This collection of incredible After-School Snacks will have your kids running to the door in the afternoons to see which one you have today! From tender muffins to cookies, dips, and pretzel dogs, we’ve got something for everyone in this expansive list of homemade after-school snacks.

Delicious Homemade After-School Snacks

If your kids are anything like mine were, they come home from school HUNGRY, no matter how many snacks or what kind of lunch I send with them. One thing I always liked to do is occasionally whip up a tasty, homemade after-school snack, so when they get home from a long day of hitting the books, there’s something delicious to snack on while we catch up about our days.

These fun options are homemade, delicious, and some of them even include vegetables. It isn’t ALL treats and sugar.

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Peach Zucchini Crumb Muffins

Peach Zucchini Crumb Muffins

Enjoy late summer’s most delicious seasonal produce with these peach zucchini crumb muffins! Moist and full of fruit, with a crumbly, spiced streusel topping.
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Homemade Vanilla Wafers- so simple to make, and they taste even better than the original! Light, buttery, and full of fragrant vanilla, with a texture that almost melts in your mouth.

Homemade Vanilla Wafers

Homemade Vanilla Wafers, made with real ingredients like butter and eggs. Super-simple recipe, with a taste and texture that blows the boxed kind away!
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Pizza Puff on a wire cooling rack with a bite taken out.

Pizza Puff Recipe

These pizza puffs make such a fun lunch, dinner, or snack! Make a big batch for the freezer. Easy Little Caesar's copycat recipe.
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Peanut butter oatmeal cookies displayed in a vintage cake pan with bottles of milk.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Bake up a batch of these peanut butter oatmeal cookies today! The recipe is so easy and they're full of chewy oats and nutty peanut butter!
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Best Granola Bars Recipe

Chewy Granola Bars

These chewy granola bars make such a great breakfast or snack! An easy as can be, no-bake recipe that you can totally customize to your own taste.
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Extra Gooey, Extra Buttery Rice Krispie Treats

Simply Perfect Rice Krispie Treats

Bring back childhood memories with this easy, no-bake rice krispie treats recipe! They’re extra gooey and extra buttery, and simply perfect in every way!

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Dipping a corn chip into a bowl of simple guacamole.

Best Guacamole Recipe

How to make guacamole! This is the best homemade guacamole recipe you’ll ever try. Simple and easy to make, with the most incredible fresh flavor!
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A batch of pretzel dogs stacked on a wire cooling rack.

Pretzel Dogs

Pretzel Dogs! Such a fun snack or meal. East recipe for hot dogs wrapped in homemade soft pretzel dough. Dip them in mustard or cheese!
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Chocolate chip blondies in a pile with crinkly tops and melted chocolate.

Chocolate Chip Blondies

These chocolate chip blondies are so easy to make and they bake up soft & chewy, with plenty of warm brown sugar and gooey chocolate!
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7-Layer dip in a square glass dish, with a green napkin.

7-Layer Dip Recipe

This 7-layer dip recipe is perfect for your next party. Made with beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, and cheese, it's got tons of yummy Mexican flavor!
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Potato skins served on a white rectangular platter.

Potato Skins

These potato skins are just like you'd get in a restaurant, but better! Loaded with melted cheese, bacon, sour cream, & green onions.
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Overhead image of nachos on a sheet pan with forks and fresh cilantro.

Nachos Recipe

This sheet pan nachos recipe is perfect for serving a big crowd! With chili, beans, lots of cheese, and all the fixin's. Make it for your next party!
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  • Nicole Johnson launched the site OrWhateverYouDo.com in 2010 as a platform to share her favorite recipes with friends and family. It quickly morphed into a passion and thriving business that she and her husband work on full-time, more than 15 years later. You can find family-friendly recipes for the grill, griddle, and all cooking methods.

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