You know what I love about being plant-based? You can eat what you want, when you want it. You want a quick breakfast on-the-go? Sure! Your whole fam can have these Skin-Saving Strawberry Fruit Popsicles! Is it a thousand degrees outside and you need a happy hour treat? These will treat you right. 😉 You want to try some different flavors? No problem! These are also great when you just need something sweet.
I’ve made a couple fruit popsicles and tried a couple recipes and have discovered one very crucial fact. Liquid destroys popsicle texture! Use as little liquid as possible. If you start playing with this recipe and want to make different flavors, yogurt has tested the best for me. I tried canned coconut (the cream part) but that still had a really weird texture. I bet it would be better if I had tried fresh coconut? I’ll probably have another recipe for you once I test that out. I would however recommend using coconut oil since it has a more buttery creamy finish in the freezer.
This time, I wanted to use avocado!!! It is absolutely the best. You won’t taste the avocado in it but it adds a super creamy texture that you won’t want to miss out on. You’ll also get super shiny hair, skin and nails…your eyes and waistline will also see benefits.
Make breakfast time fast and easy with this #dairyfree popsicle #recipe. Click To TweetAvocados have lutein and lots of alpha & beta carotenes. “High amounts of carotenoids in your diet have been shown in scientific studies to improve your skin’s density, thickness, tone and general appearance.” Mix that with the vitamin e and omegas and you have a pretty potent skin shield defending your skin all day long.
Quick Nutrition Cheat Sheet of Avocados (1 cup)
Fiber: 10 Grams
Protein: 2.9 Grams
Omega 3: 165 mg
Omega 6: 2534 mg
Vitamin C: 24%
Vitamin B-6: 20%
Vitamin E: 16%
Magnesium: 10%
Vitamin A: 4%
Iron: 4%
Calcium: 1%
One of my personal secret weapons for dry skin is avocado. I’ve also found that my skin is clearer (no acne) when I have avocado in my diet because of the vitamin E.
Ingredients
- 10 oz bag strawberries, fresh or thawed for the smoothest blend
- 1 banana
- 1 avocado
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (or until desired sweetness)
- up to 1/4 cup orange juice (use as little as possible, just enough for everything to blend smoothly)
- about 1 tbsp lemon juice (for tartness)
- 1 banana, sliced
Instructions
- Pre-freeze popsicle molds so the bananas stick to the sides better
- Blend all the ingredients (except for the sliced banana) into the blender and blend until smooth.
- Take out the popsicle mold from freezer and stick your sliced bananas to the sides of your mold, about 6 banana slices per mold
- Pour the blender ingredients into the popsicle molds, put the sticks in, and freeze overnight
Notes
popsicle sticks: If you aren't using sticks that come with the mold, put aluminum foil or seran wrap on top of your molds and stick the sticks through the foil.
I should mention if you have super picky kids, I would just blend the strawberries with the avocado & maple syrup and that’s it, then add the other ingredients the 2nd time you make it. Personally, I like the banana in there because it adds extra nutrients and I like the texture and sweetness from it. I also like the orange juice in there to smooth everything out. That’s the awesome thing about popsicles. You can tailor them to your tastebuds. Enjoy! 🙂
What an interesting name and a lovely combination of flavors! I have been wanting to make some popsicles myself. Thanks for the tip on using minimum liquid, it does make a lot of difference even in vegan ice cream. Pictures are beautiful.
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Thank Apsara! You are going to see such a different when you don’t use a lot of liquid. It will make your popsicles so creamy!
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Popsicles: breakfast of champions! What a brilliant idea. 🙂 I’ve been off my smoothie game for a while, but popsicles will surely get me back into it! I’m excited to get to see you in this post, too!
Awwww…Thank you Xine! Popsicles are so tasty for breakfast in the summertime.
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Sneaky Sneaky with all that avocado in there. Looks like such a healthy, delicious treat that I can’t wait to have my boys try 🙂 Yumm….
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Sneaky is my middle name ;p Let me know what your boys think. Thanks for commenting Vanessa!
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You are blowing me away with these pops, there is just no excuse for buying the grocery store variety! None. I love your tip about the liquid destroying the pops, will be keeping that in mind. And the avocado, I had no idea it could help with my skin. Now that I’m battling both acne and wrinkles (35 is a fun age) I hope to improve. These popsicles are going to go down so easy….and so refreshing!!!!
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Laura, avocado will be your new best friend…you can eat it, apply it topically, it’s the PERFECT food for your skin. Enjoy erasing those wrinkles starting now!
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I need these! I bet the fella would eat this because he LOVES strawberries. And how fun are the sticks – love it. I’m interested in making these for sure with the avocado – I made a dessert with avocado once and it was no bueno, but I’m up for trying it out again!
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Oh no! Avocado can be tricky. I know I tested out an avocado pudding on my sister once and she absolutely hated it! Definitely an acquired taste if you start messing with the flavor profile. Luckily strawberries are a great compliment to avocado so you shouldn’t have any flavor issues and the texture will be oh-so creamy!
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Yum, yum, yum. The ingredients sound delicious!
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Thanks so much Sarah! It is definitely a must-try!
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I bet that the avocado adds creaminess and tastes just delicious frozen with the other ingredients. What a yummy treat for all of those sweltering summer days!
Oh my goodness it really is! In fact, it’s 100 degrees outside and I can’t imagine anything more I’d like to be eating. Thanks for commenting J!
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Yummy! 🙂 I love homemade popsicles. They are such a great summer treat!
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