Healthy Homemade Popsicles
Servings: 10
Making homemade popsicles can be easy, healthy and convenient. These recipes all use plant-based natural ingredients to nourish your body. Pick which colors you'd like to make from the recipe below.
Equipment
- funnel
Ingredients
Yellow Popsicles
- 1 orange peeled
- 2 cups mango peeled, core removed
- ½ cup pineapple sliced into chunks
- ½ cup water
Red Popsicles
- 1 cup cherries pitted
- 1 cup strawberries
- 1 banana peeled
- 1 cup pomegranate juice
Blue Popsicles
- 2 bananas peeled and sliced
- 1 tsp butterfly pea powder
- 2 peach peeled, core removed
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- ¼ tsp baking soda helps it turn blue
Green Popsicles
- 1 cup spinach fresh
- ½ cup pineapple sliced into chunks
- ½ cup mango peeled, core removed
- 1 banana peeled
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Pick the color you want to make first. Then blend all ingredients listed under that color together until smooth.
- Fill popsicle sleeves using a small funnel.
- Freeze the molds flat for at least 4 hours. Enjoy!
Notes
- The nutrition facts are for the Green Popsicles.
- Yellow Popsicles: 30 calories, 8 carbs, .4g protein, .2g fat, 7g sugar
- Red Popsicles: 37 cals, 9 carbs, .4g protein, .2g fat, 7g sugar
- Blue Popsicles: 39 cals, 9 carbs, 1g protein, .5g fat, 6g sugar
- If making more than 1 color, rinse the blender well between blends to ensure the colors don't mix.
- You can use frozen ingredients for these, but there is no need! You'll freeze them inside the molds anyway.
- For the Red Popsicles: swap the pomegranate juice for red grape juice or cranberry juice. Look for 100% juice with no additives.
- For the Green Popsicles: swap the spinach with the leafy greens of your choice.
- For the Blue Popsicles: swap peaches for the stone fruit of your choice or for mango.
Nutrition
Calories: 20kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 0.3g, Fat: 0.1g, Saturated Fat: 0.02g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g, Sodium: 4mg, Potassium: 82mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 383IU, Vitamin C: 9mg, Calcium: 6mg, Iron: 0.1mg