My kids love popsicles. It might have to do with the sweltering heat of Houston or the fact that they consider them to be on the same playing field as ice cream but they will beg and do all kinds of fancy tricks to get a popsicle. However I don’t like keeping store bought popsicles in the freezer because a lot of the time they have the red food dye that one of my children does not handle well. So how do you make very easy popsicles and keep them healthy at the same time?
Two years ago I shared this recipe for Summer Breeze Popsicles using SanPelligrino and strawberries but you’re going to kick yourself for not thinking of this method sooner. You don’t even need a recipe for popsicles.
All you need are popsicle molds and a bottled fruit or vegetable smoothie, we like Bolthouse Farms brand.
I sliced a few strawberries as thin as I could and dropped them into the molds first just to give them a little fancy kick and then you simpy shake well and then pour the smoothie into the molds.
Clumsy Crafter, the first part is there for a reason. oops.
Compared to a store bought popsicle, this is very healthy. Great potassium and Vitamin C! Plus it does have a lot of sugar but it’s natural sugars, not added and refined ones.
The great thing is that there’s so many flavors now and you can even mix and match them. You can even mix the vegetable juices in with the fruit smoothies for an added punch. It’s mom’s little tricks that help our kids get the nutrients they need each day.
Do you have a favorite go to homemade popsicle recipe that you love? Hey at least it’s one recipe that you can’t burn.
It’s almost summer time! If you want to follow my family through the lovely heat of Houston (that’s sarcasm folks) then please follow along on Instagram!
Love Love Love this idea, I may also use it for making “ice cream” and sorbets for the kids to beat the summer heat since we just got an ice cream maker!!
I’m hoping my kids will eat the green machine ones. They refuse to drink it because it’s green but I keep telling them it’s sweet and really good. Hopefully if I disguise it as a popsicle they’ll fall for it.
Good idea! My kids’ favorite Popsicle is watermelon–I just chop up seedless watermelon and put it in the blender and then pour the juice into the molds. But that is more work than I really like, so I will have to try this.
Oh my goodness, this is genius. Can’t wait to try it. Where do you get the popsicle molds? Is there a particular one that works the best i.e. not sticking when you pull on the pop?
I got those molds at Walmart last year. I know there’s some great professional looking molds that aren’t that expensive on amazon.com that you can just add your own popsicle sticks to.
I have popsicle molds shaped like bugs, they have a wider shape so more fruit fits easily into them. The set is 6 but I like that I can make just two at a time so I use up any fruit that might spoil otherwise.
My most recent favorite recipe sliced fruit nearly filling the mold, and up to 2 TBLS Santa Cruz Raspberry Lemonade. The last batch I made was 9-10 medium to large sized strawberries, sliced in an eggslicer, put 1/2 into each popsicle mold then add the lemonade to just near the top. Place in the handle and freeze. 36 calories, 8g carb. , 7/8 g. sugar.