Quick and easy healthy snack ideas

Cold snacks

  • fresh fruit (diced)
  • frozen fruit pieces
  • vegetable pieces (carrot, celery, zucchini) in slices/sticks
  • vegetable sticks with hummus dip
  • fruit or vegetable kebabs
  • dried fruit and nut packs (raisins, currants, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, suitable nuts)
  • reduced fat cheese sticks/cubes/slices
  • small reduced fat plain or fruit yoghurt/frozen yoghurt
  • slice of raisin/fruit bread or toast
  • rice cakes/corn cakes/crispbread with hummus or vegemite
  • fingers/triangles of bread spread with grated vegetables mixed with plain reduced fat yoghurt
  • reduced fat custard
  • rice cakes topped with reduced fat cheese

Hot snacks

  • mini fruit/vegetable muffins
  • ½ jaffle
  • corn cob
  • boiled egg
  • air popped popcorn (with no added salt/butter)
  • scones (plain/fruit/cheese/pumpkin)
  • toasted English-style muffins with tomato and reduced fat cheese
  • ½ boiled potato topped with grated reduced fat cheese
  • pikelets

Drinks

  • plain water
  • reduced fat plain milk

Further information on Smart Choices can be found at Education Queensland’s website.

This Fact Sheet has been produced by Curriculum Branch, Education Queensland in conjunction with Tropical Population Health Network, Queensland Health.

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