Healthy Preschool Valentine's Day Snacks

Instead of the usual candy and food colored icing, here are some Valentine’s Day snacks that fit into a healthy preschooler diet. Make the most of the natural colors of red and pink fruits and vegetables, heart shapes, and friendship themes for your preschool Valentine's day treat or party.


1. Red and Pink Snack Plates

Use red and pink fruits and vegetables for a color theme on Valentine's Day. For a friendship fruit plate, use blood oranges, red and pink grapefruit, red grapes, apple slices, strawberries and other red berries. For a friendship veggie plate, use sliced red peppers, radishes, beets and tomatoes.

2. Valentine's Day Kabobs

Alternate red fruit or vegetables pieces with cubes of white cheese on a skewer. Or create tiny kabobs by adding a one piece each of a red fruit or vegetable and white cheese on a toothpick.

3. Heart Shaped Breakfast

Use heart shapes for a fun Valentine's day preschool breakfast. Cookie cutters or a steady knife can create heart shaped pancakes, waffles, toast or english muffins. Top with red jam or jelly.

4. Heart Shaped Breads

Prepare you own dough to make a heart shaped pizza or soft pretzels.

5. Create Pink from Red and White

Use red juices like cranberry juice or cherry juice to tint and flavor plain yogurt and milk to fruit and vegetable dips. Preschoolers will learn that white and red creates pink.

For more ideas, visit Preschool Valentine's Day Food and Nutrition.

by Kati Chevaux

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