Healthy fruit ice pops

amother

Sat, Mar 19 2022, 7:55 pm

looking for recipes of blended fruit (not juiced as its just sugar) without sugar or any other sweeteners to make healthy ices for kids. which fruits go well together?

is it even possible? (cooking fruit long enough sweetens compote but don't know how cooked blended fruit frozen tastes)

I am also open to recipes containing full fat natural yogurt etc.

amother

Pink

Mon, May 16 2022, 6:38 pm

We make smoothies all the time with frozen fruit and almond milk. Delicious! You can just freeze them for a yummy ice pop.

Mangoes and blueberries are a great combo, but almost any fruits go together wonderfully.

If you include bananas it will be much creamier.

amother

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:33 pm

amother [ Pink ] wrote:

this is what I wanted combinations of fruit that go well together.

do you have quantities? do you always add almond milk?

can you taste the bananas?

can I put in milk instead of almond milk? looking to use whole products, not processed

amother

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:34 pm

bsy wrote:

I've frozen baby jars as ices.

good idea but my kids don't like frozen compote.

scruffy

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:42 pm

I've made something similar to this and it's a delicious flavor combination. If you use sweet summer watermelon (not available yet) you don't really need sweetener IMO.

https://www.mapleandmango.com/.....cles/

amother

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:43 pm

scruffy wrote:

what did you make?

scruffy

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:45 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

what did you make?

I pre froze the watermelon and strawberries and blended it with lime juice to make a frozen drink/ sorbet. (Sometimes I'll add fresh mint too which is delicious.)

This is the same flavor profile in an ice pop.

amother

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:46 pm

what can I add instead of sugar or sweetner it shouldn't turn into icy bricks but soft frozen?
any healthy tricks?

scruffy

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:48 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

what can I add instead of sugar or sweetner it shouldn't turn into icy bricks but soft frozen?
any healthy tricks?

If you pre freeze the fruit and blend you can make sorbet pops.

amother

Mon, May 16 2022, 7:49 pm

scruffy wrote:

thanks

why do you pre freeze the fruit first?

does the lime juice give it the texrure of ice pop?

amother

Burntblack

Mon, May 16 2022, 8:02 pm

Blend frozen fruit, freeze, blend again, freeze again, and then freeze in molds. Doing that will give you soft ices.

Combos we like is
Strawberry
Strawberry/mango
Strawberry/pineapple
Peach/oat milk
Blueberry/passion fruit
Kiwi/strawberry
Lemonade
Cherries

I sometimes add yogurt with a little bit of honey. Otherwise any parve milk.

Any amount of bananas added you’ll taste in the end results. Small amounts of avocado can be hidden well.

scruffy

Mon, May 16 2022, 8:03 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

thanks

why do you pre freeze the fruit first?

does the lime juice give it the texrure of ice pop?

No the lime juice is for flavor.

The prefreezing gives it the soft texture.

DustyDiamonds

Mon, May 16 2022, 8:35 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

what can I add instead of sugar or sweetner it shouldn't turn into icy bricks but soft frozen?
any healthy tricks?

You can freeze it in a large pan. Then break into chucks about 3-4 hours later, and re-blend. I’d use the food processor for this. If you want super creamy, repeat 1-2 times. After the last blending, put it into the ice pop molds.

It’s the extra air that is created while blending that makes it soft frozen.

Imagine freezing heavy cream with sugar, it would be an icy brick. The process of adding air while freezing is what makes ice cream delicious!

bsy

Mon, May 16 2022, 8:47 pm

amother [ Chambray ] wrote:

which baby jars?

Any fruit ones. I poured them into ices molds or freeze pop wrappers.

amother

Tue, May 17 2022, 2:57 am

amother [ Burntblack ] wrote:

the combo ones are equal parts?

when do you add milk/yogurt and when not?

if I want to add natural yogurt how much should I add to which quantities?

amother

Tue, May 17 2022, 1:51 pm

can I add water to make it more runny?

I blended strawberries and its really good but for the kids its a too thick consistency...