), but this is perfect because I have been having serious snack issues. I am hungry all the time and need better snacks! Pumpkin pie balls – I’m sooo there!
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Pumpkin pie stuff just as soon as football starts/fall gets here… Which is like today!!
And wow, shameless self promotion but if any adults want a truly amazing snack, check out my recipe… =)
Thanks Lindsay!
My favourite thing to snack on in the afternoon is fruit or dried dates, they keep me going until tea time. My little man is always looking for sugary treats when he gets home from school – it is so hard not to give in but dried fruit usually does the trick for him.
I’ve been really into my homemade yogurt with peaches and ginger lately. So perfect for the summer!
My kids love anything with peanut butter. usually we do an apple with it.
Lindsay, those pumpkin pie balls sounds soo good!
These all look delicious! Yum!
I love eating sweet potatoes with nut butter for my afternoon snack… need to get that sweet in!
Honored to be part of your round-up! Hmmm. What to eat first? Since I’ve already tried the Peanut Butter Pancake Bites, I think I’ll go for the parfait or the avocado and hummus quesadillas! So good 🙂
Those all look great! Thanks for sharing
YUM! I’m actually working on a snack challenge and these are perfect!
Sweet potato bites and pumpkin pie bites are at the top of my list 🙂
Love this list! Will be so useful! Just need some time to cook!
I am a mini meal eater so snacks are meals to me! 🙂