This quick and easy smoothie popsicles recipe is the perfect treat to welcome warmer weather.
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My favorite sweet treat when the weather warms up is strawberry nice cream (it’s just frozen bananas and strawberries blended together), and I made it as often as I could last year before it got too cold to be practical.
So now that spring is upon us and things are heating up, I’m happily breaking out the food processor again and getting into frozen treat mode!
As much as I love my nice cream, I wanted something fresh… same flavors but with a twist. So I created this strawberry banana smoothie popsicle recipe.
This recipe has less added sugar thanks to using SPLENDA ® Naturals Stevia Sweetener, and since we’re using coconut milk, this recipe is vegan friendly!
The banana and coconut milk make these super creamy (which I guess is kind of a requirement in a smoothie popsicle). The fresh chunks of strawberry brightens the whole thing up, and the lime juice and SPLENDA® Naturals Stevia Sweetener creates a great tart to sweetness balance.
Creamy Strawberry Smoothie Popsicles Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. Strawberries, tops removed
- 3 Medium Bananas, cut into large chunks
- 13.5 oz. Can Coconut Milk (regular)
- 14 Packets SPLENDA ® Naturals Stevia Sweetener
- 2 tbsp. Lime Juice, freshly squeezed (about one lime)
Directions:
Thinly slice three to four large strawberries and set aside. Add all other ingredients into food processor. Blend for about 30 seconds, until the mixture is creamy.
Evenly distribute sliced strawberries between all popsicle molds.
Pour mixture into each popsicle mold. Tap the mold down a few times to release any air bubbles, then top up with more mixture as necessary. Insert popsicle sticks.
Freeze for five to six hours. Run the molds under warm water to help remove popsicles. Or, to get them all at once fill a large casserole dish with warm water, and sit the mold in the casserole dish for a few seconds.
I only have one popsicle mold and had leftover mixture (this recipe makes 10 to 14 pops), so I poured myself a smoothie after freezing the popsicles. You know, for the sake of recipe testing. I’m happy to report that it’s just as good in liquid form!
Strawberry Banana Smoothie Popsicles Recipe
Makes 10 to 14 popsicles
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Strawberries tops removed
- 3 Bananas cut into large chunks
- 13.5 oz. Can Coconut Milk regular
- 14 packets SPLENDA ® Naturals Stevia Sweetener
- 2 tbsp. Lime Juice freshly squeezed (about one lime)
Instructions
- Thinly slice three to four large strawberries and set aside. Add all other ingredients into food processor. Blend for about 30 seconds, until the mixture is creamy.
- Evenly distribute sliced strawberries between all popsicle molds.
- Pour mixture into each popsicle mold. Tap the mold down a few times to release any air bubbles, then top up with more mixture as necessary. Insert popsicle sticks.
- Freeze for five to six hours. Run the molds under warm water to help remove popsicles.
Yum, I would love to try these this summer. I love a good frozen treat on warm days. I also like you used Splenda.
Thanks, Rebecca! 🙂
It really warmed up today and I could use a treat like this! They sound delicious and it’s very cool that they use Splenda naturals!
I love making my own pops for the kids. This looks like a great recipe to try!
My daughters love strawberries and especially strawberry popsicles. We try to limit our intake of refined sugar in our family and use a good bit of stevia to do so. I had no idea that Splenda now makes a stevia product!
Oh that sounds so good. Yup! Perfect for when it gets warmer though I still enjoy the whole fruit bars now, so this would be perfect actually for anytime. Never thought of making them on my own until now. Good idea. Thank you!
Perfect for summer! A nice, natural alternative to the store bought stuff.
These look delicious! My kids would fight me for them for sure. Hmm maybe I will make them while they are at school so I don’t have to share lol
Those look absolutely delicious and so refreshing! Glad I live in Southern California, where those are perfect all year round!
These look great. So fresh and delicious. I bet the coconut milk offers such a creamy base. I would definitely try these.
Strawberry banana smoothies are my favourite. I can never keep the ingredients in my house longer than a day. I have saved this recipe to try out the popsicles when it gets warmer.
Homemade popsicles are always a good thing…when they are part smoothie too…even better!
These look terrific and I am always looking for healthy popsicle recipes for my molds. I pinned it for later. 🙂
Thanks, Paula!
Oh these look so delicious. And healthy too right cause there’s fruit? haha. that’s my excuse!
lol totally guilt free! 🙂
These look delicious! My kids and I like to make Popsicles in summer, but we have never made strawberry, banana smoothie ones. Thanks for the idea!
This Strawberry Banana Smoothie Popsicle recipe would be great to have on hand with the triple didgit temperatures we will be having this weekend….I can almost taste these now!