Easy road trip snacks for kids |

Last Updated on April 19, 2024

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There’s something about being in a car that makes kids hungry, and if you’re going on a road trip with kids, even a short one, being without road trip snacks can make your journey feel very, very long.

If you’d like to be as prepared as possible when hunger strikes on your next road trip adventure, here are some road trip snacks for kids that you can take with you, as well as some ideas on how to pack them.

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Road trip snacks for kids

Here are some easy road trip snack ideas, and if you’re interested, here are some healthy snacks for toddlers to take on the go once you’ve reached your destination, and some snack ideas for mums so you don’t get hungry either.

Bars and muffins

Biscuits

Balls, melts and dried fruit

Banana chips
Bear YoYos
Coconut chips
Dried apples
Dried apricots
Dried cranberries
Dried mangos
Dried peaches
Dried pineapple
Kid-friendly Energy Bites
Kiddylicious Smoothie Melts
Raisins
Trail mix

Pouches

Fruit and vegetables

Apples
Bananas
Blueberries
Carrots
Celery sticks
Clementines or mandarins
Cucumbers
Grapes (halved lengthways)
Pears
Strawberries

Crackers, rice cakes and cereal

BEAR Alphabites Cocoa Cereal
Cheerios
Cheese crackers
Kallo Kids Rice Cake Minis
Popcorn
Wholegrain crackers

Cheese

Babybel
String cheese

Crisps and chips

Bagel chips
Baked chickpeas
Ella’s Kitchen Melty Sticks
Kiddylicious Veggie Straws
Pretzels
Scrapples Apple Crisps
Sweet potato chips

Sweets

Chocolate covered almonds
Chocolate covered raisins
Dark chocolate chips
Gummies
Haribo
Jelly beans

How to pack road trip snacks

There are many different ways that you can pack your kid’s road trip snacks, here are some ideas:

Pre pack snacks into individual bags or snack containers, which has the benefit of being able to pack different snacks for each of your kids, depending on their tastes or age
Putting all of the snacks into a large car snack container, or felt caddy, so your kids can access their own snacks, or so you can have them with you and give them out when needed
Putting any snacks that need to be kept cool in a cooler bag
Keeping snacks and other items your kids may need in a car seat organiser or a car seat tray

It’s also a great idea to have a bag or container on hand for any rubbish that you need to dispose of later.

I hope you’ve found some road trip snack ideas here that you’ll pack for your next road trip, that make the trip more pleasant for everyone.

What do you take with you on road trips?