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50+ After School Snacks

Six-photo picture collage of granola bar bites, white chocolate chip cranberry oatmeal cookies, Amish banana muffins, Samoa rice crispy treats, snickerdoodle bars, and s'more granola bars. In the center are the words "50+ After School Snacks" overlaid on the photo collage.

 At the end of the busy school day, kids are hungry and look forward to eating a snack. Whether they are going to after-school activities or going home, they need a snack to keep them happy and energized. I have compiled a collection of 50+ After School Snacks to satisfy kids of all ages. 

No matter how much I keep my pantry stocked with snacks for lunches, sometimes it continually needs to be stocked. But when I make a quick snack after school, my kids are not digging around in the pantry and sneaking fruit snacks and stuff like that.  I’m not bashing processed foods–and sometimes they save me–but I do like to give my kids snacks knowing all of the ingredients in them. Simple homemade snacks are great recipes for that.

From energy bites to zucchini pizza, this list has something for everyone to stave off their hunger till dinner time.

 

Energy Bites

Granola Bar Bites RecipeGranola Bar Bites
a blue bowl of no bake peanut butter energy bites and a spoon with peanut butter to the left of it on a white table cloth with chocolate chips spread aroundNo-bake Peanut Butter Energy Bites
No-bake-Chocolate-and-Peanut-butter-energy-bites-No Bake Chocolate and Peanut Butter Energy Bites
A dinner bowl plate full of no-bake cookie energy bites.No-Bake Cookie Energy Bites

Bars

A white polka dotted dark blue plate of square-cut monster cookie bars with m&ms and chocolate chips surrounding the plate.Monster Cookie Bars
A chocolate peanut butter bar with a bite taken out of a corner held above a small plate with a couple of peanut butter bars and the corner of a sheet pan with a peanut butter bar and the handle of a serving spatula.Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
A glass 9x13 pan of cut peanut butter and chocolate chip granola bars.Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Three cut peanut butter bars stacked offset on top of each other on top of several plates. Faded in the background are more cut double peanut butter bars on parchment paper.No-bake Double Peanut Butter Bars

sprinkle loaded funfetti cookie bars topped with swig buttercream and more rainbow sprinklesFunfetti Swig Cookie Bars
Stack of three Oatmeal Scotchie Bars on a stack of three plates, you can see the cookie sheet with the rest of the bars in the backgroundOatmeal Scotchie Bars
Homemade-Smore-Granola-Bars...best-granola-bars-I-have-EVER-made1Homemade S’more Granola Bars {These are AMAZING!}
Three slices of Snickerdoodle Bars stacked on top of three small white plates. To the left of the plates is a cinnamon-sugar shaker.Snickerdoodle Bars

Cookies

7 frosted Banana Split Cookies on a dark blue plate with white dots. Strawberries and chocolate chips are in the bottom corners and upper right corner.Banana Split Cookies
White chocolate chip Craisin cookies sitting on a cooling rack.Best Ever White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Better-Than-the-Bakery-Peanut-butter-M&M-Cookies-recipeBetter than the Bakery Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
Two stacked small plates with five cowboy cookies on top and old-fashioned oats and chocolate chips scattered around the plates.Cowboy Cookies

rows of cookies with colorful M&Ms and chocolate chips on a cookie sheetGrandma’s Monster Cookies
The-Best-classic-Snickerdoodle-Cookies-1The Best Classic Snickerdoodle Cookies
A cookie being held between the first finger and thumb held above a blue plate with several cookies on top with a grey tablecloth in the backgroundChewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
white plate full of fluffy banana cookies with white buttercream frostingThe Best Banana Cookies

Muffins

A kitchen towel lined bowl filled with chocolate chip mini muffins.Mini Chocolate Chip Muffins
banana zucchini muffin, bikini muffin. Picture of someone holding one they have taken a bite out of it. you can see the muffin tin with more muffins in the background.Banana Zucchini {Bikini} Muffins
A banana carrot chocolate chip muffin with the wrapper pealed down sitting on a small plate with chocolate chips scattered around the plate. On the left of the plate are two diagonally placed carrots. Above the plate is a partial banana and to the right is a muffin sitting in a muffin pan.Banana Carrot Chocolate Chip Muffins
A black wire cooling rack with Amish Banana MuffinsAmazing Amish Banana Muffins

The-BEST-Toddler-MuffinsThe BEST Toddler Muffins
A bran muffin cut in half with butter and strawberry jam on top sitting on three white plates. In the background is a jar of strawberry jam and a partial picture of a muffin pan with muffins in it.Refrigerator Bran Muffins
A muffin pan of Brown Sugar Muffins with a muffin held above the pan.Brown Sugar Muffin Recipe
A toddler cream cheese muffin cut in half with butter smeared on it sitting on a stack of small white plates. Several muffins surround the plates along with two ripe bananas.Toddler Muffins with Banana, Cream Cheese and Oatmeal

Rice Krispy Treats

A glass 9x13 dish of cut Rice Krispie Treats with one piece held above by a hand.The Best Rice Krispie Treats
Cut peanut butter Rice Krispie treats stacked on each other on a round dark blue with white polka dots Polish pottery plate. In the bottom left corner are several mini marshmallows. In the upper right corner is a metal spoon with peanut butter and mini marshmallows surrounding it.Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
A s'more Rice Krispy treat on a small plate with the text S'mores Rice Krispy Treats overlaid and centered on the photo.S’mores Rice Krispy Treats Recipe
A Rice Krispies Treat being held by two hands beginning to pull it apart. In the background there are a few servings of the treats sitting on small white plates.Amazing Samoa Rice Krispie Treats

A few cut sweet and salty rice Krispy treats stacked in the middle with single squares of sweet and salty rice Krispy treats surrounding the stack.Sweet and Salty Rice Krispies
Chocolate-Scotcheroo-Rice-Krispie-Treats-3Chocolate Scotcheroo Rice Krispie Treats
Chewy Caramel Rice Crispy Treats with Chocolate Chips
Snicker-Rice-Crispy-Treats-RecipeSnicker Bar Rice Krispies Treats

Snack Cakes & Quick Breads

Healthy Banana Snack Cake
Three slices of zucchini bread staggered on one another. The words "The BEST Zucchini Bread" are overlaid and centered on top of the photo.The BEST Zucchini Bread Recipe
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Snack Cake with Oatmeal and Whole Wheat FlourPumpkin Chocolate Chip Snack Cake
Small cutting board with a sliced loaf of banana bread and a baking dish with another loaf in the backgroundAmish Banana Bread

Banana chocolate bread sliced and sitting on a plate with chocolate chips scattered around the bread.The Best Chocolate Banana Bread
Sliced Glazed Lemon Zucchini Bread loaf and a whole lemon on a large Polish pottery plate with small circles and criss-cross patternGlazed Lemon Zucchini Bread
Zucchini-Chocolate-Chip-Snack-Cake-kids-LOVE-this-stuffZucchini Chocolate Chip Snack Cake
The Best Banana BreadClassic Banana Bread {Mom’s Recipe}

Treats for Hot Days

Dole-WhipDole Whip
Kool-Aid-Shaved-Ice-SyrupKool-Aid Shaved Ice and Snow Cone Syrup
Pina-Coladas-non-alcoholic-real-life-dinnerPina Coladas {non-alcoholic}
Yobert (a delicious new spin on sherbet) 2 ingredientsYobert {2 ingredients}

And a Few More Snacks

A small bowl of cheese sauce sitting on a large Polish pottery platter filled with biscuit pretzel bites.Easy Biscuit Pretzel Bites
Healthy-Trail-Mix-With-Oatmeal-Squares-CerealHealthy Trail Mix with Oatmeal Squares Cereal
The corner of a 9x13 glass baking dish of Toni's Zucchini Pizza.Toni’s Zucchini Pizza
A white and dark blue patterned bowl with blue polka dots full of black bean avocado salsa. On the right of the bowl is a bag of tortilla chips. Above the blue on the left is a loosely laid golden cloth napkin.Black Bean Avocado Salsa Recipe

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