Want the key to a satisfying snack? These wholesome dips for teenagers are an effective way to make contemporary fruits and veggies extra enjoyable!
If your youngsters aren’t reaching for his or her uncooked carrot sticks at snack time, right here’s the ticket: add a dip! Dips are an effective way to assist youngsters, particularly choosy eaters, eat a wide range of meals. Just like a tortilla chip is 10x extra scrumptious with do-it-yourself guacamole dip, it’s greater than okay to jazz up sliced fruit with a enjoyable sauce.
The final dippable snack: apples and peanut butter! Not solely is is tastier than consuming an apple on it its personal, however consuming fruit with a protein and wholesome fat-rich dip or unfold will assist preserve youngsters satiated and energized for longer.
Whether you’re placing collectively a snack board with strawberries and pretzels for an after college get-together or your aim is to get your child(s) to eat a wholesome snack earlier than soccer observe, dips make plain fruits and veggies style an entire lot higher.
Our Favorite Dips
While I definitely don’t make a flowery youngsters charcuterie board daily of the week, I do like to supply a wide range of wholesome choices for the youngsters to select from and encourage them to eat contemporary snacks over packaged after I can (this doesn’t at all times work – lol!). Mazen loves something chocolate or peanut butter, and Birch loves something dipped in ketchup (and I imply something!).
Today I’m sharing a straightforward dip recipe plus a round-up of each candy and savory dips that I discovered throughout the online. They’re all easy to make with actual meals substances and tons of kid-friendly flavors. There is one thing that each child (and grownup) will love!
Almond Butter Fluff Dip
Ingredients
I got here up with this tremendous easy dip made up of yogurt, almond butter, and chocolate chips (with a contact of cinnamon) as a technique to serve a snack plate. After years of whipping peanut butter in complete Greek yogurt to make an excellent fluffy, frosting-like whip, I attempted it with almond butter (Birch’s favourite) and added mini chocolate chips for visible temptation: what youngster isn’t drawn to bits of chocolate?
99% Good For You
This recipe is 99% good for you with protein and calcium from the yogurt and wholesome fat from the almond butter. Feel free to make use of peanut or sunflower seed butter as a substitute!
What To Serve With Your Fluff
- Sliced apples or pears
- Carrots or celery (it’s like peanut butter + celery!)
- Animal crackers
- Pretzels
- Crackers
- Graham crackers (unfold between two for a “cookie sandwich”)
- A spoon. I had the remainder of ours for dessert!
The large youngsters thought it was nice!
Instructions
Almond Butter Fluff Dip
This dip made out of whipped Greek yogurt and almond butter is good-for-you and delish topped with chocolate chips for good measure.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup complete milk Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp almond butter be certain that it is fairly drippy
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 tbsp mini chocolate chips
Instructions
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Whip yogurt, almond butter, cinnamon and salt collectively in a bowl with a whisk.
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Stir in chocolate chips and add extra on high.
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Serve with contemporary fruits and veggies, crackers, or different kid-friendly snacks. Or take pleasure in with a spoon!
Here are some extra kid-friendly dips to assist your kiddos eat their veggies! They are all tremendous straightforward to make.
More Healthy Dips For Kids
Greek Yogurt Ranch Dip
This Greek yogurt ranch veggie dip is made with made with dried herbs and spices that you just most likely have already got in your pantry, and far more healthy than any ranch dressing you’ll discover on the grocery store.
Edamame Hummus
This protein-packed edamame hummus is the right wholesome dip to pack in your youngsters lunchboxes to gas their day!
Pumpkin Hummus
This seasonal pumpkin hummus is filled with vitamin A. It’s scrumptious and even seems like a cute pumpkin!
Creamy Avocado Dip
This avocado dip is fast and simple to make, super-smooth and creamy, and tastes so contemporary and flavorful!
Healthy Cheese Dip
You would by no means know this straightforward cheese dip is usually cauliflower and carrots. It’s an effective way to get youngsters to eat veggies they may not in any other case take pleasure in.
Peanut Butter Dip
This wholesome peanut butter dip is simply 4 substances and tastes like frosting! Perfect for dipping apples, pretzels or fruit.
4-Ingredient Nutella (Vegan + GF)
Serve this to the kiddos as a particular deal with. This 4-ingredient vegan Nutella is scrumptious with bananas and graham crackers, and can also be tasty on pancakes and waffles!
More Healthy Snack Ideas for Kids
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