When I was little, I would BEG my mom to buy Fruit by the Foot for my lunches. She tried to explain to me that this was junk food, but I’m guessing I didn’t relent. Now, I’m repulsed by the ingredients list on these things and find it hard to believe they’re even considered food. Check it out:
Partially hydrogenated oils and artificial colors? No thank you. Luckily, there are better fruit snack options on the market these days, so when my own daughter is old enough to beg for packaged goodies, I’ll be able to make her happy without compromising her health. Stretch Island Fruitabu Smooshed Fruit Rolls will be one of my go-to products, since they’re simply dried fruit puree but packaged in a way that appeals to kids:
They also make a wide variety of fruit strips (aka fruit leather), which I love snacking on as an adult. Orchard Cherry and Mango Sunrise:
are currently my favorite flavors. Want to try some yourself? Here’s how…
Win Stretch Island Fruit Snacks!!
What do you love snacking on? Simply tell us your favorite snack in the comments section of this post and be entered to win Stretch Island Fruit Strips and Fruitabu Fruit Rolls! TWO winners will be randomly picked on Tuesday June 7th. Good luck!
18 Comments
Anthony
June 3, 2011 at 7:02 pmBetter than Fruit by the Foot? But how could that be?! =)
Anthony
June 3, 2011 at 7:05 pmMy favorite snack is Trader Joe’s trail mix! The one with M&M’s.
Phong Long
June 4, 2011 at 6:15 pmI love trail mix. Preferably my own mix from bulk bins, but I’ll take the premade stuff with dates, raisons, coconut flakes, dried fruit, nuts.
Stacy @ Every Little Thing
June 5, 2011 at 3:25 pmI love Stretch Island fruit strips! We try and buy a few every week. Strawberry and grape are the best!
As for other snacks, I am more a salty person than sweet, so I like chips and cheese for good snacks 🙂
Beth
June 5, 2011 at 5:39 pmThese are my son’s favorite fruit snack! He doesn’t even know what fruit by the foot is.
Laila Quick
June 5, 2011 at 7:43 pmTJ’s fruit leather bits and ends! Yummmmmmm!!!!! 🙂
Heidi
June 6, 2011 at 8:44 amI love air-popped popcorn or rice cakes with natural PB!
Brianna Kotka
June 6, 2011 at 9:07 amI myself LOVE dried fruit, there’s a great mix from squirrel valley that I buy at grocery outlet at a discounted price, I also love fruit strips I just wish they weren’t so spendy, the only way to buy them at a half way reasonable price is to buy them at Costco, my favorite has to be grape it’s so soft and chewy. Even more than the other flavors.
Erica Tyler
June 6, 2011 at 10:03 amI love the Annie’s Bunny Snack mix. The little cheddar bunnies and pretzels make my day. I’m definitely still a kid at heard!
PS: I used to beg my Mom for Fruit Roll-Ups. Is there any fruit in those?? lol!
Erica Tyler
June 6, 2011 at 10:04 amTypo! Should say “kid at heart!!!”
Amelia
June 6, 2011 at 10:39 amI love these too, Laila!
Rachel
June 6, 2011 at 3:35 pmString cheese and apples are my favorite snacks!!
Heather V.
June 7, 2011 at 10:28 amPita and hummus is my fav snack of all time!
Would love to win this natural treat!
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Anna Herforth
June 7, 2011 at 12:17 pmAnything fruit or nut…in any form! Lately I’ve been into True North pecan almond cashew clusters.
Gianna Patton
June 7, 2011 at 6:44 pmMy go to snack is almonds and/or string cheese, but my daughter loves fruit leathers 🙂
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Teresa
June 24, 2011 at 2:28 pmI love your fruit strips as a snack. I do not usually eat fruit. However, i can eat these. They taste great and are good for you too! Doesn’t get any better than that.
RA
April 24, 2018 at 5:45 pmFruit leather and strips are great for snacking. One of my favorite things though are the Strawberry Lemonade fruit stars from NatureBox!
Amelia Winslow
May 4, 2018 at 12:29 pmYum, fruit stars sound delicious!