When our daughter was younger, we tried to get creative with some of the breakfast cereals we used to buy at our local grocery store. Our daughter would enjoy bowls of cereal for breakfast before school or as an after school snack.
Some of these suggestions are healthy, and some should only be used as an occasional treat. If your child likes to snack on a bowl of dry cereal, you can certainly omit the milk. If you are making an on-the-go treat, only use dry ingredients placed in a zip-lock bag.
Fun milk tip: Instead of using white milk, you can use chocolate. If you are health conscious, you can try using soy milk.
Fun Cereal Add-Ins for Kids Suggestion List
coba
apples, fresh
Apricots, dried
Bananas, sliced
Blackberries
Blueberries, fresh
brown sugar
Brownies, chopped or crumbled
Cantaloupe, chopped into small pieces
Caramel Ice Cream Sauce
Grated carrots
cherries
Chocolate chips
chocolate covered raisins
Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, 3 crushed cookies
Chocolate syrup
Cinnamon
Cocoa powder, 1/4 teaspoon
Concord Grapes
Cool Whip, one medium tablespoon
dates
Fruit butters – apple, peach, pear or pumpkin
Fruit Cobbler: a tablespoon of leftover cobbler
Graham cracker crumbs
Big wave
green grapes
Gummy bears
Gummy worms
Sweetie
hot chocolate sauce
ice cream, a ball
Jelly
Jam
Kiwi, sliced
Tangerines, drain the juice
miniature marshmallows
Blackberries
Oatmeal, sprinkle instant oatmeal as a topping
peaches, fresh
peanuts, chopped
pears, freshly diced
pecans, chopped
Pineapples, canned or freshly chopped
Grapes
raspberries
Sherbet, one tablespoon
Shortcake, crumbled
Strawberries, freshly cut
swedish fish
Trail Mix, one tablespoon
chopped nuts
Watermelon, chopped into chunks or balls
wheat germ
white chocolate chips
Yogurt
yogurt covered raisins
As you can see from the list above, you can deck out that simple bowl of breakfast cereal with lots of things. Breakfast for children should be fun, not boring. For most breakfasts, go for the healthy options… but there’s certainly nothing wrong with indulging in some of the other treats every once in a while, too.