As summer starts I am seeing frozen pops everywhere, reminding me of my childhood in the sun. It makes me want to reminisce and enjoy those cold treats. I want to let my boys have a chance to enjoy frozen pops too. But so many of the ice pops out there are just frozen sugar water.
I started a mission to find healthy ways of creating sweet frozen treats that were low sugar and had added nutrition too! Silk has two great new almond milk blends that were a perfect way to add the great benefits of almond milk to my frozen pops!
The Almond Coconut Blend is unsweetened and has 0 sugar in it so this was a great way to add vitamins but not sugar. The Protein + Fiber Blend has 5 grams of fiber and 5 grams protein. You have to love protein in almond milk! Yay #SilkAlmondBlends!
We had fun taking a walk (or maybe a run) to our local Safeway to gather our ingredients for our new frozen pop recipes. I love that our Safeway is so close that when we need to get something at the grocery store we can burn a little energy too!
The boys were so excited to help out at the store, it may have been because they knew what we were going to be making. We found some ice pop molds and then we went and got our main ingredients! They were so excited to make their own pops!
After our fun trip to the store it was time to start creating. One of the great things about these recipes: they are a great, easy way to have your kids help you in the kitchen. Making pops is almost as fun as eating them. Almost …
I couldn’t decide which flavor to make so we made three different flavors! Zane and Zarek loved the Grasshopper Pie Protein Pops and the Pina Colada Pops. I really enjoyed the refreshing flavors of the Ginger Coconut Almond Pops.
These sweet frozen treats would be great to have in your freezer for those super hot days after playing in the sun! If you decide to make multiple flavor batches of pops, you can get some clear bags and twist ties to bag up the pops individually and store in a freezer bag.
Grasshopper Pie Protein Pops
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups Silk Protein + Fiber Almond Milk
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
- 4 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1 teaspoon sweetener optional
- 4 drops green food color
Directions
- Mix almond milk and mint extract (add sweetener and food color at this time if you are using it)
- Pour mixture into ice pops mold
- Remove cream from sandwich cookies and crumble cookies
- Sprinkle chocolate cookie chunks into pops molds (they will float, don’t worry they will sink and distribute through the pops naturally)
- Place sticks into molds
- Freeze overnight or till frozen
- Use warm water on the outside of mold to remove pops easily
Pina Colada Pops
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup Silk Almond Coconut Blend
- 1 cup pineapple chunks
- 1 teaspoon sweetener
Directions
- Add Almond Coconut Blend, pineapple and sweetener to blender or food processor
- Blend till smooth
- Pour mixture into ice pops mold
- Place sticks into molds
- Freeze overnight or till frozen
- Use warm water on the outside of mold to remove pops easily
Coconut Almond Ginger Pops
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Silk Almond Coconut Blend
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon sweetener optional
- 1 tablespoon shredded coconut optional
Directions
- If using sweetener mix into Almond Coconut Milk
- Fill pops molds with Almond Coconut Milk
- Sprinkle grated ginger into molds evenly (add shredded coconut at this time if using)
- Stir each popsicle and place sticks into molds
- Freeze overnight or till frozen
- Use warm water on the outside of mold to remove pops easily
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Which flavor are you going to try first?
I love that these will cool people off and are healthy but still have a creamy feel (unlike freezing juice, which is my usual go to)!
Wow….not 1, but 3 awesome popsicle recipes! I totally need to try these out for the long weekend. I think that coconut ginger one is calling my name right now! #client
SUCH a great idea!!!
I’m going to have to try the Pina Colada Pops!