Smashies are a Smash Hit with Kids and Parents
My kids love applesauce. Don’t they all, really? From first foods through the childhood years, applesauce is a great food. We buy huge glass jars of organic sauce to avoid plastic and other nasties (and to avoid having to make it myself too often – ugh) and then we deal with the consequences of messy shirts and flinging spoons. At least, we used to. Smashies are Smashies are the first organic squeezy apple sauce pouches for kids with no added sugar or HFCS. They’re certified USDA organic, kosher, gluten free and contain no animal bi-products. I actually wasn’t able to taste the samples that we received because my son wouldn’t let me. I’d say that’s a good sign. He loves the taste. I love the convenience, the lack of plastic, sugar, HFCS & pesticides. We all love Smashies!
Sadly, they’re not in stores yet but if you pay shipping & handling they’ll send you some for free! I sure hope they end up in Canadian grocery stores sooner than later because my two year old asks for them regularly.
Win it! A ten pack could be landing on your doorstep. To enter, leave a comment on this post telling us your favourite easy, healthy kid snack or meal. Contest closes at noon mst on November 3/08.
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October 27th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I always try to have healthy snacks available to the kids. I keep small baggies of granola with pumpkin and flax in the pantry so the kids can just “grab and go” with them. I also keep things like grapes, strawberries and baby carrots washed and ready to go in the fridge so the kids can grab a handful when they want a bit of a snack.
Thanks for a great giveaway! My kids would love something like this.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:01 am
My favorite snack, which my kids help to make, is called Ants on a log, which is celery spread with peanut butter, topped with raisins.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:21 am
chex mix
October 27th, 2008 at 5:30 am
we make alot of popcorn and also lowfat pretzels
when we have cut up vegies I make lowfat dip with yogurt or make a fruit dip
October 27th, 2008 at 7:14 am
My favorite healthy kid snack is apples with peanut butter….although of course not everyone can eat this due to allergies, so you can substitute cottage cheese with the peanut putter, for a super source of protein and fruit.
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October 27th, 2008 at 7:32 am
We just love plain old fruit…cut up, or thawed from the freezer! It’s great for breakfast and for desserts after meals too…and for snacks anytime!
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October 27th, 2008 at 7:36 am
I love mixing up a bunch of trail mix with organic raisins, puffed wheat, and other goodies!
October 27th, 2008 at 7:47 am
My little girl loves string cheese and yogurt. Not necessarily together.
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October 27th, 2008 at 9:49 am
my daughters fav is pb on celery
October 27th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I am a subscriber.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:08 am
My favorite kid snack is celery sticks smeared with peanut butter with raisins on the top.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:10 am
My favorite healthy snack for my kids is an apple or a little box of raisins.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:47 am
juice pops
October 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
My son loves fruit so that’s easy for me! I’m trying to stay away from canned and go with glass… but it’s more expensive and I don’t have the space to store home canned.
Fresh was great this
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October 27th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
My kids love broiled open face pb&j. Yummy!
October 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
This is one you might have heard of. What you do is boil some water and add noodles. When it’s done cooking at cheese and melt.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
My favorite kid snack is the good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread – with the crust removed!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
bananas!
October 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
my grandchildren all love Yogurt at any time of the day! This product sounds very cool and I’d love to give it to them!
Thanks
October 27th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I love giving my kids apples and cheese. My son loves it so much that he didn’t want to bring it as a snack to school because he thought it wasn’t healthy . . . he thinks it is so good, that it ranks with cookies and candy!
October 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
love to give the kids carrots and hummus for snacking
October 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Raisins are great.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
A banana. Not exciting or creative, I know but it’s portable, easy to serve, and doesn’t require refrigeration.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
fresh cut fruit in mini pie crust with whip topping.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
My little man likes black beans straight out of the can
October 27th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
cut up apples!
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October 27th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
popcorn
October 27th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Rylee loves yogurt, grapes, bananas, and applesauce. She a pretty healthy eater.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
We like apples dipped in peanut butter
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October 27th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
awesome snacks!! my son loves carrots dipped in ranch or hard boiled eggs!
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October 28th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Homemade trail mix with my granola, raisins, carob and dried apricot.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:02 am
My 2 year old downs hummus like its going out of style–sometimes with pita, sometimes just with a spoon!
October 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
string cheese is easy
October 28th, 2008 at 11:29 am
celery and peanut butter
October 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
My daughter loves PB on Celery with Raisins and Whole wheat tortillas with cream cheese!
October 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Right now we are loving all fruit, especially peaches
October 28th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Yay Rebecca, my three little ones love apples with peanut butter as well. We also love to make english muffin pizzas on whole wheat muffins topped with healthy low sodium crushed tomatoes, mozzerella cheese. The kids do this creative part. Yck. Mommy puts the MESSY muffins in the oven or toaster util brown and bubbly. Pretty good!
October 28th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
trail mix
October 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Yogurt, Cheese and Veggies.
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October 28th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Yummers, those definately sound amazing!
We like banana peanut butter sandwiches on sprouted grain bread, mmmm.
October 29th, 2008 at 6:39 am
My daughter loves salads, fruit, and raw vegetables w/ dip. My son loves plain old peanut butter on a spoon. He hates to get his hands messy.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
My grandson loves apples as long as they are red – the says the green ones aren’t ripe yet and the yellow ones are spoiled. My granddaughter loves bananas – as long as they don’t have any brown spots on it. Thank you for this great contest and prize!
October 29th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Nuts! Peanuts, almonds, cashews, all that good stuff!
October 29th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I hate to admit it but my grandkids like healthy foods and I just don’t like much anything healthy. They will eat fruits,yogurt,vegetales etc. I know they would love this. Thank you.
October 30th, 2008 at 6:58 am
an easy snack for us is raisins or goldfish
October 30th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Apples dipped with peanut butter…YUM
I have to add that I am a nanny and recently worked for people from Australia…they had products just like this…lots of flavors…some they got from home and some from France…I am so glad that it will be available here soon…a great product. thanks
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October 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am
My twin girls love the small packs of raisins/peanut butter/crackers that you get at the grocery store. What I love the most is they come in a pack all together!
October 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
We love to share rosemary triscuits with creme cheese in our house Ymmmmmm
October 31st, 2008 at 5:54 am
My kids LOVE hummus and wheat pita
October 31st, 2008 at 5:55 am
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Fresh fruit for a snack, always!
November 1st, 2008 at 11:20 am
Sounds like something my grandkids would really like!
November 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Hi! These are too cute! I’d love to win!
November 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
chex mix
November 1st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
apple slices with peanut butter
November 1st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
apples with peanut butter
November 1st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Our big one is local, fresh fruit. Thanks!
November 1st, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Carrot sticks!
November 1st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I love heating up some edamame for my son. He absolutely loves it, and it’s incredibly healthy!
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 am
gold fish, or carrots to snack on.
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 am
I love the Matilda necklace, thanks.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 am
we love grapes! rinse and serve. doesn’t get ant easier!
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
My favorite fast and easy snack for the children is frozen grapes or low fat cheese cut into little cubes with a pretzel stick stuck in the middle.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:44 am
grilled cheese
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
string cheese
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
We make our own trail mix from whatever healthy snacks my kids are into at the moment. We use dried fruits, nuts, pretzels, popcorn, etc. It can be changed to suit their changing moods.
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
peanut butter and apple slices are yummy and healthy.
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
the kids like string cheese, frozen grapes and carrots with dip
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Thank you for having this. I would love to win. I like to make homemade popcorn with little or no butter for a yummy snack. THank you1
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November 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Raisins are great. Thanks!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I think a great easy snack is vegetables and dip! Thanks.
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
my kids love peanut butter and apples or cheese and crackers
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Dole fruit bowls
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November 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
My daughter loves to eat bananas as a snack…
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
My youngest loves cheerios and strawberries.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
My favorite easy and healthy kids snack is wheat crackers with apple slices and peanut butter. My kids love it and its so much healthier than cookies! Thanks for the great giveaway!
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 am
yogurt, I freeze it for my wee one so its like ice cream – which I also used to recommend to weight loss clients long ago…..
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 am
cheerios and apple slices!
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:03 am
I’ve been leaning toward the whole-wheat pretzels filled with peanut butter — far less sugar than comes from the ‘jelly’ of a PBJ, and MUCH less chance for significant ‘shmear’.
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 am
If anyone is feeling ‘poorly’, a good batch of egg-drop soup is well-received. And grilled-cheese sandwiches with sliced ham, and/or tomato, and/or crushed Pringles, rank high on the request list too.
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:56 am
Peanutbutter & apricot sugar free preserves on wheat toast
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:14 am
Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich.
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:28 am
I like to make Cream of Wheat.
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 am
Peanut butter on Ritz crackers are great!
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:25 am
my kids love macaroni and cheese
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
I like to give my girls applesauce and graham cracker sticks! thank you!
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 am
The healthy snacks my kids like are chewy granola bars and/or raisins.
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 am
Almond butter with no sugar jelly on brown rice bread.
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 am
My sons favorite afterschool snack is granola bars and apple slices.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
My daughter still loves that old standby, Celery and Peanut Butter. A classic!
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November 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 am
My girls love frozen strawberries dipped in fat free whipped topping.
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
My daughters vote for strawberries and cherry tomatoes!
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:54 pm
my favorite healthy snack is apples, carrots, and celery… though the kids aren’t old enough to have celery quite yet.
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Carrots, strawberries and peaches cut up.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
snack for us is raisins or goldfish
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
My favorite kid snack is celery sticks smeared with peanut butter with raisins on the top.