How do I make good popscicles?

I used to make a really great key lime-chocolate covered popsicle (not exactly healthy!), and I always used those little paper cups, like a dixie cup. Plus, you can find small popsicle sticks at most grocery stores, especially at this time of year. I bet you could blend fruit/juice and make some VERY good treats! Try to add a lot of fruit, to make them thicker. :)

Freeze. Some. Juice.

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You can make a sort of creamy pop if you mix your favorite juice and fruit chunks with some yogurt.

@Blondesjon It’s in the details.

@ubersiren That sounds really good with yogurt! I wonder if making a smoothie-type concoction beforehand and then freezing might be easiest?

I make them for my kids all the time during summer.
I use fresh organic jucies, with small chunks of fruit thrown in for good measure. They look and taste AWSOME!!!!
—especially thin slices of kiwi!!! It’s such a lovely looking fruit… And yummy too!—

Orange Creamsicles, 1 package of orange Jello, 1 cup boiling water, 1 cup of orange juice, and 2 big heaping scoops of vanilla ice cream- put in blender and blend it, then pour into Popsicle mold…mmm mmm good

@Megan64 . . . I know. It just doesn’t really get any better than that. It is what it is.

I wonder if the secret ingredient is Jell-o?

@Blondesjon I think you may have missed the part in the OP where the poster said he DID do just that, didn’t like the results, and wanted a different way of doing it. Seems to me that repeating the thing he said he DIDN’T want to do is wildly unhelpful…

@Megan64 shhh don’t tell everyone :D

@earthduzt That recipe sounds really good. Is it possible to make the orange stuff and sort of dip the ice cream into it and freeze it on a plate or something, so that it’s like the creamsicles with the ice cream in the middle?

@primigravida . . . my humblest, most heartfelt apologies to not only you, but to @Megan64, as well.

my bad.

Will try the chunky fruit, yogurt, and jell-o suggestions. Thanks!

@Blondesjon – no worries

try making strawberry milk and freezing it in the popsicle holders

@primigravida you could possibly do that or maybe make the cream part first then freeze it so it is semi stiff, then find a bigger popsicle mold and put them in then pour in the orange mix so it fills the rest of the mold up around the creamy center and freeze them fully from there.

@earthduzt yesssss…. that sounds like a plan! :) And probably, you could even use low fat everything, and it would be (somewhat) healthy. Or at least, not SO bad!

If the juice wasn’t flavorful enough, mix some juice with some concentrated kiil-aid [they still make kool-aid???]. and/or try using frozen juice concentrate adding only half as much water.

The trick seems to be to blend all ingredients first and then freeze. Here are some examples

Now I want a creamsicle!

I make my favorite smoothies (usually that’s just whatever fruit we have on hand) and then freeze them. That usually works. And if that doesn’t work for some reason, or you want to try something else, you could do the frozen juice concentrate thing @anartist mentioned.

If you are using frozen concentrated juice, add half as much water as you would normally. The biggest problem with homemade juice popsicles is that they turn out too icy. A higher sugar to water ratio will help reduce the iciness, as will a little bit of corn syrup.
Ingredients for Lemonade pops

* ¾ to 1 cup granulated sugar (depending on how sweet you want them, and if you are using Meyer lemons, use less sugar)
* 1 cup water
* 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
* Zest of 2 lemons
* 1 cup of lemon juice (about 4 large lemons)

1 Heat 1 cup of water and ¾ to 1 cup of granulated sugar in a small saucepan until the sugar has completely dissolved. Add the zest of 2 lemons and 1 Tbsp of light corn syrup into the sugar water (also called simple syrup). Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat and let cool.

2 Juice enough lemons (about 4) to produce 1 cup of lemon juice. Strain out any pulp. Add the simple syrup to the lemon juice, straining out the lemon zest as you pour the syrup into the juice.

3 Pour the lemon mixture into the popsicle molds. Put into a freezer for at least 4 hours to freeze. To unmold, run under hot water for a few seconds.

Step 1 Get juice.
Step 2 Put in ice trays.
Step 3 Put in Freezer
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Try juice concentrate in popsicle maker?

Why can’t people simply give a serious answer? Why does everything have to be sarcastic and unhelpful? Sheesh.

@Megan64 I hope you found SOME good ideas in here, those who bothered to give a proper answer! I definitely found some good recipes! :)

@Merriment Awesome! Will try that.

@primigravida
Hey not everyone is so talented. Come on now.
I also have written instructions for toast.
How about shampoo?- Wash, Rinse and repeat.
This stuff can get confusing.

We love frozen yogurt – healthier and less sweet imo.

It’s simple: take your fave yogurt and stick a popsicle stick in the middle through the top – or if you can’t, replace the top with tin foil and put the stick in the middle.

Pudding pops are good to, but probably wouldn’t fit your definition of healthy. I just make the pudding according to the directions on the box, pour it into the molds, and freeze. Last time, I used vanilla pudding and added chocolate chips.

@SeventhSense Read the details; the OP specifically said she didn’t want just juice recipes.

@janbb
Well I can’t argue with you because if anyone should know about frozen treats it should be you Chilly Willy.
She’s asking for a healthy treat. Oh yes but it can contain extra sugar. If that’s not juice WTF is it? It’s either soda or sugar water or some fruit concoction like lemonade. Right?

@SeventhSense Come up to my iceberg and I’ll show you some frozen treats.

And I’ll give you your wings.