Creamsicles ~ three flavors!
To help you get your daily recommended servings of dairy I’ve come up with three MOO-velous Creamsicle recipes for you to enjoy with your friends and family this summer!
I’m sure, like mine, your summer gets busy and it’s easy to forget about eating properly. Ā Summer is all about splurging. Ā We never have pop in our house, but in the summer somehow it sneaks in, as do other not so healthy options. Ā
Creamsicles made with low-fat yogurt are the perfect treat to cool off, satisfy your sweet tooth, and get a serving of dairy in!
When I was a kid we would pour koolaid into Dixie cups and place a popsicle stick in the center, Ā and freezing them. Ā
I took that idea, some yogurt, and fruit and ran with it! Directly to my freezer. The first flavor is Orange Creamsicle. Ā Let me tell you what my husband and kids went crazy for these things!
Orange Creamsicle
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups low-fat Vanilla Flavored Yogurt
- 1/3 cup Orange Juice Concentrate + 6 teaspoons for swirling
- 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup optional
- 6 5 ounce Dixie cups
- 6 popsicle sticks
Instructions
- In a bowl whisk together yogurt, 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate, and maple syrup. The maple syrup is optional. If you like sweet over tart add it, if you are just fine with the flavor then you can leave it out. Fill Dixie cups with yogurt mixture spoon a teaspoon of straight up orange juice concentrate on top. Place popsicle sticks in yogurt and swirl orange juice concentrate around. Leave stick in the middle, and place in freezer for 24 hours or until frozen solid. Peel paper cups off creamsicles and enjoy!
Strawberry Banana Creamsicle
Ingredients
- 1 cup Strawberries washed and hulled
- 1 tablespoon granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Banana Flavored Yogurt
- Dixie Cups
- Popsicle Sticks
Instructions
- Wash and hull strawberries. Sprinkle with sugar and mash. Mix banana yogurt and strawberries together. Fill paper cups with yogurt mixture place stick in the middle. Put creamsicles in freezer for 24 hours or until frozen solid. Peel back paper cup and enjoy!
This one’s for all you fancy shmancy coffee lovers out there!
This creamsicle is not quite as “healthy” as the yogurt creamsicles. But oh it is so good. Sometimes you just need to indulge a little, and look at it this way you can get your fancy coffee fix for less money and less calories. I used My Fitness Pal to figure out that each Caramel Macchiato Creamsicle is only 170 calories!
Caramel Macchiato Creamsicle
Ingredients
- 1 cup Half and Half
- 1/2 cup Caramel Ice Cream Topping I prefer Sanders
- 1 tablespoon Instant Coffee Crystals
Instructions
- Measure half and half in to a mixing bowl. Warm ice cream topping in microwave until pourable but not too hot. Whisk warm ice cream topping and instant coffee in to half and half until coffee crystals have dissolved. Pour mixture in to popsicle molds place stick in and freeze for 24 hours.
Notes
There you have it, three quick easy healthy snacks for summer! If you have a child like my littlest that doesn’t like milk, or yogurt you may be surprised to find out that they may eat it frozen! Cece loves these creamsicles. It’s my new trick for getting dairy in her.
A few more ideas: simply stick popsicle sticks right in yogurt cups freeze and eat. The same thing works with pudding cups made with low-fat milk. Pudding pops were my favorite growing up! To release the frozen yogurt or pudding from the cup you will need to dip it in hot water. Recycling your yogurt and pudding cups to make creamsicles is a great green idea for a summer treat!
I hope you enjoy these summertime snacks with your family and friends!
Much luv, Sheila
It’s weird but I never liked creamsicles as a kid. Fudgsicles, yep, always but I’d give it away if I got a creamsicle. I’ve grown up since then and would love one of these. š
Um, pass me one please!! Love these in little cups, I need to make these for my kids!
These are the perfect treat for your Florida heat!
Mooo-chiato – not gonna lie that totally slayed me. I’ve been laughing at my desk for five minutes over that. I am easily entertained. And now, I really want one!
HA! I’m pretty easily entertained myself…as you found out this past weekend ; D Thanks for stopping by! xoxoSheila
My 5 year old was peeking at this over my shoulder while I was reading it. As soon as he saw the picture of the strawberries in the bowl, he said, “Mom, can we make that?!” Guess that will be the first one we try…followed closely by the Caramel Macchiato…and the Orange Creamsicle… š Thanks for sharing!
Carrie, I hope your little kiddos like them as much as my big ones did! Sheila
These look SO good, especially the Caramel Macchiato!! I’m definitely going to try them soon. š
Sarah you must give them a try! So good, and so easy!
Thanks for sharing the creamsicle recipes, as a dairy farmer it is nice to see someone not in the business promote dairy as a healthy snack. Thank you.
Amy, We are a dairly lovin’ family! I am very happy to be promoting dairy! xoxo thanks for all you do! Our farmers are the back bone of america! Sheila
I’ve been looking for popsicle recipes, so this was great timing. Thanks for the tip about Ikea popsicle molds, too.
Kirstin, I looked around a bit for popsicle molds, some are really expensive, but these were not at all, and they worked great! Hope you make some! xoxo Sheila
Homemade creamsicles are where it’s at! I think I’d have a hard time choosing between all of these fun flavors though… either way they are totally MOO-velous! š
Laurie, thanks for stopping by! Miss your sweet giggle! Sheila
Wow! So much deliciousness wrapped into one post!
I love the coffee version!!!! These look so good!