Green Tropical Smoothie Popsicles

These Green Tropical Smoothie Popsicles are an amazing frozen summer treat for 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, part of a lunch, or dessert.

• Spinach: packed with iron, magnesium and vitamins A, C and K, spinach also makes these popsicles a 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. You can also use maple syrup or agave nectar if you prefer.
• Chia Seeds: are added to give these healthy popsicles a 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.

Diary-Free Tip: to make these popsicles dairy-free you can even use any plant-based milk you prefer – coconut, cashew, soy, oat, etc. Or you can eve use coconut water.

Instructions

1. Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth and there are no chunks of spinach – roughly 1-2 minutes.
2. Pour into popsicle mold of your choice.
3. Freeze for 5 hours or preferably overnight.
4. Serve and enjoy!

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

Tools Needed

• Popsicle Molds – This is the dinosaur mold I used, but I also love this mini popsicle mold for toddlers and younger kids and this bigger popsicle or bigger kids.
• Blender
• Measuring Cups

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.

Storage

Once frozen, these popsicles will last up to 3 months in the freezer inside the popsicle mold.

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