Suggestions for Healthy Snacks

Fresh fruit and vegetables
Yogurt
Bagels with lowfat cream cheese
Baby carrots and other vegetables with lowfat dip
Trail mix*
Nuts and seeds*
Fig cookies
Animal crackers
Baked chips
Lowfat popcorn
Granola bars*
Soft pretzels and mustard
Pizza (no extra cheese and no more than one meat)
Pudding
String cheese
Cereal bar
Single-serve lowfat or fat free milk (regular or flavored)
100% fruit juice (small single-serving)
Bottled water (including flavored water)

*May be allergens and/or a choking risk for some people.

Acceptable pre-packaged snacks that meet policy criteria

Dole Fruit Bowls
Dole Fruit Parfaits
Frito Lay Baked Chips
General Mills Chex Mix Traditional
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Muffin Bars – Banana
Kellogg’s Special K Snack Bites – Strawberry
Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch Bar
Motts Applesauce
Nabisco 100 Calorie Pack Wheat Thins
Nabisco Teddy Grahams
Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars – Cinnamon/Honey & Oat
Quaker Breakfast Bites – Strawberry/Apple Crisp
Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
Quaker Trail Mix Bars – Cranberry, Raisins & Almonds
Snyder’s Pretzels
Sunshine Right Bites CHEEZ-IT
Sun-Maid Raisins


Note: Some candies and sugary snacks may meet the criteria listed above. Michigan Action for Healthy Kids encourages school to offer snacks that contain fruit, vegetables or whole grains over chips and sweets such as candies, cupcakes and cookies.