20 Cheap & Easy Thanksgiving Snacks Everyone Will Gobble Up
These cheap and easy Thanksgiving snacks are fun, festive, and delicious. They’re perfect for keeping guests happy while they wait on the big meal.
From kid-friendly bites to budget-friendly crowd-pleasers, you’ll have the snack table covered without the stress. Or the expensive price tag.
Use them at:
- Thanksgiving dinner
- Friendsgivings
- Classroom parties
- Fall family nights
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Tip: Look through the snacks and pick the ones you already have some ingredients for. Then, make a list for what you need to buy and watch out for sales on those items!
Easy Kids Thanksgiving Snack Ideas on a Budget
1. Fall Snack Mix
Fall is the season of cozy sweaters, crisp air, and food that brings people together. This fall snack mix is a perfect blend of crunchy, sweet, and savory. And the best part? It’s budget-friendly and easy to whip up with pantry staples or sale items.
2. Turkey Treats (3 Ways)
Bite Sized Bash shows three different ways to do this yummy Turkey treat. Use cookies or stick a rolo on pretzels to get your turkey shape.
3. Fun Charcuterie Skewers
Looking for a snack that’s a little more hearty? These charcuterie skewers are easy and can fit any budget and food preferences. Sub out any of the ingredients in the recipe for whatever you love, like grapes.
4. Yummy Apple Pretzel Bites
These caramel apple bites are a treat that is sweet, salty, crunchy, and delicious. Plus, it’s super simple and gives you exactly what everyone craves during fall.
You’ll also love this creative caramel apple bar!
5. Chocolate Covered Turkeys
These chocolate covered strawberry turkeys are simple to make, cute to look at, and fun to eat! Both kids and adults love their silly turkey faces and delicious taste!
6. Homemade Applesauce
You can make this applesauce recipe using any type of apple you have on hand! It has just the right amount of sweetness, warm hints of cinnamon, and tastes absolutely delicious.
7. Turkey Time Snack Board
How cute is this Turkey Snack Board?! Everyone will gobble up this version of a charcuterie board!
8. Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn
This cheap and easy cinnamon sugar popcorn is a fun, easy treat to make with kids. It’s going to be quite popular with the adults too!
9. Pluckable Veggie Turkeys
It doesn’t get any easier than this, plus you’ll get your kids to eat their veggies. You can download the free turkey faces right on the post at Tinkerbean.
10. Turkey Snack Feed
This Turkey Snack Feed is salty, sweet, crunchy, colorful, and absolutely adorable. It’s the perfect mix for fall parties, movie nights, or packaging up in cute little bags for neighbors.
Adjust your ingredients according to what you have and your budget!
11. Pumpkin Pie in a Cup
Are you looking for an educational and fun way to celebrate Thanksgiving? This simple recipe for no-bake pumpkin pie in a cup is super quick, cheap, and easy to make! You can use the free printable sequencing activity for kids too!
12. Turkey Veggie Tray
Your regular “boring” healthy food tray can be turned into a Thanksgiving delight if you shape it into a turkey. Learn how at Lilluna.
13. Turkey Snack Board
Snack boards are oh so fun for fall and Thanksgiving parties. And they allow you to use a variety of items. Use up what you have at home and then look for sales at grocery stores to fill in the rest.
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14. Candy Corn Fruit Parfait
Need a healthy fall treat that you can feel good about giving the kids? This candy corn fruit parfait is the perfect choice. And you can use inexpensive canned fruit!
15. Corn on the Cob Treat
These easy-to-assemble popcorn corn on the cob bags are ADORABLE and so cheap! They are baggies of popcorn wrapped in green tissue paper to look like stalks of corn on the cob.
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16. Pumpkin Pie Krispies
Ditch the pie dough in favor of low cost cereal with this foolproof recipe for Pumpkin Pie Rice Krispies Treats!
17. Apple Sandwiches
Quick, easy, and healthy! Apple sandwiches are perfect for fall and fill your kids up. The best part? You can adjust them to whatever you have! Add granola, raisins, marshmallows, or nuts if you have them. Or keep it simple with just peanut butter and apple.
18. No Bake Pumpkin Pie Bites
These no-bake pumpkin pie bites are super easy to make and great year round!
It’s taking all the flavors of pie and rolling them into healthy pumpkin pie bites- without the mess and fuss of making dough or turning on the oven!
19. Apple Turkey Crafts
These adorable turkeys aren’t just a snack. They’re a fun craft too!
20. Gooey Cranberry Brie Bites
Thanksgiving is all about warm cozy smells and foods. So, don’t miss these delicious cranberry brie bites. They’re easy to do and perfect around the holidays.
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