While mounds of candy eggs can be fun, I’m always looking for a fun way to combat the sugar rush and these healthy Easter snacks offer the perfect alternative to packaged and processed treats.
If you’re in charge of class parties, playdates, or other Easter gatherings, these healthy snacks are the way to go. Display them on a snack board and you’ll have a fun way to distract even the older kids from the candy!
Why I Love These Snacks
- So easy to make!
- Kids can help make them
- Fun and festive without fancy ingredients
- Perfect for parties
- Dairy-free options!
You also might like these healthy Valentine’s snacks and healthy Halloween snacks.
Carrot Hummus Cups
- Baby carrots
- Hummus
- Parsley
To make these easy veggie and dip cups, fill each little cup (I like these disposable cups) with some hummus. Use a toothpick to make a hole in the top of each baby carrot. Break off small pieces of parsley and put one in each of the holes. Place a few carrots in each of the hummus cups.
These carrot hummus cups create the cutest miniature carrots with just three simple ingredients. The kids love scooping up the delicious hummus with their mini carrots!
Bunny Faces
- Mini circle cheeses (For dairy-free, use vegan cheese.)
- Celery
- Baby carrots
- A large carrot
- Mini chocolate chips (I like the Enjoy Life brand)
To make this adorable treat, cut the baby carrots lengthwise and push each half into the top of a mini circle cheese (repeat with all circle cheeses). Cut a large carrot into little triangles and place one on each circle cheese for noses. Push two mini chocolate chips, pointed side down, into each cheese to give your bunnies eyes. Cut celery into little “whiskers” and push four into each circle cheese.
My kids love snacking on mini circle cheeses, like Babybel, so this snack was a no-brainer. It uses pantry staples that I usually have on hand and creates the cutest little snacks!
Egg Chicks
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Mayonnaise (1-2 teaspoons per egg)
- A large carrot
- Mini chocolate chips (I like the Enjoy Life brand)
- Carrots/hummus (I use these to help the eggs sit up on the plate)
To make these fun eggs, hard-boil eggs and cut each egg at the 1/3 point. Carefully scoop out the yolk. Mash the yolk up with mayonnaise and scoop the mixture back into the larger side of the cooked egg white. Top it with the smaller part of the egg white. Add two mini chocolate chips and carrots cut into little triangles to make the eyes and beak.
This super simple spin on deviled eggs is the perfect version for kids! It has the right balance of flavors all while looking like adorable little baby chicks.
Healthy Crispy Rice Eggs
- 3/4 cup brown rice syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 cups crispy brown rice cereal
- 1/4 cup peanut butter or almond butter (optional, omit for nut-free)
To make this healthy spin on Rice Krispies, place the brown rice syrup, coconut oil and peanut butter in a saucepan and melt over medium heat until it reaches a simmer. Simmer for 1-2 minutes then remove it from the heat. Add the vanilla and salt, then mix to combine. Add the crispy rice cereal and stir until everything is evenly mixed together.
Lightly grease a plastic egg. Using oiled hands, fill the eggs with the crispy rice mixture. It will be sticky and seem like it’s falling apart, but pack it in as tightly as you can. It will stay together once it cools. Place the eggs in the freezer (20-30 minutes). Remove the eggs from the molds.
These festive crispy rice eggs are always a huge hit with the kids (and the adults too)!
Easy Healthy Easter Snacks Tips
- To make the Bunny Faces dairy-free, you can use vegan circles cheeses. You can also use gluten-free crackers and attach the pieces with hummus or nut butter.
- If you’re looking for a fun way to entertain kids at an Easter party, have them get involved in making their own healthy Easter snacks.
- You can also use small cookie cutters to turn quesadillas and sandwiches into cute, Easter-themed snacks.
You also might like this Easter fruit salad or these carrot cake power cookies. For a not-so-healthy (but delicious) treat, try these Gluten-Free Cadbury Egg Cookies.
Healthy Easter Snacks
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Ingredients
Carrot Hummus Cups
- Baby carrots
- Hummus
- Parsley
Bunny Faces
- Mini circle cheeses For dairy-free, use vegan cheese
- Celery
- Baby carrots
- A large carrot
- Mini chocolate chips I like the Enjoy Life brand
Egg Chicks
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Mayonnaise 1-2 teaspoons per egg
- A large carrot
- Mini chocolate chips I like the Enjoy Life brand
- Carrots/hummus I use these to help the eggs sit up on the plate
Healthy Crispy Rice Eggs
- 3/4 cup brown rice syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 cups crispy brown rice cereal
- 1/4 cup peanut butter or almond butter Optional, omit for nut-free
Instructions
Carrot Hummus Cups
- Fill each little cup (I like these disposable cups) with some hummus.
- Use a toothpick to make a hole in the top of each baby carrot.
- Break off small pieces of parsley and put one in each of the holes.
- Place a few carrots in each hummus cup.
Bunny Faces
- Cut the baby carrots lengthwise and push each half into the top of a mini circle cheese (repeat with all circle cheeses).
- Cut a large carrot into little triangles and place one on each circle cheese for noses.
- Push two mini chocolate chips, pointed side down, into each cheese to give your bunnies eyes.
- Cut celery into little “whiskers” and push four into each circle cheese.
Egg Chicks
- Hard-boil eggs and cut each egg at the 1/3 point.
- Carefully scoop out the yolk. Mash the yolk up with mayonnaise and scoop the mixture back into the larger side of the cooked egg white.
- Top it with the smaller part of the egg white.
- Add two mini chocolate chips and carrots cut into little triangles to make the eyes and beak.
Healthy Crispy Rice Eggs
- Place the brown rice syrup, coconut oil and peanut butter in a saucepan and melt over medium heat until it reaches a simmer. Simmer for 1-2 minutes then remove it from the heat.
- Add the vanilla and salt, then mix to combine.
- Add the crispy rice cereal and stir until everything is evenly mixed together.
- Lightly grease a plastic egg. Using oiled hands, fill the eggs with the crispy rice mixture. It will be sticky and seem like it’s falling apart, but pack it in as tightly as you can. It will stay together once it cools.
- Place the eggs in the freezer (20-30 minutes).
- Remove the eggs from the molds.
Can’t wait to make these for Easter! I have a question. If you’re using brown rice Krispies, why do the eggs look a light color? I’m assuming you use regular rice Krispies? Also, what would you use to decorate the eggs? My first thought was Cheez Whiz but that wouldn’t go well with the sweetness of the eggs.
Hi Terri, you can use any crispy rice cereal you like, you’ll just need to double-check that the brand is gluten-free. Kellogg’s Rice Krispies are not gluten-free unfortunately. You could melt white chocolate and add coloring to it to decorate the eggs. The addition of the chocolate makes the snack a little less healthy, but if you are going for fun and decorative, it’s a great choice!
I made the egg chicks for my son last year and he loved them. This year, I want to make those bunnies. Can’t wait to see the look on his face.
These snacks are such a good idea to get kids to eat more veggies! They are so cute and my kids loved them!!
Perfect – I love setting out healthy cute options for everyone to have. Thanks for the idea!
I’m just catching up on your posts–congratulations on the little one on the way! These snacks are so easy and super cute! I love healthy holiday ideas. 🙂
cute little snack!