Healthy Fruit Popsicles

                         

Beat the heat this Summer with these healthy and gorgeous looking fruit popsicles! Made from fresh fruit purees, these layered ice-pops are very refreshing and delightful. They are super easy to make with a no-cook recipe and taste absolutely yummy! Each bite of this fruity ice-lolly is  a pure bliss! It is a guilt-free Summer treat both for kids and adults alike. This fruit ice-candy is sugar-free, vegan, gluten-free and free of artificial flavor and color. Involve your kids in making these ice-lollies for the added fun!

                        

What is a Popsicle or Ice-Pop?

An ice-pop is a water or milk-based frozen snack on a stick. Unlike sorbet or ice-cream which is whipped while freezing to prevent ice-crystal formation, an ice-pop is frozen while at rest and becomes a solid block of ice. The stick is used as a handle to hold it. In the United States and Canada, frozen ice on a stick is generically referred to as a popsicle due to the early popularity of the Popsicle brand and the word has become a generalized trademark  to mean any ice-pop, regardless of the brand. source

                       

What goes into my version of fruit popsicle? The Ingredients:

This tri-colored fruit popsicle is purely made from healthy goodness of fresh fruits without the addition of any sweetener, artificial food color, or flavor. I have made these fruit ice-pops using 4 fruits namely,

• Mango: Mango puree forms the yellow colored layer of our popsicle. Use ripe and sweet variety of mango as we are not adding any sweetener. However, if your fruit is not sweet, you may add little honey or maple syrup to the mango puree.

• Watermelon: The red layer of our popsicle comes from watermelon. If you have strawberries at hand, you may add them to watermelons while blending them in a grinder jar.

• Kiwi Fruit and Grapes : The green layer of our ice-pops comes from the Kiwi fruit. I have added green grapes also to the kiwi fruit while blending to impart natural sweetness to the ice-pops.

However, you may use any fruit or berries (either fresh or frozen) of your choice to make this ice-lollies. 

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Related Event: Frozen Treats @Shhhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge

This healthy and refreshing fruit popsicle recipe is featured in the Facebook Gourmet group, Shhhhhhh Cooking Secretly challenge. Here, participating members take turn to propose the theme for each month. Pavani  who was our hostess for the month of April, proposed Frozen Treats as the theme. You might love to try out her  No churn , easy Oreo Ice-cream .

In this group all participating members are divided into pairs and both partners exchange a set of secret ingredients, using which both have to cook a dish depending upon  the theme for the particular month. Once the dish is ready only the pic of the dish is shared on the group and the other group members take turn in guessing the secret ingredients just by looking at the pic of the dish. The secret ingredients and the dish name are revealed at the end of the month when the recipe is published by the respective blogger.

My partner for the frozen treats theme was Preeti Shridhar Tandon di and she gave me watermelon and kiwi fruit as my 2 secret ingredients and i made these suagr-free healthy fruit popsicles using the ingredients. In return, i gave her yogurt and maple syrup and she made these beautiful Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles using the set of ingredients. Her gorgeous looking Wool Bread is next on my to-do list.

Dietary Notes: These Healthy Fruit Popsicles are

• Sugar-free
• Artificial color and Flavor free
• Vegan (dairy free)
• Gluten-free
• No-cook
• Kid-friendly
• Figure-Friendly
• Vegetarian
• Guilt-free Snack
• Healthy Summer Treat
• Full of fruity flavors
• Delightful and refreshing

Preparation Time: 5-6 hours (includes freezing time)

Cooking Time: Nil

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

• 1 large or 2 small mangoes
• 2 Kiwi Fruits
• 1/2 cup green grapes
• 1/4 th portion of a small watermelon

Method:

1. Wash the fruits and peel the mangoes and kiwi fruit. 
2. Separate the pink flesh from the watermelon rind. 
3. Chop the fruits roughly. 
4. Make a puree of mango and watermelon separately. 
5. Similarly add kiwi fruit chunks and green grapes to a blender jar and pulse to make a lump free puree.

        

6. Take popsicle moulds and fill each mould up to 1/4th of its capacity with grape and kiwi fruit puree. Keep it in the freezer to set for around 1 hour. This will be green layer of our popsicle. Setting the first layer before adding the second fruit puree will ensure the layers do not mix and remain distinct.

7. After 1 hour add around 1-2 tablespoon of mango puree to the moulds . This will form the yellow layer of the ice-pops. 

8. Lastly fill the popsicle moulds with the watermelon puree. Since my mango puree was thick enough, i directly added the third layer without freezing in between. Now insert a stick in the moulds and  cover it. 

9. Transfer the popsicle mould in the freezer and let it set for around 5-6 hours.

10. To un-mould the ice-lolly, run it under warm water. I simply dipped the mould in a bowl with warm water and you are done. 

       

11. Serve the gorgeous looking, delicious and healthy fruit popsicles and enjoy with your loved ones! 

                         

Recipe Notes:

• You may use any fruit or berries (either fresh or frozen) of your choice to make this ice-lollies. 
• Use ripe fruits that are sweet and juicy for making popsicles as we are not using sugar in this recipe. However, if your fruit is not sweet you may add a little sweetener like honey or maple syrup to the fruit puree.
• I added grapes that were very sweet to my kiwi fruit, to balance the tartness without altering the color of the popsicle. Similarly, if you have strawberries at hand you can blend them along with water melon to make the pink color of our popsicle. 
• Allowing the first layer to freeze and set before adding the second fruit puree, ensures that the layers do not mix up and remain distinct.

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See you soon with yet another healthy and delicious creation from my Kitchen. Until then Stay safe and eat right !

 

Happy Cooking !

Happy Eating !

 

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