Are you frustrated with commercial ices that have toxic colorings and additives? It is so easy to make your own ices from fresh fruit and homemade ice cream. There is no need to expose your kids to the additives and neurotoxins in store bought ices. Here is a quick, child (and adult) friendly treat for a hot summer day that can be prepared in minutes.
With just a little planning you can make these incredibly refreshing treats that are dairy free, additive free and added sugar free. While there is a little naturally occurring fructose in the berries and the ice cream has a little honey, they are not overly sweet.
The popsicle molds are also a good way to exert control over snack size. The molds I used actually held only 1.5 ounces and yet the snack was still very satisfying.
These can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
- 1 cup premade coconut ice cream (how to make coconut ice cream)
Equipment
- Immersion Blender (where to buy my favorite immersion blender)
- BPA free Pop Molds (where to buy these molds)
Instructions
- Puree the berries separately with a stick blender or regular blender and set aside
- Take out the ice cream and soften slightly
- Alternatively, you could use homemade coconut yogurt (how to make coconut yogurt) or regular yogurt if you eat dairy
- Using BPA free ice pop molds, pour a little of the strawberry puree into 1/3 of the mold
- Pour the yogurt next — about another 1/3
- Pure the blueberry into the last 1/3 of the pop molds
- Cover the molds with the covers that come to it or if you are using wooden sticks, insert them into the molds
- Place in freezer for a few hours until frozen
- When frozen, carefully pull out and serve!
- The molds you have may be a little different and may hold more or less of the ingredient amounts
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: a few hours to freeze
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This sounds great! Right now we make pops with leftover real food smoothies, but there’s something appealing about the red white and blue pops
Thanks for the recipe!
It sounds very easy-to-make, but you definitely made it super beautiful!
These are absolutely gorgeous treats! I love the layering of the berries with the coconut ice cream, something I love! Beautiful treats!
I agree! Why expose kids to chemicals? Especially since the fruits already add color! Your recipe looks delicious, thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul!!
HI, I am visiting via Recipe Box. These look so beautiful and very delicious! Love the colors.
These look beautiful! I love how fresh and natural they are. The colors are gorgeous!
These look wonderful. I love the naturalness of the ingredients. Even Joshua and I could eat these! Thank you for the inspiration and the great idea.
These look so good! I’m looking to make ice pops for my daughter, she’ll love these!
I would love it, if you would share this, & any others you may have, on my recipe link up. http://goodrecipesonline.com/organized-linkup-for-all-your-recipes-goodrecipesonline-com/.
Looks prefect for a HOT summer treat! We’d love it if you’d share this at our link party – Home is Where the Heart is! http://www.homesteadsimple.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-link-it-up-wednesdays-1/
I have friend with a newborn and the baby has a dairy intolerance, just like her other 2 kids did when they were babies. My friend can’t eat any dairy because it upsets babies tummy when she breast feeds. She refuses to make anything for her family that she can’t eat herself. I’ll have to pass this recipe along. I’d love it if you stopped by my link party to share. http://acraftycook.blogspot.com/2012/07/1-month-of-fun-july-link-party.html
Your recipe looks awesome! Hope you have a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Your real food ice pops look delicious, and it’s wonderful they are dairy free as well. There’s nothing like natural ingredients to make a delicious summer treat!
Delicious ice pops, thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul blog hop. I am highlighting this pops on this week Hearth and Soul blog hop at my blog.
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