These Green Tropical Smoothie Popsicles are a summertime superhero—cool, refreshing, and secretly packed with spinach! Made with wholesome, real-food ingredients, they’re the kind of treat you’ll feel great about serving anytime: breakfast, snack, lunchbox, or that perfect post-dinner cool-down on a hot day.

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Need a summer snack that feels like a treat but secretly packs in spinach?

Trust me, these Green Smoothie Popsicles are magic. The first time I made them, I was just trying to avoid tossing a leftover smoothie. I poured it into a mold, popped it in the freezer, and boom: a few hours later my kids were inhaling spinach popsicles like they were candy. I couldn’t believe it.

Over the years, I tweaked that happy accident into something even better—and this tropical version is the one we keep coming back to. It’s packed with banana, pineapple, spinach, chia seeds, milk, and just a touch of honey. Sweet, creamy, and full of good stuff.

And the best part? They take 5 minutes to make, work for babies (just skip the honey), and come out looking like little green dinos. 🦖 Parenting win.

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Ingredients

A full list of ingredients and instructions can be found in the recipe card.

Spread of ingredients for green popsicle smoothies.

Into the Kitchen we Go —>

Ingredients for green popsicle smoothie in a blender.
Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth and there are no chunks of spinach – roughly 1-2 minutes.
Green smoothie popsicles in a blender all blended up.
Looks just like a kid-friendly smoothie.
Green smoothie popsicles in popscile molds.
Pour into a popsicle mold of your choice. Freeze for 5 hours or preferably overnight.
Green smoothie popsicles on a plate for toddlers and kids to grab.
Serve and enjoy!

Fruit Tip: Feel free to substitute the pineapple with peaches, nectarines, or mango.

Girl holding a green tropical smoothie popsicle.

Recipe Tips

  • Spinach: you can add in 1/2-1 cup of baby spinach to this recipe. If this is your kiddo’s first time eating spinach, then I would start with 1/2 cup and add more if you feel the need.
  • Sweetness: depending on the sweetness levels of your fruit, you may need to add in more maple syrup or honey (for over 1 year old) than the recipe states below. Taste the popsicle mixture after you mix in the yogurt it to see if you need to add any sweetener.
  • Yield of Recipe: some molds are bigger or smaller than others. So it’s important to know that you may have to double or triple some recipes depending on the size of your molds and how many popsicles you are making. I have always found that if I make too much popsicle mixture, my kids are happy to drink it like a smoothie for me;).
Green smoothie popsicles on a plate for toddlers and kids to grab.

Get the recipe: Kid-Requested Green Tropical Smoothie Popsicles

5 stars (8 ratings)
These Green Tropical Smoothie Popsicles are an amazing frozen summer treat for toddlers and kids that are filled with a (not-so) hidden-veggie – spinach!
Yield: 12 ounces
Prep: 5 minutes
Freeze Time: 5 hours
Author: Michele Olivier
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Ingredients 

  • 1/2 cup milk, of choice
  • 1/2 – 1 cup spinach (see notes)
  • 1 cup pineapple, fresh or frozen
  • 1 ripe banana
  • 2-3 tbsp honey or maple syrup
  • 1 tsp chia seeds

Instructions 

  • Add Ingredients: Place all ingredients into a blender.
  • Blend: turn on the blender and blend for 1-2 minutes or until all ingredients are smooth.
  • Pour: slowly pour the smoothie mixture into the popsicle molds until the fill line. Place in the freezer, and freeze for at least 5 hours.
  • Eat: take the popsicles from the mold and enjoy!

Notes

Age: 1 year and up (if serving to your baby under 1 year of age, omit honey)
Yield: this recipe makes roughly 12 ounces, which gave me 7 dino-size popsicles. Depending on your popsicle molds, you may have to double or triple this recipe. 
Notes on Spinach: you can use 1/2 – 1 cup of spinach in this recipe. Using 1/2 cup of spinach makes for a super mild taste that your kiddo wont be able to tell is spinach. If you use a full cup you can barely notice the taste of spinach, but my kids didn’t seem to notice, so I usually load up the spinach for them. If this is your first time making these, I would start with 1/2 cup and work your way up. 
Note on Milk: You can use regular, almond, soy, oat, ect. I used almond milk in this recipe. You can also use coconut water or water if you prefer. 

Cooking with Kids

Toddlers

  • 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.

Equipment

Blender
Small Popsicle Mold
Big Popsicle Molds
Measuring Cups
Serving: 1popsicle, Calories: 76kcal, Carbohydrates: 14.8g, Protein: 1.7g, Fat: 1.8g, Saturated Fat: 0.4g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 13mg, Potassium: 123mg, Fiber: 2.4g, Sugar: 10.1g, Calcium: 58mg, Iron: 1mg

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Medically reviewed and cowritten by Jamie Johnson, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Lauren Braaten, Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT).