How to Make Homemade Popsicles with Fruit

How to make homemade popsicles with frozen fruit are easy and delicious. A healthy snack kids love and cheaper than store bought. With 3 ingredients you can make rainbow popsicles or with blueberries, strawberries and raspberries you love.

3 Ingredient Homemade Popsicles Recipe

Years ago we made these frozen yogurt pops with yogurt, granola and fruit. They were delicious and hadn’t strayed from them until this year when it was really hot outside! I’m so glad we thought about this idea again because these were so refreshing for all of us!

You can use this recipe to make dairy free popsicles or add a flavor of Greek yogurt for another burst of fruit flavor. Since we use frozen fruit you can make these year round, not just during hot summer days.

How to Make Popsicles with Frozen Fruit

Yes you could use fresh if you would rather but this way I can make these year round. Frozen raspberries, strawberries and blueberries are typically our go tos. You just use a blender to mix these, yogurt and a bit of liquid until smooth and then pour into your molds to freeze to solid!

This is how I decide what I include in each batch…it depends what is on sale! That is right, I am from the generation where my mom wouldn’t buy anything unless it was on special AND we had a coupon for it.

I guess that has shaped who I am today and although I am not quite that strict with my purchases, I still have that budget mindedness in me. All. The. Time. Every time I shop I keep an eye out in the freezer section for a combination that is a good deal and would work well together.

Really it doesn’t matter anyway, I mean I haven’t made a combination that we didn’t enjoy. Use peach, blackberry, or even as a huckleberry recipe if you can find these babies. You just want to start them out as frozen from the get go.

How do you make popsicles from scratch?

There are 2 things you will need beyond the ingredients to blend and shape them though. You likely already have a food processor or blender in your home already. Believe it or not I only have the latter so we just use that as you can see above. You can make it as smooth or leave some chunks in there, we like a bit of texture so ours aren’t super smooth when pouring them in the molds.

How do you make popsicles not icy?

These have yogurt in them which will bring a bit of creaminess you’ll love. Alternatively if you want to skip that you can add 1 Tbsp. of cornstarch if you prefer.

There are tons of different popsicle molds out there to choose from. From small to big and all different shapes and sizes, it doesn’t matter what you choose. Of course smaller will take less time to freeze solid.

Real Fruit Popsicles Ingredients

1. Frozen fruit(s)
2. Greek yogurt – any flavor you want but vanilla is better than just plain
3. Water, coconut milk or fruit juice could be added for even more flavor
4. This is the popsicle mold we used above, alternatively you could use small Dixie paper cups with popsicle sticks as a mold and freeze those. Then peel off your frozen treat once hard.

That is it y’all!! Can you believe it is just that simple? I mean if you look at the back of Outshine fruit popsicles there are more ingredients than this. Those are pretty great I won’t lie but it’s nice to know exactly what you’re eating and feeding your kids.

What popsicles are healthiest?

Ones made with fruit and water or juice of course. These have a bit of protein too because of the added dairy but that is an option to make it creamier of course. If you need gluten free popsicles that is no problem too. Check the label but typically most plain Greek styles are. Ready to read up on how to make popsicles quickly?

Copycat Outshine Popsicles

You could easily use these same steps to make fudge pops. I’d buy a half gallon of chocolate milk from the store and blend with ice. You could add a few Tbsp of Cool Whip in the mix too!

Both would be super amazingly refreshing treats for adults and kids for sure. Not as sweet as ice cream but way healthier too for sure.

If you are having a barbecue with friends these are sure to be a real hit. You could make several different versions to please everybody’s taste buds. Making a large batch? I would purchase a few different molds so you can freeze all at the same time.

Other homemade treats kids love

Love the idea of fruit purees for dessert? Make our homemade fruit snacks sometime too! For Fourth of July we have made rainbow popsicles too that are super fun. If you want to figure out how to make homemade fudge with the kiddos that can be a fun and yummy activity too.

How do you store homemade popsicles?

If you want to do some batch cooking and make a TON for later you totally can. Once frozen solid run under warm water and remove one at a time. Wrap each one in a piece of plastic wrap and place inside a freezer bag. A gallon size works well for more than 6 or so. Once it’s full, zip closed and lay flat. Then kids can open, grab one for everyone and close it again so it doesn’t get freezer burn later. They will last a really long time this way.

If you use different fruits make sure to label the outside with a Sharpie so you’ll remember which version is inside each bag. This is a great idea if you find a great sale on blueberries or expecting a large get together at your home.