When it comes to feeding your baby or toddler, skip the highly processed finger foods and go for natural and nutritious bites your little one will love to get their hands on. Homemade baby finger foods are better and healthier!
Homemade and Nutritious Baby Finger Foods
Many popular finger foods that kids love can be easily made at home so you know exactly what’s going into your child’s food and their body
You certainly don’t need to spend lots of time in the kitchen to prepare finger foods for your growing toddler. All the recipes beloware easy to make, and most can be frozen so you always have them on hand.
Along with the recipes listed below, don’t forget to includea wider variety of fruits and vegetables in your child’s diet.
For even more finger food idea check our out list of fruit finger foods and vegetable finger foods for ideas and how to best prepare them.
For more information on starting your baby on finger foods, check out our article and video onbaby-led weaning.
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Pick ‘n’ Mix Vegetable Shreddies
These are perfect for using up all those leftover and end of the bag veggies! Get creative and use what you have.
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Get the recipe here forPick ‘n’ Mix Vegetable Shreddies
Quinoa Crumbed Fish Fingers
These fish fingers take only minutes to prepare.Makean extra batch to fill your freezer. Your homemade fish fingers are sure to be a much healthier and more child friendly version than the processed store-bought kind.
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Get the recipe here forQuinoa Crumbed Fish Fingers
Fruit, Oat and Chia Mini Chews
These mini chewsare a great little snack option or addition to breakfast. Chia seed arehighest plant source of omega-3 essential fatty acids.
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Get the recipe here for Fruit, Oat and Chia Mini Chews
Red Beet Pancakes
These brightly colored pancakes are chocked full nutrients and will be a breakfast hit.
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Spinach Balls
These spinach balls are a great vegetarian option for your little ones. The cheese adds protein and you can switch out the spinach for kale or any other leafy green.
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Get the recipe here forSpinach Balls
Crispy Coconut Chicken
A fun take on regular chicken strips, these have a crispy and sweet coconut coating.
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Get the recipe here forCrispy Coconut Chicken
Deep Dish Pizza Bites
Perfect for family pizza night! Your little one will love these saucey cheesy bites. Add green peppers, pineapple or mushrooms for fun variations.
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Get the recipe here forDeep Dish Pizza Bites
Chicken Noodle Stir Fry
This stir fry recipe is tailored for toddlers. The veggies and chicken are cut into larger, easy to hold pieces.
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Get the recipe here forChicken Noodle Stir Fry
Soft Butternut Squash Cakes
A great substitution for traditional potato cakes, butternut squash is a slightly sweet and delicious choice. Try making these will pumpkin or other types of squash.
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Get the recipe here forSoft Butternut Squash Cakes
Mini Quiches
These mini quiches can be eating hot or cold. This base recipe uses bacon, tomato and fresh basil, but feel free to add whatever vegetables or meats you want.
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Get the recipe here forMini Quiches
Zucchini Parmesan Quinoa Finger Food
These zucchini parmesan quinoa bites are a perfect finger food! You can mix it up and use carrots, sweet potato or yellow squash.
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Get the recipe here forZucchini Parmesan Quinoa Finger Food
Baby Pasta Bolognese
Pasta is the perfect finger food! This dish is full of vegetables and flavor. Toddlers can dig in by themselves, and with a quick puree, babies can enjoy as well.
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Get the recipe here forBaby Pasta Bolognese
Strawberry Yogurt Bites
These yogurt bites are so simple and easy to make! Make an entire tray (or two!) and keep them in the freezer for whenever your little one is teething or needs a quick sweet treat.
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Get the recipe here forStrawberry Yogurt Bites
Baby Meatballs
These little baby meatballs are perfect for small hands. They are a great way to introduce meat to your little one. Change it up and use beef, chicken or turkey. You can even add some shredded veggies!
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Get the recipe here forBaby Meatballs
Cheese Cubes or Sticks
Cheese cubes or sticks are a great and super simple finger food for your little one. Switch it up and try mozzarella, cheddar, monterey jack or provolone.
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Banana Toast
Banana toast is a wonderful soft finger food for babies and toddlers and helps to keep breakfast interesting with different tastes and textures. Try adding others fruits such as strawberries or blueberries.
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Get the recipe here for Banana Toast
Parmesan And Spinach Cheese Twists
These cheesy, puffy twists are the perfect way to get your little one used to the taste of greens.
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Get the recipe here forParmesan And Spinach Cheese Twists
Scrambled or Cubed Eggs
Eggs make a great finger food for your little one. Scramble them up in a pan or hard boil them and slice into baby size cubes.
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Broccoli And Cheese Frittata Fingers
these frittata fingers are tasty yet mild, perfect for little taste buds. They cook up soft, so they are great for the no or few teeth crowd!
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Get the recipe here forBroccoli And Cheese Frittata Fingers
Baked Chickpea Patties with Sweet Potato Fries
These chickpea patties and sweet potato fries are a super baby friendly meal, but can be enjoyed by the whole family.
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Get the recipe here forBaked Chickpea Patties With Yogurt Sauce And Sweet Potato Oven Fries
Pumpkin Bacon Risotto
This pumpkin bacon risotto is formed into small balls to make it easy for your baby to hold.
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Get the recipe here for Pumpkin Bacon Risotto
Chicken On A Stick
This chicken on a stick meal is a super simple and fun meal for older toddlers. If giving these to a younger child, skip the wooden stick and let them gnaw away!
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Get the recipe here forChicken On A Stick
Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is a great first food for self feeding! Your little one can eat it with their hands or practice their self-feeding skills.
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Chew-Me Oat Fruit Bars
These oat and fruit bars are perfect for a grab and go snack. You can mix these up and add all different kinds of dried fruits, nuts and seeds.
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Get the recipe here forChew-Me Oat Fruit Bars
Beef Chow Mein With Noodles
This is a great way to add some vegetables into your little onesmeals.
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Get the recipe here forBeef Chow Mein With Noodles
Baby French Toast
These french toast sticks are another meal that everyone can enjoy. Slice the bread into sticks for your baby and go!
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Get the recipe here forBaby French Toast
Quesadilla Cubes
Serve a simple cheese quesadilla cut up into small cubes. You can also add some veggies, like tomatoes, peppers, or avocado.
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Baby Egg Pies
These pies are equally good eaten warm or cold and they freeze well, so they are a great standby, so simple. Mix up the veggies and use whatever you have on hand.
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Get the recipe here forBaby Egg Pies
Cooked Beans
Beans and legumes of all types make amazing finger foods. Try a wide variety of beans, including black, pinto, kidney, chickpeas, white beans, lentils and black-eyed peas. When serving beans to your little one, make sure they are cooked until super soft.
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Whole Grain Apple Muffins
These muffins are not only delicious but contain no processed sugar (sweetened instead with a little maple syrup and cinnamon) and are a breeze to prepare!
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Get the recipe here forWhole Gain Apple Muffins
Coconut Peach Pancakes
Pancakes in general are an awesome finger food, and these coconut peach ones some amazing! Change up the fruit each time and have fun.
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Get the recipe here forCoconut Peach Pancakes
Baked Zucchini Fries
Zucchini fries are a finger food classic. Perfect for little hands to hold, You can make these with any kind of veggie you have on hand.
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Get the recipe here forBaked Zucchini Fries
Tofu Cubes
Cubed tofu makes a great simple finger food. Serve it raw, or lightly cooked in a pan.
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Baby Banana-Oatmeal Bites
These super soft and delicious bites are the perfect way to use up those too ripe bananas.
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Get the recipe here forBaby Banana-Oatmeal Bites
Homemade Cheesy Crackers
These homemade crackers are a natural alternative to Goldfish. They can be made using any type of cheese, and you can change up the spices and make them different each time.
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Get the recipe here forHomemade Cheesy Crackers
The Best Toddler Muffins
These awesome muffins also have a fraction of the sugar and butter you find in most muffin recipes. They contain pumpkin, carrots, applesauce and bananas!
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Get the recipe here forThe Best Toddler Muffins
Sunflower Seeds
Roasted, unsalted sunflower seeds are a great snack for your little one. Always supervise your baby when they are eating seeds or nuts.
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Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet potatoes are a perfect finger food for toddlers. This fry shape makes them super easy to hold.
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Get the recipe here forPerfect Sweet Potato
Apple Banana Quinoa Breakfast Cups
Quinoa is packed with protein, so these breakfast cups will keep your little ones full all morning!
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Get the recipe here forApple Banana Quinoa Breakfast Cups
Chicken And Corn Patties
These are a great lunch or dinner option, and a perfect way to start your child on meat if they have texture issues. Play around the change up the veggie mix ins. Peppers. zucchini and sweet potato would all be great.
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Get the recipe here forChicken and Corn Patties
Bagels And Toast
Simple pieces of lightly toasted bagels and bread make a great toddler finger food.
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Chicken and Veggie Tots
These chicken and veggie tots contain carrots, apples, celery, red bell pepper, onion and spinach! This recipe makes around 40 tots, so freeze them and defrost as needed.
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Get the recipe here forChicken and Veggie Tots
Cheddar Carrot Coins
These cheddar-carrot coins are a great way to pack in a veggie at snack time. Replace store-bought crackers and puff with these coins.
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Get the recipe here forCheddar Carrot Coins
Aloo Tikki
Aloo Tikki are crispy, Indian potato patties. This version is made with corn flour, making them gluten-free.
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Get the recipe here forAloo Tikki
Carrot Apple Bites
Apples and Carrots are an awesome combination for these baby bites.
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Get the recipe here for Applesauce Toddler Bites
Sweet Potato Toddler Snacks
These sweet potato snacks are free of all common allergens (even corn) and are super easy to make.
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Get the recipe here forSweet Potato Toddler Snacks
Edamame
Make sure you take the shell off. This can be a choking hazard because of the size. Make sure youwatch your baby or toddler while eating in case of choking.
