[disclaim]This is a sponsored post on behalf of The J.M. Smucker Company. All opinions are 100% mine. #Snackation[/disclaim]
Awhile ago I shared with you our fun shopping trip to Walmart for snacks for our road trip. We were preparing for a mini road trip down to Austin. I was invited to attend the Disney Social Media Moms Conference in Austin — which was so much fun! We got to do pin trading, hear The Crafty Chica, learn about SnapChat and making videos, and Mickey Mouse was even there!
We went down to Austin a couple days early to have a bit of fun. It’s a 3 1/2-hour drive. I packed snacks and a cooler for our road trip, so we could have a #Snackation on the way down.
Don’t you just love the dollar store? I know I do. I got these cute little totes for each kid. Then, I froze water bottles and put them in the bottom of each tote, to keep everything like the fruit slices and applesauce nice and cold.
I loaded up snacks of Fruit Fulls, JIF to go, Smuckers Uncrustables, and some fruit and veggies for dipping.
Here are a few quick Snack Box Tips for kids for your next road trip:
- Freeze a couple of water bottles ahead of time to go in the bottom of the box.
- Put a variety of snacks. My kids always love digging through to see what they’ve got in the box!
- Include an easy dip like JIF To Go along with some fruits or veggies.
- Pack Smuckers Uncrustables straight from the freezer, so they’ll defrost for the perfect snack along the way.
- Make sure to include an easy fruit treat like Smuckers new Fruit Fulls. (These are so my favorite!).
While we were there, we saw the bats come out from under the Congress Ave bridge.
We also spent a day at the Natural Bridge Caverns. The caverns were beautiful, but it was a killer walking back up to the surface. You can’t tell from this collage of photos, but these rooms are like 200 and 300 ft tall! In fact, when Texas had a ton of rain this spring, these giant caverns were filled to the top with water!
They have several other activities at the caverns, but we absolutely loved panning for stones. They have this giant water trough with pans attached. Then, you buy a big bag of dirt full of stones and rocks, and you pan it. Nate kept telling me he’d never seen me have so much fun. We found so many stones like amethyst, rose quartz, even a sapphire.
The next time you need to prepare snacks for the road, check out Smuckers at Walmart!
What are your kids’ favorite snack box treats when you head out on a road trip?
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What great snack box tips Stephanie! When I was in school, it was an extra special treat to get peanut butter so I could dip my apple in!
I haven’t tried Smuckers Fruit Fulls. I do love the Jif Dippers though.
Now THAT is a box I would love myself! Kid or no kid you put some really yummy AND HEALTHY snacks in there! We love Smuckers in this family and have PB&J often! We even love the snackables! Great tip on the water bottles!
I have yet to see those Smuckers snacks where I shop- and I have been looking! I would love to try the uncrustables!! As for those caverns–I think I will stay topside since they are so deep underground-don’t think these old legs would get me back to the top.
I love the Jif to go cups, I think they are an awesome, quick snack. We always buy them and also the small packs of apple slices.
Yumm! All of that looks so good! I actually haven’t tried uncrustables before but might have to pick some up on my next trip.
It looks like your kids had a fabulous time between their snacks and entertainment. I would love to visit some caverns like that myself.
Loving the snack tips, I am not the greatest when it comes to pack snacks but am slowly learning
We love taking trail mix and honey wheat pretzels on our road trips! Bottled water is also a must! These are good ideas too!
We traveled to Italy this year and I did something similar…I packed a variety of snacks in my kids’ backpacks so they could choose what they wanted to eat!
I actually have a snack box in my pantry for my husband. It’s in a canvas bag so I can’t see what’s in there – so I’m not tempted to dig through and eat it all lol.
Love the snack box idea. Wonderful tips. My kids would love it. I will have to do this for our little trips!
There are so many fun things to do down there – the bats are great to watch. I don’t miss the heat, but I do miss the beautiful outdoor vistas!
My kids would love these snacks. Looks like you had a wonderful time exploring the cavern.
Smucker’s Jam and Jif dips are just a few of my girls favorite things to have. Love the idea of the snack box will need to incorporated that on our next trip.
This is so clever, can’t believe I didn’t think of this when we travelled long distance recently.
Clever tip indeed. haven’t though of it until I saw your article. Thanks for sharing.
We love road trips and these are very useful guides. These are great choices of snacks, the boys love Smuckers Uncrustables too! The Natural Bridge Caverns looks like an interesting place to visit.
My family loves visiting Natural Bridge Caverns. We haven’t been there in several years though so it might be time to grab some snacks and drive down.
Don’t have little ones to pack snacks for, but my husband and I are always going on the weekends to flea markets or other trips, so a snack box is always ready for us.
These are great snacks for kids when traveling on a road trip. I always had apples or Ritz crackers for a snack along with the fruit chews too. The Jif’s snacks and the Smuckers snacks are great for snacks now days. Thanks for sharing.
Those caverns look awesome, my boys would love this place. I usually pack a variety of snacks in a backpack but I really like your idea with the plastic totes. I am so trying that!
What a smart and delicious idea! I Will have to add some of these to my shopping list.
I would love those snacks & probably my husband too! These caverns are amazing and what a grand thing to do. Those stones you found they weren’t real were they.? Probably a silly question, but I just can’t see them giving away such precious stones. Oh well, what do I know, but it sounds like a great time to me!!! I can see why you had a barrel of fun there!
Looks like you had such a great time! I love these snacks!!