These Green Tropical Smoothie Popsicles are am amazing frozen summer treat for toddlers and kids that are filled with a (not-so) hidden-veggie – spinach🍃! And because these popsicles are filled with nothing but healthy ingredients you can feel good about serving them for breakfast, snack, lunch or a dessert.
Green Smoothie Popsicles
These super healthy and super delicious popsicles are going to be in high demand at your house👊!
Not only do they taste amazing, but the dino shapes 🦖 make these green popsicles so much fun to eat!
These popsicles are made with 6 easy ingredients – spinach, pineapple, banana, chia seeds, honey and milk. And because these popsicles are filled with nothing but healthy ingredients you can feel good about serving them for breakfast, snack, lunch or a dessert. Popsicles for breakfast on a hot summer day will pretty much blow any kid’s mind 🤯!
Reasons to Love these Healthy Popsicles
- healthy frozen treat
- great for toddlers, kids and even adults (I eat these all summer long)
- can be served to baby if you omit the honey
- not so hidden-veggie
- full of protein, iron, potassium, antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids and fiber
- can be served for breakfast, snack, lunch or dessert
- naturally sweetened
- 5 minute prep time
- great for picky eaters
Ingredients
- Spinach: packed with iron, magnesium and vitamins A, C and K, also makes these popsicles the fun green color. You can use 1/2 – 1 cup of packed spinach in this recipe. If your kiddos are new to green popsicles, I would start by using 1/2 cup of spinach as they won’t be able to taste it. You can add more spinach the next time you make these popsicles.
- Banana: full of potassium and fiber, adding a banana gives these popsicles a smooth and creamy texture.
- Pineapple: gives these popsicles a fun tropical flavor twist while also adding a huge amount of natural sweetness. You can use fresh or frozen in this recipe. I usually use frozen.
- Honey: is added to give these popsicles just enough sweetness to make them taste like a treat. Not to worry, they are not overly sweet. You should omit the honey if serving these popsicles to babies under 1 year of age.
- Chia Seeds: are added to give these healthy popsicles a big boost in added protein, fiber and omega-3 fatty acids. Once blended, your kiddo will never even know they are in there.
- Milk: is used to help combine all of the ingredients. You can use regular, almond, soy, oat, ect. I used almond milk in this recipe. You can also use coconut water or water in this recipe if you want.
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth and there are no chunks of spinach – roughly 1-2 minutes.
- Pour into popsicle mold of your choice.
- Freeze for 5 hours or preferably overnight.
- Serve and enjoy!
Cooking with Kids
You can easily have your kids help you make these fun popsicles.
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.
OTHER GREAT FROZEN TREATS
- Yogurt Fruit Popsicles for Toddlers + Kids – 8 Fun Flavors
- Yogurt Unicorn Bark
- Healthy Yogurt Parfait Popsicles for Toddler + Kids
- Healthy Funfetti Popsicles for Kids + Toddlers
- Hidden-Veggie Carrot & Orange Popsicles (Baby + Toddler)
- Strawberry Lemonade Slushies for Toddlers + Kids (refined sugar-free)
TOOLS USED TO MAKE THESE POPSICLES
- Popsicle Molds – This is the dinosaur mold I used, but I also love this mini popsicle mold for toddler and younger kids and this bigger version or bigger kids. Now that I posted this recipe, both of my favorite Zoku molds seem to be out of stock, here are some similar ones (mini) (regular).
- Blender
- Measuring Cups
DID YOU MAKE THESE SMOOTHIE POPSICLES FOR YOUR KIDS?
I’D LOVE TO KNOW HOW IT TURNED OUT! LEAVE A COMMENT AND A ⭐️ RATING BELOW 👇
Green Smoothie Popsicles
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk, of choice
- 1/2 – 1 cup spinach, packed (see notes)
- 1 cup pineapple, fresh or frozen
- 1 ripe banana
- 2-3 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp chia seeds
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a blender.
- Blend for 1-2 minutes or until all ingredients are smooth.
- Pour into a popsicle mold, place in the freezer, and freeze for at least 5 hours.
- Take out of popsicle mold and enjoy!
WOW, thanks for sharing this recipe! My daughter will be thrilled to see these dinosaurs!
I hope she loves them as much as my girls do!
these are beautiful recipes. where can i buy the Popsicle molds from
here are the dino popsicle mold link
I made these last night with my son and they haven’t frozen this morning. He was guttered. Maybe 24hrs is needed? Duno what I did wrong lol.
My baby did like the leftover unfrozen mix lol
This is so strange, I have never had any popsicles not freeze in 6 hours. Did you follow the recipe? Leave them in the freezer for another 24 hours and let me know how it goes. I’m assuming your freezer is working and other things are frozen in there?
Yes the freezer is functioning and I used the recipe. They were frozen after 24hrs and my son LOVED them. He’s mega fussy and this was the first time he ate spinach so win!! Will definitely make them again. I called them hulk iceblocks and he loved that