Found a snack my DS loves...thought I'd share

I picked up some yogurt covered raisins at Whole Foods, in the bulk section. I was really getting them for me, because I have always loved them - but Kai really likes them too.

I'm hoping nobody has any reasons why this isn't a safe or healthy snack (choking hazard, weird treatment processes, who knows what else?) because he really likes them. I've been confused on raisins themselves for awhile - I was worried they might be some sort of choking hazard, but he seems to do well with them, but it is always a nagging thought in the back of my head "are these safe?"

So anyway, it's a snack you might want to try - knocks out 2 food groups in one little itty bitty bite, so thats a plus in my book!

Deborah,

I don't want to rain on your parade but sometimes the yogurt coating is not as much yogurt as you think. I don't know if the Whole Foods version is healthier. There are a lot of additional ingredients that go in to make the yogurt into a hard shell around the raisin and also making the shell taste more like candy and less like yogurt.

Bummer...I knew it was too good to be true! :)

Yes, Sophie recently discovered them as well. She loves them!

I'm careful, however, to give her the ones that are on the smaller side just in case she starts "chipmunking" them.

-m

Hey Deborah, I'm confused about raisins and other dried fruit too. My DD is almost 14 months old and has at least 12 teeth that I know of. Does anyone know if it's safe to give her dried fruit? If so, do I need to do anything special to it other than make sure it's in small pieces and nice and chewy?

What a great idea - thanks for sharing, I'll have to give them a try. DD loves raisins and cranraisins, so I bet she would love these!

Lisa