Organic toddler snacks

Edwardia

Um this may be one of the more unusual threads on the Mums board but if I can get some input from you please, it would really help me save money.

OH and I went organic last March and as yet there really isn't much in the way of organic sweets and snack food. No organic crisps or cereal bars in supermarkets and very few biscuits and those are generally high end Duchy Originals biscuits.

OH takes lunches to work and likes to have some snacks with mug of tea or on the run.

My bright idea was to buy snacks from the baby section from Heinz, Organix and Plum.

This is really hit and miss though and I'm wasting money because I don't know what's good and what's not.

Heinz organic biscotti (cheapest I have found was 87p today in Lidl) hit taste wise but undunkable cos as soon as the tea hits them they disintegrate between mug and mouth.

Organix Goodies Gingerbread Men biscuits. Husband's comments on these were expletives and undunkable, because although they taste fine, they are rather brick like. His Nibs soaked one in tea for five minures he claims and it still didn't disintegrate. Dog likes them though.

We both like the Organix Goodies Cheese and Herb Puffs cps they are vaguely like Wotsits. I have diabetes and low carb and a whole albeit tiny packet is only 10g carbs so they are great for me for snacks.

Ella's Kitchen milk and vanilla cookies. Only 10g carbs for two, not too sweet, nice vanilla taste, but again really hard.

So I figure that the mums on this board must have tried a few of these. even if only to see why your baby/toddler screamed or alternatively tried to dive into the packet !

Any recommendations please ? I know this is a weird request but since we both want to avoid added sugar,salt, preservatives, colourants etc buying this stuff is the main option right now.

Thanks in advance

Gillyx

Ella's mini munchy orange and ginger biscuits they are I think. Come in little packets dunno if they're organic but they taste ok, iv had some half chewed ones shoved in my gob.

The annabel Karmel blueberry mini biscuits are nice too, no idea on organic or sugar or anything (bad mummy alert!)

Goodies (I think?) spicy tomato stars (crisps) and the tomato x's and o crisps are nice, not loads of flavour but ok. They also do carrot cake cereal bar things, they're ok too but quite bland.

Gillyx

Im almost sure Ella's used to do flapjacks too.

peachyprice

Wouldn't it be easier to just bake your own? You can then control exactly what goes into them and it'll be a whole load cheaper, especially as the baby ones are so hit and miss.

Edwardia

I have diabetes and low carb so I don't keep sugar, dried fruit, flour etc around the house to be able to do baking and although OH can cook he's not into baking either, My stepdaughter lies abroad as well.

So yes, while that would make sense for a mum, peachyprice. buying OH his snacks makes more sense for me.

All the snacks I've bought so far have been organic with no added sugar, additives or flavourings.

Because we don't eat puddings at home other than the occasional bit of Green & Black's organic chocolate ice cream OH is finding things like Nature Valley cereal bars for exampleaa as too sweet. The stuff for children doesn't have added sugar.

Gillyx thanks for the suggestions and that's love, eating your child's half eaten biscuit. I hadn't remembered this in years but when I was a small child my mother would go all conspiratorial with me and turn my empty boiled egg shell and ask my father if he wanted the egg I had 'made' him. He wou;d sit down and act all astonished tell me I was clever and then find the egg was empty. I would be practically wetting myself laughing.

Pa died suddenly 2 years ago so thank you also for bringing back a very early happy memory

LizD_2

My 2.5 year old son goes mad for the Organix oaty bars (any flavour) and mini cheese crackers. The 'ginger men' were less sucessful!

Lilium

I like Goodies carrot stix. I think Goodies tomato noughts and crosses are nice too.

My youngest loves organix raspberry/blueberry rice cakes, I've not tried them though. My kids won't touch the goodies oaty bars...well my eldest used to like them and won't go near them now, youngest won't eat them. I tried them and they're quite strongy, tangy flavour.

BAGGY

Would you be able to make a flap jack with fruit puree instead of sugar/honey? You could then use the left over oats for breakfasts for DH.
How about drying orange slices in the oven and dipping them in dark chocolate. I've never done this but might work and they are yum.

Edwardia

I haven't come across organic fruit puree as yet, but if I find some that might be an option and I see where you're going with oats, will look into that thanks.

OH went to work with some fruit for the week today - Riverford small fruit bag (3.75) comprising small punnet organic white South African grapes, two organic pears and three organic clementines. He took some organic Fairtrade bananas $1 from Lidl also.

Organic dark chocolate with a decent amount of cocoa is about 4.50 for 100g so I'd eat that myself

Lilium

Edwardia wrote: »

I haven't come across organic fruit puree as yet, but if I find some that might be an option and I see where you're going with oats, will look into that thanks.

HIPP and Plum do organic fruit puree. HIPP do pots called "Just Fruit" which is puree. Plum have fruit puree in their range of pouches.

These make good ice lollies too. I put them into lolly moulds and freeze for my kids.

angelsmomma

I have just eaten Kallo organic rice cake thins. I saw them in t's today for £1 a pack of 8. They were really nice. A thin layer of rice cake with chocolate on the top.