Healthy Packaged Snacks & Sides for the Lunch Box

By Karen Cicero
August 06, 2014
In a rush? Put these healthy packaged snacks in your child's lunch box, or send them in for snacktime.
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Brown Rice Triscuit Thin Crisps Cinnamon Sugar

Credit: Avery Powell

A blend of brown rice, whole wheat, and even a little sweet potato (extra veggies!), these airy, low-sodium crackers have a reasonable 3 grams of sugar per serving. (130 calories, 3g fat)

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Clif KidZ Bar Protein

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These whole-grain bars in flavors such as Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter Chocolate pack 5 grams of protein, more than a typical granola bar. (130 to 140 calories, 3 to 4g fat)

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Pamela's Figgies & Jammies

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Available in four flavors, these gluten-free, egg-free cookies are packed with antioxidant-rich figs. (90 to 100 calories, 2g fat each)

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Healthy Snacks: Why Kids Need to Snack

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Food Should Taste Good Multigrain Pita Puffs

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Kids loved these crispy, airy bites made with several kinds of whole grains, including rye and oats. (70 calories, 3g fat for 20 puffs)

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GoGo Squeez Fruit & Veggiez

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Known for its fun squeezable applesauce, this company created a new line of combos that include veggies – like apple, sweet potato, and grape or apple, pear, and carrot. Tasters ate them as enthusiastically as the apple-only ones. (60 to 70 calories, 0 fat)

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Van's PB&J Sandwich Bars

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Even the kids who weren't following a gluten-free diet liked these, saying that they taste, well, like a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich. (160 calories, 6g fat)

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Smartfood Delight Sea Salt Popcorn

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This three-ingredient product (popcorn, oil, and sea salt) is flavorful even though it's air-popped. Serve only to children ages 4 and up. (35 calories, 2g fat per cup)

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Pressels Sesame

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These teeny baked round pretzels have sesame seeds on top instead of salt. Yum! (110 calories, 3g fat)

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Lunch Monitor: What Are Kids Throwing Away?

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Van's Say Cheese! Gluten Free Crackers

Credit: Peter Ardito

Kids who are on a gluten-free diet will smile about cheddary crackers shaped like a hexagon. (70 calories, 3g fat for 15 pieces)

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Buddy Fruits 100% Apple Chips

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Slow eaters may not be able to finish a whole apple at lunch. But a single-serve bag of these chips, which contain 1 1/2 apples, takes less time to eat. (80 calories, 0 fat)

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Dole Fruit Squish'ems!

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Your kid will get a serving of fruit in each packet he squeezes into his mouth. The healthy packaged snack comes in three flavors; our tasters preferred apple-mixed berry. (60 calories, 0 fat)

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Funley's Delicious Wholly Granolly Clusters Wild Apple Berry

Credit: Peter Ardito

Each single-serve bag of these fruity oat-brown rice-flour balls is fortified with calcium. (120 calories, 2g fat)

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Kashi Sea Salt & Olive Oil Hummus Crisps

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Chickpeas are the first ingredient in this airy and healthy packaged snack that packs 4 grams of fiber per serving. (120 calories, 4g fat for 27 crisps)

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Wholly Guacamole Snack Packs

Credit: Peter Ardito

Perfect for dipping raw veggies or baked tortilla chips, this Mexican staple is available in three flavors, but kid tasters favored the Classic and Avocado Ranch. (100 calories, 9 to 10g fat apiece)

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Brown Rice Triscuit Baked With Sweet Potato

Credit: Peter Ardito

Our tiny tasters gave two thumbs up to the Roasted Sweet Onion flavor of this cracker, likening it to sour-cream-and-onion potato chips. (130 calories, 5g fat for six)

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Funny Face Flavored Dried Cranberries

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Marketing genius: They look like a package of fruit snacks. But they're really dried cranberries sold in four flavors, like Goofy Grape and Freckle Face Strawberry. (50 calories, 0 fat per 3/4-oz. pack)

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