Get the recipe: Swoon-Worthy Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle
These 4-ingredient Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles are easy to make and are seriously delicious for the entire family!
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries (see notes)
- 2-4 tbsp maple syrup, optional but highly recommended
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup yogurt (see notes)
Instructions
- Simmer: in a medium saucepan, place the strawberries, maple syrup and vanilla and heat over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
- Break down Strawberries: Using the back of a fork, break down the strawberries into small chunks. If you want a completely smooth strawberry popsicle, then use an immersion blender or blender to puree the strawberries.
- Cool: let this strawberry compote cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Mix in Yogurt: once cool the strawberry compote should have thickened up a little bit. Add the yogurt to the strawberries in dollops and gently stir. You can stir completely so the yogurt and strawberries are completely combined or marbled the yogurt and strawberries so the popsicles have a more swirled effect.
- Fill Popsicle Trays: gently spoon the strawberry yogurt mixture into a popsicle mold of your choice.
- Freeze: place the popsicle mold into the freezer and freeze for at least 5 hours, preferably overnight.
- Eat: gently take the popsicle out of the mold, serve and enjoy!
Notes
Age: can be served to 6-9+ months depending on when baby can hold the popsicle stick.
Yield: this recipe makes roughly 3 cups of popsicle mixture. You may need to increase/decrease that amount based on your popsicle mold size. If you have any leftovers, feel free to serve it as a smoothie or smoothie bowl to your kiddos (or yourself).
Notes on Strawberries: you can use fresh or frozen strawberries for this recipe.
Notes on Yogurt: you can use plain, vanilla, honey (for babies over 1), lemon or whichever other flavor sounds good or you have on hand. I do recommend using whole milk yogurt to help boost the flavor and thickness. You can also any plant-based yogurt you prefer as well - oat, cashew, almond, soy, etc.
Sweetness: Depending on the sweetness of your fruit and your sweetness preference, I recommend tasting the simmered strawberries before pouring it into the trays to see if it needs more sweetener.
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 saucepan.
- Once cooled, toddlers can help spoon the popsicle mixture into the popsicle molds.
- 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 into the saucepan. With adult supervision, kids can heat and stir the strawberries on the stove.
- Kids can swirl in the yogurt and pour the popsicle mixture into the molds and place the popsicles into the freezer.
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