Eight Homemade Fruity Popsicle Recipes
07/25/2014
The day my daughter turned three, is the day she decided to no longer eat anything remotely healthy!
She used to love her fruits so I’ve recently discovered a way to get her to consume her fruits without the fight… popsicles!
Here are eight of the easy homemade, kid friendly, fruit-filled popsicle recipes she enjoys!
Peaches and Cream
Ingredients
- 4 ½ cups chopped peaches (skin on)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup half and half cream
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
Directions
- Blend together peaches and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix together cream and maple syrup.
- Drizzle 1 tbsp of the cream mixture into each popsicle mold, top with peach mixture and gently mix to create a swirl effect. Insert stick and freeze until solid.
Watermelon Mint
Ingredients
- 3 cups chopped (deseeded) Watermelon
- ½ cup Fresh Mint Leaves
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- ½ cup Water
Directions
- Boil the sugar & water together for about 6-8 mins to make the syrup.
- Blend the watermelon, syrup, lemon juice & mint together.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Strawberry Basil
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 4-6 thinly sliced basil leaves
- 4 1/2 cups hulled strawberries
Directions:
- Simmer sugar and water in a small saucepan until sugar is dissolved.
- Add basil leaves, simmer 1 minute and set aside.
- Blend strawberries until smooth.
- Add the sugar mixture and blend until just combined.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Tropical Fruit
Ingredients
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- ¾ cup coconut water
- ½ cup coconut cream
- Juice of half a lime
- 1 lb of Clementine Tangerines, peeled
- 12 oz fresh raspberries
Directions
- Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender and process or blend until pureed, about 1-2 minutes.
- Pour mixture through a medium strainer to remove the raspberry seeds.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Raspberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 3 cups raspberries
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Directions
- Dissolve sugar in water.
- Blend together raspberries, lemon juice and sugar mixture.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Pina Colada
Ingredients
- 4 cups pineapple chunks (about one pineapple)
- 1 cup canned coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
Directions
- Blend together pineapple, canned coconut milk, coconut flakes.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Chocolate Banana
Ingredients
- 2 bananas
- 2 cups skim milk
- 1 packet chocolate pudding mix
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
Directions
- Blend together bananas, milk, chocolate pudding mix and cocoa powder.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Orange Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Blend together orange juice concentrate, water, Greek yogurt, honey and vanilla.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds, insert stick and freeze until solid.
Now to figure out how to get her to eat her veggies!!!
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