Here is a list of suggested snacks. Teachers will only check snacks to ensure they do not contain nuts of any kind.
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Fruits & Veggies Any fresh fruit (apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, pears, plums, clementines, strawberries, melons, berries, etc.) Applesauce cups (and assorted variety fruit flavored applesauce) Raisins, Craisins, and other dried fruits Fruit cups (peaches, pears, oranges, pineapple, fruit cocktail, fruit blends, etc.) Fresh vegetables (baby carrots, celery sticks, grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, broccoli, pepper strips, etc.) Vegetable dips |
Dairy Yogurt in individual cups or tubes Pudding in individual cups, cans, or tubes String cheese or other cheeses Drinkable yogurt or smoothies Cottage cheese Kraft Handi-snacks with cheese (with red sticks) **Be careful with any other type of pre-packaged cheese & cracker sandwiches, most contain nuts/traces of nuts |
Crackers Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Vegetable Thins (all flavors) Ritz crackers/dinosaurs/sticks (NOT Ritz bits or sandwiches) Town House, Club, Toasteds crackers Cheez-Its, Cheese Nips, Better Cheddars Saltines, Oyster crackers Wheatables, Air Crisps, Munch’ems, Keebler Snack Stix Kashi Tasty Little Crackers (TLC) Breton/Dare brand crackers Goldfish crackers (not pretzel) Graham crackers, Graham cracker sticks Teddy Grahams or Teddy Graham character brands Bug Bites crackers Animal crackers (Austin Zoo, Barnum) Vanilla wafers |
Cereals Cheerios (NOT Honey Nut or Frosted) Chex (Rice, Corn, Wheat) Cinnamon Toast Crunch Corn Flakes Crispix Frosted Mini-Wheats Kashi (Go Lean Crunch, Good Friends, Cinnamon Raisin Crunch, Heart to Heart) cereals Kix Life (NOT Vanilla Yogurt Crunch) Wheaties Other unsweetened cereal without nuts |
Other Snacks Small bagels (Lenders or Thomas brand) with cream cheese (no nut type) Popcorn Pretzels (most all brands, but some Snyder’s products not peanut/nut free) Nutrigrain cereal bars / yogurt bars Special K Bars (NOT Honey Nut) Special K Snack Bites Fig Newtons (all flavors) Rice cakes (NOT Quaker brand, not nut free) Quaker Quakes (mini rice cakes) / Mini Delights (all flavors safe) Potato Soy Crisps Cheez-It Party Mix / Munchie Party Mix **Chex Mix is NOT safe |
*Birthday and/or other celebration treats are still okay, but they cannot contain nuts, tree nuts, or nut oils. They must be purchased from a grocery store or bakery and sent in the original packaging.
CAKES/CUPCAKES
- Hostess cupcakes
- Hostess Twinkies, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs
- Some bakeries (check labels)
COOKIES
- Kellogg’s brand Rice Krispie Treats (original)
- Oreos (regular, Golden, or Minis)
- Keebler Fudge Stripes, Fudge Grahams, Grasshopper Fudge Mint, E.L. Fudge sandwich cookies (original and double stuffed)
- Gripz Chips Ahoy
- Any Dare Brand cookies
DONUTS/MUFFINS
- Krispy Kreme donuts/donut holes
- Mini Donuts/Donut holes – Kroger brand (powdered sugar, glazed, plain, cinnamon sugar)
- Hostess brand (powder, frosted)
- Muffins – mini or regular – Hostess and Kroger brands (any kind but banana nut)
