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New Walkers Hoops and Crosses

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Look what this cheeky monkey brought us!

walkers hoops and crossesA sample of the new Baked Snack from Walkers Hoops and Crosses!

The flavour were sent to try out is Roast Beef but after checking the ingredients, I was happy to see that it is suitable for Vegetarians (which is important to us as we eat Halal)

Each bag contains 85 calories and is made from wholegrains, have no artificial colours or preservatives so it is something I am happy to give to my children, either in a lunchbox or as a snack at home. I allowed my younger two to have some after their lunch. As they are only little, one bag was plenty to share out between them.

These snacks, as you could guess, all come in either hoops or cross shapes like the game of noughts and crosses:

walkers hoops and crossesThe taste of the roast beef flavour is quite strong (in a nice way, I thought!) It actually reminds me of crisps I used to eat when I was little, a bit like monster munch. I have not come across any like this in a while! My children liked the interesting shapes of the crisps and also seemed to like the taste as they happily ate them up.

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My 4 year old missed out as he was at school when we tried it! But I would happily buy these, so I am sure he will get his turn to try them. They also come in prawn cocktail or salt and vinegar flavours so I would be interested to see how those taste.

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Round up of our #HealthySnackChat

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Today we ran our first Twitter party, on the topic of #HealthySnackChat. It went brilliantly and we were so happy to see how many people came. I’m proud to say, we were quickly trending and stayed trending throughout the majority of our party hour which is a great result especially for our first time! Thanks to all of you who came, and to my co-hosts @etspeaksfrom, @redrosemummy and @thebrickcastle.

For those who missed it, there’s no need to worry as the people at Cult Content have done a fantastic summary so you can catch up on some of the useful tips and ideas that were put forward during the chat. Have a look here!

I will definitely be trying out some of the suggestions from the other mums who took part. Freezing bananas sounds like a good one, and I would love to have a go at preparing Bento boxes for the boys.

I’m lucky that two of my boys do eat a lot of fruit and are always happy to try new healthy snacks, but my middle boy is not. He has a pretty limited diet, which is probably due to his ASD and other feeding issues that he has had since being a baby. Although it’s hard for him to try new things, I can’t give up so new ideas are always useful as you never know what may work. Hopefully one day we will get him eating some more new things (and preferably healthy ones!)

There was definitely a lot to think about from our chat, and it’s always interesting to see the different approaches that other mums use.

We also had some brilliant prizes to give away thanks to SA Fruit and Change4Life. Here is the winners list again, in case anyone has missed it:

Winners for the mini prizes are
@charliechinuk
@AttachmentMumma
@lifewithasd
@mymummysworld

Winners for the rucksack are
@cherylp59
@thesoupdragon44

Congratulations to all our winners, and thanks again to all those who helped make our first twitter party a real success!

I hope we will be able to bring you more twitter parties in the future, so keep checking back on the blog (you can subscribe by email on the right hand side if you really don’t want to miss anything! 😉 ) and also on the Facebook page. Keep an eye on the other 3 host blogs too!