Popsicles are popular among both children and adults. So if you are looking for some easy-to-make popsicle recipes for kids and for kids at heart, you can try these five recipes that this amazing professional chef shared on her YouTube channel.
She is Gemma Stafford of Bigger Bolder Baking. Aside from sharing the step-by-step procedure of each recipe, she also generously gave some tips to make the popsicles perfectly.
Not to mention that she also made them colorful, which is surely a plus for kids’ liking. Here are the recipes and directions for preparing them.
Yogurt Popsicle Recipes: Creamsicle Popsicles
You will need:
- 1 and 1/2 cups Greek yogurt
- 4 tablespoons sugar (or another natural sweetener)
- 3/4 cup cream
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh orange juice
Instructions:
- Mix yogurt, sugar (or sweetener), cream, and vanilla in a bowl.
- Fill mold halfway with yogurt mix
- Take orange juice and fill the rest of the mold.
- Cover, add sticks, and freeze for at least 5 hours
Fudgesicle Popsicles
This could be the best fudge popsicle recipe for you!
You will need:
- 4 oz (120 g) chopped, semi-sweet chocolate
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl
- Combine heavy cream, milk, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until cocoa is dissolved and the mixture starts to simmer.
- Pour the cream mixture over the chocolate in the bowl and let stand for 2-3 minutes.
- Whisk until smooth, stirring in vanilla.
- Pour through a strainer to avoid potential clumps of cocoa powder, then pour into the popsicle molds.
- Cover mold, add sticks, and freeze for at least 5 hours.
Fruit Popsicles: Fresh Mango and Strawberry Popsicles (Vegan)
Looking for vegan fruit popsicle recipes? You can try this one!
You will need:
- 12 – 15 large, fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
- 2 whole, ripe mangoes, peeled pitted, and cut into chunks
- Can also substitute fresh fruit with frozen
Instructions
- Puree the mango in a food processor until it is smooth. Pour into a bowl and rinse the processor.
- Puree the strawberries until smooth and set aside.
- Fill each popsicle mold 1/3 of the way with mango puree, 1/3 of the way with strawberry, and finish with another layer of mango.
- Cover mold, add sticks, and freeze for at least 5 hours
Rainbow Popsicle Recipe
This is one of the best fruit popsicle recipes and obviously, this is also very healthy.
With this one, you will need:
- 2 kiwis
- 10 large strawberry halves
- 1 mango, roughly chopped
- 30 blueberries
Instructions
- Puree each fruit and set aside, rinsing the mixer in between.
- Carefully spoon layer by layer of fruit into the popsicle molds. If you want perfectly straight lines, feel free to freeze each layer individually, but it isn’t necessary.
- Cover mold, add sticks, and freeze for at least 4 hours.
Lemonade Popsicles
You will need:
- 10 kiwis, peeled and thinly sliced
- 10 raspberries, cut in half
- 5 strawberries
- 1 peach
- 10 blueberries
- 2 cups of lemonade (or another juice of your choice)
- lime zest (optional)
Instructions
- Add different fruits to the popsicle molds.
- Zest lime into the lemonade.
- Fill molds with lemonade.
- Cover mold, add sticks, and freeze for at least 5 hours.
Popsicle Recipes for Kids: Takeaway
Kids will surely love all of these popsicles. Thanks to Gemma for sharing these diverse recipes and popsicle ideas. If your children want something creamy, fudgy, or even fruity, you can just choose among these five.
It’s also guaranteed that with these popsicle recipes for kids, all the treats you’ll serve them are healthy.