32 Unique Homemade Popsicle Recipes & Ideas
Homemade popsicles can reduce the trash we toss, save money (both on boxes and gas to the store), and help to save resources. Also, homemade pops are cool (no pun intended) because you can make them healthy, organic, and without preservatives. Or you can indulge and make extra luscious pops if you feel like it. Lastly pops are a fun experiment. Kids love to try out different combos. You may even be able to get your little to eat healthy foods like veggies in ice pop form.
Over time, I’ve collected (or experimented with) a ton of ice pop, and other frozen treat recipes and ideas. Following are 32 of them. Some freeze harder than others, some are super sweet, while others are light treats. You have to mess around in your own kitchen. However, there are plenty of ideas here, enough to keep you busy for a while.
Also, because I don’t want to write “organic�?nine million times in a row, note that I do make almost all of these with organic ingredients, and you should too. Read up on the best foods to buy organic -even if you’re not all organic, try to buy organic items that are on the super high pesticide level lists, like apple juice for instance. If you find a popsicle recipe around the web that sounds good, you can always substitute organic ingredients as well.
Now, make sure you have some decent popsicle molds, grab the kids, and freeze up some fun in your kitchen.
32 Great Homemade Popsicles Recipes (and ideas about what to freeze)
1. Apricot : Mix 2 cups apricot juice with 1/2 cup soy milk (or skim) and freeze.
2. A tablespoon of organic raspberry jam mixed with water or milk. This is nice for that last bit of jam in the jar.
3. Pineapple and carrot juice
4. Plain old carrot juice
5. Smashed strawberries
6. Homemade lemonade
7. “Glitter�?pops: They take some time. Sprinkle colored sugar into your mold. Fill the mold half way with water. Freeze a while. Sprinkle more colored sugar in. Add more water. Freeze. I can’t figure out how to simply mix the sugar in because it’ll melt, and or sink to the bottom. These pops look a lot glitterier if you make them with yogurt �?the sugar doesn’t dissolve much in yogurt.
8. Homemade limeade
9. Sparkling Organic Pear
10. Maraschino-lemonade pops
11. Applesauce: sometimes thick applesauce needs to be mixed with a little water or it freezes funny.
12. Fudge pops
13. Tangerine juice - tangerine lime is really good too.
14. Red beans and coconut
15. Blend raspberries (about 6 oz), 1 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 3/4 cup water, and mint (either a handful of fresh mint leaves, or 2 tsp mint syrup) - blend all of this really well and freeze.
16. Green tea root beer
17. Chocolate & vanilla layered pudding - or make it easy on yourself and simply add both flavors to your mold and swirl them with a thin knife.
18. Honeydew lime
19. Fresh pureed peaches, a tablespoon of honey, and whole small wild blueberries. Mix & freeze.
20. Brew strong green tea, mix in honey, freeze.
21. Strawberry cinnamon
22. Salad pops: Blend half a cantaloupe and a couple cherry tomatoes - to sort of still chunky. Add 1/4 cup of chopped mint, basil, or lemon balm (not all three, choose one - I like lemon balm). Add a cup or two of plain organic yogurt. Freeze. Truthfully, I like this better with chopped (very small) tomatoes. But seriously, like I have that kind of time.
23. Mashed bananas, a dash of milk, peanut butter, and chocolate sauce �?(mix smooth & freeze).
24. Mango Kulfi
25. Pureed watermelon mixed with white grape juice
26. Sweet potato pops - cook, mash, mix smooth (adding some soy milk to thin it out), sprinkle in a little nutmeg, freeze. These are really good - no joke.
27. Banana & pomegranate
28. Chamomile sun tea pops - just like it sounds. Make sun tea & freeze. I love lemon ice sun tea pops too.
29. Chocolate chip mint popsicles
30. PLAIN WATER - plain water is way fun to freeze. Every kid I know likes plain ice pops, and water is important, we need lots of it to stay healthy. Also, if you’re having a summer picnic, you can make plain water pops with beautiful tiny edible flowers, flower petals, small whole berries, or whole herb leaves in them. Stick them in a bucket of cubed ice to serve and everyone will think you’re some sort of Martha Stewart genius. I’m serious. You think I’m kidding. Make some. People will fawn over you�?for freezing water. Go figure.
31. Fruit and yogurt pops
32. Herbal pops: Herbal pops are awesome. You can actually make them with medicinal qualities which is the perfect way to get your little one to take herbs (kids don’t always love tea).
You can use lavender, thyme, basil, and more - really any herb. You’d be surprised at some of the tasty ice pops herbs make. IF you’re nervous try a sample first by making herbal ice cubes. That’s less waste than whole pops. Samples can save you from things like rosemary blueberry pops (Hey, it sounded good).
Anyhow to make a basic herbal mix you can make basic (but strong) herbal teas, boil herbs down for a good long while on your stove and use the liquid, or try the sugar method, it depends on how you’re feeling.
For the sugar method pound herbs down with a pestle and mortar (or food processor). Add an ounce of super fine sugar, and pound to make a paste. Next, boil a liter of water with about 2 ounces of super fine sugar for five minutes. Add the juice of two lemons or not - this step depends on what you’re trying to create. You can add orange juice, lime, etc. You could even just add more water or some saved tea. Mix the herb mixture and the water mixture together. Stir well with a whisk. Cool down before filling your molds.
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