Ask the Village: Snacks for 1 Year Olds

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Today’s question: what are some easy snack ideas for 1 year olds?

It’s obvious from what was submitted that “easy” is defined differently for everyone! I tried to categorize them below in a way that made the most sense for what you might be looking for.

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Low Mess + Minimal Prep

• Goldfish
• Applesauce pouch or fruit + veggie pouch (we like the ones from Costco)
• Rice cakes
• Freeze dried fruit (we’ve gotten ours from Target, Aldi, or Trader Joe’s)
• Cheddar Bunnies
• Bamba
• Phool makhana (lotus seeds)
• That’s It bars
• Little Bellies Pick-Me sticks (a fave!)
• Cheerios (we like the veggie blend!)
• Puffs
• Yogurt melts
• Amara smoothie melts
• Yumi bars
• Veggie straws
• Cerebelly pouches
• Good and Gather snack bars
• Crackers
• Teething wafers
• Pirates booty
• Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels (my son LOVES!)
• Mini Nutrigrain Granola Bars
• Slice of bread
• TJ’s olives
• Chickpea crackers
• Frozen yogurt
• Cheese: Babybel, shredded cheese, mozzarella cheese
• Yogurt pouch
• Frozen yogurt tubes

These are a little more messy depending on how you prepare and serve:

• Any fruit would work as a snack, but specific ones listed were: watermelon, blueberries, mandarin oranges (we get the prepackaged ones from Costco!), grapes, kiwi, bananas, strawberries
• Veggies: edamame was specifically recommended, but any veggie would work
• Pickles

Bake, Cook, or Prepare:

• Leftovers from previous meals
• Turkey meatballs
• Carrot zucchini muffins
• Banana yogurt muffins
• Oat and banana cookies
• Homemade goldfish
• Apple banana muffins
• Waffles
• Pear cooked in cinnamon
• Oatmeal pancakes
• Banana bread
• Oat bars
• Fruit ice pop
• Sweet potato fries
• Boiled eggs or egg whites
• Mini quiches
• Rice balls with goat cheese inside
• Bean and cheese fritters
• Veggie fritters
• Roasted apple slices
• Peanut butter toast
• Hummus toast
• Avocado toast
• Steamed mashed carrots with cinnamon and butter
• Toast with cream cheese
• Rice cake with mashed avocado and egg
• Cauliflower rice balled and cooked in air fryer
• Spinach banana pancakes
• Chickpea veggie bites (roast bunch of veg, put in food processor, pan fry into patties)
• Wrap toasted with nut butter and banana
• Banana zucchini mini muffins

No Cook Combos:

• Cheese and crackers
• Fruit and yogurt
• Banana slices topped with yogurt and hemp seeds
• Ricotta and tomato
• Cheese and lunch meat
• Naan with hummus
• Crackers and hummus
• Cottage cheese and tomatoes
• Avocado with hemp seeds
• Smoothie
• Cucumbers with tzatziki
• Nut butter on rice cake
• Yogurt, almond butter, and hemp seeds
• Pears with shredded cheese
• Homemade yogurt pouch: yogurt, berry, hemp hearts
• Banana topped with pb
• Crackers with cottage cheese
• Cottage cheese blended with frozen fruit
• Chia pudding

I hope this gives you some variety of snack ideas to give to your little one. Feel free to comment below if you have additional ones!