I’ve admitted to a lot of things on the Daily Dish, like owning way too many pairs of jeans, being addicted to chocolate and having a thing for diaper bags. Today I’m admitting to something else: not stocking our pantry with enough healthy snacks. My kids eat the occasional banana or handful of mini carrots but they’d rather get their five servings a day of fruit and vegetables from five packs of fruit snacks. For families like ours there are companies like Snikiddy that provide delicious organic treats for the healthy-snack-deprived.

Snikkidy was founded by Mary Schulman, a mother of two looking for healthy, great-tasting snack foods for her children. Made from original family recipes, Snikkidy Snacks like Organic Cheese Puffs and Chocolate Chippers are absolutely free of hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, colors and preservatives. Fortunately they are not free from taste.

All of us kids (let’s face it, when it comes to cookies we’re all five-year-olds) were able to test the Grilled Cheese Puffs, Chocolate Chippers and Cherry Oaties. Though the cheese puffs were the clear winner with the kids, I thoroughly enjoyed the cookies myself. I’m not sure the kids were even able to try the chocolate chip ones; I inhaled them too quickly!

I love what’s outside the package as much as what’s inside. The packaging features cameos by the Snikiddy Kids, a “group of five healthy, active boys and girls who share their ideas and adventures …, encouraging other children to be active, socially responsible and environmentally conscious.” I’d rather have my kids read the back of the Rockin’ Ranch Cheese Puffs than the back of the Fruit Loops box any day!

Snikiddy Snacks Organic Cheese Puffs are gluten-free and available in Rockin’ Ranch, Pizza Pie, Grilled Cheese and Mac n’ Cheese. Their Organic Cookies are available in Chocolate Chippers, Cherry Oaties and Banana Nibbles. All are available with healthy ingredients and great taste. It’s not too late to incorporate delicious good-for-you snacks in your child’s lunchbox, so get Snikiddy likity split!—Emily

*** Giveaway! Snikiddy is giving away a two-pack of their yummy snacks (one sharing pack each of Cheese Puffs and Cookies). Please leave a comment with a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: October 10, 2008 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

* Congratulations to Elizabeth Y., the winner of the Snikiddy Snack giveaway! Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the review and add a comment. Keep reading the Daily Dish for your chance to participate in more giveaways!

tags Food, Giveaway, healthy snacks, meals, nutrition, Snikiddy

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