Our Freezable Snacks For Kids collection will save you time and money. Plus you’ll always have a freezer stash of tasty snacks for hangry kids!
Feeding kids can be exhausting! Not to mention expensive too.
Even just coming up with snack ideas day in day out quite frankly just adds to the huge mental load we carry as parents.
We have hundreds of Snack Recipes For Kids in the archives, but I wanted to showcase our favourite freezable snacks for kids that you can prep ahead and just grab out of the freezer as and when you need them.
Here’s to lessening the mental load!
Lemon Loaf
A really easy, all mixed in one bowl, recipe for Lemon Loaf. Delicious as an afternoon snack!
Apple & Cinnamon Cake
A delicious soft and fluffy homemade cake, made with fresh apples and flavoured with cinnamon.
Mini Chocolate Muffins
Mini Chocolate Muffins, made a little healthier and low in sugar. Brilliant for packed lunches or as an afternoon snack for kids.
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Healthier lower sugar Mini Chocolate Cookies. Brilliant for after school snacks or to pop into packed lunches for kids.
Chocolate Orange Muffins
If you’re looking for healthy snacks that are low in sugar but really tasty, then these Chocolate Orange Muffins are the perfect freezable snacks for kids! They will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months so will last you for ages too.
Chunky Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies
Big AND filling, these chocolate chip cookies are really easy to make and freeze really well. They defrost at room temperature in just a couple of hours so perfect for an afternoon snack for kids when hunger hits!
Mini Raspberry & White Chocolate Banana Breads
This recipe is actually from over on the Pick Plates website, but it was too good to leave out of this roundup! Whilst they are fantastic for popping into snack boxes, they’re great if you want to fill your freezer with healthier snacks for kids for the holidays!
M&M Cookies
These fun homemade cookies are not only brilliant for an after school snack but pop a batch in the freezer and you have a ready made treat in the holidays for hungry kids! Great for popping on a playdate sharing plate!
Mini Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
These mini banana breads are great to batch cook and keep in the freezer. We’ve been putting them in our lunch boxes but I always have a stash in the freezer as well for at home snacks for hungry kids!
Mini Jam Pinwheels
If easy snacks are your thing, then you have to try these Mini Jam Pinwheels. Using only 3 ingredients, you can whip up a batch of these for your freezer stash in no time!
No Bake Cornflake Bars
Not great at baking? No problem! Try these No Bake Cornflake Bars. A super easy snack that the kids will love and won’t leave you stressed out and the kitchen in a mess!
3 Ingredient Banana Muffins
Serve up these 3 Ingredient Banana Muffins with a side of chopped fruit and veggies to banish hangry kids! They are egg free and can easily be made gluten free too so perfect if you have children with allergies or intolerances.
Mini Chocolate Spinach Muffins
You honestly can’t taste the spinach in these mini muffins! These kid approved spinach muffins last up to three months in the freezer and can be easily whipped up in your blender.
Strawberry & Banana Cake Bars
Ever wondered what to do with the eleventy billion strawberries you picked on that trip to the pick your own field? Once you’ve eaten all the strawberries you can face, make a batch of these cake bars to pop in the freezer for instant snacks for the kids. Or for yourself with a cup of tea!
Leftover Cereal Bars
This is a great recipe to get the kids helping with! There’s no cooking involved so even the littles one can get involved with this one. Use up leftover cereal, make freezer friendly snacks for the kids AND an activity to keep them occupied all in one! You’re welcome!
Mini Carrot Banana Bread
Fill your freezer with a batch of these Mini Carrot Banana Breads and you’ve got instant snacks that are much healthier and lower in sugar than lots of store bought snacks. Not to mention cheaper! Which is always helpful when you’ve got hungry kids to feed.
Mini Chocolate Oat Cups
You’ll only need five ingredients to make these Mini Chocolate Oat Cups and they can even be made Nut Free should you wish. There’s no cooking involved either so get the kids involved in making their own snacks and pop the leftovers in the freezer for easy snacks for weeks to come.
Healthier Chocolate Chip Cake Bars
Flash freeze these cake bars in individual servings and then whip them out of the freezer and hour of two before you need them. These healthier cake bars feel like a real treat but are much healthier than their store bought equivalents.
Mini Chocolate Courgette Banana Bread
This is one of my favourite homemade snacks for kids. Not only is it easy to make and freezes well, it also is a great way to get some hidden veg into the kids! And we all know how much we love hidden veggie recipes!
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Louise Chapman says
What tin is it you use for mini chocolate chips banana bread?
Vicky says
Hi Louise, Purchsed from Amazon – MasterClass KCMCHB69 Brownie Tin with Dividers, PFOA Non Stick Carbon Steel Baking Pan to Make 12 Cakes, 34 x 26 cm, Grey.
Also linked in the recipe https://tastyamber.store/mini-chocolate-chip-banana-bread/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EHope this helps, Enjoy!
Julia Lawless says
Thanks for putting these all in one place, saves some much time looking around for different recipe ideas, and i find also saves money on the weekly shopping bill, as most can be batched cooked and frozen and used over a few weeks. 10 out of 10 🙌
Vicky says
Thank you! glad you have found this so useful. x