Snackle Box Ideas: The Best Travel Snack Box for Kids & Adults

Make traveling easier! Learn how to make a snackle box, an easy-to-pack charcuterie board road trip snack box for kids and adults! Fully customized travel kit for each person and filled with the best travel snacks for a stress-free family vacation!

Our extended family lives in Idaho and Wyoming, and we don’t. This means whenever we want to see them, we have to go on a road trip. When we lived in Utah, that meant a trip of about 4 hours one way. Now that we are in Arkansas that is a 20+ hour trip one way! 😩

But during these trips, we have found ourselves engaged in a snack war. With one bag of snacks, child 1 asks for a snack. Then child 2. Then child 3. Child 4 finally asks for some. All just in time for Child 1 to ask for more snacks. And so it continues round and round, for the entire trip. And Mom never gets a rest! I don’t know about you, but this mama gets pretty tired of being on snack duty for the entire trip.

❤️ Why You Will Love the Snackle Box

Are you tired of the stress of packing snacks, trying to keep them organized, constantly hearing kids say “I’m hungry!”, and spending hours on the road trip passing out snacks to each kid at different times?

I have a solution for you! It’s called a Snackle Box! This is seriously the best traveling hack that will save Mom’s sanity and make traveling so much easier! Here are just a few of the benefits of using a snackle box for your next trip:

• Easy road trip snack boxes for kids!
• Awesome travel snack kits for adults! Yes, adults love these too!
• Fully Customized to each person.
• Keep snacks compartmentalized so it prevents your snacks from getting crushed or mixed together.
• No more handing out snacks – everyone already has their box for the trip.
• Keeps snacks within a set portion – less overeating on the trip.
• No more big bags of snacks to get squished, keep track of or tip over and make a mess. Each person is in charge of their own box.
• Save money – you can actually buy non-perishable snacks ahead of time in bulk, and fill up each snackle box before leaving. Then save the rest of the bulk snacks at home for another occasion or road trip.
• Not just for traveling! They make excellent snack boxes for a day at the beach, lake, park, movie night, or even for a birthday party activity!

I’ve tried ziplock bags. But all the snacks get crushed during the trip. I’ve tried a little lunch box, but all the snacks get mixed together and then the picky ones complain. Trust me, after we started using these travel snack kits, a snackle box is SO MUCH EASIER when you are traveling with kids!

🤔 What is a Snackle Box?

The term Snackle Box is a play on words between the words Snack and Tackle coining the term Snackle. 

Snackle boxes are a fun and creative way to serve snacks. They are essentially portable charcuterie boards that can be made from any type of container with compartments. Most are made with tackle boxes, although I’ve also seen them made in bento boxes. Both are great options for snackle boxes because they are durable, easy to clean, and come in a variety of sizes.

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To make a snackle box travel kit you only need a few items. And they are all very easy to get! Ready for this?

You need a tackle box or bento box and your favorite snacks! That is it! See I told you it was easy! For the best results, find a tackle box that lets you customize the size of the compartments.

Let’s dive deeper into the different ideas so you can make the best travel snack kit possible for you and your kids.

What type of box can I use for a snackle box?

There are many different types of boxes you can use to make a travel snack box. You can use a bento box or a tackle box. I’ve seen both. Some are made out of metal and some are plastic. I prefer plastic simply because I don’t have to worry about rust after washing or loud noises when the kids drop them. You can get them in all kinds of sizes too!

You can find these tackle boxes all over like Amazon, Walmart, and hobby and craft stores. Don’t limit yourself to just the fishing section. Check out craft departments and look for craft, sewing, utility, etc storage boxes as these also work really well! 

Recently I just found this adorable snack spinner that would work also. It is so cute and little kids would really have fun with it.

🚨 SAFETY TIP!

When looking at a tackle box, check the bottom for a recycle symbol with a number in the middle. This number indicates the type of plastic material and whether or not it is safe to store food in.

If the number is 2, 4, or 5, the plastic is considered food-safe.

What should be in a snack box?

When I pack a charcuterie-style snack box I try to have a variety of snacks to cover all the bases. Fill your snack boxes with a variety of sweet, salty, healthy, and charcuterie foods. Include textures such as crunchy, chewy, creamy, and juicy. And don’t forget drinks! But above all, all snacks need to be finger food friendly!

Here is a great list of ideas to get you started:

Sweet Snacks

• Homemade snickerdoodle cookies
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chips cookies
• Swedish Fish
• Sour Patch Kids
• Gummy Worms
• Skittles
• Chocolate dipped Goldfish crackers
• Twizzlers Trail Mix
• Honey Maid Grahams
• CHIPS AHOY!
• OREO Cookies
• NILLA Wafers
• Mini Smore’s Popcorn Balls
• Mother Goose Popcorn
• Puppy Chow
• Fruit Snacks
• Chocolate candies like M&M’s or chocolate-covered raisins
• Chocolate Drizzle Snack mix
• Mini Marshmallows
• Sweet Cereals that kids love to snack on like Lucky Charms or fruit loops
• Homemade Breakfast cereal bars
• Yogurt-covered pretzels
• Granola bars
• Animal crackers
• Nerd Clusters
• Licorish nibs

Salty Snacks

• RITZ Crackers
• WHEAT THINS Snacks
• TRISCUIT Crackers
• Goldfish Crackers
• Cheese-It crackers
• Pretzels
• Popcorn
• Kettle Corn
• Chips
• Jerky
• Jerky Strips
• Veggie straws
• cheerios
• Goldfish Trail Mix
• Granola bars

Healthy/Charcuterie Snacks

• Olives
• String cheese
• cubed cheese
• Sliced meats
• Nuts
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Peanut Butter Sandwich Bites
• Celery Sticks
• Apple Slices
• Grapes
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• dried fruit
• sliced cucumbers
• small tomatoes
• broccoli florets

Drink Ideas to put in your travel snack kit

• Juice boxes
• Bottled water
• Propel Flavor packet to add to water
• Lemonade
• Small chocolate milk

👩🏻‍🍳 How Do You Make A Snackle Box?

The very first thing you should do is thoroughly wash your tackle box with soap and water. And then dry it completely. it is essential that it is completely dry to keep your snacks fresh.

The great thing about using a tackle box is that many of them let you personally set up the dividers inside. So you can create custom cubbies of the perfect size. I always begin by making sure I have one spot that will fit a juice box and string cheese. If your chosen drink is too big for the snack box, that is alright. You can carry it separately and you don’t have to worry about a compartment to fit the drink.

Then insert the rest of the dividers to create individual compartments to the size you want.

When it comes to filling up the snack compartments, you have a lot of freedom here.

I like to give my kids choices in snacks when we travel. I like a balance of fun snacks and a little more health-conscious. And all snacks need to be finger food friendly.

Don’t forget a napkin or wet wipe of some kind. Traveling and snacks can get a little messy.

Fill in the various compartments with your kid’s favorite fruit and snacks.

For the younger kids like toddlers, you can simply create a small snack kit with a smaller utility box or the snack spinner.

For the older kids, I let them put their own snack box together, picking their favorites from the choice platter I set out.

Once all the snack kits are completed, they can easily be snapped shut and packed up for the drive.

Easy as that! Now whenever the kids want a snack, they each have their own little easy snack box they can enjoy as they please.

Many times we have leftovers once the kids get their snack kits packed. There are three very easy options for the leftover treats.

1. Pack up the extra snacks in the luggage, and let the kids remake their trip snack kit for the drive home. For this option, you will need to make sure you have room in the luggage and probably need to keep them hidden while on vacation so they don’t all get eaten before you begin your trip home.
2. Store in the pantry for later.
3. Let the kids have an easy movie party or outdoor water party with friends before the road trip.

💡 Snackle Box Ideas

As I mentioned earlier, snackle boxes aren’t just for a car road trip. There are so many fun ways that you can use these snack boxes for kids and adults! Here are some popular ideas to get you started:

• Road trips – obviously
• Fishing trips
• Camping
• Picnic at the park
• Airplane travel – just ensure the snacks you pack meet TSA regulations
• Day at the beach or lake
• Boating
• Sports tournaments
• School extracurricular activities where your kids need to pack a snack
• Church youth activity where your child needs to bring a snack
• A day at the pool
• A day hiking – this is if you are using a small bento or tackle box – remember to pack light.
• A movie party – Have a snack station full of your favorite snacks for movie parties. Each person gets their own bento or tackle box and fills it up with their treats before the movie begins and then no one needs to get up to get more snacks! 
• A Kids Party! This would be an excellent idea for an activity at a kid’s party. Have a station where each kid can make their own snackle box to take home! 

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