Good food to eat in the car?

You can now buy Nutter-butters, and Ritz mini cracker sandwiches in little resealable cups. They fit easily into a cup holder so they are very car-trip-friendly. Apples keep well and are also easy to eat with minimal mess. Prunes, raisins, and nuts are a big hit with my two-year-old. Dried apricots and dried cranberries mixed together will make a fun, colorful snack. You didn't ask about drinks, but Crystal Lite individual packets will be fun for the kids to mix into their water and shake up, as a plus they are completely sugar-free. Have a nice trip!

fresh fruit is always good, crackers and cheese cubes, you can buy popcorn already made or make it yourself at home and put into baggies, bottled water or those energy drinks, chips and salsa, cheese its, trail mixes are good, celery and carrot sticks with some ranch dressing for dipping, canned fruit juices, jar of bread and butter pickles to serve with the sandwiches,

I would put a cooler in the car filled with ice to keep the food and drinks cold.

go-gurt is easy and comes in an easy to eat car friendly form.

water is best for car rides- as other drinks have sugars in them and make people cranky if they can't move around. if someone needs to have flavor in their water bring along crystal light or something that can be added easy to a water bottle.

make sure you know if anyone has any food allergies or has high or low blood sugar at times before you start the trip then you know what to give them if anything comes of it.

Fresh veggie sticks such as celery,carrot,peppers.etc.

Ready made pudding cups,or fruit cups.

Granola bars,breakfast bars.

Apples.oranges,bananas.

Pepperoni sticks or beef jerky with cheese sticks(cubes) and snack crackers.

Good idea to carry along some "wet wipes" for the hands also.

fruit for energy; wrap each piece in plastic wrap ... it will keep them clean and safe from damage, especially pears and apples with soft skins like McIntosh or Gala apples ..and will provide a little wrap to throw away the cores and skin, seeds ..

trail mix for energy

some iced drink in a thermos if it's hot

weather / hot drink if cool weather.../a thermos of plain hot water for tea bags, coffee sachets, or hot chocolate mix

individual baked casseroles: mac 'n' cheese, little quiches ....

little sausages

raw vegetables: whole carrots, peeled then wrapped in plastic wrap,

tomatoes (wrap them, the skin will be protected and will not be broken easily); radishes ... whatever you like to eat .. (and a dip ... )

individual pies ... sometimes you can buy them, just little ones, or make your own of apple, lemon filling, plum filling .... instead of pies if you can make turnovers ...

salted nuts ... a candy bar or two...or mints ...

coca cola or pepsi as an antidote to

the heat of the road .... especially if it is nice enough weather to roll down the windows ...

here is a nice recipe for a drink ....I forgot where I got it, I am sorry...but the combination of the tea and the fruit juice, and the pieces of fruit are a sure winner ....

Darjeeling Sangria

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8 or 10 servings

6 cups of strong Darjeeling tea

3 cups of fresh fruit: strawberries, peaches, melons, mango, etc

3 tablespoons of sugar

3 cups of white grape juice ...

it says to pour over ice cubes (make them of spring water) into iced tea glasses and provide long handled iced tea spoons ... however, for travel, I would use a large thermos

container with a wide mouth to get out the fruit, and for ice cubes, use a bottled iced tea ... it will keep the drink fresh without diluting it ...

Cheers!

Any kind of trail mix. You can throw together a bunch of ingredients and call it a trail mix. lol A friend of mine made some while I was visiting. She used two different types of Chex cereal, raisins, nuts and m&ms. It was really good.

How about you make some trail mix with nuts and dried fruit

Nuts and dried fruits work well. My mom would actually always make us pepperoni and cheese rolls when we were travelling when I was a kid--I always loved those.

Fruits like apples, grapes etc.

Cans of nuts like mixed, cashews, peanuts

How about a good old Potatoe or noodle salad?