7 Nut-Free Snacks for Your Child's Lunchbox

These delicious and inventive treats will be hot commodities at the lunch table this year.

The Best Nut-Free Lunchbox Snacks

When you’re getting your back-to-school recipe plan in place, kid-friendly lunches are likely at the top of your list. And, even if nuts aren't off-limits for your own family, you never know when your kid might be sharing a cookie or other snack with a classmate who has a nut allergy. That’s why we’ve created these nut-free snacks. They’re delicious and kid-approved—and require just 20 minutes or less of prep work. Regardless of food allergies, you and your family will love these homemade treats.

Sesame-and-Jam Sandwich Cookies

These cuties look like mini burgers, so they have extra kid appeal. They come out of the oven crisp-tender, and then the jam filling softens them overnight, making them more like jam-filled cakes by the next day.

Fully Loaded Snack Bars

These are what every snack bar should be: tender, sweet and chock-full of flavour. The dried fruit keeps the bars moist for five days, so bake a batch Sunday afternoon for a full school week of snacking.

Chocolate-Chip Sunflower-Butter Muffins

Believe it or not, these muffins get better after a stay in the freezer. So make a batch on Sunday, freeze them, and then pop one straight into a lunchbox for a moist, tender and delicious midmorning or late-afternoon snack.

Roasted Chickpeas, 3 Ways

Remember: The longer you dry the chickpeas before baking, the crisper they will be. If you have time, strain and rinse them, pat them dry, spread them on a baking sheet and refrigerate them, uncovered, overnight, before roasting.

Gluten-Free, Cheesy Crackers

Part of the beauty of gluten-free dough is that you don't have to worry about handling it too much, so the kids can help out and really go to town rolling and shaping these snack-friendly cheesy crackers.