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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Victoria
    7,260

    Trail mix - nuts, seeeds, some sultanas.
    Savoury mini muffins or quiches
    Melon Balls
    Bananas
    Piklets or crumpets (my girls love these cold with butter O.o)
    Popcorn
    ****tail franks
    Hard boiled eggs.

    Enjoy your trip!

  2. #2

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
    12,662

    Some great suggestions already.
    My tip. Pull over every 2 hours or so for a snack time in a playground. They can run off the sillies and you won't get the messier snacks all though your car.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jun 2005
    USA
    3,991

    Jerky

    Carrot muffins

    Banana bread

    Soaked nuts & seeds
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  4. #4
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,900

    Awesome suggestions! Thank you all!

  5. #5
    BellyBelly Member

    Sep 2010
    North West Victoria, Australia
    3,003

    Depending on how well your girls eat, you could also do carrot/celery sticks and apple slices.
    These are some great ideas, and I'm going to steal them

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    In my own private paradise
    15,272

    we did a trip to sydney with a 20 month old so had to factor snacks into it - i know we stopped every 90mins to two hours for a run/play/toilet break, and had proper "meal" type food then. but in the car we had dry fruit mix, sultana buds, rice crackers, vegemite sandwiches and water. we had more interesting sandwiches (chicken and salad) when we stopped, as well as yogurt and things.

    surprisingly (to me anyway!) the little girl that snacks all the time at home didn't want to eat all that much while we were travelling. i guess she's more like me than i thought (i tend to go into "not sure how far til the next loo so i'm not going to eat or drink too much" mode lol)

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Nov 2007
    Country Vic - West of Ballarat
    1,568

    These are some great ideas, we are doing a 10hr car trip with 3 in a couple of months so some good ideas for me as well.

    We are planning on leaving pretty early to get through Melb before they are due to wake and have breakfast - so will stop for about an hour - and then try and get to the next stop for lunch after they have another sleep, then a stop for afternoon tea, so hopefully we won't need too many snack during the actual drive part of the trip