Healthier Post-Game Nut-free Team Snack Ideas (Nut-Free)

1. Annie’s Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies as well as Goldfish and Cheez-Its are always a hit
2. Sensible Portions’ Veggie Straws. I quite often find these very light, airy and very crunchy snacks irresistible!
3. Smartfood’s White Cheddar Cheese Popcorn: These may be a little messy on the fingers but they sure are always a hit!
4. Pretzels: Snack Factory’s Pretzel Crisps: The girls love the Snack Factory’s Pretzel Crisps (flat pretzels) paired with a fine cheese stick. Snyders, Utz and Rold Golds pretzels are all safe snacks for peanut/tree nut allergies, too.
5. Pretzel Rods: Rolds Golds, Snyders, Clancy’s (Aldi brand) all make them and they’re nut-safe. When I was little, I used to pretend they were cigars, not PC, I know. Plus they are probably a choking hazard for younger kids because they’ll undoubtedly run around with them in their mouths, but they’re still fun and something you can easily dole out of a big bag.
6. Pirate’s Booty: Cheesy poofs! Gluten-free too. Baked, not fried. No artificial colors, flavors or preservatives
7. Stacy’s Pita Chips: Delicious with hummus!
8. Frito Lays Baked Chip Varieties: Sometimes the girls just want chips. These aren’t so horrible.
9. Cascadian Farm Granola Bars: Chocolate Chip or Vanilla Chip. One of the only granola bars I’ve found that are safe for my girls. And they’re organic!
10. Pringles: Individually packaged. Though not considered “healthy”, are always a hit, especially the sour cream ones. Kids have literally cried because we ran out of the sour cream one first. Too bad they don’t sell just packs of those!
11. Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars: While these bars aren’t actually “crunchy”, they’re an amazing snack packed with goodness! These bars are whole wheat, non-GMO, nut-free, dairy-free, vegan and Kosher! A few years back, Little Sis’ competitive club team mandated chocolate milk and fig bars after games to help restore spent little players’ bodies. My husband ran across these fig bars and we’ve been buying them ever since. We found the Original Fig flavor to be the least popular while the Raspberry bars were the most. Personally, I love them all, but I know, it’s not about me, at all. ; ) You can find 24 packs of these at Costco, buy them on Amazon in the link below or smaller packs in just about any grocery store.

Dairy/Protein Snacks

1. Cheese sticks: My girls love pairing these and the next 2 cheeses with Pretzel Crisps
2. Laughing Cow Cheese: I love these too and can easily down 2 or 3 in one sitting, though I try really hard to just stick to one wedge.
3. Mini Babybel Cheese Wheels : Not only are they yummy, kids certainly have fun opening the wax casing, too.
4. Squeezable Yogurts: Like Gogurts, YoSqueeze and plenty of other brands with no artificial flavors, colors, high fructose syrup and some even organic. Fun frozen, too!
5. Smoothie drinks: Like Danimals in their cute little mini bottles. The perfect portion for kids, if you ask me.
6. Sticks of Meat: Sounds so funny, but it’s a great way to give them a little extra protein.
7. Beef Jerky: We love beef jerky. Yummy protein! Chomps Minis are our go-to beef sticks. These Grass Fed Beef Jerky Meat Snack Sticks are Keto, Paleo, Whole30 Approved, Sugar Free, Low Carb, Nitrate Free, Gluten Free, High Protein, Non-GMO. This means they’re a little pricier but worth it, we’ve found. We’ve been getting them for about $1 each but their price seems to have doubled recently, so I’ve included less expensive but no less tasty links below.
8. Hummus: We love Sabra’s to-go cups. Costco sells their own brand, too. They’re great with carrots or pita chips.

Fruity Snacks

1. Freeze Dried Fruits: like Brother’s All-Natural which are non-GMO. Kids are particularly intrigued by these, especially when I call them “astronaut fruit”!
2. Applesauce Pouches: like GoGo Squeez. No spoons necessary!
3. All-natural fruit snacks, fruit leathers, fruit straws, etc: Like Annie’s Homegrown Fruit snacks or Simply Balanced brands from Target. Who doesn’t love a good fruit snack?

Fruits & Veggies Snacks

1. Apples: small whole or pre-packaged slices
2. Oranges: of the tangerine or Cutie variety
3. Bananas: ooh ah ah ah! (my monkey impersonation)
4. Pre-packaged single serving size veggies: Like carrots or sugar snap peas. Sure, why not? My girls actually choose these on occasion!

Treats (if you must, lol.) Of course these won’t necessarily be healthy, not even health-ier, but these particular brands are at least nut-free!

1. Nut-free Cupcakes: These can more readily found these days. Just look for the peanut/tree-nut free label on the front or back. They’re usually found in your grocer’s bakery section and/or bakery freezer case. We pretty much have to avoid any grocery store bakery section cupcakes/baked goods because they just can’t guarantee cross-contamination, but if you look carefully at some of the pre-packaged baked goods, you will run into the “nut-free” label. This is one particular brand that we go to quite often. I was happy to find that Walmart has a great selection of nut-free treats in their bread section. My girls were SO excited when I found cookie sandwiches they could ACTUALLY eat!
2. Nature’s Bakery Double Chocolate Brownies: My girls like the taste of these brownies which are nut -free, dairy-free, Non-GMO, Vegan and Kosher. These can be found in most grocery and big-box stores like Target and Walmart, or on Amazon.
3. Annie’s Bunny Grahams. Big Sis and I have a difference of opinion on these. I classify them as a treat, she says their not really a treat because they aren’t that sweet. I’m still putting it in the treat section. lol.
4. Pre-packaged variety of cookies: These have been safely consumed by my girls: Oreos, Chips Ahoy (Original), Fudge Stripes just to name a few.

1. Back to Nature Juice Pouches: They have a whopping 19 grams of sugar per pouch but my girls love the taste of this fruit punch (as do I), more so than any of the other all-natural/organic brands out there. These aren’t organic but contain NO artificial preservatives, flavors, colors or high fructose corn syrup. Plus they are non-GMO.
2. Honest Kids’ Organic Juice Pouches: My girls don’t like these at all, as they only have 9 gram of sugar per pouch, (punks!), but I’ve seen other kids chug this stuff so it can’t be that bad! I just wish mine would!
3. Tropicana Kids Drink Pouches: These are my new go-to juice pouch. While they’re only 45% juice, they are organic, contain 100% of Vitamin C daily allowance and ONLY HAVE 8 grams of sugar! The amazing thing is that my girls LOVE how these taste. Woo hoo!
4. Horizon Milk Cartons, White or Chocolate: “Many nutritionists say that chocolate milk is one of the best post-workout recovery drinks.” I lifted this quote out of my cookbook: The Best Homemade Kids’ Lunches on the Planet by Laura Fuentes. There’s a killer homemade chocolate syrup recipe in it for making chocolate milk. Big Sis wholeheartedly agrees with Laura and throws it in my face when I sometimes just feel like saying no. haha. *FOR THE RECORD: COSTCO BRAND KIRKLAND MINI CARTONS OF MILK ARE PROCESSED ON SAME EQUIPMENT AS TREE NUTS. Go figure! I never would have thought to check milk of all things, but luckily Big Sis did! But after reaching out to Kirkland Brand, I was told that they do clean the equipment between runs. That sounded safe enough to me so know my girls drink this milk with no issues.
5. Vita Coco Kids Juice Pouches: Another low in sugar drink at 8 grams. I saw my girls drink this at a party once and they said they liked it! Need to test them out some more.
6. Mini containers of water? I’ve actually witnessed some kids choosing water over any other drink. It was mind-blowing. The cute little bottles probably helped. lol.

So there it is! Did I miss anything? Do you have any more healthier post game team snack ideas (nut-free)? If so, please leave a comment and I just may add ’em to this post! For more information on food allergies, but sure to visit: FARE – Food Allergy Research & Education.