7 Smart Bus Stop Breakfasts Kids Love

In an ideal world, you’d have time in the morning to cook your kids a nutritious meal before sending them off to school. [Insert laughter here.] In the real world, you’re doing great if you can get them to eat something on the run.

Smart solution: Make a week’s worth of good-for-you portable breakfast bites they can take and eat while they wait for the bus or the carpool or whatever. Give these kid-friendly recipes a try, and don’t be surprised if they get the whole family to start eating healthier in the morning, too.

7 Healthy Back-to-School Breakfasts

Fill ’em up with protein and the right kinds of complex carbohydrates so their brains are ready for reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic. As with any recipe, adjust the ingredients as needed to address food allergies and taste preferences.

1. Oat and Blueberry Muffins

Whole oats, blueberries, and yogurt take these muffins into the zone where delicious meets nutritious. Melanie2461 says she followed the recipe exactly and even her picky daughter loved them.

Photo by Meredith

2. Whole Wheat Pumpkin-Applesauce Muffins

Julie says kids love these muffins, and they’re a good way to sneak fruits, veggies, and fiber into their diets. If they last that long, they actually taste better the next day.

Photo by CC<3’s2bake

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3. Playgroup Granola Bars

When Hannah Ulrich makes these, she wraps them individually so her family can grab them as they run off to school or work. She says they’re even much heartier, filling, and delicious than any other granola bar out there, and she’s saving money by making them instead of buying them. (Looking at you, college fund.)

Photo by Tamiron

4. Blueberry Banana Breakfast Bars

Kelly Fay likes that there’s no added sugar aside from honey in the mix. She’s a big fan of the flax and sunflower seeds, too. The bananas and peanut butter tend to make the bars soft and moist, so you might want to wrap them in parchment or waxed paper to make them easier to grab and go.

Photo by lutzflcat

5. No-Bake Energy Balls

Christina Skywatcher uses a cookie scoop to streamline production. If you make a big batch you can store a week’s worth in the fridge and freeze the rest for the following week. So smart.

Photo by Kim’s Cooking Now!

6. Clean Breakfast Cookies

If you’re looking to cut out preservatives and additives, then these are for you. Packed full of oats and flax seeds, they’re sweetened with honey and enriched with almond butter.

Photo by cheesemite

7. Emmi’s Banana Wraps

Didn’t get around to making breakfast bars/cookies/muffins? No worries. Keep the fixings for these super-quick wraps on hand so you can pull them together on the fly. You can change them up by using whole wheat tortillas, alternative nut butters, and the fruit of your choice.

Photo by Meredith

Related

Discover more on-the-go breakfast recipes for the whole family, including these savory make-ahead breakfast minis.

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Check out these kid-friendly dinners you can make in a muffin pan.

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