I’m sure you can all sympathize when I tell you that my 8 year old stepson is a picky eater. It’s weird – he’ll mow down some sushi but won’t touch a hamburger. Chicken nuggets/tenders are his only ‘go to’ and sometimes he’ll even refuse pizza. It gets old.
Lost Boys: The Tribe movies Very old.
But like any other kid, Riley also loves to snack. And like any other kid, he loves junk food – Cheetos? Potato chips? He’ll eat a bag full before he’ll touch even a hot dog. Weirdo.
When Revolution Foods offered to let us try their new healthy chip-like snacks – Pop-Alongs – I was hesitant because Riley is usually resistant to trying new foods. But one that looks and acts like a chip? He just might be fooled . . .
I can support snack foods like these:
- The Long Riders movie full
- They’re organic.
- They’re whole-grain.
- They’re popped, not fried.
- Each little bag has 100 calories – just enough for an 8 year old.
Riley scarfed down the bag of cinnamon flavored chips first. And when I say scarfed, I mean he inhaled the entire bag. Later, when talking about how much he liked the Pop-Alongs, he told us that if he could by any snack in an entire store, he’d buy the cinnamon Pop-Alongs. That’s a pretty strong vote coming from an 8 year old, I’d say. He also really like the cheese and plain flavored chips.
Revolution Foods makes Pop-Alongs but they also have a really creative school lunch program that serves healthy meals to inner city schools. They also make other lunchbox appropriate snacks and foods, like fruit, sandwiches, and peanut butter.
Unfortunately, Pop-Alongs and the other Revolution Foods products are not yet widely available, but you can find them at your local Whole Foods or unexpedtedly, Toys R’ Us.
Free Stuff Alert
Revolution Foods is offering a Pop-Along sampler pack – one bag of each flavor of Pop-Alongs – to one lucky reader.
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- Comment and let us know your picky eater’s favorite snack food.
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About the author: One day, Andi hopes to teach the men in her life that they, too, can pick things up and put them away after they’ve used them. Read more from this author.Related Reviews:
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My picky eater is not picky due to taste but rather due to allergies.
She is allergic to Wheat, Milk, Nuts, and Eggs. I noticed that Pop Ups are gluten free so she will likely be able to eat the original and cinnamon flavors.
If so, she (AND I) will be thrilled to have found another snack she can have!
oops. I meant to write Pop Alongs.
My picky eater? By far, the McQueen graham crackers are the best! How can you go wrong with McQueen and a 2yr old?
My picky eater hates salty things, so we are always on the look out for new snacks with flavor, but without excessive salt.
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My picky eater is… me. I hate to admit it. I have to get better about eating “new” things so my kid will, too.
But my favorite snack is pretty much anything spread with peanut butter. Crackers, apples, carrots, celery, cookies, oatmeal… :)
My picky eater won’t eat snacks that don’t crunch. I think Pop-Alongs would be perfect for him!
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My picky eater’s favorite snack food is anything and everything candy!
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My picky eater is my tween daughter who drives me crazy with what she will eat . I fix her some peanut butter with reduced sodium whole wheat Ritz crackers.
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My son and daughter’s favorite snack is
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My picky eaters fave snack is blueberries!
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My picky eater’s favorite snack food is anything with peanut butter!
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My picky eater loves his snacks. And usually junks stuff, so it’s always a challenge to find something relatively healthy that he will like. The best so far would be organic chedder bunnies or pretzels.
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My pick eater likes dreamsicles. She also likes orange juice and vanilla ice cream together.
My picky eater loves chocolate chip ice cream.
my picky eater loves veggie booty
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chicken tenders, take her to the fanciest restaurant and that’s what she’ll order!
My 8yo daughter is super picky, and her favorite snack food is plain potato chips.
I’m the picky eater and my favorite snack is anything sweet!
My picky eater’s favorite food is applesauce
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Mine loves anything with cheese!! Thanks for the chance. mogrill@comcast.net
Chicken Tenders is there favorite!
My picky eater loves to eat grapes !
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my son’s favorite snacks are the gerber graduates fruit snacks
My picky eater loves to eat sweets.
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My son is picky and his favorite snack is buttered bread. Weird huh?
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a favorite snack in my household is hummus and carrots :)
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thank you so much for the giveaway- these look great!
My daughter loves animal crackers.
My picky eater’s favorite snack food is raw tomatoes. I cringe as I write this.
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My little one loves crackers.
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My son is my picker eater and his favorite snack food is ice cream!!
When my kids were little I tried to be creative with food and tell little stories to go along with the meal. Examples, broccoli stalks were trees from the magic fairy forrest, and brussel sprouts were tiny Peter Rabit cabbages, and mashed potatoes were shaped like a nest where I placed green peas.
My niece could live off of toast, plain toast that is.
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I am my own picky eater and my favorite food is pizza!
My picky eater actually loves yogurt – so i stock the fridge with it for her
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My son love pizza flavored gold fish
my kids favorite snacks are crackers, they love their carbs
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He loves Ritz crackers with cheese.
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My picky eater like potato chips (Lays Sour Cream and Onion)!
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Popcorn seems to work with both my toddlers
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Lay’s Potato Chips – that favorite equally shared with Fritos, of course!
My kids love apples with carmel.
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Miss Picky likes coconut anything, and mostly homemade stuff- she’s a pita- so I would say my homemade coconut granola is her fave.
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I happen to have two picky eaters – my oldest pick eater’s favorite snacks are dill pickles (“WHOLE! DO NOT CUT THEM!” says my little tyrant), and my younger picky eater’s go-to’s are baked beans, cottage cheese or mandarin oranges. Yes, I know this doesn’t quite sound picky – but when you have to guess one out of three…it usually ends up with me throwing the first two guesses in the trash!!
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My picky eater’s favorite snack food is raw vegeatables. She won’t eat them cooked, but loves almost any kind raw. Thank you for having this giveaway.
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My kids love popcorn and I like it because it’s pretty healthy for a snack food
My son loves watermelon, cherries, blueberries, apples, and of course, chocolate- basically almost anything sweet :)
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My picky son loves toast and butter. He will go thru a loaf a bread a day if you let him. He is a strange duck but then so is his mom
Cheetos are my sons fave snack food but it has to be the puffs He refuses to eat the crunchy ones lezanac@yahoo.com
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My little one is obsessed with fruit snacks.
Right now it’s Cheerios
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I’ve got a weird one for you. My three year old loves frozen waffles, straight out of the freezer.
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Cheese and cracker sandwiches are a big fave!
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Besides pizza that is :-). The only healthful snacks are applesauce and bananas with peanut butter. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Well, my picky eater is my husband, and his fave snack is popcorn.
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My kids love apple slices.
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