My youngest two children are what I like to affectionately call JUNK-a-holics.
If given the choice, they would eat candy and cookies all day. (You can imagine what a delight they are at shul kiddushes, right?)
While sometimes there is just no stopping the Sugar Monster, I try as often as I can to come up with healthy alternatives.
Fresh fruit or cut-up veggies work – sometimes.
But you know what works all of the time? CLIF Kids snacks.
And I’m gonna be totally honest here and say – they’re not just good for my kids. (Yes, this sweet-toothed mommy loves them, too!)
CLIF Kids just released a new flavor bar – Iced Oatmeal Cookie, and generously sent me a fun box filled with samples of it – and a number of their other snack flavors as well.
If you’re an oatmeal cookie fan, you will love this new flavor. Me? I love the icing on top. (Told you I had a sweet tooth!)
My kids’ favorites were, predictably, the chocolate chip and chocolate brownie bars.
I actually like the organic fruit twist the best. (Another confession – I have a major weak spot for gummies. Dots becoming kosher was simultaneously the best and worst thing that could have happened to me. So when I say I love these, trust me – I know what I’m talking about! The CLIF ZFruit twists SERIOUSLY hit that spot for me!)
The best part about CLIF’s Kids snacks – besides their taste, that is – is that they are all certified kosher AND organic, which means they do not contain artificial flavors or high fructose corn syrup.
And, with just the right blend of protein, carbohydrates and fiber, these bars and snacks balance kids’ energy levels when they need a mid-morning, mid-afternoon or mid-anytime pick-me-up.
You can actually feel good about handing one of these to your kids!
Do your kids have a favorite CLIF Kids snack? Do you?
Thanks to CLIF Kids, one lucky KOAB reader will receive one dozen assorted CLIF Kids snacks!
Here’s how to enter this giveaway.
Leave a comment on this post, telling me your (or your kids’) favorite snack food. This is the required entry for the giveaway.
Additional entry: Update your Facebook status to read, “I just entered to win a dozen CLIF Kids Snacks – thanks to CLIF Bar and Kosher on a Budget. http://kosheronabudget.com/?p=22750” Then come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so.
Additional entry: Tweet out to your followers, “I just entered to win a dozen #kosher, #organic CLIF Kids Snacks from @ClifBar and @kosheronabudget. Join the party at http://kosheronabudget.com/?p=22750” Then come back and leave another comment letting me know you have done so.
This giveaway will be open until Monday, April 23rd at midnight. The winner will be selected randomly and notified by email immediately. He or she will have 48 hours to respond. Good luck!
Disclaimer: CLIF Kids sent me a box of snack samples to facilitate my review, however all positive opinions of their junk-food substituting goodness are my own. CLIF Kids will also provide the winner with his or her box of samples. I was not otherwise compensated to write this review nor to host this giveaway. Want to know more? See my Disclosure Statement.
Done – kids are hoping to win!
My son and I love the regaulr chocolate chip Clif Bars, while my niece loves the Z bars!
Also updated my status to mention the giveaway. Hope it brings my friends to be new readers!
Veggie straws and Quaker chewy bars. Would love to try something healthier!
Muffins
We are big fans of the Clif Z Bars, too. I found them from your site! I have to admit that I eat more than my kids, though. We also like the Nature Valley granola bars chocolate flavor and any honey wheat pretzels. When I can afford it, we also like the Pirate’s Booty cheese puffs! Thanks for this neat contest!
I just posted my share on FB about your contest!
My son loves the Honey Graham Clif Kids bars for a treat!
I’m not picky – I’ll snack on anything but if it’s honey mustard pretzels bits or pistachios, I won’t share!
My kids love junk food of any kind it seems but mostly for snack after school they eat microwave popcorn and apples.
My kids love strawberries, melon, and veggie straws!
My kids favorite snack is Special K strawberry crisps (which Costco stopped carrying!!).
Got it up on FB.
Fruit when we’re feeling healthy. Cookies when we’re not so much.
And I updated FB.
Watermelon!
my son loves the iced oatmeal and the chocolate brownie clif bars.
My kids LOVE chocolate, especially my daughter. One of my sons likes cookies and one likes fruit-flavored snacks like roll-ups and fruit gems.
My son likes anything chocolate, he’s quite the junkie for it.
updated status 🙂
Just added that note for the second entry. Also, wanted to say that I often see my students eating Clif bars. They sell them in the healthy food concession machine at my school.
I just polled my boys and tonight the concensus is that Cracker Jacks are their favorite snacks. Hmmmm. I wonder what they’s say tomorrow?! 🙂
My kids favorite snack is entenmann’s donuts
shared on facebook
My kids love to snack on crackers and pretzels.
My 17 month old daughter loves fruit of every kind. I love chocolate… especially Clif Chocolate Brownie Clif Zs.
Updated my FB status 🙂
my kids take 2 snacks to school; 1 has to be healthy (fresh fruit/veggie) and 1 can be pretzels, homemade oatmeal cookies, muffins, or granola bars, occasionally chips but never candy.
Just updated facebook status to “I just entered to win a dozen CLIF Kids Snacks – thanks to CLIF Bar and Kosher on a Budget. http://kosheronabudget.com/?p=22750″
shared on facebook!
Cheez-its is the kids’ fave.
my kids favorite snacks are cheez its and yogurt tubes.
just updated FB status
My kids love chocolate chips
veggie chips and popcorn are my kids’ favorite.
just shared on facebook!
My kid’s favorite snack is fruit – mostly grapes and bananas!
Luckily my kids love fruit, but they would eat junk all day if I let them!
my kids love pretzels!
My 2 yr. old twins love Bamba! My other 3 love fresh fruits and veggies and the stretch island fruit leathers or whole wheat pretzels , dried fruit is also a favorite of all of my kids.
Anything thst stsrts out with a potato dderp frief and then enough sodium to meet a weeks worth of RDA…LOL
Left my post on FB………
Cookies never go out of style, although just one seems to go fine without requests for more –not sure how my babies didn’t inherit my sweet tooth –hadn’t really thought about Clif bars ’till reading this!
Cheese curls are my favorite! So bad:)
My favorite snack is anything chocolate. My kids love chocolate and string cheese!
Just changed my status on FB!
I just bought some today at Target! The 12 pack was on sale in Chocolate chip and Chocolate brownie flavors. This is also my “junk” for my kids. They love them all except for the Honey graham. They have tried the oatmeal new one and LOVE it.
Chocolate, chocolate, anything chocolately!
My kids adore bissli, pirate’s booty (or the trader joe’s version of such) and clif’s kids bars (which we get at trader joe’s). Basically, anything kosher from trader joe’s ends up in my kids bags for lunch and snacks!
I shared the giveaway on my facebook page!