These Greek yogurt popsicles are easy to make, refreshing, and sure to please anyone. Combine the yogurt with watermelon or other fruit or berries and you will have a healthier kind of treat for hot summer days.
Watermelon Yogurt Popsicles
Homemade popsicles are something that makes my kids happy. Lemon, orange or lime popsicles, some made with berries and buttermilk or sour cream or these Greek yogurt popsicles with watermelon.
I decided to make some ice pops the other day after having some really heavy store-bought vanilla ice cream, which I didn’t really like. I remembered the freshness of fruit popsicles and found it was time to dust the molds and make some again.
Ingredients
I used what I had in the fridge:
- A very thick slice of watermelon
- Greek yogurt
- Sour cream
- An overripe banana that nobody would eat anymore.
- The result was great, so good that I quickly wrote down the recipe afraid that I would forget it.
- The amounts of sugar and honey are quite optional, you can take more or less, depending on how sweet you like things and on how sweet your banana is.
- Same with the lemon juice, use more or less according to your taste.
How to make?
- Place all the ingredients in a bowl
- Blend with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Adjust the taste with more honey or lemon (or both).
- Pour into molds.
- Place the sticks inside.
- Freeze.
Tips
- You can replace the sour cream with more Greek yogurt or buttermilk.
- You can use fruit yogurt instead of plain yogurt, preferably something that would match the flavor of the fruit or berries you are using.
- To easily release the watermelon popsicles from the molds, run the molds under warm water.
More sweet summer treats?
Romanian Strawberry Foam (Spuma de capsuni)
Greek Yogurt Popsicles (with Watermelon)
Greek yogurt popsicles with watermelon and bananas. Ready in 5 minutes: blend, pour into ice pops molds and freeze. And they are quite versatile as well, you can use other fruit or berries instead.
Ingredients
- 350 g/ 12 oz watermelon, preferably seedless
- 1 overripe banana
- 200 g/ 7 oz/ ¾ cup Greek yogurt
- 150 g/ 2.3 oz/ 2/3 cup sour cream (Note)
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
- Remove the peel of the watermelon (and the seeds, if there are any). Place the watermelon in the blender together with the rest of the ingredients and blend until very smooth.
- Add more sugar/honey or lemon juice according to your taste.
- Pour the mixture into the popsicle molds and freeze.
Notes
You can use only Greek yogurt.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 72Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 10mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 0gSugar: 9gProtein: 2g
Nutritional information is not always accurate.
Adina
Wednesday 22nd of July 2015
They did love them, especially my son. I have made 2 more batches since the first time. :)
Chris Scheuer
Wednesday 22nd of July 2015
These sound so delicious and I know your children loved them down to the last drip! Such a pretty color too!
Adina
Tuesday 21st of July 2015
Thank you, Rachel. You are lucky with the weather. 98 degrees are a lot but at least it feels like summer. What I miss most about Romania are the hot summers. What we normally have here in Germany doesn't really qualify as summer.
Rachel @ Simple Seasonal
Monday 20th of July 2015
This look like such a lovely combination of flavors. Today we're expecting a high of 98ºF, so one of these would taste extra good!
Adina
Friday 17th of July 2015
Thank you, MJ.