These Yogurt Fruit Popsicles are the perfect healthy treat for babies, toddlers, and kids this summer! These easy-to-make treats (less than 5 minutes here) have only 3 ingredients. PLUS, there are 8 easy fruit flavors you have to try!
FINALLY.. something both of my kids agree on – these popsicles are AMAZING!
When the bickering starts, which nowadays seems to happen almost hourly, I suggest we all go to the front porch to have one of these yogurt popsicles. Every single time, my girls jump at this suggestion. And every single time, the bickering stops. I’m not sure this is going to win me any parenting awards, but at least I didn’t lose my cool.
Made with 3-simple ingredients – yogurt, fruit, and honey, these popsicles couldn’t be simpler to make. While we like our popsicles smooth, you can also just pulse the mixture to get a chunky yogurt popsicle. Totally your call.
#momhack – a great way to get your kids in the kitchen and open to trying these popsicles and possibly new fruits is to let them pick out which fruit you add to the recipe. My oldest will always choose a flavor we haven’t had yet, and my youngest will ALWAYS choose strawberry but eat all of her older sister’s popsicles lol!
Ingredients
- Yogurt – you can use any plain yogurt you prefer – regular, Greek, almond, soy, etc. I like to add in my own sweetener so I can control the sweetness. But if you decide to use flavored yogurt, then you can omit the honey.
- Frozen Fruit – literally any fruit works in this recipe! I usually use frozen fruit because I always have it on hand, but fresh fruit works as well.
- Honey – to give the popsicles a little sweetness. The amount in this recipe will provide you with a mildly sweet popsicle, but feel free to adjust once you blend the popsicle mixture to your own taste preferences. Also, note that some brands of Greek yogurt are very tart and will need more honey than the recipe recommends. For babies under 1 year, omit the honey.
Cooking with Kids
This recipe is a great one to have your little ones help you with.
Toddlers
- If you have more than one frozen fruit on hand, toddlers can pick out the fruit they want to make into popsicles.
- Toddlers can help measure and pour the ingredients into the blender.
- They can help put the lid on the blender and push start. Note: make sure to talk about not touching the blender blade while making something in the blender, as it can be sharp.
- Once blended, toddlers can help pour the popsicle mixture into the popsicle molds. You may want to pour the popsicle mixture into a smaller measuring cup with pour lip to make it easier on them.
- With help, they can place the popsicle molds into the freezer. My kids always spill the tray at this point, so just give them an extra hand.
Kids
- You can pretty much let older kids make this recipe by themselves.
- They can pick out and measure all of the ingredients. Note: make sure to talk about not touching the blender blade while making something in the blender, as it can be sharp.
- Kids can pour the popsicle mixture into the molds and place the popsicles into the freezer.
Tools Used to Make these Popsicles
- 2 cups fruit (see list below)
- 1 1/2 cups plain yogurt (see notes below)
- 1/4 cup honey (optional)
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Yield: This recipe makes roughly 3 cups of popsicle mixture. Depending on which popsicle molds you have, this may be too much or too little. The recipe can easily be cut in half for smaller popsicles (like the ones shown). If you have any mixture left over after pouring them into the molds, this recipe makes a great smoothie:)
Notes on Yogurt: you can use any plain yogurt you prefer – regular, Greek, almond, soy, etc. If you use flavored yogurt, then omit the honey.
Honey – to give the popsicles a little sweetness. The amount in this recipe will give you a mildly sweet popsicle, but feel free to adjust once you blend to your own tastes. Also note, some brands of Greek yogurt are very tart and will need more honey than the recipe recommends. For babies under 1 year, omit the honey.
Fruits to Try: I usually use frozen fruit in this recipe, because it is what I have on hand but fresh fruit works just as well. If you want to get really fancy, you can mix some different fruits together. Here are 8 fruits we have tried and my kids have given 2 thumbs up to:
- strawberry
- blueberry
- peach
- pineapple
- raspberry
- blackberry
- cherry
- mango
Serving: 1small popsicle, Calories: 34kcal, Carbohydrates: 6.6g, Fat: 0.3g, Saturated Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 15mg, Potassium: 75mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 6.1g, Calcium: 40mg
