How to Make a Healthy Snacks for Teens

There are many healthy snacks teens can eat. While it is easy to grab the first thing when they get home, preparing healthy snacks the night before or for the week is a great way to promote healthy eating. Some great snacks for teens include fruit pizza, veggie pitas and healthy nachos.

Fruit Pizza

1. Make or buy sugar cookies.


2. Beat cream cheese with a little sugar.


3. Cut up fresh fruit such as strawberries, kiwis, oranges and blueberries.


4. Spread cream cheese mixture on sugar cookies.


5. Arrange the cut up fruit on top.

Veggie Pitas

1. Spread pitas with cream cheese.


2. Try garden vegetable or chive and onion for extra flavor.


3. Cut up fresh veggies such as carrots, celery, radishes, green onions, chopped onions, tomatoes and lettuce.


4. Stuff the pitas with cut up vegetables.

Healthy Nachos

1. Use baked tortilla chips.


2. Melt low fat cheese and black beans over the top of them.


3. Top nachos with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, chopped onions, black olives, jalapenos, salsa and low fat sour cream.

Easy Snacks

1. Cut up vegetables and eat them with low fat dressing.


2. Spread a piece of toast with peanut butter and honey, and place a sliced banana on top.


3. Eat a yogurt parfait with fruit and granola.


4. Try low fat cheese with whole grain crackers.


5. Spread peanut butter on an apple and drizzle with honey.


6. Make a smoothie with milk, yogurt and fresh fruit.


7. Make a quick trail mix out of nuts and dried cranberries.


8. Sprinkle popcorn with Parmesan cheese.


9. Enjoy a tuna sandwich on whole grain bread.