Healthy Homemade Fruit Popsicles
This weekend I headed home to Arizona for my second bridal shower.
Like I always do when I’m in town, I stayed at my parents house with my sister and we immediately fell back into our old family routine.
We workout together in the morning, hit up our favorite sandwich shop for lunch, and spend the afternoons soaking up the sun by the pool.
When we were little, my sister and I would spend hours swimming, playing mermaids — I was always “Nafazia” and she was “Arista” — don’t ask.
My mom, being the health nut she was, would entice us to take a break by treating us to fruit popsicles — her way of trying to get her ice cream-loving kids to eat their vitamins.
I now know that those popsicles likely contained about 1% juice and 99% sugar, but I commend her efforts all the same. It got me thinking how I could recreate the same fun summer vibe with something actually nutritious.
Homemade popsicles are incredibly easy to prepare and customize.
All you need is a mold, a juice and any mix-ins you want to add.
For these healthy, homemade fruit popsicles, I used only three ingredients: Naked Juice Bright Beets, blueberries and strawberries.
It took me all of three minutes to make them.
Not only are these popsicles super pretty, they’re also packed with vitamins and nutrients from the fresh fruit and veggies.
Composed simply of beets, apples, carrots, coconut water, ginger and lemon, one serving of Naked’s Bright Beets has over 120% of your daily does of vitamin A.
The juice has no added sugar — just what’s naturally in the fruit and vegetables — and each popsicle weighs in at about 50 calories each.
If you’ve got picky eaters in your house, this is an awesome way to sneak in their veggies. I know because I got my Dad to eat them, and he claims to hate beets!
- 6 oz. Naked Juice Bright Beets
- 8 Strawberries
- ¼ C. Blueberries
- Popsicle Mold
- Popsicle Sticks
- Wash fruit and slice strawberries.
- Distribute the fruit between the four popsicle molds, trying to stack it, so it doesn't all pile up at the bottom.
- Pour juice into each mold, distributing evenly.
- Stick a popsicle stick into each tray. Secure by piercing the stick into the fruit inside.
- Freeze for about 5 hours.
- Run hot water over the outside of the mold until the popsicles easily slip out.
- Enjoy!
Most popsicle molds come with matching plastic sticks. I wanted ours to look authentic though, so I removed the wooden sticks from some old (unhealthy) popsicles I found in the back of our freezer, and used them for my improved pops.
With their patriotic red and blue coloring, these popsicles would make a great treat at any Memorial Day BBQ’s you have planned for the upcoming weekend.
*This post is sponsored by Naked Juice but all photos, opinions, and popsicles are my own.
Patti Cakes says:
My husband loves Popsicles, so I will definitely be plying him with these colorful and healthy pops this summer. Thanks for the idea!
Whitney English says:
You’re welcome! Hope he likes them!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says:
Super creative! Never would have thought of using beet juice in a popsicle. I have a meatless Monday linkup today if you would like to join us.
Whitney English says:
Thanks Deb! I definitely will if I haven’t missed it yet!
Jennifer Sinquefield King says:
Love it! I have to make this for my girls this summer!
Whitney English says:
Yes, they would love it!!