Posted on Thursday, 17th June 2010 by Grace Massa Langlois
I love summer, it is my favourite time of year. The neighbourhood is abuzz, everyone is outside instead of cooped up in our homes, tending to gardens, bike riding, walking, and visiting. It’s the time of year for outdoor festivals and events, The Balloon Fest, The Rib Fest, many cultural food festivals and plenty of outdoor concerts.
It’s the time of year to pack up the car and go to the beach, or go camping or head to the park for a picnic.
We rarely travel throughout the summer, we have our very own resort retreat in our backyard. Putting in the pool was the best decision we ever made and second was adding the fire pit.
When you look down our street, you’ll see one basketball net after another, and it’s not uncommon to see a few games going at the same time. We keep our freezer in the garage, and I make sure to have it well stocked with frozen fruit pops, popsicles, freezies and ice cream on a stick. The kids run in, grab a treat and back out they go.
The weekend is coming and I am sure to have some little ones heading over for a swim so I thought I would dust off my frozen pop molds and make some of my very own. The best thing about making your own is you can add whatever fruit, yogurt or fruit juice you want, the combination possibilities are endless.
I used up the last of my frozen strawberries and blueberries. I had tropical fruit juice (a combination of mango, pineapple, passion fruit, orange and apple) in the fridge but you can use whatever juice you have on hand. You could also swap out the juice and use the juice of a lemon or a lime. Liana’s favourite flavour is Strawberry-Yogurt and Matt loves Banana.
The freezer is now well stocked with Frozen Strawberry, Blueberry, Strawberry-Yogurt and Blueberry-Banana Pops.
The big question, how long do you think they’ll last, will they make it to the weekend or will I be back at it on Friday?
Frozen Fruit Pops – Strawberry-Yogurt, Strawberry, Blueberry and Blueberry-Banana
- Strawberry-Yogurt Frozen Pops
- Strawberry, Blueberry or Blueberry Banana
Strawberry-Yogurt Frozen Pops
*Special Equipment: Frozen Pop Molds or Paper Cups or Freezer-Safe Cups & Popsicle Sticks
serves 6 to 8
- 2 heaping cups frozen strawberries or fresh strawberries, hulled
- 1 cup vanilla-strawberry yogurt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 cup real fruit juice
- Place strawberries in a food processor or blender and purée until smooth.
- Add yogurt, sugar, honey, and fruit juice and purée until well combined.
- Pour strawberry mixture into frozen pop molds, add popsicle sticks and freeze overnight or until frozen.
- Remove from mold (run a little warm water on the outside of the mold to loosen) and serve at once.
Strawberry, Blueberry or Blueberry-Banana
*Special Equipment: Frozen Pop Molds or Paper Cups or Freezer-Safe Cups & Popsicle Sticks
Serves 6 to 8
- 2 cups (heaping) fresh or frozen berries
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 banana (for Blueberry-Banana Frozen Pops)
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup real fruit juice
- Place berries in a food processor or blender and purée until smooth.
- Add sugar, honey, and 1/4 cup fruit juice and purée until well combined. (If making Blueberry-Banana Pops add banana at this point, purée until well incorporated.) If the mixture is too thick, add remaining 1/4 cup of real fruit juice a little at a time until mixture is at the right consistency.
- Pour strawberry or blueberry or blueberry-banana mixture into frozen pop molds, add popsicle sticks and freeze overnight or until frozen.
- Remove from mold (run a little warm water on the outside of the mold to loosen) and serve at once.
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June 17th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I had a feeling you would be posting about these fruity frozen treats! They sound perfect for these hot summer days! A good treat for solstice…
June 19th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Summer is my favorite season, too, and for all the reasons you mentioned. You picked the right day to display those succulent treats! Hot as blazes here today.
June 20th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Loving the summer, even here in Scotland it’s currently in the 70s fahrenheit. Your frozen fruit pop recipes will come in handy.
February 1st, 2013 at 4:58 pm
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