Lunch Box Fillers
Tasty recipes for some lunch box fillers to get you through busy week days. If you are on the lookout for an alternative to sandwiches, delicious baked goods, simple snacks or just a new recipe to try, you will find it here.
Easy and tasty recipes to fill your kids school lunch box
Packing lunchboxes can be a balancing act between what the kids should eat and what they will actually eat. Whether you are struggling through finding new ideas for picky eaters or looking for a new tasty treat to bake up for the week there will be something for you in this recipe round up!
- Do you want something filling? – Like freshly made sandwiches, pizza pinwheels or sultana loaf.
- Have a need for a sweet treat? – Cinnamon donuts, chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake are always favorites.
- Just want some easy snacks? – Simple cheese crackers are delicious so are baked muesli bars or rice bubble slice.
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Sandwich Bread
In our house the official name for this sandwich loaf is “the best bread for toasted sandwiches”. Super soft bread, enriched with butter, milk and egg. This bread not only crisps up perfectly when toasted, but it also absorbs butter like a sponge.
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Pepperoni Pizza Pinwheels
The super soft dough in these pinwheels pairs perfectly with the crispy cheese topping and the flavorful pepperoni pizza fillings.
If you are stuck on simple lunch ideas then you should definitely give these pepperoni pizza pinwheels a try.
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Apricot and Orange Muesli Bars – with a chocolate drizzle
If you want a muesli bar that is packed with oats, chewy apricots, crispy walnuts and orange flavor and then … drizzled in a generous amount of dark chocolate, then this is the recipe for you!
These apricot and orange muesli bars are easy to make and will be the perfect addition to your snack times
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Lemon Blueberry Muffins
With bursts of blueberries and an overall lemony flavor, these lemon blueberry muffins are a delicious afternoon tea treat. This recipe will give you a dozen easy to make muffins.
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Simple Cheese Crackers
These homemade crackers are like crunchy clouds of flaky, cheesy goodness. Make your own simple cheese crackers for yourself with this simple 4 ingredient recipe.
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Spiced Apple Slab Cake
This is a no-fuss, super moist and delicious cake. It uses up those apple that nobody wants to eat in a way that everyone will enjoy. Make this spiced apple slab cake to fill lunchboxes, for afternoon tea or loaded with custard for a delicious dessert.
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Cinnamon Donuts – cake style fried donuts
Delicious morsels of deep fried dough, generously coated in cinnamon sugar.
Cinnamon donuts are easy to make at home and taste even better than store brought!
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Chocolate Yogurt Cake
This chocolate cake is incredibly moist, deliciously chocolate flavored and is an absolute favorite for anyone who tries it. Chocolate yogurt cake is super easy to make, low fuss and perfect for any occasion!
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Crunchy Nut Snap Biscuits
A golden and crispy cookie base coated in a layer of milk chocolate. These Crunchy Nut snap biscuits use crunchy nut cornflakes to give them their crispy bite.
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Rice Bubble Slice
Rice bubble slice is a kiwi classic!Super simple to make, this rice bubble slice is crunchy, sweet and made with only 4 ingredients.
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Bacon Heart Bites
With a decadently flaky cream cheese pastry and a thick layer of bacon, these heart shaped morsels are absolutely divine. Make your bacon heart bites for valentines day, for a charcuterie board or for a delicious snack option.
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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
You can not go wrong with classic chocolate chip cookies! A simple biscuit base that is loaded with rich pieces of chocolate in every bite.
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Reverse Chocolate Chip Cookies
These decadent and fudgy chocolate biscuits are filled with white chocolate chunks and look like an inside out version of chocolate chip cookies! Give these reverse chocolate chip cookies a try, they are like a chocolate brownie but in the form of a cookie.
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Soft Baked Blueberry Bars
Loaded with oats, coconut and blueberries. These soft baked blueberry muesli bars are a tasty snack or an easy breakfast on the go.
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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
What do you get when you cross a chocolate chip cookie with perfectly soft and fluffy vanilla cupcakes? These delicious chocolate chip cupcakes!
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Cinnamon rolls
These cinnamon rolls have a wonderfully soft dough, are packed with cinnamon flavored filling and are topped off with a vanilla flavored icing.
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Peanut Butter Bars
With a baked base, a rich and sweet, peanut butter filling and a dark chocolate topping, these peanut butter bars are absolutely delicious. Perfect for afternoon tea or a sneaky snack. If you have a sweet tooth and like peanut butter then you will love this recipe.
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Jam Drop Cupcakes
A delightfully soft and fluffy vanilla cupcake with a burst of fruity jam flavor in the middle.These jam drop cupcakes are so easy to make and are perfect for packing into school lunchboxes.
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Sultana Loaf
A classic, spiced cake style loaf, filled with juicy bursts of sultanas.
This sultana loaf is great toasted for breakfast, packed into lunch boxes or served fresh and warm for afternoon tea. For a simple fruit loaf recipe that is easy and affordable you cannot beat this sultana loaf.
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Cheesy Garlic Muffins
Cheese, garlic and herbs are used to flavor these delicious savory muffins. These cheesy garlic muffins make great lunchbox fillers. They are also so good alongside dinner. Use them to dip into soups/stews or on their own, fresh from the oven and slathered in butter.
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No Bake Honey Slice
A simple sweet treat to fill up lunchboxes or afternoon tea plates. This slice has a subtle honey flavor throughout and is super easy to make.
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Plum Shortcake Scones
These sweet scones are unlike anything you have had before. A very simple recipe that involves no dicing, no rubbing butter into flour and is ready to eat in under an hour. These plum shortcake scones are tasty, quick and easy to make!
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Jalapeno Cheddar Bread Buns
Soft bread buns that are filled with cheese and spicy jalapenos all topped off with a with a crispy cheesy crust. These jalapeno cheddar bread buns are perfect to use as dinner rolls, burger buns or even sandwiches, filled with all of your favorite fillings.
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Chocolate Brownies
This recipe is really easy to make, uses ingredients you probably already have in your pantry and is one of the cheapest, most delicious brownie recipes that you can find online!
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Banana Oat Loaf – With Chocolate Chips
Not all banana breads need to be healthy right! This recipe is a banana bread that balances oats with chocolate chips to make a baking masterpiece. This banana oat loaf is delicious served warm, packed into lunchboxes or toasted up for breakfast.
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Basic Flatbread Trio
A simple flatbread recipe with options for peppered or dill and garlic flavoring
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Pikelets
Pikelets are so easy to make and such a classic lunch or afternoon tea. This recipe will make a large batch of soft and fluffy pikelets that will be absolutely, perfect served up with some jam and cream.
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Sweet Chilli Crackers
Making flavorful crackers at home couldn’t be simpler! These sweet chilli crackers are made using only 4 ingredients, are full of flavor and are so easy to make.
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Pumpkin Bread Loaf
This yeast based bread is super versatile and easy to make. With loads of pumpkin flavor and just a hint of nutmeg, this pumpkin bread the perfect step up from your regular sandwich loaf.
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Ham and Cheese Scones
These ham and cheese scones are so easy to make and are absolutely delicious. They have all of the best qualities of regular sweet scones but with the added bonus of cheese, garlic and ham.
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Ginger Crunch
A crisp and buttery biscuit base topped off with a thick layer of fudge like ginger icing. Ginger crunch is a classic slice that is not only quick and easy to make but totally tasty too.
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Simple Sugar Cookies
This sugar cookie recipe is a family favorite! Not only is it super simple to make but it is perfect for any celebration or occasion.These cookies have a crisp bite with a center of flaky softness, lightly sweet and buttery. This is a batch of biscuits that they will be gone before you know it!
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Date loaf
Generously flavored with sweet dates and spices. This recipe makes 2 small, cake style date loaves. This date loaf recipe is perfect topped with a little bit of butter for breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea .
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Chocolate Scrolls
These delicious buns have a simple scone style dough and a decadent chocolate filling. Soft fluffy chocolate scrolls might just become your new favorite baked tread this Easter!
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read through this lunch box fillers recipe roundup. I hope you enjoy trying this out for yourself. Please feel free to add any questions or comments below. I am happy to help out wherever possible and I would love to hear how this recipe worked out for you.
