A great collection of some of the best hidden veggie recipes out there covering both sweet and savoury snacks. Perfect for picky eaters.
Some kids love vegetables – others need a bit of help to get their five a day. Seeing as government recommendations say that we should actually be eating something closer to ten portions of fruit and vegetables a day, it’s likely that many of us would benefit from adding a few portions of hidden vegetables to our snacks.
As the mother of a child who doesn’t willingly eat any fruit or vegetables I’m more than comfortable with sneaking a vegetables into sauces, cakes, pancakes, muffins and anything else I can think of. Even if you don’t need to hide the veggies it’s always good to add extra flavour and nutrition to snacks.
Did you see part one of my hidden vegetable recipes series? It’s packed full of hidden vegetable recipes for main meals so you should definitely check it out.
Here are 21 delicious hidden veggie recipes for snacks for you to try:
Hidden veggie recipes – cakes
Pictures (in an S shape from top left): Sneaky Veg, Kidgredients, Goodie Goodie Lunchbox, Only Crumbs Remain, My Kids Lick The Bowl, Sneaky Veg, Goodie Good Lunchbox, The Lean Green Bean
Chocolate kale muffins by Sneaky Veg
Green muffins with spinach, banana and dates by Kidgredients
Pumpkin and coconut muffins by Goodie Goodie Lunchbox
Double chocolate zucchini (courgette) muffins by My Kids Lick The Bowl
Beetroot chocolate cupcakes by Only Crumbs Remain
Blueberry beet muffins by The Lean Green Bean
Wholemeal carrot muffins by Goodie Goodie Lunchbox
Sweet potato banana bread with chocolate chips by Sneaky Veg
Hidden veggie recipes – sweet treats
Pictures (clockwise from top left): Veggie Desserts, Searching for Spice, Sneaky Veg, The Lean Green Bean, Sneaky Veg, Goodie Goodie Lunchbox, Free From Farmhouse
Sweet potato and ginger protein balls by Veggie Desserts
Chocolate chip pumpkin cereal bars by Searching for Spice
Orange sweet potato cookies by Sneaky Veg
Chocolate pea cookies by The Lean Green Bean
Healthy baked beetroot doughnuts by Sneaky Veg
Sweet potato brownies by Free From Farmhouse
Carrot oat cookies by Goodie Goodie Lunchbox
Hidden veggie recipes – savoury snacks
Pictures (in an S shape from top left): Sneaky Veg, Organic Cookery School, My Kids Lick The Bowl, Sneaky Veg, Goodie Goodie Lunchbox, Sneaky Veg
Easy pizza pinwheels by Sneaky Veg
Cheesy spinach and apple muffins by Organic Cookery School
Cauliflower cheese egg muffins by My Kids Lick the Bowl
Spinach pesto puff pastry palmiers by Sneaky Veg
Carrot cheddar poppy seed crackers by Goodie Goodie Lunchbox
Butternut squash cheesy oatcakes by Sneaky Veg
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What a great roundup of hidden veg recipes! Thanks for sharing my sweet potato protein balls!
You’re welcome – can’t wait to try them, they look so good x
There are loads of recipes in here that I’d like to try! Thanks for including my chocolate chip pumpkin cereal bars.
There are so many temptings ones aren’t there! Can’t wait to try your cereal bars x
These look great, I love ‘hiding’ veggies in recipes, especially ones I know my children will eat. Thank you for bringing this lovely collection to #CookBlogShare!
Thanks Monika, it’s always good to add a little extra goodness to a recipe isn’t it x
There’s so many great ideas here Mandy, thankyou too for including my Beetroot Chocolate Cupcakes,
Angela x
Wow!!! What an amazing collection. So much healthy kiddy yumminess. Said she, halfway through a mini Magnum. BAD MUMMY!!!! Eb x
Yum, those mini magnums are so good!
Mmm those mini magnums are so good!