6 Local Lunchbox Snacks to Pack

Your kiddos might beg for Flamin' Cheetos, but you're hot on the trail of something healthier. Here are local snacks that are yummy and good for you.

By Amber Gibson August 12, 2014

Your kiddos might beg for Flamin’ Cheetos, but you’re hot on the trail of something healthier. Pack their lunchbox or please them after school with locally made artisanal snacks. Click through our album to discover snack bars, chips, muffins and cookies that taste so fab that your tots kids won’t even realize they’re also good for you.

Simple Squares

It’s rare to find a snack bar with such a short ingredient list. Each of Simple Squares’ six flavors includes just a handful of organic ingredients. The savory-sweet bars strike the perfect balance of chewy and crunchy, beginning with a cashew, almond and coconut base, sweetened with a little honey and vanilla, and spiced with coffee beans, sage, rosemary, cinnamon or ginger. Bonus: These raw bars are dairy-, corn- and gluten-free too.

Find them: Plum Market, The Goddess and Grocer, Foodlife, Olivia’s Market as well as online at Amazon or Abe’s Market.

Online: simplesquares.com

What is your favorite thing to pack in the lunchbox? Let us know in the Comments!

— Amber Gibson