Summer is the best time to enjoy some really cool drinks and have fun during the holidays. Kids enjoy their summer holidays and mothers are often inundated with requests of summer snacks. When you are preparing snacks for kids during summer, you need to ensure that your kid gets required calories, which shall leave him energetic throughout the day. If you are also looking for kids summer snacks, here are some very interesting ideas which your kids shall love and will also help you to add nutrients to their diet, in an easy way.

Cold fruits and dip:

This is a simple, yet a very healthy preparation prepared with apple chunks, kiwi slices, chopped watermelon and strawberries. To prepare this variety of summer snacks with fresh fruits you can start by blending very low fat cream with a sugar free vanilla pudding mix, some milk and lemon juice, which helps to prepare a very zesty dip. This dip is normally served with fresh fruits as per your choice. If you are looking for alternatives, you can prepare a combination of honey and peanut butter with slight lemon juice to make the dip delicious.

Ricotta Pudding:

This makes one o the best options for summer snacks as it is richly loaded with vitamin D and calcium. To prepare this pudding, you can use part skim ricotta with honey, vanilla extracts, and unsweetened cocoa and almond extracts and blended till the mixture becomes really smooth. Kids love this during summer as it is refreshing and very energetic. This makes wonderful snacks for kids in their summer parties and other get-togethers till the mixture becomes quite smooth. You can include cinnamon on top of this pudding and serve this snack full of proteins, antioxidants and nutrients.

Summer soups:

Kids love chilled summer soups during the hot season and mothers can have their way to make their kids have some nutritious foods. When you choose to prepare chilled summer soup as summer snacks, you can be quite creative in it. Combine as many fruits you desire, remove all their seeds, scoop out the lemon fresh and add some fresh yogurt, orange juice, mint leaves and any other herbs which you are fond of. Once you have combined all the ingredients, you can let this soup chill for 40 minutes before serving it to your kids.

Shakes and smoothies:

This is one of the most common snacks for kids as well as adults during summer. To prepare this smoothie, you can puree fresh frozen strawberries, fresh blueberries, apple juice, honey, yogurt and mangoes. If you are fond of other fruit varieties, you can include peaches, strawberries, plums, bananas which is needed for added nutrition. If you are looking forward to a very frothy milkshake, you can use frozen milk, sugar free ice-cream and frozen yogurt and serve it with handful of berries. 

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