Snacks to Take on a Long Drive

We just went on a trip with our two kids over Easter. We took a cooler, so some of our snacks were cooled. I put grapes and apples in baggies which went over well. I did the same with Goldfish and a variety of their favorite crackers/snacks. Do NOT do the YoGo's though, they get dropped too easily!!!

One of the best things I did was buy some of the "kid" water bottles (I think it's by Ozarka). They have great spouts that don't leak easily and are a great size for kids. My kids loved them, which kept them from drinking too much soda or juice on the trip.

Good luck!!

First and foremost---yeah USAF..I'm a military brat also..dad and all the boys are/were in USAF--two boys are currently captains at Lackland in San Antonio!!

As everybody mentioned--dried fruits and cereals..My two year old loves the dried cranberries and dried blueberries(Walmart has the store brands for about $1.50 but the blueberries are around $3.) They also have dried cherries..I would usually mix the berries with goldfish--salty sweet like trail mix.

Also try getting the bite size whole grain shredded wheat(strawberrie and cinnamon sugar are the best.)

Wheat thins have whole grain crackers that are yummy too and also great to mix with the dried fruit. Make sure you get the whole wheat kind(first ingrediant should read made with whole wheat flour not enriched bleached flour.)
Goodluck and have fun!!

B B

Go to Kraftfoods.com and click on exp for kids. They have a lot of snack ideas in there and I saw a few trail mix type recipes when I was going through them the other day. Then of course things like apples, bannanas, fruit snacks, grapes, crackers/animal crackers, raisins/yorgurt covered rasins etc etc are always good and not so messy. Do you have a portable laptop or DVD player? That will provide some entertainment as well! Have fun!

Try goldfish, cheese and crackers, cereal like cheerios, pretzels. Having a cooler will help keep any drinks cool and you can do things like carrot stickt and dip, too.

Hi J.! We took a long road trip last summer when my son was 2. One of the best snacks are goldfish! They are not sticky, kids love them, and they are so cheap! We also had crackers, cereal, and we would stop and get fruit whenever we could. We took A LOT of books to entertain him. We did stop quite a bit, but it was worth it! We had an awesome time!!
HAVE FUN!