Creating An Easy and Fun Snack For Your Zoo Trip

Planning a trip to the zoo? Make ahead this fun, easy snack for the zoo that your kids will love. This zoo snack is so easy that your kids could almost do by themselves. We love a good themed snack too, perfect for zoo lovers of all ages. My family is really fortunate to have a great zoo in where we live in Waco, TX that we love to visit often, so much so that we have a family membership pass. The property is beautiful and makes for some great exercise on a bright and beautiful day.

Because it takes us a few hours to navigate through and see all the things, we know we have to plan ahead and pack a snack for each trip. I prefer snacks that kids can hold on their own that don't take up a lot of room but provide a variety. This snack seems like a win every time.

How to Make an Easy Snack For the Zoo

First, grab these yummy ingredients to make your zoo snack trail mix. Have your child name the zoo animals in the animal crackers or animal cookies. We like to play fun games where you name the animals and try to make the sound they would make. It always leads to a lot of laughs. Also, plan to make a little extra to snack on as you are prepping you zoo snack bags because it's just too hard not to eat some popcorn and m&m's right then. Who can resist a little salty and a little sweet? Not this girl!

zoo trail mix

Ingredients for your zoo snack

1 cup Chocolate Teddy Grahams

2 cups of Pretzels

3 cups Popped Popcorn

1 cup Animal Crackers

1 cup Iced Animal Crackers

2 cups Goldfish

2 pkg.—1.69 oz. M&M’s

Directions

Mix all ingredients together. I mean seriously, have you ever read such easy direction in your life? Ha. Open bags, mix together and enjoy. You're welcome.

portable snack

Put in small containers or Ziplocs and take along to the zoo! Easy peasy, amiright? Variety, colorful and the perfect combination of sweet and salty. Perfect for every eater in your family.

Want more easy snacks for kids? Head on over to this post for more healthy, easy snack ideas. Or if your kids come home from school starving, check out this post for some make ahead afterschool snack ideas.

Do you have a zoo where you live? Make sure you check out the option to get a family membership. If we go to the zoo more than twice a year (which we always do), often the membership pays for itself. It also keeps us disciplined to get outside and do something fun because we always have the pass and even if we are running low on funds, a zoo trip just cost us the price of our snacks so it just makes sense. Follow the zoo's website and social media accounts too because they often have special activities for members that we love to take advantage of too.