Are you heading off for a long road trip? If you’re a parent to young children, you know the importance of having a multitude of snacks available. Here are the best homemade snacks for those extra-long rides that require little prep and all the flavor!
Baked Apple Chips
Apple chips are delicious and simple to prepare. They are the perfect road trip snack. To make these apple chips, wash, core, and thinly slice a few honey-crisp apples. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.
Place the thinly sliced apples onto a lined baking sheet and sprinkle with a touch of cinnamon, or leave them plain. Bake for 2 hours, flipping them over after the first hour of baking.
Store them in an airtight container and keep them in the car for everyone to enjoy a quick, healthy snack!
Homemade Trail Mix
Homemade trail mix is so versatile. Unlike store-bought mixes, you can add more of your favorite snacks or less of another.
For a fun, kid-friendly trail mix, toss together some goldfish crackers, cheerios, pretzels, peanuts, chocolate candies, banana chips, golden raisins, and dried cranberries. This is a great road trip mix that can keep everyone satisfied until the next meal time.
Baked Banana Oatmeal Cookies
I’m not trying to say these cookies are necessarily healthy, but they are absolutely delicious. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together a stick of butter, one egg, and one cup of brown sugar until light and fluffy. Next, mix in 2 bananas and one teaspoon of vanilla extract with a pinch of salt.
Once incorporated, slowly add one cup of flour, three cups of rolled oats, one teaspoon of baking soda, and two and ½ teaspoons of ground cinnamon. Slowly mix until everything is well incorporated.
At this point, you can fold in about a cup and a half of semi-sweet chocolate chips, or you can leave it without. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out the dough, place it onto a line cookie sheet, and bake for 10-14 minutes.
Allow to cool before moving into an airtight container.
Homemade Granola Bars
First, you’ll need to grab all your ingredients. You can switch it up for different flavor combinations, but you’ll need peanut butter (or almond butter), rolled oats, honey, vanilla, crushed nuts, seeds, and mini chocolate chips.
Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and press into a square baking pan. Allow the mixture to chill for one hour before slicing them into bars.
This is the perfect mess-free road trip snack that everyone will love!
Wrapping Up The Best Car Snacks For Road Trips
With these perfect road trip snacks, you and your kids will be ready for whatever traffic is ahead! Of course, you don’t only have to enjoy these in the car. These snacks are wonderful wherever you are!