Finger Foods for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

What are Finger Foods?

Finger Foods for Babies, Toddlers and Kids, Indian recipes. Foods that can be eaten comfortably with fingers without requiring fork or spoons are called Finger foods. Other words for finger foods are Munchies and Tidbits. Finger foods for toddlers and Finger Foods for kids usually consists appetizers and snacks.

This section introduces you to innumerable bite-sized treats that kids can easily munch on when they are playing or running around. Surprise your kids with yummilicious Finger Foods like Cheese Sticks, Masala French Fries, Aloo Cheese Croquettes

Finger Foods for Toddlers (Babies), Non-fried Finger Foods

Cheesy Baked Zucchini Fries

Oven-Baked-Pumpkin-Fries are great alternative for potato fries, they are rich in Magnesium, Vitamin E and Beta carotene. Kids are really fond of pizza and they would definitely enjoy these Pizza-Crackers they are easy to prepare and the best thing is you won’t need to use the gas stove or even oven. Baked Methi Mathri can be enjoyed by children while running around the house.

Finger Foods for Toddlers (Babies), Fried Finger Foods

Crusty Potato Fingers

Kids love to cheese and recipes made out of them. Here we have Corn-Cheese-Balls which has a crispy coating with soft filling assured to be loved by kids of all age. Kalmi vada is a type of Rajasthani snack that will provide protein and fibre to your child and has a great taste too.

Cabbage Carrot and Paneer Samosa Patti Snack can be eaten as an evening snacks, combination of vegetables and paneer is a good way to provide Protein, Vitamin A Vitamin C and Calcium.

Finger Foods for Toddlers (Babies), Sweet Finger Foods

Crispy Chocolate Balls

Jowar Golpapdi is a Gujarati mithai that is calorie dense something moms would definitely love to feed their young ones who have low appetite. Your kid will forget the packed cookies if he tastes Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies as they melt in the mouth and appeases sweet tooth.

Try our recipe for this tasty Halim Ladoo it will provide iron to your child and give a boost of energy. Try our other recipes of finger foods for kids from the options below…

Halim Ladoo, Halim Laddu

Finger Foods for Kids

Most kids are fussy eaters and it gets really difficult to please them. So, as a parent it becomes very important for you to keep in mind what your child loves and get creative with it! We have compiled a list of tasty finger foods for kids that you can prepare easily at home and surprise them.

Giving the basic potato cutlet a cheesy twist and a breadstick ‘handle’ to make unique Potato Pops is one of the options. A super quick finger foods is Pizza Crakcers made on cream  cracker biscuits. 

Pizza Crackers

Finger Foods for Kids, chips and dips

Chips and dips are other finger foods that will please your kids. From various Lebanese dips like hummus, tzatziki, baba ganoush to Cheesy Corn Dip or Creamy Cheese Dip, you can serve them along with a number of delights like lavash, herb bread, melba toast and Cheese Sticks .

Cheese Sticks

Tikkis and kebabs are other delicious finger food that no one can resist. Moreover, they are quite easy to make and can be customized as per the preference. Here are some of my favorite finger food recipes for kids :

1. Spaghetti Balls

2. Green Pea and Paneer Tikki

3. Cheese Carrot and Beetroot Rolls

Happy Cooking!

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