Much as I might wish I had all the time in the world to fill my kids with homemade food 24/7, the truth is that I rely on store-bought snacks just like any other typical mom. My own personal “go to” snack on the run for several years has been KIND Bars. Recently, my kids have gotten hooked on them too. I like KIND because they taste delicious, are made mostly of nuts, seeds, and dried fruits, without a lot of mystery ingredients. They’re also GMO- and gluten-free, if that’s on your radar. I also appreciate KIND, the company, for their message of doing “the KIND Thing for our bodies, taste buds, world.” They support non-profit efforts around the globe and bring to light amazing people doing amazing things to help others.
Today the folks at KIND are very kindly offering a box of 24 bars to one lucky Mom’s Kitchen Handbook reader. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment below sharing either 1) a favorite snack food or 2) a simple act of kindness that someone has done for you lately. You can double your chances by “liking” my Facebook page; leave a second comment below saying you’ve done so.
Now, go do something kind, even if it’s something kind for yourself.
Contest ends at midnight PST Thursday September 26. You must be 18 years or older to enter and live in the United States.
Comments
09.18.2013 at9:41 AM #
Natalie
Homemade granola, granola bars or apple with peanut butter!!!
09.18.2013 at9:42 AM #
Jennifer
A favorite snack in our house is popcorn. Popped fresh on the stove with a little coconut oil. Yum!
09.18.2013 at9:43 AM #
Jennifer
And I also “Like” your FB page! Happy Wednesday!
09.18.2013 at9:44 AM #
Jennifer Brown
I love Pears, Apples, Baby Carrots, or Nuts!
09.18.2013 at9:45 AM #
Jennifer Brown
I also like your Facebook Page, Jennifer Johnson Brown.
09.18.2013 at9:47 AM #
Jen D
Granola!
09.18.2013 at9:52 AM #
Jen D
I also like your FB page
09.18.2013 at9:55 AM #
Kate Bovey
Honeycrisp apples with almond butter!
09.18.2013 at9:56 AM #
Michelle
Nuts of all kinds–including non-nuts like sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds–are the go-to snack in our house. And I would love to try these KIND bars!
09.18.2013 at9:56 AM #
Michelle
And I have “liked” your Fb page!
09.18.2013 at10:08 AM #
Jen K
I love homemade applesauce.
09.18.2013 at10:08 AM #
Christy Spurlock
I like you facebook page.
09.18.2013 at10:10 AM #
Christy Spurlock
There are some many KIND things that people do for me on a daily basis and my goal in life is to return the favor to each and everyone of them. Sometimes just a smile is all it takes. You never know what someone has or is going thru.
My favorite snack is anything with NUTS!
09.18.2013 at10:23 AM #
michele kane
My kids and I lov ea good yogurt. With fresh fruit and honey if we need a treat.
09.18.2013 at10:24 AM #
Lara
A Kind thing someone’s done – one of my friends sent me a ‘deployment survival kit’ care package in the mail with yummy goodies & thoughtful presents each with a cute quote or explanation attached – everything in it had so much thought – it was awesome!!!
09.18.2013 at10:25 AM #
michele kane
I liked you Facebook page! Thanks!
09.18.2013 at10:25 AM #
Lara
I already ‘like’ your FB page!
09.18.2013 at10:28 AM #
Mandy Powell
Berries!
09.18.2013 at10:59 AM #
Heather
Fruit! And also cheese. Cheese is always delicious.
09.18.2013 at10:59 AM #
Heather
Facebook follow!
09.18.2013 at11:17 AM #
Meghan D
In the summer, fresh juicy peaches!
09.18.2013 at11:25 AM #
Jennifer Paine
My favorite snack is a clementine.
09.18.2013 at11:27 AM #
Jen
I like you already on FB and my random act of kindness its to always let harried drivers with carseats go ahead of me when merging, etc. I was there not too long ago and know it’s hard to drive while listening to screaming.
09.18.2013 at12:29 PM #
Pam H
Many favorites, not all healthy! Kind Bars are a favorite though. Also popcorn, especially with some seasoning, or else pita chips and hummus or tsatsiki.
09.18.2013 at12:31 PM #
Angela
Fruits of all kinds, popcorn, hummus and crackers, are all favorite snacks at our house. KIND bars are pretty delicious too. Thanks for the chance to win!
09.18.2013 at12:36 PM #
Stephanie
My favorite snack food is pizza flavored gold fish!!
09.18.2013 at12:36 PM #
Stephanie
I like your page on facebook!
09.18.2013 at12:49 PM #
Lisa
We love simple sliced apples with peanut or almond butter and carrot or pepper sticks with hummus!
09.18.2013 at12:51 PM #
Lisa
Oh, and a very kind woman let this very pregnant mama cut in line to use the bathroom at a festival…thank you!
09.18.2013 at1:57 PM #
Nora N
A favorite snack food is a nut and dried fruit mix!
09.18.2013 at2:13 PM #
Barb
This time of year, so many kind folks are sharing the bounty of their gardens with my family.
09.18.2013 at2:59 PM #
Cydni Tavarez
I love both homemade granola bars and KIND bars. One of my favorites is Madagascar Vanilla!
09.18.2013 at2:59 PM #
Cydni Tavarez
I already like you on Facebook!
09.18.2013 at3:31 PM #
Lauren
I love apple or banana with sunflower seed butter! Delicious and satisfying. Also can’t go wrong with a Greek yogurt or cottage cheese w/ berries 🙂
09.18.2013 at3:31 PM #
Lauren
I liked your FB page 🙂
09.18.2013 at4:52 PM #
Terri Fordahl
A simple act of kindness ~ My 8 year old daughter asking me “Is there anything else you need Mom?”
09.18.2013 at4:53 PM #
Terri Fordahl
I also liked your Facebook page!
09.18.2013 at5:18 PM #
Lori
I love hummus and carrots for a snack or apple and almond butter!
09.18.2013 at5:36 PM #
Laurie
My favorite snack food is hummus with vegetables.
09.18.2013 at6:26 PM #
Neena
I love fancy hot coffee drinks as my personal favorite snacks, especially seasonal lattes. Yum!
09.18.2013 at7:52 PM #
Christina
Trader Joe’s pumpkin butter with some Strauss Farms nonfat greek yogurt … yum!
09.18.2013 at7:52 PM #
Christina
I have liked your FB page.
09.19.2013 at3:25 AM #
Emily
Yogurt parfait- vanilla yogurt, berries, & granola
09.19.2013 at3:33 AM #
Emily Sagor
A favorite snack food in our house is apples with peanut butter/ vanilla yogurt dip.
09.19.2013 at3:36 AM #
Kathy Lane
One of my favorite snack foods is fresh fruit.
09.19.2013 at3:37 AM #
Kathy Lane
I like you on Facebook!
09.19.2013 at3:44 AM #
Valerie
We just bought a boat load of kind bars – love them!
09.19.2013 at3:57 AM #
Kim
We have been hooked on KIND bars for almost a year, which is when a nutritionist introduced me to them at one of our company’s monthly Wellness lunch-and-learn events. I eat one almost every day! Other snack obsession is quacamole. My latest “act of kindness” experience is when a family in front of us at a drive through (I know, not the best meal choice) paid for our bill. My husband and I were wondering if they “felt for us” when they maybe heard our 18 month screaming and 4 year old talking over her as loud as possible. Regardless, it was a kind, refreshing surprise and pulled us out of the stressful state of mind we were in with the kids going bananas.
PS…would love to like you on FB but I’m not on it 🙁
09.19.2013 at4:40 AM #
Nancy
My favorite snack food is seasonal fresh fruit: grapes, melon, cherries, etc..
09.19.2013 at4:40 AM #
Nancy
I like you on FB: Nancy D – – – – – –
09.19.2013 at5:18 AM #
Lisa Z
Humus
09.19.2013 at5:22 AM #
Jessica H
Liked your FB page
09.19.2013 at5:24 AM #
Ellen Bordman
A friend left a bag of home grown carrots on my door step the other day. So tasty!
09.19.2013 at5:25 AM #
Jessica H
Our favorite snack is plain greek yogurt, fresh fruit (preferably raspberries!) and local honey. Yum!!!
09.19.2013 at5:28 AM #
Kathleen Kiley
Someone brought my empty trash cans in this past week!
09.19.2013 at5:29 AM #
Kathleen Kiley
I “like” your fb page
09.19.2013 at5:52 AM #
Marie
Fresh fruit of most any kind.
09.19.2013 at5:54 AM #
Marie
Liked your Facebook page.
09.19.2013 at5:56 AM #
Nicole C.
Frozen yogurt! I take my favorite yogurt and put it in my individual ice cream maker and I have a healthy frozen treat in less than 5 minutes.
09.19.2013 at6:02 AM #
Ann
We love to snack on kind bars! We also love popcorn popped in olive oil.
09.19.2013 at6:12 AM #
Gurv
I’m a big KIND fan, especially all nuts! One of my favorite snacks to indulge are the Whole Foods in house made pita chips with some delicious hummus.
09.19.2013 at6:14 AM #
Gurv
I’ve also just “liked” your Facebook page! Thanks for all the nutrition tips, keep them coming.
09.19.2013 at6:18 AM #
Mary Pallagi
My kids love celery and peanut butter after school. Or apples and peanut butter!
09.19.2013 at6:18 AM #
Mary Pallagi
“Liked” your FB page too!
09.19.2013 at6:44 AM #
Ann
Liked you on Facebook
09.19.2013 at6:47 AM #
Monica
Yesterday our neighbor baked a pie with pears from the pear trees in his yard, and he surprised us with the pie, still warm from the oven! How kind was that??
09.19.2013 at7:11 AM #
Sandi
liked you on FB
09.19.2013 at7:12 AM #
Sandi
Cherries and strawberries in season
Sandi
09.19.2013 at7:23 AM #
Leeann
we love edamame!
09.19.2013 at7:26 AM #
robin wilson
My favorite snack to have is a wonderful crisp apple fresh off the tree in the fall. I especially enjoy the Cortland and Gravensteins.
Also, the other day a friend offered to cut my grass while my husband was away. Unfortunately we had a service coming. A very kind gesture.
09.19.2013 at7:26 AM #
Mary Beth
A stranger in line in front of me bought my coffee at the Starbucks Drive-thru on one particularly bad morning. It lifted my spirits immediately.
09.19.2013 at7:27 AM #
robin wilson
I already like you on Facebook!
09.19.2013 at7:46 AM #
miranda
I love banana with PB and cinnamon
09.19.2013 at7:46 AM #
miranda
like you on FB!
09.19.2013 at7:47 AM #
gary
I like any kind of berries for a snack
09.19.2013 at7:49 AM #
gary
like you on facebook
09.19.2013 at8:18 AM #
Andrina G
My favorite snack is string cheese.
09.19.2013 at8:18 AM #
Andrina G
I liked your Facebook page.
09.19.2013 at8:19 AM #
Natasha
I love KInd bars – they are so delicious! Besides these, my favorite snack food is probably fresh fruit! And chocolate. LOL
09.19.2013 at8:34 AM #
Mia Dentice Carey
My favorite snack food lately has been nuts…peanuts, cashews, pistachios, you name it!
09.19.2013 at8:36 AM #
Mia Dentice Carey
An act of kindness someone has done for me lately….I would have to say ‘sticking up for me’…I was upset over a misunderstand and she went and straighten it out/found out for the other person what the deal was & things are all good. I really appreciated her doing that!
09.19.2013 at8:36 AM #
Mia Dentice Carey
I liked your facebook page and like & shared this post.
09.19.2013 at8:36 AM #
Mia Dentice Carey
mia dentice on facebook
09.19.2013 at8:36 AM #
Megan
We love granola bars in our house, KIND bars are yummy and one of our faves…
09.19.2013 at8:37 AM #
Megan
Liked your page on facebook!
09.19.2013 at8:38 AM #
Sue
Nuts and popcorn are my family’s favorites.
09.19.2013 at9:00 AM #
Kimberly Schotz
My favorite snack food is nuts
09.19.2013 at9:52 AM #
Joy Randel
Homemade banana ice cream which is just bananas (no sugar, nothing else) put through a vegetable juicer.
09.19.2013 at9:54 AM #
Joy Randel
I liked your facebook page. 🙂
09.19.2013 at10:00 AM #
Shelley P
My favorite snack food is unsalted almonds.
09.19.2013 at10:01 AM #
Shelley P
I like you on FB as Shelley Joy.
09.19.2013 at10:03 AM #
Ellen
I like to eat unsalted almonds – delicious!
09.19.2013 at10:04 AM #
Pamela
Wow~~~what a response! Favorite snack is almond butter & Apple slices. And i put this on F.B. !
09.19.2013 at10:19 AM #
Melanie
Granola bars and apple sauce are the two main favorites in our house.
09.19.2013 at10:19 AM #
Melanie
I liked your FB page.
09.19.2013 at10:25 AM #
Cindy
We snack on Hard Sourdough pretzels, yummy all the time.
09.19.2013 at10:42 AM #
Lolita
Dark chocolate and oatmeal. 2 powerful foods that satisfy me all the time.
09.19.2013 at10:55 AM #
Blessie Nelson
If there is any company that I am proud of in the USA, its the wonderful things KIND stands for and makes. Recently, I was sick and stressed and I didn’t have the energy to even make some food. But I heard a knock on my door that afternoon and a acquaintance who I was just formally getting to know handed me a jar of homemade chicken noodle soup and garlic bread. It was like God sent an angel to comfort me in my time of need through someone who barely knew me!
09.19.2013 at10:55 AM #
Blessie Nelson
I like you on Facebook – Blessie Nelson
09.19.2013 at11:14 AM #
Cindy Bowling
My favorite snack is pretzels.
09.19.2013 at11:14 AM #
sally maccoun
My favorite snack is dark chocolate and almonds. I like the coconut/almond Kind bars. They’re delicious. My dentist gives Kind bars out and says they’re the best bar out there. I agree.
09.19.2013 at11:14 AM #
sally maccoun
I liked you on facebook!
09.19.2013 at11:14 AM #
Cindy Bowling
I like you on Facebook.
09.19.2013 at11:23 AM #
K Orr
KIND granola is fantastic!
09.19.2013 at12:04 PM #
Linda
We are going to be picking our favorite snacks on Saturday…Honey Crisp and Golden Delicious apples on a farm in Plainfield IL.
09.19.2013 at12:05 PM #
Linda
I “liked” you on Facebook when I first found you a while back. Thanks for being here and there. 🙂
09.19.2013 at12:14 PM #
Alli
My friend paid me a sweet compliment.
09.19.2013 at12:15 PM #
Alli
I like you on Facebook. Of Course!
09.19.2013 at2:42 PM #
Connie Scheiber
A handful of cashews and bananas!! I’ve recently heard about Kind bars and would love to try them. i just recommended them to a friend to try as they look really good.
09.19.2013 at2:43 PM #
Connie Scheiber
I like you on Face Book.
09.19.2013 at2:47 PM #
carrie dunne
I love yogurt smoothies made with fat free plain yogurt, frozen mangoes, a banana and a splash of orange juice. I just discovered the Kind bars and love them!
09.19.2013 at6:27 PM #
Shannon
Our current favorite snack food are frozen grapes!
09.19.2013 at7:11 PM #
Natasha
Oh these look so yummy! My favorite snack is probably fresh fruit!
09.19.2013 at7:11 PM #
Natasha
I already like you on FB!
09.19.2013 at8:30 PM #
Carolyn
My favorite on the go snack is an apple with spread with almond butter from a Justin’s individual pack.
09.19.2013 at8:30 PM #
Carolyn
I also already like your FB page!
09.19.2013 at9:31 PM #
Shauna
I love popcorn popped with coconut oil – dark chocolate with almonds – and Kind bars!
09.19.2013 at9:32 PM #
Shauna
I already “liked” your Facebook page.
09.20.2013 at1:34 AM #
Debra Lee
Favorite snack food is hummus and carrots!
09.20.2013 at1:34 AM #
Debra Lee
Liked on Facebook!
09.20.2013 at12:13 PM #
Megan
We like to snack on homemade pumpkin bread and banana bread.
09.20.2013 at2:34 PM #
Maria
My new favorite healthy snack is cashew butter spread on multigrain bread. Cashew butter is a super creamy and decadent but really healthy alternative to peanut butter which I also love.
09.21.2013 at2:42 AM #
Danti
Favorite snack: Greek yogurt with mixed-in berries!
09.21.2013 at6:49 AM #
kathy
Favorite snack – roasted red pepper hummus with cucumbers and baby carrots!
09.22.2013 at12:50 PM #
Elizabeth
Oh how I enjoy Kind bars.
I came home from church to a freshly vacuumed house because my husband is great.
09.22.2013 at5:33 PM #
Deirdre
I liked your facebook page!
I’m Mint C. D,
09.22.2013 at5:34 PM #
Deirdre
I think the mail man has always been kind to me. He delivers on hot summer days, rainy days, and even snowy days. I think we all take labor workers for granted. That’s why I did something special for him:
http://thefitty.tumblr.com/post/55085173221/mailman-appreciation
09.23.2013 at6:37 AM #
Abigail
We love popcorn made in a brown paper bag in micro!
09.23.2013 at6:38 AM #
Abigail
I “like” your FB page!
09.24.2013 at7:16 AM #
Joan
Apple with peanut butter
09.27.2013 at11:56 PM #
aly
bananas with peanut butter & dried cranberries
09.30.2013 at4:57 PM #
Carol Gamble
Favorite snack is some kind of trail mix – love the salty and the sweet!
09.30.2013 at4:57 PM #
Carol Gamble
Already a FB follower – saw the museli recipe. That looks yummy!